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Book betrayal
Former tennis star Jimmy Connors has used his new autobiography to take some nasty jabs at ex girlfriend Chris Evert.
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Welcome to Dan Brown hell
Critics lash the latest Robert Langdon adventure - but shamefully admit it's still a rollicking good read.
Cookbooks for foodie mums
We're not saying that all mothers like to cook. But if yours does, treat her to one of these books.
Queen bees reign
Danielle Steel and Barbara Taylor Bradford have topped bestseller lists for the past three decades and continue to do so.
Review: Heartbreak Hotel
Deborah Moggach, author of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, creates a wonderful main character in Buffy, who inherits a rundown B&B in Wales.
Facebook overshare
The first time a story about explosive baby poop showed up in my Facebook news feed, I was alarmed.
Baking soda beauty
Lyn Webster now spends only $35 a week on household shopping, she tells us how.
What to expect
We have five copies of the book What to Expect the Second Year by Heidi Murkoff to giveaway.
Review: The Kitchen House
It's not an easy read but The Kitchen House does important work.
Book club: Free books
It's time for round two of the Essential Mums book club. We'll have five copies of the chosen book to giveaway.
Book club: Sisters of Mercy
This crime novel is the story of two sisters - one is behind bars, the other is missing presumed dead.
Chick-lit and thrillers
We take a look at some of the latest books to hit the shelves: One Good Friend Deserves Another by Lisa Verge Higging; the Double Game by Dan Fesperman; and Back from the Dead by Peter Leonard.
Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In
Facebook's chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg shares her thoughts on what holds women back in the workforce.
Books as therapy
Can reading transform lives, help with psychological and emotional problems such as stress, anxiety, grief and depression? Experts thing it can.
Bridget's back
Diarist who listened to sad rock in her PJs and struggled daily with calories and cigs back for a third adventure.
Curling up with a trashy book
One of life's great pleasures is to curl up with a good bad book. You're going to be utterly absorbed, moved and delighted, but you won't have to think very much
Summer reading
We know time is precious for busy mums. If you are on holiday and are looking for a good read or if you are planning your next book buy for the New Year, Susan Wyndham has some suggestions.
Book club: Sisters of Mercy
The people have spoken. The first book to be featured in Essential Mums' bookclub will be Sisters of Mercy by Caroline Overington.
Join our book club
Do you fondly remember the days when you curled up with a good book? As much as we love Hairy Maclary, we want to help you reclaim some 'me time', in the form of an Essential Mums book club.
I don't know how she does it
If you like the idea of unwinding with a book this holiday season, then enter our draw to win a copy of I Don't Know How She Does It, the best-selling novel by Allison Pearson.
The rock of pages
2012 is the year of the rock biography and everybody's doing it.
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