Time to jump back into England and Austen with Pride and Prejudice as it is March and therefore time for our second Austen to celebrate the 250th year of her birth. You can find out more on Th…| Yarra Book Club
The second of these little groundhog day books and I must admit, once I bought it, I could not wait to start reading it. I actually finished it a week ago, but have been wanting some time to pull t…| Yarra Book Club
The Short List of the Booker Prize is due to be announced on 23 September 2025. I would have loved to have read more of the books prior to the announcement, but it was not to be. I have read 7 of the books and my friend Ian has read 10. These are our thoughts […]| Yarra Book Club
Love a vote and a countdown! The ABC is asking people to vote for their top 100 books of the 21st Century – The voting closes on 2 October at 5.00pm AEST. The countdown is on 18 October @ 1.00pm AEDT. To get involved: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/radionational/countdown/top100books You can vote for up to 10 books… here are […]| Yarra Book Club
This month my reading has been a bit scatty, first because of my return from France and a bit of jet lag and then I hit a busy period at work, and most recently I have been spending time with my Dad as my mum has had another stay in hospital, this time for 10 […]| Yarra Book Club
This is the book for our Rose Book Club this month and due to my hiatus it has been a last minute read! And because I have borrowed the book from my friend Ian, we only have one copy and both Phil …| Yarra Book Club
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
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 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
