This Wednesday the group discussed the multi award winning book ‘The Boat’ by Nam Le, a collection of seven short stories, which has also been featured in the ‘Get Reading’ free guide ’50 Books you can’t put down’. To see why the book was voted a ‘highly recommended read’ keep reading this post. Continue reading
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The calligrapher’s daughter – a review
Title: The calligrapher’s daughter
Author: Eugenia Kim London : Bloomsbury, 2010
Sarah’s Pick
The story begins in a village in Korea in 1915. It continues throughout the years of Japanese occupation and World War Two and ends in 1945. Continue reading
Duncan Lay is coming to Parramatta
Duncan Lay is the fantasy author of the trilogy “The Dragon Sword Histories” series including “The Wounded Guardian”, “The Risen Queen”. and “The Radiant Child ” Continue reading
Get Reading! 2010
Get Reading! is Australia’s largest annual celebration of books and reading. Previously called Books Alive, Get Reading! is a nationwide Australian Government initiative developed through the Australia Council for the Arts.
To celebrate Get Reading! 2010, Parramatta City Library is running a Book Review Competition. Continue reading
“The perfect Mother” – a Book Review
http://libcat.parracity.nsw.gov.au/
Title: The perfect mother
Author: Margaret Leroy
Sarah P’s pick
Catriona seems to have put aside her troubled childhood and is now living the life she wanted. She lives in a nice home with her husband, stepdaughter and her own daughter Daisy. However Daisy gets the flu and doesn’t seem to recover fully. Catriona tries to help her but finds her attempts are misunderstood and she is at risk of having Daisy taken away from her. Continue reading