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You can order it online from Kalahari by clicking HERE or on the cover case below:

Hot video games - 2011/01/23

Want to know what video games are hot with the various online retailers? Here is a collection of the hottest games around:

Kalahari.Net
1. Little Big Planet 2 Collectors Edition
2. Little Big Planet 2
3. Mass Effect 2
4. Gran Turismo 5
5. Sports Champions (Move)
6. The Sims 3: Late Night
7. Heavy Rain
8. WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2011
9. Tekken 6 (Platinum)
10. Sports (Kinect)

Take2
1. Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 (PS3)
2. Warhammer: Dawn of War 2 - Gold Edition (PC)
3. Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow (PS3)
4. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (PS3)
5. Little Big Planet 2 Limited Edition Collector's Box (PS3)
6. Mass Effect 2 Collector's Edition (Xbox 360)
7. Supreme Commander 2 (PC DVD-ROM)
8. Super Mario All-Stars - 25th Anniversary Edition (Wii)
9. ORB PS3 Controller Triggers X 2
10. Gran Turismo 5 (PS3)

Amazon.com
1. Just Dance 2 - Nintendo Wii
2. Little Big Planet 2 - PS3
3. Little Big Planet 2: Collector's Edition - PS3
4. Call of Duty: Black Ops - Xbox360
5. Dance Central - Xbox 360
6. Zumba Fitness - Nintendo Wii
7. Call of Duty: Black Ops - PS3
8. Dead Space 2 - Xbox360
9. Mass Effect 2 - PS3
10. Gran Turismo 5 - PS3

Popular books - 2011/01/23

It has been a while since we have done one of our wrap ups of the best-selling books at the various online retail stores. So here we go:

Kalahari.Net
1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest - Stieg Larsson
2. The Girl Who Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson
3. Jamie's 30-minute Meals -Jamie Oliver
4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo -Stieg Larsson
5. Awakened - P. C. Cast; Kristin Cast
6. Happy Ever After - Nora Roberts
7. To the point - Steve Smith; Herschelle Gibbs
8. Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything - Elizabeth Gilbert
9. Spoor - Deon Meyer
10. Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer

Take2
1. Ruthless Game - Christine Feehan
2. Shadowfever - Karen Marie Moning
3. Last Sacrifice - Richelle Mead
4. Hungry for You - Sands, Lynsay
5. Real Love - Greg, M.D. Baer,
6. The Other Side - Robb, J. D. / Blayney, Mary / Gaffney, Patricia
7. Happy Ever After - Nora Roberts
8. Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest - Stieg Larsson
9. The Girl Who Played With Fire - Stieg Larsson
10. Start-up Nation - Saul/ Senor, Dan Singer

Exclusives
1. The Power - Rhonda Byrne
2. Conversations with myself - Nelson Mandela
3. Fool's Gold The Inside Story of J.P. Morgan and How Wall Street Greed Corrupted Its Bold Dream and Created a

Financial Catastrophe - Gillian Tett
4. Skulduggerty Pleasant - Mortal Coil - Derek Landy
5. South Africa's Greatest Entrepreneurs - Moky Makura
6. A rogue of my own - Johanna Lindsey
7. Sean Brand - En Ek Kan Nie Ophou Kyk Nie - 2010
8. The Carrie Diaries - Candace Bushnell
9. Gogos Crazy Bones Bag Series 1
10. English Handbook and Study Guide Beryl Lutrin

Amazon.com
1. You Can Count on Monsters - Richard Evan Schwartz
2. The Investment Answer - Daniel C. Goldie
3. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption - Laura Hillenbrand
4. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother - Amy Chua
5. The Carb Lovers Diet: Eat What You Love, Get Slim For Life - Ellen Kunes
6. Sexy Forever: How to Fight Fat after Forty - Suzanne Somers
7. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
8. The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex and Becoming Superhuman - Timothy Ferriss
9. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Stieg Larsson
10. Mr. Sunday's Soups - Lorraine Wallace

Robert Ludlum - The Janson Directive

The "Janson directive" is probably the best spy thriller I have read in the last year.

