Book review: Hour of the wolf by Hakan Nesser

Title: Hour of the wolf

Author: Hakan Nesser

 Yan’s pick

 He drives home, very drunk. Then he runs over a 16 years old boy on the road. The boy is dead.

 Under the cover of midnight’s darkness and heavy rain, he thinks he can get away with the hit and run. True, the police scramble and desperately ask for public help and the driver to come forward.

 Then he receives a blackmail letter which demands money for silence. Continue reading

Ist Wednesday book group read Sarah Thornhill by Kate Grenville

Sarah Thornhill is the youngest child of William Thornhill, convict-turned-landowner on the Hawkesbury River. She grows up in the fine house her father is so proud of, a strong-willed young woman who’s certain where her future lies. She’s known Jack Langland since she was a child, and always loved him. But the past is waiting in ambush with its dark legacy. There’s a secret in Sarah’s family, a piece of the past kept hidden from the world and from her. A secret Jack can’t live with… (NovelList Plus) Continue reading

The reading hour

On Saturday 25th August 2012, Parramatta City Library celebrated The Reading Hour throughout all its six branches in the morning. This was part of the National Year of Reading and the aim is to promote the benefits of reading. That “sharing a book with your child for 10 minutes a day, an hour a week” encourages lifelong social end educational benefits. Continue reading

It’s never too late… to learn to read

To celebrate National Year of Reading 2012 & The adult learners week, ‘It’s never too late to learn to read’ writing competition has announced its winners. Now it’s calling for People’s choice to vote their favourites.

This is the link for you to entre the voting and also to read those winning writings

http://www.love2read.org.au/never-too-late.cfm

Enjoy reading.