Coming up in June

At our June meeting we will be reading 'Dear Fatty' by Dawn French. If you were not at the May meeting, ask at the library for a copy.

Books we discussed in May

With a theme of 'Motherhood' the following titles were discussed.

• Careless  in Red - Elizabeth George
• A Great Deliverance - Elizabeth George
• The Memory Keeper's Daughter - Kim Edwards
• The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
• The Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan
• Winter Garden - Kristin Hannah
• Not My Daughter - Barbara Delinsky
• Midwives - Chris Bohjalian
• We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver

Other books discussed were

• Rainbow Pie - Joe Bajeant
• Murder on the Yukon Quest - Sue Henry

Richard Glover on genre

It started with 'chicklit'. To check out Richard Glover's amusing take on genre, click on the link below. 

For writers seeking a genre, the path ahead is lit

 

Bus trip to the First Tuesday Book Club

We have a bus going from the library to a taping of the First Tuesday Book Club at the ABC studios on Tuesday 31st May.
The bus will be departing the library at 10am amd will return before 5pm.
Details of the show can be found at :
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/firsttuesday/

The books to be discussed are:

The Last Werewolf By Glenn Duncan

Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons

If you would like to go please contact Rebecca Turnbull on 4560 4439
The cost is free! Just bring your own lunch or purchase something there.

The Suspect by Michael Robotham

The majority of the group read this book for our April selection. Generally the readers liked the twists and turns in the book and no-one guessed the finale. It was felt that the main character - Joe - was portrayed as very human with his own insecurities and bumbling manner making him a likeable lead. The author Michael Robotham, an Australian, was well received with a number of readers saying they would probably read more of his works.