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Merilyn

Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey

Set in Corrigan, a small Western Australian town in the 1960’s 13 year old protagonist Charlie finds himself dragged into a mystery surrou…

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Amy B

Breath by Tim Winton

Breath tells the story of 50 year old Bruce Pike, a melancholy divorced paramedic. Pike is looking back on his high school days when he lea…

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Kate

The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas

The slap is the latest novel by Australian author Christos Tsiolkas. The plot centres around a group of families attending a suburban barb…

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Read, Review & Win

Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey

This is the Australian equivalent of "To Kill a Mockingbird".  It has great characters and a deep mystery that needs to be solved.  It's a…

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0 Jul 13
Tuesday Afternoon Book Club

Ransom by David Malouf

  This is a retelling of Homer’s Iliad the epic poem about the final weeks of the Trojan War which according to Greek mythology, was wage…

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0 Jul 12
Jane B

Moral Hazard - Kate Jennings

After reading and enjoying Snake so much I was disappointed in this book  - it was dull and superficial. It tells of Cath and her job rais…

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0 May 5
Jane B

Snake - Kate Jennings

This is a stark book that evokes the harshness of the Australian bush and the people who try to make a living from the land. The story focu…

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1 Mar 30
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Tuesday Afternoon Book Club

Cloudstreet by Tim Winton

  It was unanimously agreed, the book club loved this classic Australian saga by Tim Winton! In fact one member has read the novel 15 time…

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0 Mar 17
Kate

The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas

The slap is the latest novel by Australian author Christos Tsiolkas. The plot centres around a group of families attending a suburban barb…

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4 Jan 13
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Read, Review & Win

Move to Strike by Sydney Bauer

For those people who like a good legal thriller - you can't go past Sydney Bauer. She delivers! 'Move to Strike' had all the elements requi…

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0 Nov. 19, 2009
Read, Review & Win

Gorillas, tea and coffee by Kate Llewellyn

A very interesting book. The author gives a very real account of life in East Africa, as she travels through South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania,…

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0 Nov. 10, 2009
Amber Lette

This is a great book!

I found this book a while back and I just recently saw it for sale on the Australian ebay called Intimate Pleasure by Brandy St.Pierre and…

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0 Oct. 20, 2009
Marilyn McNama

A Million Wild Acres - finding a copy

Hello everyone. This is my first time on a forum, so I hope I am in the right place for my dilemma. My husbands 60th is in December and he…

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1 Sep. 21, 2009
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The time is 1995, but everybody is linked by their past. Brilliant Australian Caroline can command everyone except her own ghoulish mother, which means that things aren’t easy for Josh and Zoe, her husband and twelve-year-old daughter. Josh has biza…
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Who wrote 'When winter comes'? I just checked but there doesn't seem to be another Twelve Houses book in the works but Sharon has written a brand new book called 'Troubled waters' which we will order soon! Yay!
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Truth is the beginning of the sequel to Peter Temple's "The broken shore". It's about violence, battery, crime,  corruption and deceit His clarity grabs you from the start and an engaging novel (which is what I love). It's well paced and evocative.…
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August 2, 2010 from 10:30am to 11:30am
Dr Mark Symonds (BChiroSc, MChiro, International Certified Chiropractic Wellness Practitioner) is the Principal Chiropractor and owner of Neurohealth Chiropractic. His aim is to create better lives through good health by minimising any areas of stru…
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  This fabulous prequel to the Black Magician Trilogy is set hundreds of years before the events of the first books. It could be read on its own but I think it would be better to read the trilogy first. One of the main mysteries from the trilogy is…
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I really liked this series too! I thought they were borderline romancey, but still excellent. The internal struggle that Wen was dealing with throughout the book was depicted magnificently. Will there be another one - That is the question! Has anyon…
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