by Random House NZ on 21 January 2014
10. JACK REACHER: ONE SHOT by Lee Child
Six shots. Five dead. A
heartland city thrown into terror. But within hours the cops have it solved. A
slam-dunk case. Apart from one thing. The accused gunman refuses to talk except
for a single phrase: 'Get Jack Reacher for me'.
JACK
REACHER: ONE SHOT, Lee Child's 9th Reacher thriller, was recently adapted
into the action-packed movie, Jack Reacher, starring Tom Cruise.
9. OUTRAGED by Paul Henry
Paul Henry is
quite frankly outraged – tipping; political zealots of all persuasion; dog
owners; people who just stop at the top of escalators; roadwork signs that
haven't been put away; queueing; rurcharges; children on planes; Twitter; wine
served too cold; OUTRAGED
gathers them all into a seething tome of commentary.
Written with the same flair, comic genius and
deadpan delivery as his first bestselling book, WHAT
WAS I THINKING, OUTRAGED
is an excellent read that'll have you in stitches, even if you disapprove of
much of the content.
8. BRIDGET
JONES: MAD ABOUT THE BOY by Helen
Fielding
What do you do when a girlfriend's 60th birthday party is the same day as
your boyfriend's 30th? Is it wrong to lie about your age when online dating?
Does the Dalai Lama actually tweet or is it his assistant? Is technology now the
fifth element? Or is that wood? Is sleeping with someone after 2 dates and 6
weeks of texting the same as getting married after 2 meetings and 6 months of
letter writing in Jane Austen's day?
The long-awaited return of Bridget Jones is timely, tender, touching,
witty, wise and bloody hilarious.
Footnote:
If any other NZ publishers like to send me their best-sellers for last year I will be happy to post them on the blog.
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