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good reading december 2011 /january 2012 23 summer reading guide Twilight Collection (13+) Stephenie Meyer The Twilight Collection is a series of four fantasy romance audiobooks focusing on teenage Bella, who falls in love with edward, a century-old vampire. For young adults, this is the international bestselling series that spawned major motion pictures. audio mP3 Cd $59.95 Bolinda audiobooks isBn: 9781743154991 www.bolinda.com The Best of Randling Randling is a game show that harks back to the good old days when a point was a point and a team was something worth barracking for. it is a show where smart people can be funny and funny people can be smart, where actual knowledge may help you, but just as likely won’t. $29.95 roadshow www.roadshow.com.au Destination Flavour Destination Flavour is a food-inspired road trip around australia hosted by adam Liaw, renee Lim and Lily serna. every episode features a bunch of inspiring recipes, reflecting the seasons, the regions and the diversity of australia’s wonderful food culture. $29.95 madman entertainment www.madman.com.au Young Montalbano – Vol 1 From the much-loved tales by sicilian author andrea Camilleri comes a new look at inspector montalbano. The producers take us back in time to see where salvo montalbano developed his skills and his relationships. 3-dVd set available now, series screening on sBs in december 2012. $49.95 Hi gloss entertainment higlossentertainment.com.au Chaos Walking Collection (13+) Patrick Ness Living on a dystopian planet where male creatures can hear each other’s thoughts, Todd Hewitt was brought up to believe that a germ killed all the women and is responsible for the noise. is this true? Features all audiobooks in the trilogy. audio mP3 Cd $59.95 Bolinda audiobooks isBn: 9781743154984 www.bolinda.com Toad Collection (8+) Morris Gleitzman Cane toad Limpy must somehow make humans see how nice toads really are and save his family from becoming placemats or being squashed. The Toad Collection features four audiobooks tracing the slightly squashed young cane toad’s quest for the truth. audio Cd $39.95 Bolinda audiobooks isBn: 9781743151853 www.bolinda.com Children’s Nursery Rhyme Collection (1+) Various explore this collection of everyone’s favourite nursery rhymes that help children learn to count, multiply, learn their colours, tell the time and much more – all while having fun. These audiobooks are perfect for the very young. audio Cd $39.95 Bolinda audiobooks isBn: 9781743151884 www.bolinda.com reading guide audio Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection The Mystery of Edwin Drood, based on Charles dickens’s final novel, lives up to the first part of its name in more ways than one. dickens died before he could finish the novel, taking the denouement of his murder mystery with him to the grave. many attempts have been made to resolve the whodunnit tale, including this compelling two-part BBC adaption. John Jasper is a disillusioned and psychologically troubled choirmaster. in an attempt to escape his empty life, he frequents opium dens and downs bottles of laudanum. it’s during these opium-fuelled dazes that Jasper’s sinister nature is revealed. He dreams – over and over again – of murdering his young nephew, the wealthy and handsome edwin drood. Jasper is obsessed with edwin’s fiancée, rosa Bud, and believes that the only way to possess her is to remove edwin from the picture. When edwin disappears one stormy night, accusations fly as to who has murdered the young man. Was it Jasper, acting out his dark fantasies, or was it someone hiding in the shadows? Jasper’s descent into darkness and his unsettling obsession with rosa is chilling to watch. matthew rhys portrays the gloomy antihero with menacing perfection. This sinister story, one of five tales in the dVd collection, is overshadowed with the foreboding sense that all is not as it seems. it’s thrilling to watch. Roadshow $129.95 (for set of 5 Dickens adaptations) Reviewed by Alesha Evans dvds for booklovers 20_23_summer_reading_l.indd 23 11/11/12 11:45:13 PM
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