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[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

☼♄Jülie wrote: "Brenda wrote: "I reading Crucifixion Creek by Barry Maitland at the moment:) Really enjoying it, though not all that far in yet!"

I fancy that one Brenda, it gets so..."

It's really good so far Jools:)

[Marianne]

Didnt i say it would be?

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Marianne wrote: "Didnt i say it would be?"

Yes, it was you that pointed me to it Marianne ;)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Marianne wrote: "Didnt i say it would be?"

You did!

[Sally906]

To my current reads I've added The Good Master by Kate Seredy - a children's/YA family adventure set in Hungary prior to WWI.

And They Found A Cave by Nan Chauncy - an Aussie story set in Tasmania

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

That last one sounds good Sally! I've not heard of it before...

[Sally906]

Brenda wrote: "That last one sounds good Sally! I've not heard of it before..."

I only heard of her last year - she has written a few books. Hails from Tasmania

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I'll be interested in your review when you get to it:)

[Sally906]

Brenda wrote: "I'll be interested in your review when you get to it:)"

No worries

[Ryan]

Just started Storm Front by Jim Butcher.

[Neko]

Gang 2 by Ross Kemp....Finished first one earlier on. Addictive :D

[B the BookAddict]

☼♄Jülie wrote: "B the BookAddict wrote: "☼♄Jülie wrote: "Brenda wrote: "☼♄Jülie wrote: "Last night I started reading Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey as my last book for the Wi...

I'd probably take you on Bette, if you lived a little closer! ;)
Today we are going to buy about half a ton of mulch, so that will test a few old winter dormant muscles in the near future ö"

Thanks, Julie:) I'm doing the weeding, then I'll sugarcane mulch. Should say I'm watching the weeds grow atm. I bought this house thinking how much DH would love the huge garden. A rude awakening when reality hit and I only have one set of hands:(

I've had a 'slug' of a winter, flat and uninspired a little more than prior winters. I need one of those special lamps.

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

B the BookAddict wrote: "☼♄Jülie wrote: "B the BookAddict wrote: "☼♄Jülie wrote: "Brenda wrote: "☼♄Jülie wrote: "Last night I started reading Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey as my last..."

Hopefully The arrival of Spring will help get the motivational juices flowing Bette, it's looking like its going to be a good one :)

[Tracy]

The Beast's Garden by Kate Forsyth. (First Kate Forsyth book I've read...I should probably be ashamed at that!)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Tracy wrote: "The Beast's Garden by Kate Forsyth. (First Kate Forsyth book I've read...I should probably be ashamed at that!)"

The Beast's Garden by Kate Forsyth

[Tracy]

Brenda wrote: "Tracy wrote: "The Beast's Garden by Kate Forsyth. (First Kate Forsyth book I've read...I should probably be ashamed at that!)"

The Beast's Garden by Kate Forsyth"

Thanks Brenda! Was in a rush and forgot to link to the title and author! (Writing like crazy here to meet my deadline!)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Tracy wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Tracy wrote: "The Beast's Garden by Kate Forsyth. (First Kate Forsyth book I've read...I should probably be ashamed at that!)"

The Beast's Garden by ..."

No problems Tracy:)

[Rosie]

I am currently reading As Darkness Falls

Loving it so far

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Not me, but DH just finished The Sisters by Claire Douglas and wants me to recommend it to my Psych thriller friends...he really liked it ;)

[K]

I just finished . I did a short review here:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...

Warning: it contains spoilers!

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

That link doesn't go to your review Kiera.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

☼♄Jülie wrote: "Not me, but DH just finished The Sisters by Claire Douglas and wants me to recommend it to my Psych thriller friends...he really liked it ;)"

Thanks Jools...sounds good!

[K]

Oops. Is this better?
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Mish]

I'm still going on with Big Little Lies but I've also picked up The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick - the illustrations are magnificent!

And Adrift by Paul Griffin.

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Michael wrote: "Just finished In the Quiet by Eliza Henry-Jones. Will post my review tonight and it will be quite favorable.

Will be reading The Widow's Confession..."

Sounds like you enjoyed ITQ also Michael? ;)

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Kiera wrote: "Oops. Is this better?
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

Much better:)

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Has everyone put their name down for the Readathon? Don't forget it starts at midnight tonight!

[MaryG2E]

Mid-way through the Quarterly Readathon, on Saturday evening, I've just finished The Wedding Proposal by Sue Moorcroft. I really enjoyed it. It is a contemporary novel - a mix of romance/chick lit/family relations. Well-written, very entertaining. I'm not going to write a proper review because I need to press on with the next novel for the marathon Readathon, A Beautiful Blue Death by Charles Finch. Happy reading everyone.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

For the read-a-thon I have read Star Promise by G.J. Walker-Smith and Alert by James Patterson - both 5 star reads. I'm currently reading Patrick's Journey by Roy T. Humphreys

I'll write up and post all reviews Monday or Tuesday :)

[Mish]

I have just finished Big Little Lies - Wow! What an ending!!! I did not imagine it was going to turn out that way.

For those who have read it - (view spoiler)[I am shocked yet SO RELIEVED it was HIM who died. I know that sounds horrible but i had the feeling throughout it was going to be one of the mums and felt my heart sink (hide spoiler)]

[Mish]

Just picked up The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsionon Audio.

