MAY BOOK CLUB :: ANGELA LAWRENCE & MANDY MAGRO

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The weather is getting cooler which makes it perfect for snuggling up with a good book. This month MWSG magazine’s Book Club is featuring ‘The Rules of Conception’, by Angela Lawrence and ‘Flame Tree Hill’, by Mandy Magro.

APRIL BOOK CLUB :: NOT QUITE NIGELLA, ARABELLA FORGE & MORE

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This month we have four, count them, FOUR great books available for review in the MWSG magazine Book Club. They are, ‘Frugavore’ by Arabella Forge, ‘Tiny Beautiful Things’ by Cheryl Strayed, ‘Not Quite Nigella’ by Lorraine Elliott and ‘Falling in Honey: Life and Love on a Greek Island’ by Jennifer Barclay.

BOOK REVIEW :: LOVE WITH A CHANCE OF DROWNING

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‘Love with a Chance of Drowning’ will have you ask questions about your life, your fears, your ambitions and your spirit. But at its heart, this memoir is a page turning love story about an Argentinian named Ivan who’s obsessed with the idea of voyaging across the Pacific, and Torre who has a morbid fear of water and a severe problem with seasickness. Will she risk it all?

MARCH BOOK CLUB :: NEW JANE GREEN, KAZ COOKE & MARIEKE HARDY

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We have three books available for review in our March Book Club. A new release from chic lit author Jane Green, ‘The Accidental Husband’; Women’s Stuff by Kaz Cooke; and ‘Sincerely: Women of Letters’, compiled by Marieke Hardy & Michaela McGuire. For your chance to receive a free copy, simply let us know which book you would like to review and why.

WANT TO REVIEW BOOKS FOR MWSG MAGAZINE BOOK CLUB?

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Want to be sent a book to review for our Book Club? We’ve got books from two funny ladies; the delectable Dawn French & a woman whose dry wit makes me laugh so hard, I need to make sure I have a Tena lady pad handy.

SUMMER READING GUIDE

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Our Book Editor recommends the best books to read over the summer holidays, including the latest from Maggie Alderson, European publishing phenomenon Jonas Jonasson, Cleo editor Gemma Crips’s debut novel about life in the glossy magazine fast lane, a gripping memoir from Susannah Cahalan and more.

CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEAS // BOOKS

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Book Editor, Stephanie Little has compiled 10 fabulous books for Christmas gift ideas. And MWSG has sourced them online below RRP.

BOOK REVIEW: ‘THINGS MY DAUGHTER NEEDS TO KNOW’

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In her new edgy self-help/parenting guide, ‘Things My Daughter Needs to Know: The truth about drugs, drink, sex, tattoos, babies, strange men and high heels’, Dilvin Yasa gives you the kind of advice she wishes her own mother had told her.

BOOK OF THE MONTH: SIMPLIFY STRUCTURE SUCCEED

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“Everyone has a different definition of success. The purpose of this book, however, is to guide you towards realising and achieving your own version of success, by using this simple, clear pathway to gain control in this very fast-paced world.”

HOW TO DECORATE: AN INSPIRING HANDBOOK BY SHANNON FRICKE

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Steph Little reviews How to Decorate; a practical and beautiful guide to decorating your home from start to finish by stylist and homeware designer Shannon Fricke.

FIFTY SHADES OF WHAT?

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Amy Cassell recently finished reading Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L James. In case you’re not into chick-lit with a dash of erotica (how could you not be?) and haven’t heard of it, she takes it upon herself to enlighten you. The question is, does it live up to its hype?

BOOK OF THE MONTH: LOVE & OTHER U-TURNS

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Steph Little reviews Love and Other U-Turns by Louisa Deasey – a warm, honest, page-turning memoir that will leave you yearning to let go, to live life harder and faster and to get out and see more of our beautiful country.

BOOK REVIEW: THE GIRL WHO CAME HOME – A TITANIC NOVEL

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Inspired by true events, Hazel Gaynor blends fact and fiction to tell the story of the Addergoole Fourteen, a group of Irish emigrants from a small village in County Mayo, who sailed on the Titanic seeking a life of prosperity and opportunity in America. But seventeen year old Maggie Murphy is anxious about the crossing and is distraught to leave behind the man she loves, Seamus.

BOOK REVIEW: THE YOUNGER MAN BY ZOE FOSTER

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Steph Little reviews ‘The Younger Man’ by the uber fabulous, witty and sassy Zoe Foster. If you’re looking for a delicious dollop of chick-lit to lose yourself in, ‘The Younger Man’ will not disappoint.

BOOK OF THE MONTH: THE FREUDIAN SLIP

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Steph Little introduces us to The Freudian Slip, a highly entertaining debut novel about three very different woman trying to make their way in the man’s world of advertising in the swinging sixties. Written by former senior advertising exec Marion von Adlerstein, this is Mad Men meets Paper Giants meets real life.