Apologies – almost a 2 week hiatus! I wish I could say it was just a break from blogging and that I had crammed in the reading, but, no, it was the other way around. I got home from France an…| Yarra Book Club
My fifth selection from the Booker List. I have read Andrew Miller before, both ‘Pure’ and ‘Oxygen’ which was shortlisted for the Booker some years ago. I remember that I loved ‘Oxygen’ and because I loved it so much I read ‘Pure’ which was a little more off kilter (which can be expected if the […]| Yarra Book Club
One of our amazing Rose Book Club participants suggested this book in April for our book club to read, but it didn’t get the votes. But now it is on the long list, I have the opportunity to r…| Yarra Book Club
Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.| A life in books
I didn’t so much select this to be my first of the prize reading. I love the write up, but I was exploring whether Amazon would allow me to buy a book not due for release until the 28th October in Australia. Turns out it did (must be based on location at time of purchase), […]| Yarra Book Club
It is here! So… I tipped 2 of these to be on the list. And I have read 2 of them. I am sad about some that are missing – Hollinghurst, Thien etc, but super excited to read those that are here. Though it is a little sad that no Australian books made it. This […]| Yarra Book Club