All New Delicious Slow Cooker Recipes, by Simon & Alison Holst (Hyndman Publishing, RRP $25): I have a couple of slow cookers and am a big fan of the easy meals that can be produced with the help of these…
Month: January 2012
Chick lit … but I enjoyed them
Hand Me Down, by Michelle Holman (HarperCollins, RRP $25): Waikato author Michelle Holman’s latest book features bad girl April Ritchie, who returns home to Pisa after a nine-year absence. April was a bit of a spoilt brat who never made…
A personal look at a great Kiwi adventurer
Pippa Blake: Journey by Pippa Blake (Penguin, RRP $50): December 5 marked the the anniversary of the death of one of New Zealand’s true adventurers, Sir Peter Blake, and I’m sure I’m not the only one out there who remembers…
Making the most of your money
Shares, by Martin Hawes (Penguin, $40): This is a revised edition of Martin Hawes’ best-selling book. It aims to help anyone make money on the sharemarket, no matter how experienced or inexperienced they might be. The author explains what he…
Even the bonking can’t save this one
Iron Crowned, by Richelle Mead (Bantam Press, RRP $40): Best-selling author Richelle Mead has made her name writing the Vampire Academy novels but this novel is the first in a different series, still in the fantasy realm but minus the…
Picture perfect
Postcards from New Zealand, by Bob McCree (Craig Potton Publishing, RRP $20): This picturesque little country we live in could have been custom-made to fill postcards: from the soaring mountains to the flowing rivers to even the sheep, most of…
Amusing study of gossip writer’s life
Memoirs of a Gossip Columnist, by David Hartnell (Penguin, RRP $45): There’s no doubt that most of us enjoy a good spot of gossip but David Hartnell is one of those very few people in the world who has managed…
Disturbingly good
Do No Harm, by Carol Topolski (Fig Tree, RRP $40): Everyone knows about Virginia: about her stellar reputation as a gynaecologist; about her commitment to her women patients. But does anyone know about the knives? Everyone knows about Faisal too:…