Forget Jason Bourne, Paul Janson is perhaps the best "spy" hero that I have come across in my fiction reads. Both Bourne and Janson are Robert Ludlum characters but whereas Bourne is a bit disjointed and perhaps too "unstoppable" - particularly in the earlier books - Janson comes across as more normal and human.

The story kicks off with the reader being introduced to security specialist Paul Janson who gets roped into organising a rush rescue mission for a high-profile billionaire who has been taken hostage. If Janson can't save the day, the world is going to witness said billionaire have his head lopped off on national TV.

Janson pulls together a team and successfully saves the day but by a quirk of fate isn't able to get onto the plane which is to transport the rescued party home... which turns out to be quite fortunate because a few minutes later the plan takes off and explodes.

That leaves Janson looking rather guilty, especially when an unexplained $16m turns up in his bank account and as we all know, renegades aren't really tolerated in the spy game. They send a crack team of snipers after him and he spends half his life ducking bullets in some rather tense situations.

Janson ends up managing to convince one of the snipers - Jessie Kincaid - that he is not such a bad guy and might not need to be on the receiving end of a bullet.

There is an excellent twist at the end of the book which leads to a tense finale.

If you like spy thrillers you can't miss this one.

You can buy it online from Kalahari by clicking HERE or on the book cover.

We rated it a 5 out of 5 and couldn't find anything to fault in it.

David Baldacci - Deliver us from Evil

I am always a little wary when it comes to David Baldacci because I am never quite sure what is going to be served up. However I’ve just finished reading “Deliver Us From Evil” and I really enjoyed this book.

The book features Shaw the super spy who has been sent after human trafficking and arms dealer Evan Waller. The mission is pretty simple – snatch Waller and put him out of business – permanently.

Things however get a little complicated because somebody else is looking to put Waller out of business. A group of vigilantes operating out of England are on a mission to hunt down former war criminals and make them atone for their crimes. Waller it turns out has a murderous history in the KGB and Regina Campion intends being the one to make sure he pays.

But Waller is no wilting violent and doesn’t play nicely with others. To prove this point, early on in the book he tortures a terrorist who tries to double-cross him and it is not pretty.

After Shaw and Campion both fail to take out Waller, they begin contemplating what life on the run will be like with a madman hunting them across the globe.

This is one of those books which keeps you guessing to the end and there is a nice twist at the end.
We rated this book a 4 out of 5 and would thoroughly recommend it if you like a spy / action thriller. Baldacci at his best!

You can buy the book online from Kalahari by clicking HERE or from Loot by clicking HERE

50 people who stuffed up South Africa

We are all armchair politicians and have our own views about who has stuffed up South Africa but Alex Parker has gone one step further and now put together a list of the 50 people he believes has stuffed up the country and it could make for a really nice Xmas prezzie.

A collection of the 50 greatest villains of South African history, from Jan van Riebeeck to Shaka to Cecil John Rhodes to Hendrik Verwoerd to Thabo Mbeki to Julius Malema. These are men – mostly, but not exclusively – who have steered South Africa firmly in the wrong direction, affecting our history, our national psyche and our way of life, often wasting guilt-edged opportunities to do the right thing along the way.

But the obvious heavy-hitters are just the half of it: there are also lesser-known but influential historical figures (Bartle Frere, Lord Milner), nameless icons of our modern social problems (The Minibus Taxi Driver, The Man I Sat Next To At The Polo), criminals (Ananias Mathe), chancers (Mark Thatcher), traitors (Kevin Pietersen) and punks (Kevin Pietersen). Part history, part social commentary, this is a fascinating read that delves into South African politics, war, sport and culture.

Appropriately, Alex Parker’s irreverent but scathing writing is brought to life by Zapiro, who adds the finishing touches with his iconic caricatures.

You can support a South African author and buy the book online for R140 by clicking HERE.

Patricia Cornwell - Port Mortuary

Shoot me now.... I have just limped my way through "Port Mortuary" the latest offering from Patricia Cornwell and I am reminded why I don't buy her books.

Without being overly nasty, this was one of the most painful books I have ever attempted to read. Put in perspective; imagine being in the mind of somebody who suffers from a severe form of schizophrenia and then is trying to put their thoughts to paper.

