Writers Write – Our Book Reviews – June 2017

Our reviewers rate books from 1–5

1. For use as a doorstop only
2. Keep for publishers’ and booksellers’ strikes
3. A great holiday read
4. You’ll remember this with enthusiasm a month later
5. Unforgettable

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1. 16th Seduction by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro (Century)
2. About Last Night by Catherine Alliot (Penguin) 5/5
3. All Of Us And Everything by Bridget Asher (Bantam Books) 4/5
4. Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough (HarperCollins) 4/5
5. Being Chris Hani’s Daughter by Lindiwe Hani and Melinda Ferguson (MFBooks/Jacana) 4/5
6. Eat Right For Your Type by Dr Peter J. D’Adamo with Catherine Whitney (Century)
7. Everybody’s Fool by Richard Russo (Allen & Unwin)
8. Hotel Valhalla by Rick Riordan (Penguin)
9. How Many Ways Can You Say Hello? by Refiloe Moaholi(Penguin) 5/5
10. It’s Me, Marah by Marah Teboho Louw (Blackbird Books)
11. Kill The Father by Sandrone Dazieri (Simon & Shuster) 4/5
12. Lord Of The Dark Wood by Lian Hearn (Pan Macmillan)
13. Magnus Chase And The Hammer Of Thor by Rick Riordan (Penguin) 4/5
14. Once We Were Sisters: A Memoir by Sheila Kohler (Penguin Books) 4/5
15. Pages For Her by Sylvia Brownrigg (Picador) 4.5/5
16. Rocket Man: Elon Musk In His Own Words edited by Jessica Easto (Agate B2) 4/5
17. Sirens by Joseph Knox (Doubleday) 4/5
18. Spy – Uncovering Craig Williamson by Jonathan Ancer (Jacana) 5/5
19. The Beautiful Dead by Belinda Bauer (Bantam Press) 4/5
20. The Bone Collection by Kathy Reichs (Random House) 4.5/5
21. The Book Of Joy by His Holiness, the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu (Penguin Random House) 5/5
22. The Dark Flood Rises by Margaret Drabble (Canongate Books) 4/5
23. The Knowledge Illusion by Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach (Macmillan) 4/5
24. The Pythagoras Project by Peter Cronshaw (Porcupine Press)
25. The Snow Rose by Lulu Taylor (Pan) 5/5
26. The Thirst by Jo Nesbo (Harvill Secker) 5/5

We want to thank PanMacmillan South Africa, Jonathan Ball Publishers, Penguin Books South Africa, RHS and Jacana Media for the review copies.