Well Natalie and I have both enjoyed the Sydney Writers Festival which introduced us to a whole range of authors we hadn't known before and we have now added them to our respective reading piles, so stay turned for some new book reviews.
We have also been caught up in the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy which has kept us awake at nights and we have now created EL James as one of our favorite authors because, although the books aren't literature wonders, they are funny, sad and entertainment, perfect to curl up on the couch with.
Inbetween that we have updated reviews in May 2012 for Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan, State of Wonder by Ann Patchett, Missing Shade of Blue: A Philosophical Adventure by Jennie Erdal, Salvage the Bones: A Novel by Jesmyn Ward, The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, Painter of Silence by Georgina Harding, The Forgotten Waltz by Anne Enright and The Black Dagger Brotherhood series by JR Ward.
As usual we are trying to find ways to make the website more interactive and relevant, so any budding authors out there, stand by for our new section to assist you in editing and getting feedback on your manuscripts. We are both excited at this concept as can see a real gap whereby independent authors find it hard to get into the bigger publishing houses and need to ensure that when they do submit their manuscript it has been reviewed in a proactive and methodical way.
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Thanks
Tracy
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