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
I really don’t need new challenges, but lol… I cannot help myself! The challenge starts on 1 June 2025 and runs through to 31 August 2025, and given I plan to fly back to France shortly…| 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
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
I bought this book last year in Warsaw, in one of the most fantastic bookstores I found during that short trip. I wasn’t even supposed to be in Warsaw, but I lost my passport on my flight from Lourdes to Krakow, as so my weekend trip turned into a week as I went to Warsaw […]| 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
GyGoldenReviewer on Instagram has recently gathered a wide range of people’s picks for the 2025 Man Booker Long List. This included my list and 9 other blogs and a whole stack of lists that people have put on Instagram (and elsewhere). To see what narrowly missed out, check out his Instagram post which is getting […]| Yarra Book Club
So I selected this little book from NetGalley. Tomorrow is it’s official release. I have been reading it on my phone as it doesn’t have an e-reader option, so it has been a companion to me when I am away from my other books. Thankyou #NetGalley and #Victory Editing NetGalley Co-Op Review: Because I am […]| Yarra Book Club
I do not normally read the Book Club books early, in fact I normally read them with only a few days before our meeting, which means they are fresh, but this time, I have to get some books ‘read’ so that when the Man Booker is announced next Tuesday, I am ready to devote myself […]| Yarra Book Club
Okay I have been thinking about this list for a year! The following is my Man Booker Prize Long List for 2025. And of course it is a ‘Booker Dozen’ which means it can have 12 or 13 books, so I chose 13 books to increase my odds! The actual long list will be announced […]| Yarra Book Club
I didn’t read these at the time when I finished ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ but I went back to read them, hence the second post. The cover above is the first edition cover whic…| Yarra Book Club
Granta Books is one of my favourite publishers as they publish some of my favourite authors. One of them being Madeleine Thien. I absolutely adored her book, ‘Do Not Say We Have Nothing’…| Yarra Book Club
I discovered this book after reading Madeleine Thien’s ‘The Book of Records’ and because I live in the Pyrenees and am close to so many of the landmarks that Hannah Ardent travels…| Yarra Book Club
This was our Rose Book Club choice and we discussed it last Tuesday. It was also long listed for the Women’s Prize. I am just a bit slow getting round to doing my review this time because we …| Yarra Book Club
I decided I wanted to read this book in early November. I had been reading a post by Brona at This Reading Life, which was on non-fiction and essays and decided to do a search of whether Gabriel Ga…| Yarra Book Club
This book is on my 50 Classics List and I slipped it into my bag when I was heading up to Sydney. The book I was reading was On the Calculation of Volume II and I finished it on the flight up. Hemi…| Yarra Book Club
As part of the year of reading Jane Austen (hosted by the Classics Blog). The plan is to read all of Jane Austen’s main novels, starting in January 2025 and allowing two months for each.…| Yarra Book Club
This book is in the running for a lot of awards! And has already bagged a few, but it came to my attention given it was long and short listed for the International Man Booker Prize. Winner of the N…| Yarra Book Club
