Under the Dome by Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton, RRP $39.99): This is the one I’d been not-so-patiently waiting for: an epic offering from the king of epic offerings, Stephen King. It’s a monster of a book, with close to 900…
Month: December 2009
For the discerning Python fan
Monty Python Live! edited by Eric Idle (Simon & Schuster, RRP $45): It’s been 30 years since we were lucky enough to have a new Monty Python book by all the surviving Python crew so this one is is well worth…
Gorgeous book for Kiwi kids
Cowshed Christmas, by Gavin Bishop and Joy Cowley (Random House, RRP $24.99): This is a fantastic Kiwi Christmas picture book for your favourite littlie. Gavin Bishop and Joy Cowley will be familiar names to lots of our future readers, and…
A New Zealand passion
Zephyrs and Zodiacs, by Tim Chadwick (HarperCollins, RRP $29.99): We really do have a passion for Zephyrs and Zodiacs in New Zealand and I doubt there are many of us who haven’t either owned one or had parents who owned…
Best, worst and beyond
Guinness World Records 2010 ( RRP $54.99): We all know someone who seems to absorb weird and wonderful facts so here’s the perfect book for all the those sponges of knowledge. This latest Guinness offering is the book of the…
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The Road Less Travelled
Part six of the trilogy from a fan
And Another Thing, by Eion Colfer (Michael Joseph, RRP $45): Yes, this is it, the latest instalment in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series: part six of Douglas Adams’ trilogy in four parts. Sadly, Adams died before he was…
Compelling reading from Patterson
Alex Cross’s Trial, by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo (Random House, RRP $38.99): James Patterson has produced another page-turner with this latest book in the Alex Cross series. However, don’t be put off if you haven’t read any of the…
Digi-novel fell short of expectations
Level 26: Dark Origins, by Anthony E Zuiker with Duane Swierczynski (Michael Joseph, RRP: $37): I really wanted to love this book but, sadly, it just didn’t do it for me. Promoted as the world’s first digi-novel, Level 26: Dark…