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SAMPLE REVIEW EXTRACTS FROM ISSUE 9

Dreamland

by Tom Gilling - Text Publishing. Paperback rrp $32.95

Three words is all I need to describe this book – “I Love It!”.

Dreamland was a quick read – twelve hours - because I couldn’t put it down! Admittedly this past long weekend was a perfect staying in bed and reading sort of day. T he only disappointing thing about this book was it ended too soon. Obviously there should be a sequel. There has to be. Tom Gilling can’t leave me hanging like this forever.

Dreamland is about Nick Carmody. He was a criminal reporter who bungled a case and is now relegated to the overseas correspondence desk. But that is the least of Nick’s worries.. ------->

Three Wishes

by Isabelle Merlin - Random House Paperback rrp $16.95

Between the title, the cover and the back blurb - I was hooked. I was looking forward to reading this book when a voice beside me said: “Mum, Can I read this?”. This from a 12 year-old who asks to read a book … like … NEVER! I said: “No. I want to.” But then I saw her face.

So like parents always do, I compromised. “I’m the fastest reader so I’ll finish it quickly and you can read it after me!” There. Diplomatically settled!

And that is exactly what happened.

Rose lives in Australia. Her parents were killed in a car accident when she was young so she lives with her mother’s sister. It’s an ordinary life. She goes to school, she has her friends and she wishes really hard... -------->

So you want to be Prime Minister?

by Nicholas Brasch - black dog books. Softcover rrp $26.99

Finally! A guide for young would-be Prime Ministers, filled with facts, both funny and serious. There have been 31 Prime Ministers to date, although Francis Forde was only in the job for eight days in 1945.

Based on past performance, if you want to become Prime Minister then it will help if you:
 live in Victoria (nine Prime Ministers)
 work as a lawyer for your first job (eleven)
 have a first or second name beginning with J (twelve)
 love cricket (seven). --------->

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