Vital stats Author: Susie Boyt Publisher: Hachette Format: Hardback RRP: $39.99 (AUD) *This book was provided for review by Pages & Pages Booksellers. This has not affected my opinion of it.* My rating The story: The story opens on Harriet …
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A quick one today – as I’m short on time. I just saw a lovely, quirky, fun movie and wanted to dedicate this week’s Monday’s Muse to it. It’s doubly relevant because not only is its creativity an inspiration in itself, but …
Vital stats… Author: Honey Brown Publisher: Penguin Books Format: Paperback RRP: AUD $32.95 My rating What it’s about… Life is hard in the biting heat and dirt of small town Kiona, a gritty (fictional) Australian country town where people aren’t …
Most novelists create their characters by telling us what they are. Jules Verne, on the other hand, goes to great lengths to tell us what his protagonist Mr Phileas Fogg Esq. is not. “Though he was undoubtedly English, Phileas Fogg …
