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Sexy or Sweet? Which Romance Novel Would You Read?
29 October 2012
I love romance novels. As long as there is a happily ever after, I want to read it. These days there are so many romance genres and authors to choose from. Admittedly the romance sections in bookstores are overwhelming. Having read countless romance novels, be they vampires, angels, werewolves, shapeshifters, wizards and witches, enhanced humans...
Book Review: Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
16 October 2012
The nineteen-year-old American soldier, Billy Lynn, is home for a short promotional tour across the country with his squad, before he is sent back to Iraq. The story is set in the Dallas stadium on the last day of the tour. Through flashbacks the reader follows his personal growth. His brave attempt to help a fellow soldier in Iraq is caught on...
Book Review: Conversations with My Sons and Daughters
15 October 2012
The book starts with this Sepedi idiom: 'Mabu a u tswitswe' (The soil has been stolen), which simply means something is terribly wrong with the current state of affairs in our country. These words are uttered by a young man during his conversation with Dr Ramphele. The young man seems overwhelmed by frustrations and anguish. He is facing...
Introducing Sean Davison's Before We Say Goodbye: Helping My Mother Die
11 October 2012
Sean Davison made headlines in 2010 when he was arrested for aiding his mother's death. Eighty-four years old and terminally ill with cancer, medical doctor and psychiatrist Pat Ferguson wants nothing more than for her life, which no longer brings her joy, to be over. But when her ailing body refuses to let go, she asks her son Sean to do...
Review: Spud – Exit, Pursued by a Bear by John van de Ruit
09 October 2012
John van de Ruit's Spud books are a publishing phenomenon in South Africa. My theory is that a large part of their appeal is the fact that Van de Ruit has managed to make the reader feel that they are part of the story. We've followed John “Spud” Milton through his last three years of boarding school – cheered...

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