6 favorite book titles

1. Evil in Carnations by Katie Collins - part of the Flower Shop Mystery series.
2. Zombies in the Academy by Andrew Whelan, Ruth Wilson, Christopher Moore (eds).
3. On Human Stupidity by James Paul Gee - actually, his publishers wouldn't let him call the book that, so it's titled The Anti-Education Era instead.
4. Losing my Virginity – Richard Branson 
5. Wishful Drinking – Carrie Fisher. Great title for a memoir.
6. Look Back in Hunger – Jo Brand. Funny, talented person. 

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An Academic Affair is on sale for 99 US cents from 13 February (that's midday on 13 February for South Africa and the UK) until 16 Feb. It's a quick read, telling the story of how Leigh, a lecturer in Cape Town, falls for a colleague she doesn't really know. Bad idea, Leigh!

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Top 6 Books

Here are my top six books of all time. What are yours?


Liane Moriarty – Big Little Lies
Such a clever writer, able to convey the nuances of a dozen different characters while simultaneously telling a gripping story.

Margaret Atwood – Cat’s Eye
Everything she writes is excellent, of course, but I loved this one the most. Her depiction of schoolgirl friendships is excellent.

Mary Wesley – Harnessing Peacocks
Her characters are always quietly but completely rebellious. In this case, Hebe runs away from home when she falls pregnant, and makes a living in a unique way.

EM Forster - A Room With A View
The most romantic story ever.

Elizabeth Gilbert – The Signature Of All Things
Astonishingly accomplished story-telling about a woman botanist in the nineteenth century.

Alice Thomas Ellis – The Summerhouse Trilogy
Yes, reader, I cheated. The erudite author always combines surprising characters with weighty themes in shortish but enchanting reads.

Jilly [really] Moves On

But - what's this? Another book? Well - yes! The novellas I wrote last year, before I'd learned how to publish. Jilly Moves On is my first newly written, full-length novel, and I'm so pleased it's out. Thanks go to my parner in crime and life, William, for being editor and proof-reader rolled into one. "I'm not going to be NICE," he warned me. Quite right.

Thanks also to Drop Dead Design for the cover, which I thought depicts freedom and independence in an attractive way.