Category Archives: Fiction

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombian author and winner of the Nobel Prize for his great novel ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ has died at the age of 87.

‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’, is considered one of the 20th Century’s great novels, acclaimed throughout the world.

Celebrate Gabriel’s  life by reading one of his wonderful books.

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One Hundred Years of Solitude

The novel tells the story of the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the family. It is a rich and brilliant chronicle of life and death, and the tragicomedy of humankind. In the noble, ridiculous, beautiful, and tawdry story of the family, one sees all of humanity, just as in the history, myths, growth, and decay of Macondo, one sees all of Latin America. Continue reading →

The Miles Franklin Literary Award Longlist 2014

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Every year, we readers wait for our Aussie’s most prestigious literary award – Miles Franklin Award. As the most of those writers we’re familiar with, some of them might be relatively new, like Fiona McFarlane and her debut The night guest. However they’re all good Aussie writers. This year’s longlist has been announced recently. As for the winner, well, you can make up your own mind. Continue reading →

Last Thursday Book Group

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Folly by Alan Titchmarsh

Group Comments

  • Though it was a bit slow in the beginning – a little boring. Glad it had a happy ending.
  • The outline of the story was good, but found it hard to understand the finer details of the story, a little confusing.
  • Thought it was a good book because it was British, but thought it was a little odd because the characters were still estranged after almost 50 years.
  • Found the book quite interesting once the story unfolded. It was a story about lost chances and consequences.
  • Liked the story so far – hasn’t finished the book.

WE WOULD RECOMMEND THE BOOK

 

2nd Tuesday Evening Book Group

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Empire Day by Diane Armstrong

Group Comments

The book was easy to read and gave a good picture of life in the late 1940’s in Sydney. The issues that refugees face on arriving in a new country are universal and are still confronting individuals and society. Because of the multitude of characters, there were lots of subplots and so was not as in depth as it could have been. In many cases, the characters are quite stereotypical.

The kind of lifestyles depicted resonated with several members, whether through location (having lived in Bondi Junction) or having a refugee experience/ background, themselves.

Australian Romance Readers Awards 2013

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Romance fiction is always a major reading genre in our library as a lot people read romance for pleasure or for escape from their daily stress. Recently Australian Romance Readers Awards 2013 announced its winners. If you’re a romance reader and are wondering what to read next, then this winners’ list is certainly worth to go through. Continue reading →