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Market mania recorded
Mon, 19 Jan 2026
A vivid and sobering account of the 1980s stock market mania that swept New Zealand and Australia, and the dramatic collapse that followed the US…
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Book Reviews – Such Charming Liars – The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop
Mon, 8 Dec 2025
Such Charming Liars by Karen McManus Best-selling author of One of Us is Lying returns with a new mystery no longer based in a high...
/Book ReviewsBook Reviews – The Passengers on the Hankyu Line – Not just a JP
Mon, 10 Nov 2025
The Passengers On The Hankyu Lineby Hiro Arikawa While originally published in Japan in 2008, this translated version is a new treat for English readers....
/Book ReviewsBook Reviews – The Compound – The Deadly Dispute
Tue, 19 Aug 2025
The Compound by Aisling Rawle This debut novel surprised me, in a good way. An interesting concept that proved very addictive, not unlike the reality...
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Book Reviews – The Midnight Feast – The Martha’s Vineyard Beach and Book Club
Wed, 25 Jun 2025
The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley A warped yet thrilling story, The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley is full to the brim with suspense, mystery...
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Air by John Boyne Boyne closes his brilliant but confronting four-part series on the elements – Water, Earth, Fire and Air – with a contemplative...
/Book ReviewsBook Reviews – Safe Enough – A Thousand Broken Pieces
Wed, 5 Feb 2025
Safe Enough, by Lee Child While short stories aren’t usually my first preference, I was pretty confident going into this book that it would be...
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Tue, 28 Jan 2025
Living on the fault line – Aotearoa New Zealand’s bicultural future follows the success of ‘Becoming Pākehā – a journey between two cultures’, which was...
/Book ReviewsBook Reviews – A Language of Dragons – The Last Light Over Olso
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A Language Of Dragons by S.F. Williamson S.F. Williamson’s debut young adult novel was an addictive read. A dark academia fantasy, where dragon and humans...
/Book ReviewsBook Reviews – An Island to Oneself – The Lighthouse Secret
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An Island to Oneself, by Tom Neale This is the author’s true story about the time he spent living alone on a small Pacific island,...
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