![]() ![]() With a number of titles under their belt, they’ve also managed to gain studio interest as well, turning the heads of Hollywood producers looking to adapt their work for the big-screen giving their work the cinematic treatment.īoth being American, they came together as part of a collaborative effort all due to them being of a similar mindset and writing style, as they found their approach to the genre, along with their choice of genre, worked well together. ![]() With both their talents combined together they have made a serious impact on the Young Adult literary industry, as well as the adult fiction category too. The combined pen-name of two respective American Young Adult fiction authors, Lauren Billings and Christina Hobbs got together to create the Christina Lauren label that now house their unique brand of fiction. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Don had a number of other characters to relate to in this book. Rosie felt like a shadowy character in this book, she was there in the background, but not really fully fleshed. ![]() ![]() The decision that Rosie came to in the course of events was something I felt might be inevitable. I wasn't that keen on the relationship between Don and Rosie in this book, except perhaps towards the end. What Don neglects to do is give Rosie the support she needs and fails to be involved in ways that Rosie sees as essential. You don't want to know his version of a pram and cot. He becomes an expert on the total nine months and all birthing possibilities. And when he has finished with that he turns to the practicalities of preparing a baby. Don is totally thrown when he learns that he and Rosie are expecting a baby. To me he is the voice of Don Tillman! His voice, his phrasing and emphasis on certain words just brings this story so alive. Like the first book I chose to listen to the audio version because Dan O'Grady totally nails the narration. I am still undecided about how much I liked The Rosie Effect. The Rosie Effect follows on from The Rosie Project, and as I enjoyed the latter very much, I didn't wait too long to listen to the second book. ![]() ![]() ![]() One day we stood next to someone who was talking about a rammed earth builder in Raglan and my ears were flapping. “We then joined Earth Building Association New Zealand (EBANZ) and went to some meetings. But we studied the local council guidelines and found the Waikato District Council were really strict, and this was going to be too far out of the square. We saw an article in the Listener on Earthships and started looking into it. “We had decided on a change, an adventure. They wanted to branch out and do something different. ![]() Accordingly, they’d bought a patch of land in a disused quarry not far away in Cambridge. The Martins had turned up because they were a pair of green-building early-adopters whose children had flown the nest. It was early 1993 in Whale Bay, Raglan, where Geraets had been directing a motley crew of local surfers and mates in the ancient practice of ramming earth into forms then removing them to let the walls dry. Paul Geraets was taking a moment to survey the newly rammed earth walls at his emerging cliff top property when Eunice and Peter Martin wandered up to the building site. ![]() |