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[Sharon]

Tango wrote: "Just finished I am Legend and Other Stories which was great. Just started Fractured which has been on the bedside table for a while now."

I have Fractured on my TBR. I'll be interested to see what you think of it Tango :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Liam wrote: "The Vale Girl finished. Not the sort of thing I'd usually read, but I enjoyed it enough. Well written, and the relationship between the teenage girl and her mother reminded me a lot of the relation..."

I've been sure I want to read this for awhile - I will now check if it's arrived on my library's bookshelves yet. Thanks Liam:)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Tango wrote: "Just finished I am Legend and Other Stories which was great. Just started Fractured which has been on the bedside table for a while now."

Loved Fractured by Dawn Barker

[B the BookAddict]

Spent yesterday reading :) and finished The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O'Farrell.

My review is:http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Jo]

Last night I finished Maggie O'Farrell latest book Instructions for a heatwave. It was a good read.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Bette wrote: "Spent yesterday reading :) and finished The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O'Farrell.

My review is:http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/..."

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

("is" is in the link, so it wouldn't work) :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Jo wrote: "Last night I finished Maggie O'Farrell latest book Instructions for a heatwave. It was a good read."

Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell

[Michael]

I'm currently reading John Safran's True Crime book Murder in Mississippi. Really interesting, I'm a fan of his documentary film making and knew the story behind this book so I was interested in checking this one out.

Also reading If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino which is taking a while because I keep rereading sections, writing down quotes and telling my wife about the book. Absolutely love this one.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Michael wrote: "I'm currently reading John Safran's True Crime book Murder in Mississippi. Really interesting, I'm a fan of his documentary film making and knew the story behind this book so I was interested in ch..."

Good to hear you're enjoying both books so much Michael.

[Marianne]

just finished by Jeanne Ray and really enjoyed it. My review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Marianne]

Jo wrote: "Last night I finished Maggie O'Farrell latest book Instructions for a heatwave. It was a good read."

this is in my TBR, good to know, although everything I have read by Maggie O'Farrell has been great

[Chris]

Marianne wrote: "just finished by Jeanne Ray and really enjoyed it. My review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/..."

Nice review, Marianne. Just added this one to my ever increasing TBR list.

[Liza]

I just finished, and loved, Zoe Saadia's The Fall of the Empire. Now started The Hangman's Daughter, which also seems like it will be good.

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I'm reading Mary Doria Russell's novel Children of God. It is the sequel to The Sparrow, which I loved. It just goes to show what you can do with the novel form - whoever would have thought Jesuits & Outer Space would work so brilliantly together?!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Catherine wrote: "I'm reading Mary Doria Russell's novel Children of God. It is the sequel to The Sparrow, which I loved. It just goes to show what you can do with the novel form - whoever would have thought Jesuits..."

Children of God by Mary Doria Russell
The Sparrow

[James]

I am reading Eric Clapton: The Autobiography starts out very well when he is on the rise, but, when he is in the depths of his drug dependency and egotism ... please forgive me if I ask for the volume to be turned down on his amplifier.

[B the BookAddict]

Jo wrote: "Last night I finished Maggie O'Farrell latest book Instructions for a heatwave. It was a good read."

I must mark that on my TBR. Ta!

[Dale]

Currently reading City of Hope. Enjoying it.

[Liam || Books 'n Beards]

Reading Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1). Lets see what all the fuss is about. Seems pretty good so far.

[Sharon]

Just finished reading The Outback Heart by Fiona Palmer and really enjoyed it.

Here is my review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Great review Sharon!

[Sharon]

Brenda wrote: "Great review Sharon!"

Thanks Brenda :)

[Jan]

Rereading The Sitters by Alex Miller. What a lovely, simply stylish piece of Australian fiction.

[B the BookAddict]

Finished Double Fault by Lionel Shriver

My review is:
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Vicki]

I'm reading The Midnight Promise by Aussie author Zane Lovitt. Superb writing. I can see why it won a Ned Kelly Award.

Here's a short excerpt:

"Demetri gets an overcoat from his car and together we hike silently into the wind. Footscray is the delta where trucks pour out of the city and spread across the west of Melbourne, so living here means slowly drowning in exhaust and the yawn of diesel engines and bored drivers who watch you in their rearview mirrors. It’s what keeps housing cheap and makes somewhere so close to the CBD a home for half of Melbourne’s migrant population. Sundays here are like low tide on a coral reef: every shape and color of life is on parade, hollering into mobile phones and undertaking their own serious mission, just like me and Demetri. I steer him away from the stir of Paisley Street and south under the rail overpass and he’s happy, at least for now, not to know where we’re going." --The Midnight Promise

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Sounds good Vicki!

