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Latest Posts in October 2007

YAY OR NAY WEDNESDAY
31 October 2007
Just after Anne Enright won this year's Booker prize, I read the following headline: Why Prize-Winning Author 'Dislikes The McCanns'. I didn't read the article, but it immediately made me dislike Anne Enright and not want to read her book. I know it's unreasonable,  
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BOOK REVIEW: Rex and the City by Lee Harrington
31 October 2007
I've never owned a dog, but I do love reading about people who do, particularly if they write as well as Lee Harrington. Rex and the City began as a column for The Bark magazine (which author Alison Pace has also written for) but it doesn't read like a series  
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AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Zoe McCarthy
31 October 2007
Zoe McCarthy's blog, My Boyfriend is a Tw*t (no asterisk in the real title, but I know some of our readers may have delicate sensibilities!) is enormously popular and now, whether you're a fan or are just hearing about it for the first time and want to catch  
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COMPETITION: Mslexia Diary
31 October 2007
A bit of a difference for this week's competition, in that it's not for a novel. No, it's for a rather fabulous diary from Mslexia magazine. I love Mslexia and not just because I've written for it (Like Daughter, Like Mother about young adult fiction in the c  
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BOOK NEWS: Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
30 October 2007
Amnesia plotlines seem to be all the rage at the moment. Not only do we have Caprice Crane's fabulous Forget About It and Cecelia Ahern's TV show, Samantha Who?, Sophie Kinsella is getting in on the act with her latest stand-alone (i.e. non-Shopaholic) book,  
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TUESDAY THREE: Two for one!
30 October 2007
Here at Trashionista, we read a lot of books (obviously) and sometimes we get more than we bargained for, in that some books feature a book within a book ... two for the price of one! In Jo Barrett's debut novel, The Men’s Guide to the Women’s Bathrooms,  
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BOOK REVIEW: Split Ends by Kristin Billerbeck
30 October 2007
Reviewed by Jill Hart Award-winning author Kristin Billerbeck’s newest novel is a great read from cover to cover. The story is both funny and serious and Billerbeck gives readers the perfect dose of both. I found myself cheering for Sarah throughout t  
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