Don’t underestimate the power of a Jodi Picoult novel. Oh, they suck you in, you read as many as you can, and just when you think you’re exhausted and can’t face any more drama and tense courtroom happenings, another novel is released and you’re back on the Picoult train. After reading a novel or two [...]
The past few weeks have been most interesting in the local political scene: WA has moved to a Liberal government, NSW has lost its Premier and today the Liberals changed leader. While this isn’t a political blog I thought it a topical time to introduce this month’s big release, The Costello Memoirs. The book was [...]
I don’t know how popular this book is in Australia. I found it when I was living in London a few months ago. I suppose you can say it’s a bit of a cult book in that for years it had a somewhat underground following. It didn’t do very well at first and almost faded [...]
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Tagged Audrey Niffenegger, Ferney, James Long, The Time Traveller's Wife
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The other day I polished off The Road by Cormac McCarthy and I am still recovering. The rate at which the book sucks you in and spits you out is incredible. I won’t try and do this book justice- I wonder if anyone can. Suffice it to say that I completely understand all the hype [...]