[Sharon]

Started reading Burning Lies by Helene Young. I think I'm going to enjoy this one :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Sharon wrote: "Started reading Burning Lies by Helene Young. I think I'm going to enjoy this one :)"

Definitely should Sharon!!

[Kathryn]

I just finished 11.22.63 by Stephen King. I've never read a Stephen King before, and - wow!! 5 stars from me - it was about 750 pages or thereabouts, but although I was a little daunted by that originally, it didn't worry me after I started it - I found it a compelling read from the first word!

Sci-fi is not my normal genre, but the time travel back into the past was a really interesting concept - and revealed the depth of King's research. Loved, loved, loved it!!

[Michelle]

Kathryn wrote: "I just finished 11.22.63 by Stephen King. I've never read a Stephen King before, and - wow!! 5 stars from me - it was about 750 pages or thereabouts, but although I was a little daunted by that o..."

Oooh, I really want to read this one too as everybody seems to rave about it.

I started reading today which isn't my normal genre but I seem to be enjoying it so far.

[B the BookAddict]

Finished Foreign Bodies by Cynthia Ozick.

A short review is at:
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[B the BookAddict]

Kathryn wrote: "I just finished 11.22.63 by Stephen King. I've never read a Stephen King before, and - wow!! 5 stars from me - it was about 750 pages or thereabouts, but although I was a little daunted by that o..."

This sounds really interesting. I'm not a sci-fi person either but the 1963 era certainly interests me. Added to my TBR. Thank you:)

How small was the print???

[Kathryn]

I thought the print in the copy I had was fine, Bette. Normal - whatever normal is!!

And the more I think about it, the more I think what a wonderful story it was! I'd like more of something similar, but it seems quite a departure from Stephen King's usual fare so I don't think I would enjoy most of his other books as much, but there are a few I've added to my TBR.

[Vicki]

Stephen King is indeed a master storyteller.

I enjoyed 11/22/63, but not quite as much as you did, Kathryn.

I rated it 4 stars: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Kathryn]

Vicki wrote: "Stephen King is indeed a master storyteller.

I enjoyed 11/22/63, but not quite as much as you did, Kathryn.

I rated it 4 stars: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/..."

Goodness, Vicki - I almost used the same words as you in my posts above! Do you think that's the past harmonising?!!

[Vicki]

Kathryn wrote: "Goodness, Vicki - I almost used the same words as you in my posts above! Do you think that's the past harmonising?!!"

Like minds. :-)

[E.J.]

I am just beginning the new Kerry Greenwood story 'Murder and Mendelssohn'....the latest in the Phryne Fisher series.
I have read all the previous books and my interest has been rekindled now that there is a Miss Fisher tv series.

[Michael]

E.J. wrote: "I am just beginning the new Kerry Greenwood story 'Murder and Mendelssohn'....the latest in the Phryne Fisher series.
I have read all the previous books and my interest has been rekindled now tha..."

Murder and Mendelssohn

[Liam || Books 'n Beards]

Really enjoying Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1). Slightly peeved that the library has it filed as Fantasy... gonna have to fix that when I return it.

[Lily]

The Last Victim by Karen robards

[Dale]

Not sure how this got by without me seeing it before as I love her books but snaffled it from the library today despite this horribly boring cover. Reading I Still Dream About You

[Jo]

Dale who is the author?

[Liam || Books 'n Beards]

The unfortunately named Fannie Flagg, I believe. The book is sitting on a shelf opposite me :P

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Jo wrote: "Dale who is the author?"

If you click on the link Jo, it will take you straight to the book so you can check it out:)

[Dale]

Jo wrote: "Dale who is the author?"

I see Liam and Brenda have already answered this before I saw your question Jo.

[B the BookAddict]

I finished Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian.

A short review is here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Last night I started We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver.

Like last time I read this, it is un-put-down-able; up to pg 310. Although there is a part of me that wants to just put this aside and never pick it up again, there is a bigger part that's totally transfixed.

[Sharon]

Finished reading Burning Lies by Helene Young. I LOVED IT.

My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Sharon]

Started reading Second Chances by Charity Norman.

[B the BookAddict]

I've just finished We Need to Talk About KevinLionel Shriver.

My review is at: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Liam || Books 'n Beards]

Finished Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1), I really enjoyed it.