The write up for the book reads:

Kay Scarpetta has been training at the Dover Port Mortuary, mastering the art of 'virtual autopsy' - a groundbreaking procedure that could soon revolutionise forensic science. And it is not too long before these new skills urgently need to be put into practice. A young man drops dead, apparently from a heart condition, eerily close to Scarpetta's home. But when his body is examined the next morning, there are stunning indications that he may have been alive when he was zipped inside a pouch and locked inside the cooler. When the revolutionary 3D radiology scans reveal more shocking details about internal injuries unlike any Scarpetta has ever seen, Scarpetta realizes that this is a case of murder - and that she is fighting a cunning and uniquely cruel enemy. Now it is a race against time to discover who and why before more people die. But that time is running out ...

But if you read the book you would think you are reading about the mental breakdown of Cornwells' "flagship" character Scarpetta.

If you are a Cornwell fan you can buy the book online from Kalahari for R204 by clicking HERE or from Loot for R201 but you are probably better off donating that money to charity.

We rated the book a lowly 1 out of 5

Lauren Beukes - Zoo City

This book has actually come up for mention twice in the last two days and because it is a South African author, I thought it was important to highlight it on this blog.

I have not read it, but I am very keen to get feedback from anybody who has read the book. The two people I know who said they have read it, said they were blown away by the quality and the story line.

Here's the preview of the book:

Zinzi has a talent for finding lost things. To save herself, she has to find the hardest thing of all...the truth. Zinzi has a Sloth on her back, a dirty 419 scam habit and a talent for finding lost things. But when a client turns up dead and the cops confiscate her last paycheck, she's forced to take on her least favourite kind of job - missing persons. Being hired by famously reclusive music producer Odi Huron to find a teenybop pop star should be her ticket out of Zoo City, the festering slum where the criminal underclass, marked by their animals, live in the shadow of the undertow. Instead, it catapults Zinzi deeper into the underbelly of a city twisted by crime and magic, where she'll be forced to confront the dark secrets of former lives - including her own. Set in a wildly re-imagined Johannesburg, it swirls refugees, crime, the music industry, African magic and the nature of sin together into a heady brew.

Title: Zoo City

Author: Lauren Beukes

ISBN: 978-1-77009-818-3

You can buy the book online from retailer Loot for R122 by clicking here or you can buy it from Kalahari.Net by clicking here or on the book cover.

Caught - Harlan Coben

My wife and I spent some time this evening trying to work out whether we enjoyed the latest offering from Harlan Coben - Caught.

There is no question it was a page-turner. I started it earlier today after downloading it to my kindle and it was finished by 4pm. I don't know exactly what it was but this story was more about curiousity than necessarily a cracking plot.

The book starts with local do-gooder Dan Mercer being setup in a sting which would seem to indicate he was having an inappropriate relationship with a 13 year old boy. Mercer's life is wrecked in a very public and humiliating manner on a sleaze TV show and his world falls apart... especially when it later appears that he may be implicated in other cases.

Barry Sergeant: Brett Kebble - The Inside Story

Being interested in financial markets, I have been meaning to read the Barry Sergeant book - Brett Kebble - The Inside Story - for a while now. One of my colleagues gave me a copy and I just finished it this morning.

Have to say it was a bit of a mixed bag and if you have no interest in mining, the Kebbles or stockmarket investing then this book will just be one big question mark for you.

Make no mistake this book was heavy going. With so many companies, personalities, fake business entities etc. I won't lie I battled through it. I think you would need to be an auditor to try and keep track over what Kebble was actually doing!

The Kebble "fraud" is likely to be one of the those stories which will hang around for so many years. As a mining character he was larger than life and almost everybody I have met had a story to tell about him and when the story of him being killed in a hail of bullets in Melrose broke, it took a long while for the dust to start to settle.

No questions asked, this was a very heavy read and if you are looking for braindead entertainment this isn't it. If you are looking for clues as to who actually killd Kebble, then the story skirts around this a bit but doesn't nail it down.

Still it was definately an interesting read and will probably go down as one of those collector items in South African investment history. Well done to Barry for putting together such a comprehensive read.

Title: Brett Kebble - The Inside Story
Author: Barry Sergeant
ISBN: 978-1-77007-306-7

You can buy the book from online retailer Loot for R166.00.

