30 Best Rom Com Books, Smart & Funny Romance Novels
The best romantic comedy books are too often overlooked by smart women. Here are 30 highly recommended rom com books & authors for your reading pile.
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GIRL IN BETWEEN by Anna Daniels – Book Review, Author Post & Giveaway
Today we welcome author Anna Daniels to Booklover Book Reviews to share with us why she chose London as one of the settings for her debut novel Girl in Between. Our brief review of this novel and an opportunity for you to win a copy thanks to Allen & Unwin then follows.
Our dozen Top Aussie Reads of 2016
This year I’ve had the opportunity to read 24 titles by Aussie Authors and there will certainly be more in December. But I’ve decided to share my favourites before Christmas this year in the hope that some of the lesser known gems find their way onto wish lists and holiday reading piles. So without further adieu, in countdown style,…
The Best of Adam Sharp by Graeme Simsion: Snappy dialogue
The Best of Adam Sharp is a novel about love, music and coming to terms with the past, from the author of the international bestseller The Rosie Project. The Best of Adam Sharp Synopsis On the cusp of fifty, Adam Sharp has a loyal partner, earns a good income as an IT contractor and is the music-trivia…
5 Ways to be Famous Now by Maurilia Meehan & The Salamanders by William Lane
Short reviews of the two most recent releases from Transit Lounge, the small Australian publisher that brought us A S Patric’s 2016 Miles Franklin Award-winning Black Rock White City. 5 Ways to be Famous Now Synopsis A glamorous ocean liner, inspired by the original ghostly Queen Mary, sets sail on its maiden voyage from Hobart to…
GOOD MONEY by J M Green (Stella Hardy Novel #1), Book Review
In Good Money, J M Green introduces fabulous leading lady Stella Hardy – a wisecracking social worker with a thirst for social justice, good laksa, and alcohol. Good Money Book Synopsis: Stella’s phone rings. A young African boy, the son of one of her clients, has been murdered in a dingy back alley. Stella, in…
Graeme Simsion at the Brisbane Writers Festival
It’s not often that you walk into a writers festival venue and find the guest author not on the stage but amongst the audience, welcoming and chatting to people as they find their seats. And so we began the session ‘The Rosie Effect’ with author Graeme Simsion and interviewer Joy Lawn. Graeme brought Don Tillman’s…
Interview & Giveaway – Claire Varley, author of The Bit in Between
Last week we reviewed Claire Varley’s The Bit in Between. Today the delightful Claire joins us to chat more about her debut and what she’s working on next. We also have a paperback copy of The Bit in Between to giveaway courtesy of Pan Macmillan Australia. But more on that in a moment… BLBR: Congratulations…
Resistance Is Futile by Jenny T Colgan, Review: Geeky charm
Jenny T Colgan’s Resistance Is Futile is a wonderful romantic comedy come save-the-world adventure with a rebellious, geeky tone. Read on for our full review of this under-appreciated gem. Resistance Is Futile Synopsis: She’s smart. She’s funny. But she’s only human…. As a high-ranking mathematician in a male-dominated field – with bright red hair – Connie’s used to…
My Best Books of 2014
As the year draws to a close it is time to look back at all the books I enjoyed during 2014 and highlight those worthy of special mention. My Best Books of 2014 Only three titles have received my 5 star rating for both The Story and The Writing – I’ve been a very hard marker…
THE MIDNIGHT PROMISE by Zane Lovitt, Review: Must read
Zane Lovitt’s The Midnight Promise – A Detective’s Story in Ten Cases is an original and highly compelling twist on crime fiction. Read on for our review. The Midnight Promise Synopsis Winner, Ned Kelly Awards, Best First Fiction, 2013 A brilliant Melbourne crime novel told in ten hardboiled stories. John Dorn is a private investigator. Just like…
Book Review – WHO WE WERE by Lucy Neave
Who We Were Synopsis: Set during the Cold War, Who We Were is an intimate and powerful love story about trust, obsession and the truth itself. Melbourne, 1938. Annabel’s dream is to be a scientist. Falling in love is not part of her plan. But when she meets Bill Whitton she knows instantly that they are destined for…
Book Review – GOOD AMERICANS, The Human Tragedy Volume 1 by Tejas Desai
Good Americans Synopsis: In the tradition of Mark Twain, Sinclair Lewis, and William Faulkner, this groundbreaking short story collection paints an uncompromising portrait of a contemporary America filled with liars and buffoons, racists and swindlers, hypocritical ideologues and emotional manipulators. An Italian-American racist receives his comeuppance from a ghetto Hispanic teenager; a blonde runaway from Florida…
THE DEVIL I KNOW by Claire Kilroy, Book Review
Claire Kilroy is a prodigious, award-winning young talent in Irish fiction, whose fresh, authoritative voice has garnered enthusiastic praise. In The Devil I Know, she delivers a delicious novel, a cautionary tale of financial excess set during the Irish property bubble. Read my review. The Devil I Know Synopsis Tristram St. Lawrence has not been home for years—ever since…
