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'Like no other crime mystery you have ever read...'
14 October 2013
Roma-Kentucky is a small American town where nothing really happens. That is, until October 1993. When the peace of this quiet town is shattered.
Emily Houchens is a thirteen year old 8th grader at Roma Middle School; intelligent, yet withdrawn due to her weight. She also has a crush on Christopher Shelton, one of the popular boys,...
'The Dinner by Herman Koch excels at the art of the slow reveal...'
07 October 2013
Greig Douglas works as a bookseller at the Walmer Park branch of Exclusive Books in Port Elizabeth. Greg tries to read as widely as possible but is a self confessed 'sucker for anything written by a Russian in the nineteenth century.'
Paul Lohman, the narrator of Herman Koch’s unpredictable thriller The Dinner,...
Win a hamper of National Braai Day books
24 September 2013
It’s National Braai Day! The perfect day to win one of five hampers of South Africa’s ultimate braai master Justin Bonello’s books.
Each hamper includes a copy of:
You could WIN one of five hampers by emailing readmore@za...
9Lives reviews Cheryl Strayed’s inspirational novel, Wild
19 September 2013
'Wild is one of the most inspirational books I have ever read and perfectly captures the strength that one woman can have.'
Wild tells the story of Cheryl Strayed’s journey on the Pacific Crest Trail, a 2,663 mile (4,286 km) hiking trail that stretches from the border of Mexico to the border of Canada. She took on this massive...
An unputdownable book review by Linda McCullough
04 September 2013
Linda McCullough, a denizen of the dock city of Durbs, has been selling books to her fellow Natalians for more than a decade. “What a pleasure. As they say in the classics, I read to both lose and find myself, and count myself truly blessed that my work is also one of my all time favourite hobbies.”
Wow! I usually have four or...
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