We rated the book a 3 out of 5 but found it very heavy going!

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Hot video games - 2010/05/25

Wanna know what video games are hot? As usual on a Sunday night we compile a list of the top video games from various online retailers.

It looks like Red Dead Redemption is the title of choice across all the retailers.

Take2
1. God of War 1 + 2 Collection (PS3)
2. Red Dead Redemption (PS3)
3. 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa (PS3)
4. PlayStation Network Card R200 (PS3/PSP) In Stock
*Note the Code will be emailed to you
5. Official XBox 360 Hard Drive (250GB) In Stock
6. World of Warcraft 60 Day Pre-paid Game Card European Server Version (PC)
7. 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa (Xbox 360)
8. Red Dead Redemption (Xbox 360) In Stock
9. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (PC DVD-ROM)
10. Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City (PS3)



Kalahari.Net
1. Red Dead Redemption - PS3
2. Red Dead Redemption - Xbox360
3. 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa - PS3
4. Red Dead Redemption Limited Edition - Xbox360
5. God of War Collection: God of War & God of War II - PS3
6. Starcraft 2 Special Edition - PC
7. Alan Wake - Xbox360
8. 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa - Xbox360
9. Avatar: Into the Ferno - PS2
10. 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa - Adidas Ball Bundle - PS3

Amazon.com
1. Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Nintendo Wii
2. Red Dead Redemption - Xbox360
3. Red Dead Redemption - PS3
4. New Super Mario Bros - Nintendo Wii
5. Supreme Ruler 2020 Gold Demo [Game Download] - PC pre-sale
6. Alan Wake - Xbox360
7. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board - Nintendo Wii
8. ModNation Racers - PS3
9. Super Street Fighter IV - PS3
10. Call of Duty: Black Ops - Xbox360 …

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1. Red Dead Redemption - Xbox360
2. Red Dead Redemption - PS3
3. Starcraft II - Wings of Liberty (PC)
4. Super Street Fighter IV - PS3
5. God of War III - PS3
6. Alan Wake - Xbox360
7. 3D Dot Game Heroes - PS3
8. Mario Kart DS - Nintendo DS
9. Assasins Creeed II - PS3
10. Call of Duty II - Xbox360

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Bestselling Books - 2010/05/23

Want to know what books are selling well at the various online retailers? As usual on a Sunday night we compile a list of the bestsellings books from the various online retailers.

There is a new South African title on the Kalahari list with Antony Altbeker's book: "Fruit of a Poisoned Tree".

On the Amazon list Peter Lillbacks' book "George Washingston's Sacred Fire" has been the top seller for the last week.

Take2
1. Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest - Larsson, Stieg
2. Savor the Moment - Roberts, Nora
3. Wild Fire - Feehan, Christine
4. Vampire Diaries - The Return: Shadow Souls - Smith, L. J.
5. Vampire Diaries, Vol. 1, Books 1 & 2 - Smith, L. J.
6. Dead and Gone - Harris, Charlaine
7. Vampire Diaries, Vol. 2, Books 3 & 4 - Smith, L. J.
8. Lion's Heat - Leigh, Lora
9. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - Larsson, Stieg
10. Girl Who Played with Fire - Larsson, Stieg

Kalahari.Net
1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest - Stieg Larsson
2. The Return: Nightfall - LJ Smith
3. Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer
4. The Return: Shadow Souls - LJ Smith
5. Savor the Moment - Nora Roberts
6. 9th Judgement - James Patterson
7. Fruit of a Poisoned Tree: A True Story of Murder and the Miscarriage of Justice - Antony Altbeker
8. The Lost Boy - Aher Arop Bol
9. Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel
10. The Awakening: Bks. 1 & 2: AND The Struggle - LJ Smith

Amazon.com
1. George Washington's Sacred Fire - Peter A. Lillback
2. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Stieg Larsson
3. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Vintage) - Stieg Larsson
4. Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything - Geneen Roth
5. Dead in the Family (Sookie Stackhouse, Book 10) - Charlaine Harris
6. The Girl Who Played with Fire (Vintage) - Stieg Larsson
7. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novel - Stephenie Meyer
8. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
9. With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa - E. B. Sledge
10. The Real George Washington (American Classic) - Jay A. Parry …

