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Six hot reads for summer 2012
The Night CircusErin Morgenstern(Random House, $37.99)One of the Weekly’s favourites from 2011, The Night Circus is a fantasy novel for people who can’t usually swallow too much make-believe. The mysterious Le Cirque des Reves is a travelling circus that appears unexpectedly in locations around the world and is open only ... More
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Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
A lot of books are touted as being impossible to put down, but it’s been a long time since I read a novel from cover to cover in one sitting because I just had to know the outcome. Me Before You had me hooked from the first chapter. I picked ... More
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Hand Me Down by Michelle Holman
(HarperCollins, $24.99)The names Marian Keyes, Sophie Kinsella and Jennifer Weiner are synonymous with bestselling chick lit the world over, but we have our own star of the genre right here in New Zealand. After the success of her previous books, including Barefoot, Knotted and Bonkers, Cambridge writer Michelle Holman is ... More
This week on Book Reviews
- Death in Perugia by John Follain
- Death Comes To Pemberley by PD James
- Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell
- Nora Roberts - The Next Always
- 11.22.63 by Stephen King
- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
- The Real Katie Lavender by Erica James
- The Lost Wife by Alyson Richman
- The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks
- Ed King by David Guterson
- Obedience by Jacqueline Yallop
- That Woman: The life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor by Anne Sebba
The young Christchurch promotions model determined to walk again after tragically losing her legs in the February earthquake is still coping with the ongoing complications ... More
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Over the Teacups
My four-year-old grandson was at the supermarket with his mother when he exclaimed, “You’re buying something, Mummy, auntie is buying something – I want to buy something!” Mum replied, “You have to be big, have a wife, have a job, then you can buy things.” He replied, “I have a wife – Maia,” meaning his four-year-old friend. Mum said, “What about a job?” Master Four replied, “My job is having a wife!”
Robyn, Whangarei
Water you want?
I was in the car and asking Master Three what he wanted for Christmas. He said he was going to ask Santa for a water pistol. “And Nanny,” he added, “I’m going to ask for some water for our paddling pool.” Now that could be interesting!
Julie, by email
Bee gone
Master Three had his first bee sting recently. The incident broke his heart, but after many cuddles he came right. Later he said, “I never want to see another bee again. I don’t like bees any more, I only like flies.”
Gaileen, by email
Fraud with worry
My daughter warned me that “old people are being taken for a ride,” and that I shouldn’t engage in conversation with phone sales people. To this, Master Five piped up, “Nana can’t go on that ride, she’s old.”
Joseph’s Nana, Hamilton
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