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January 10, 2012

The Lives of the Muses, Nine Women and the Artists They Inspired by Francine Prose

Filed under: Book Reviews,Biography — The Writer @ 12:55 pm
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Title: The Lives of the Muses, Nine Women and the Artists They Inspired Author: Francine Prose Genre: Biography Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: 432

Starting with writer Samuel Johnson’s muse Hester Thrale and moving on to Alice Liddell (Lewis Carroll’s inspiration for Alice in Wonderland), Pre-Raphaelite beauty Elizabeth Siddal and Salvador Dali’s wife Gala, this is a multi-biography with an art slant and a theme as fascinating as the lives of the women who inspired it.

What

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A Million Little Pieces by James Frey

Filed under: Book Reviews,Biography — Femmes @ 12:55 pm
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Title: A Million Little Pieces Author: James Frey Genre: Biography & Autobiography Publisher: John Murray Pubs Limited Release Date: 2004 Pages: 513

A Million Little Pieces is set in the roller coaster timeframe of James Frey’s torturous ride through rehabilitation. While struggling to find a new life, Frey shares his past life of debauchery and addiction with astonishing honesty and clarity, giving the usual self-pity a gracious miss.

Frey started drinking regularly at the early age of

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Living the Dream by Kate Thompson

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit,Irish — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Living the Dream Author: Kate Thompson Genre: Chick-Lit, Irish Release Date: Jun 1 2005 Pages: 619

Living the Dream is Kate Thompson’s seventh novel and sees the return of some of her favourite characters.

Cleo Dowling’s dream has just come true, she’s won the lotto. Even though she is determined not to change, everyone’s attitude towards her does change, so Cleo takes off to a small village in the west of Ireland

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How To Lose Friends and Alienate People by Toby Young

Filed under: Book Reviews,Biography — The DJ @ 12:55 pm
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Title: How to Lose Friends and Alienate People Author: Toby Young Genre: Biography Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers Release Date: 2008 Pages: 349

At some point in their career, most journalists dream of conquering the land of Manhattan’s glossy mags. Undeterred by a world where infamous ball-breaker Tina Brown is Queen, Toby Young went Stateside for five years in search of success, supermodels and better cocaine. Thus begins a voyage of self-discovery bristling with a naivety that rarely

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The Last Time They Met by Anita Shreve

Filed under: Book Reviews — Femmes @ 12:55 pm

The Last Time They Met by Anita Shreve  
(Published by Little Brown)

When Anita Shreve’s ‘The Pilot’s Wife’ was featured on Oprah Winfrey’s book club in 1999, it propelled her onto numerous literary top ten lists. This gargantuan publicity injection made the publishers happy but such high-profile

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Learning to Fly by Mary Hosty

Filed under: Book Reviews — Femmes @ 12:55 pm

Learning to Fly by Mary Hosty   
(Published by Poolbeg)

Sophie Flanagan is on a plane home to Ireland, leaving behind her perfect New England lifestyle, her high-powered job and the man who broke her heart. Although life is pretty bleak, Sophie is glad to be returning home to a life of stability Isobel Kearney is

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Les Halles Cookbook by Anthony Bourdain

Filed under: Book Reviews — Femmes @ 12:55 pm


Les Halles Cookbook by Anthony Bourdain  
(Published by Bloomsbury)

Although already the author of two well-received memoirs – Kitchen Confidential and A Cook’s Tour – as well as a couple of not so popular detective novels, it’s only now that American chef Anthony Bourdain has got around to writing

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Judith Cullen’s Cookery Classes

Filed under: Book Reviews,Cookery — The Historian @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Judith Cullen's Cookery Classes Author: Judith Cullen Genre: Cookery Publisher: Longacre Press

New Zealand cook Judith Cullen used to run her own café in Dunedin before she changed careers to become a successful teacher of cookery classes, many of which are run from her home. Judith Cullen’s Cookery Classes is her first published book but she has a fresh and simple approach that many more seasoned cookbook writers would envy.

Staying

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Les Liaisons Culinaires by Andreas Staïkos

Filed under: Book Reviews — Femmes @ 12:55 pm

Les Liaisons Culinaires by Andreas Staïkos  
(Published by The Harville Press)

A flirtatious fable of fabulous food, Les Liaisons Culinaires is every foodie’s dream. The slight tale is little more than a framework on which Greek author Andreas Staïkos hangs evocative and sensuous descriptions of food, the recipes

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Kill the Messenger by Tami Hoag

Filed under: Book Reviews,Thriller — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Kill the Messenger Author: Tami Hoag Genre: Thriller Release Date: Jun 1 2011 Pages: 423

I love thrillers. More importantly I love the way Tami Hoag writes a thriller. Combining gory death with true life experiences, Hoag produces believable writing in a way not many modern crime thriller writers can.

At the end of a long day battling street traffic, bike messenger Jace Damon has one last drop to make. But, en route to delivering a package

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