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1. Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything - Geneen Roth
2. Dead in the Family (Sookie Stackhouse, Book 10) - Charlaine Harris
3. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest - Stieg Larsson
4. Spoken from the heart - Laura Bush
5. The Big Short - Inside the Doomsday Machine - Michael Lewis
6. The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, Book 1) - Rick Riordan
7. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novel - Stephenie Meyer
8. The Real George Washington (American Classic) - Jay A. Parry
9. Savor the Moment - Nora Roberts
10. 61 Hours, a Reacher Novel - Lee Child

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Popular books - 2010/05/10

We were a little slack this weekend in putting together a bestsellers lists so let's do a quick recap of the top seller books at the various onlineretailers.

Lolly Jackson lives on! In the Kalahari bestseller list his biography by Vincent Marino is in the topsellers this week.

Amazon.com
1. Dead in the Family (Sookie Stackhouse, Book 10) - Charlaine Harris
2. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Stiegg Larsson
3. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Vintage) - Stieg Larsson
4. The Real George Washington (American Classic) - Jay A. Parry
5. Spoken from the Heart - Laura Bush
6. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
7. The Girl Who Played with Fire (Vintage) - Stieg Larsson
8. The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, Book 1) - Rick Riordan
9. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine - Michael Lewis
10. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer

Take2
1. Savor the Moment - Roberts, Nora
2. Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest - Larsson, Stieg
3. Wild Fire - Feehan, Christine
4. Vampire Diaries, Vol. 1, Books 1 & 2 - Smith, L. J.
5. Dead and Gone - Harris, Charlaine
6. Bad Moon Rising - Kenyon, Sherrilyn
7. Lion's Heat - Leigh, Lora
8. Vampire Diaries, Vol. 2, Books 3 & 4 - Smith, L. J.
9. Vampire Diaries - The Return: Nightfall - Smith, L. J.
10. Girl Who Played with Fire - Larsson, Stieg

Kalahari.Net
1. Vampire Diaries: Bks. 3 & 4 - LJ Smith
2. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest - Stieg Larsson
3. Evita's Kossie Sikelela - Evita Bezuidenhout
4. The Struggle: Bks. 1 & 2 - LJ Smith
5. Dis Koue Kos, Skat - Marita van der Vyfer
6. Stripped: The King of Teaze - Vincent Marino
7. The Return: Nightfall - LJ Smith
8. Jamie Does - Jamie Oliver
9. Solar - Ian McEwan
10. Speak Xhosa with Us: Beginners to Advanced: Beginner - Advanced. Includes: CD-Rom, Text book package - Tessa Dowling

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1. Dead in the Family (Sookie Stackhouse, Book 10) - Charlaine Harris
2. Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest - Larsson, Stieg
3. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine - Michael Lewis
4. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer
5. Lover Mine: A novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood
6. Savor the Moment (The Bride Quartet, Book 3) – Nora Roberts
7. Burned (House of novels)
8. Women. Food and God. An unexpected path to almost everything
9. Spoken from the Heart - Laura Bush
10. Publication: Manual of the American Psychological Association

Harlan Coben - The Final Detail

I’m a big Harlan Coben fan, but this latest read was a bit wishy-washy for my liking.

The story kicks off with long running hero Myron Bolitar disappearing to a tropical island after some rather traumatic events in the previous novel.

He’s called back to reality after his best friend and business partner Esperanza is arrested and charged with murder following the death of one of their clients.

With Esperanza refusing to talk to him it makes Myron’s case that much harder to solve.

And so begins a search through dodgy night clubs, a missing persons case which is nearly 20 years old and an assortment of people who have a grudge against Myron which ends with a couple of intriguing twists in the tail.

My problem with the book is that it lacked the “compact” nature of other Coben books. Particularly the last 30% of the book seemed to drift and wind a bit.

You got the sense that the book was going somewhere and you got the surprises you wanted, but too much introspection and I guess “dawdle” in the latter part of the book.

The wife commented that she was disappointed there were fewer fight / action scenes and maybe that was what was different about this book – too much focus on

Myron trying to understand himself as a person and not enough knuckles being cracked!