And still reading on paperback Adrift by Paul Griffin - terrifying yet so good!

[MaryG2E]

I've been struggling to get through The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally for quite a few days now. I have huge respect for Keneally, having enjoyed several other novels by him, but...this one defeats me. Mainly due to the weird sentence structures and the absence of quotation marks for speech. I'm really disappointed that I did not get more pages read for the Read-a-thon just completed, but I find this book very hard to plough through. It's been on my TBR list for ages, and is a key text for my 2015 Personal Challenge, which is to read a number of modern books about Australians at war. Curious to know if anyone else has read it and had trouble with it.

[Dale]

MaryG2E wrote: "I've been struggling to get through The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally for quite a few days now. I have huge respect for Keneally, having enjoyed several other ..."

I started it Mish and gave up on it.

[MaryG2E]

Dale wrote: "MaryG2E wrote: "I've been struggling to get through The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally for quite a few days now. I have huge respect for Keneally, having enjoye..."

I may just give up on it too Dale. Life is too short to be stuck reading crappy books, particularly when there are so many, many more just waiting to be read.

[Dale]

MaryG2E wrote: "Dale wrote: "MaryG2E wrote: "I've been struggling to get through The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally for quite a few days now. I have huge respect for Keneally, ..."

Sorry for the wrong name Mary. The brain is not functioning on all cylinders at present. I agree too many good books waiting to persist with those you are not enjoying.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

MaryG2E wrote: "I've been struggling to get through The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally for quite a few days now. I have huge respect for Keneally, having enjoyed several other ..."

My son and I went to see him after his release of this book, and the audience was quite large. One of the readers asked him why he didn't put speech marks in it and he was very evasive about it in his answer. Then I'm afraid quite a few proceeded to tell him it was extremely difficult to read, and others couldn't get through it etc. That's one of the main reasons I've never desired to read it:)

[Dale]

Brenda wrote: "MaryG2E wrote: "I've been struggling to get through The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally for quite a few days now. I have huge respect for Keneally, having enjoye..."

I found it annoying Brenda,

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I don't like it when it's laid out like that Dale - very difficult to read and make sense of!

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

MaryG2E wrote: "I've been struggling to get through The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally for quite a few days now. I have huge respect for Keneally, having enjoyed several other ..."

I gave it two stars. I found the lack of punctuation irritating.

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Mish wrote: "I have just finished Big Little Lies - Wow! What an ending!!! I did not imagine it was going to turn out that way.

For those who have read it - [spoilers removed]"

I loved that book!!! The ending was great.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I'm going to start Wild Lands by Nicole Alexander next :)

[Leonie]

Brenda wrote: "MaryG2E wrote: "I've been struggling to get through The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally for quite a few days now. I have huge respect for Keneally, having enjoye..."

I really don't understand why they do it. It really doesn't add anything to the writing, except make it harder for people to read and enjoy.

On another note - as a writer, I know that if I submitted a manuscript to a publisher with no punctuation or speech marks it probably wouldn't be taken seriously. Makes you wonder...

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

It makes you wonder if it's the NAME that gets it through...

[Leonie]

True. I really don't understand why though. It was one of the things that irritated me about The Narrow Road to the Deep North as well.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

That Deadman Dance was a DNF for me because of that! Didn't make any sense - I had to keep going back and try to work out who was saying what....

[Ryan]

I first encountered it in Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West and it was frustrating at first. However it must have had the desired effect because I gave the book five stars. Apparently Cormac McCarthy writes all his books like that.

[Tim]

I am currently in Sihanoukville, Cambodia. I found a little 2nd hand bookstore and bought "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison for $2 and "Johnny Got His Gun" by Dalton Trumbo for $3. I can't wait to start reading them. I am also reading Shadowland by Peter Straub but not really enjoying it that much.

[Tim]

Ryan wrote: "I first encountered it in Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West and it was frustrating at first. However it must have had the desired effect because I gave the book five ..."

I totally love that book Ryan. It's probably in my top 3 books of all time. I think it would make a brilliant movie.

[MaryG2E]

Brenda wrote: "MaryG2E wrote: "I've been struggling to get through The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally for quite a few days now. I have huge respect for Keneally, having enjoye..."

Very interesting information Brenda. I think what peeves me the most is that this is an important topic - the fairly recent acknowledgement of the tremendous efforts of Australian women as nurses and other support workers overseas in WW1. Adds a whole new dimension to the official history of Australians at war, a la C.E.W. Bean et al. Indeed Keneally alludes to this entrenched sexism levelled at the nurses with his character, the truly ghastly colonel in charge of the hospital on Lemnos where Sally, Naomi and the other women arrive after the sinking of their ship. So I think Keneally could have done a greater service to the memory of those women who were the unsung heroes of Gallipoli and the Western Front by writing a decent book that is readable, and able to be appreciated by a wide audience.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Tim wrote: "I am currently in Sihanoukville, Cambodia. I found a little 2nd hand bookstore and bought "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison for $2 and "Johnny Got His Gun" by Dalton Trumbo..."

That would have been great, browsing around that little shop!