The book read by the 2nd Tuesday evening book club for April 2011 was The girl with the dragon tattoo by Stieg Larsson. Here are some of their thoughts on this popular 1st volume of the Millennium Trilogy Continue reading
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Under the Influence – a review
Title – Under the influence
Author – Jacqueline Lunn
NSW, Vintage Books, 2011
Sarah’s Pick
Three girls meet at boarding school in Sydney’s North Shore. Meg is the daughter of a widowed sheep farmer from western NSW. Eve’s parents run the chemist shop in a country town. And Sarah can see the roof of her house from the boarding school but has been sent there by her busy professional parents. The story gives a good account of teenage girls and life in a boarding school. The girls share a secret about another girl from school- the popular and beautiful Rebecca. This secret changes the girls. Continue reading
Daughters-in-Law – a review
Title: Daughters-in-Law
Author: Joanna Trollope
London : Doubleday, 2011
Sarah’s pick
Rachel is married to Anthony and the mother of three sons. She has devoted her life to bringing up her sons in Suffolk, giving up her career to focus on her family. But now they are all adults and married and Rachel struggles with the changes in her family. The daughters-in-law now have more influence over her sons than she does and the family starts to drift apart. Continue reading
1st Wednesday Book Club – a review
The book the group read for the month of April 2011 was Still Alice the debut novel of Lisa Genova, here are the thoughts of the group: Continue reading
The tulip virus – a review
Author: Danielle Hermans
Title: The tulip virus
Allen & Unwin 2010
Eerie, brutal, and twisted, ‘The tulip virus’ writes about some blood murders that stained beautiful the flower, tulip; and about crimes that happened in 1636 and 2007 in a similar violent way that shocked the nation. That makes this novel uniquely gripping and thought provoking. Continue reading