Still it was fun enough to keep me as the reader interested and pass the time.

Title: The Final Point
Author: Harlan Coben
ISBN: 978-0-7393-4117-9

Rated the book a 3 out of 5.

You can buy it online from Loot for R140 or click on the book cover above and buy it through online retailer Kalahari.Net

Happy reading!

Popular video games - 2010/05/02

And here are the bestselling video games from the various big name retailers:

Take2
1. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (PC)
2. PlayStation Network Card R200 (PS3/PSP)
3. Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City (PS3)
4. God of War 3 (PS3)
5. Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City (PC DVD-ROM)
6. World of Warcraft 60 Day Pre-paid Game Card European Server Version (PC)
7. Exclusive: Far Cry 2 (PC DVD-ROM)
8. Grand Theft Auto IV (PC DVD-ROM)
9. Metro 2033: The Last Refuge: Special Edition (PC DVD-ROM)
10. Super Hits Atari: Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 Deluxe Edition (PC)

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1. Super Street Fighter 4 (PS3)
2. Starcraft II - Wings of Liberty - Collectors edition (PC)
3. God of War 3 - PS3
4. Just Dance - Nintendo Wii
5. Starcraft II - Wings of Liberty - PC
6. Splinter Cell Conviction - Xbox360
7. Pokemon Soul Silver - Nintendo DS
8. Pokemon Heartgold - Nintendo DS
9. Super Street Fighter 4 - Xbox360
10. Red Dead Redemption - Xbox360



Amazon.com
1. Red Dead Redemption - Xbox360
2. Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Nintendo Wii
3. Mario Kart Wii with Wii Wheel - Nintendo Wii
4. Red Dead Redemption - PS3
5. Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty - PC
6. New Super Mario Bros - Nintendo Wii
7. Super Street Fighter IV - PS3
8. Wii Sports Resort - Nintendo Wii
9. Just Dance - Nintendo Wii
10. Call of Duty: Black Ops - Xbox360

Kalahari.Net
1. God of War Collection: God of War & God of War II - PS3
2. 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa - PS3
3. God of War 3 - PS3
4. Age of Empires Collector's Edition (Exclusive Range) - PC
5. Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City - PS3
6. Big Family Games - Nintendo Wii
7. Splinter Cell Conviction - Xbox360
8. Grand Theft Auto IV (GTA 4) - PC
9. Splinter Cell Conviction - PC
10. Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City - PC

Hot books - 2010/05/02

Sunday is here and once again we are looking at what books are hot with the various online retailers:

I see that the Laura Bush book "Spoken From the Heart" is now on the Amazon bestseller list is a newcomer on the list. Other new titles include "Savor the moment" from Nora Roberts and Burned from PC Cast and Kristin Cast.

Take2
1. Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest - Larsson, Stieg
2. Lion's Heat- Leigh, Lora
3. Savor the Moment - Roberts, Nora
4. Bad Moon Rising - Kenyon, Sherrilyn
5. Vampire Diaries - The Return: Shadow Souls - Smith, L. J.
6. Vampire Diaries, Vol. 1, Books 1 & 2 - Smith, L. J.
7. Wild Fire - Feehan, Christine
8. Girl Who Played with Fire - Larsson, Stieg
9. Dead and Gone -Harris, Charlaine
10. Vampire Diaries, Vol. 2, Books 3 & 4 - Smith, L. J.

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1. Dead in the Family: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel – Charlaine Harris
2. Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest - Stieg Larsson
3. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine – Michael Lewis
4. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse – Stephenie Meyer
5. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
6. Women. Food and God. An unexpected path to almost everything
7. Savor the Moment (The Bride Quartet, Book 3) - Nora Roberts
8. Lover Mine: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood - JR Ward
9. The 9th Judgement - James Patterson
10. Burned - PC and Kristin Cast

Amazon.com
1. Dead in the Family: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel – Charlaine Harris
2. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Stieg Larsson
3. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Vintage) - Stieg Larsson
4. Spoken from the Heart - Laura Bush
5. The Imperfectionists: A Novel - Tom Rachman
6. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
7. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine - Michael Lewis
8. Samuel Adams: A Life - Ira Stoll
9. The Girl Who Played with Fire (Vintage) - Stieg Larsson
10. The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, Book 1) - Rick Riordan

