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    BOOK REVIEW : UNVERIFIED BY KRISTIN GIESE

    They put ham on our pizzas. What are we serial killers? Matt(Unverified) TITLE : Unverified AUTHOR :Kristin Giese GENRE : Adult Fiction/ Romance/Romantic Comedy FBRC RATING : 4 stars BLURB : Matthew Milles-Lade, a rich kid whose trust fund is suddenly in question, and Margo Valentine Melon, a writer whose career fizzled before it sparked, are two twenty-something strangers stuck living at home, trying to figure out their lives. When they each come across a real estate listing for a palatial (and significantly underpriced) guest house in one of LA’s toniest neighborhoods, their lives get turned upside down. What happens next has them racing to catch the truth before it…

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    BOOK REVIEW : THE BILLION POUND LIE BY BILL DARE

    How do you make God laugh?… Tell him your plans. -BILL DARE, THE BILLION POUND LIE TITLE : The billion pound lie AUTHOR : Bill Dare GENRE : Satire, Comedy FBRC RATING : 4 stars BLURB : ‘We have been dropped into a world of dazzling possibilities.’ A hapless barista is mistaken for the winner of a new record-breaking global lottery. He drunkenly plays along. The next day he wakes up with a hangover and the world’s press at his door. The promises he made to friends are not forgotten. So begins a roller coaster ride as he tries desperately to do the right thing. His partner is held to…

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    BOOK REVIEW : THE ROSIE PROJECT BY GRAEME SIMSION

    Humans often fail to see what is close to them and obvious to others. – GRAEME SIMSION, THE ROSIE PROJECT TITLE : The rosie project AUTHOR : Graeme Simsion GENRE : Romance, Comedy, Woman’s Fiction, Chick-lit FBRC RATING : 4 stars BLURB : An international sensation, this hilarious, feel-good novel is narrated by an oddly charming and socially challenged genetics professor on an unusual quest: to find out if he is capable of true love. Don Tillman, professor of genetics, has never been on a second date. He is a man who can count all his friends on the fingers of one hand, whose lifelong difficulty with social rituals has…