Kalahari.Net
1. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella - Stephenie Meyer
2. Eet Vir Volgehoue Energie 4 - Liesbet Delport; Gabi Steenkamp
3. Vampire Diaries: Bks. 3 & 4 - LJ Smith
4. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest - Stiegg Larsson
5. Burned - P.C. Cast; Kristin Cast
6. Spirit Bound - Richelle Mead
7. Evita's Kossie Sikelela - Evita Bezuidenhout
8. Savor the Moment - Nora Roberts
9. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking - Malcolm Gladwell
10. Solar - Ian McEwan

Hot video games - 2010/04/25

Starcraft II is dominating the bestseller lists this week along with Grand Theft Auto.

Here are the bestsellers from the various online retailers:

Take2
1. God of War 3 (PS3)
2. PlayStation Network Card R200 (PS3/PSP)
3. Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening Expansion Pack (PC DVD-ROM)
4. World of Warcraft 60 Day Pre-paid Game Card European Server Version (PC)
5. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (PC DVD-ROM)
6. Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City (PS3)
7. Exclusive: Far Cry 2 (PC DVD-ROM)
8. Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight (PC DVD-ROM)
9. Street Fighter IV Collector's Edition (PS3)
10. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare GOTY Edition (PS3)

Kalahari.net
1. Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City - PS3
2. 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa - PS3
3. Starcraft 2 Special Edition - PC
4. God of War Collection: God of War & God of War II - PS3
5. 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa - Adidas Ball Bundle - PS3
6. Splinter Cell Conviction - Xbox360
7. Empire Earth II Gold - PC (R27.95!!!)
8. Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City - PC
9. Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight - PC
10. Age of Empires Collector's Edition (Exclusive Range) - PC

Amazon
1. Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty - PC
2. Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Nintendo Wii
3. Super Street Fighter IV - PS3
4. Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty Collector's Edition - PC
5. Super Street Fighter IV - Xbox360
6. Red Dead Redemption - Xbox360
7. Just Dance - Nintendo Wii
8. New Super Mario Bros - Nintendo Wii
9. God of War III - PS3
10. MLB 2K10 - Xbox360

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1. God of War III - PS3
2. Just Dance - Nintendo Wii
3. Tom Clancy Splinter Celll - Xbox360
4. Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty - PC
5. StreetFighter 4 - PS3
6. Pokemon Heartgold Version - Nintendo DS
7. Pokemon SoulSilver - Nintendo DS
8. Red Dead Redemption - Xbox360
9. Batman Arkhum Asylum - PS3
10. Battlefield Bad Company 2 - Xbox360

Bestselling Books - 2010/04/25

Want to know what books are selling well on the various online retail platforms?

I see that the new James Patterson book - 9th Judgement - is moving up the various bestseller lists and the Sookie Stackhouse is also proving popular.

Here they are:

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1. Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest - Larsson, Stig
2. Vampire Diaries, Vol. 1, Books 1 & 2 - Smith, L. J.
3. Lion's Heat - Leigh, Lora
4. Vampire Diaries, Vol. 2, Books 3 & 4 - Smith, L. J.
5. The Return: Nightfall - Smith, L. J.
6. Vampire Diaries - The Return: Nightfall - Smith, L. J.
7. Bad Moon Rising - Kenyon, Sherrilyn
8. Girl Who Played with Fire- Larsson, Stieg
9. Vampire Diaries Vol 1 Books 3 & 4 TV Tie - Smith, L. J.
10. Vampire Diaries - The Return: Shadow Souls - Smith, L. J.

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1. The Gabriel Method: The Revolutionary Diet-Free Way to Totally Transform Your Body - Jon Gabriel
2. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest - Stieg Larsson
3. 9th Judgement - James Patterson
4. Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer
5. Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer
6. The Struggle: Bks. 1 & 2 - LJ Smith
7. The Return: Nightfall - LJ Smith
8. The Return: Shadow Souls - LJ Smith
9. Vampire Diaries: Bks. 3 & 4 - LJ Smith
10. Jesus seen die kindertjies - Gloria A. Truitt

Amazon
1. Dead in the Family: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel - Charlaine Harris
2. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Stieg Larsson
3. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Vintage) - Stieg Larsson
4. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine - Michael Lewis
5. The Girl Who Played with Fire (Vintage) - Stieg Larsson
6. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer
7. Savor the Moment (The Bride Quartet, Book 3) - Nora Roberts
8. Lover Mine: A Novel of the Black Dagger - J. R. Ward
9. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
10. The 9th Judgment (The Women's Murder Club) - James Patterson

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1. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
2. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer
3. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine - Michael Lewis
4. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Stieg Larsson
5. Women. Food and God. An unexpected path to almost everything
6. Dead in the Family: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel - Charlaine Harris
7. The Girl Who Played with Fire (Vintage) - Stieg Larsson
8. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
9. Changes: The Dresden Files - Jim Butcher
10. Oprah: A biography

Popular music - 2010/04/25

On the Amazon site there is a new face at the top of the rankings with the Natalie Merchant CD. She also makes it to the top of the Want It All music list as well. Haven't heard of her before - anybody know what the CD is like?

Need You Now from Lady Antebellum is also proving to be popular on three of the four lists.

It is all Afrikaans this week on the Kalahari website!

Here are the full lists:

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1. Madonna - Sticky & Sweet Tour (DVD/CD)
2. Now the DVD Vol. 15 (DVD)
3. Cliff Richard And The Shadows - The Final Reunion 2009 (DVD)
4. Now 54 (CD)
5. Ray Dylan - Ek Wens Jy's Myne (CD)
6. Eden - Dekade (CD) In Stock
7. Romanz - Ek Sal Getuig (CD)
8. Watershed - A Million Faces : 20 Hits 10 Years (CD)
9. My World 2.0 - (Import CD) - Justin Bieber
10. Nadine - Live In Europe (DVD)

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1. Now 54 - Various
2. Ons Lieflinge / Our Darlings Vol.2 - Drome - Rudi En Corlea
3. Tweeduisend-En-Tien - Laurika Rauch
4. Afri-frans - Various
5. Die Grootste Afrikaanse Treffers Ooit! - Various
6. Afri-Spaans - Various
7. Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
8. 100 Acoustic Memories - Various
9. My Worlds - Justin Bieber
10. Soldier Of Love - Sade

Amazon
1. Leave Your Sleep (2CD) - Natalie Merchant
2. Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
3. The Age of Miracles - Mary Chapin Carpenter
4. Fearless Love - Melissa Etheridge
5. Live At The Troubadour [CD / DVD Combo] - James Taylor
6. Emotion & Commotion - Jeff Beck
7. Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna - Glee Cast
8. Country Music - Willie Nelson
9. Soldier of Love - Sade
10. Crazy Heart: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Various

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1. Leave Your Sleep (2CD) - Natalie Merchant
2. Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
3. Soldier of Love - Sade
4. Emotion & Commotion - Jeff Beck
5. Valleys of Neptune - Jimi Hendrix
6. I learned the hard way - Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
7. Women & Country - Jakob Dylan
8. Slash - Slash
9. Sticky & Sweet Tour- Madonna
10. Broken Bells - Broken Bells

Consent to Kill – Vince Flynn

This is the first Vince Flynn book I have read and quite simply – it was a really nice, simple and uncomplicated read. A few places were a little unbelievable but if you’re a fan of action movies and want a similar thing in book format then this is probably the closest you are going to come.

As far as anti-terrorist experts go CIA superagent Mitch Rapp is as big and deadly as they come. He’s the kind of guy who you really don’t want to wake up to because you will know without question why he is there.

Suffice to say in his line of work, he has irritated a few people along the line including an influential Saudi businessman whose son Rapp had supposedly bumped off in a previous novel and now he is seeking revenge. Rapp finds himself and his wife in the sights of a dangerous hitman who will let nothing get in his way.

The end result is a really entertaining action thriller for those who just want to switch off for a bit.

Title: Consent to kill

Author: Vince Flynn

ISBN: 978-1-4165-0501-3

Rated the book a 3.5 out of 5 and would thoroughly recommend it.

You can buy the book online from retailer Loot for R84.