2011 IMPAC International Dublin Literary Award goes to Colum McCann for his novel Let the great world spin. The book has beaten off competition from 161 other titles, nominated by 166 public libraries from 43 countries. Continue reading
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#readit2011 whodoneit – July reading
#readit2011 state wide (http://readit2011.wordpress.com/) reading challenge for July is ‘whodoneit’ – mysteries and crime reading. Parramatta City Library has come up with some interesting titles available from both fiction and non fiction collection. Those two bookmarks are for a start.
The garden party – a review
Title: The Garden Party
Author: Sarah Challis
London : Headline Review, 2011
Sarah P’s pick
The book is the story of the Baxter family- Alice, David and their four children. Alice is approaching her 60th birthday and 40th wedding anniversary and decides, uncharacteristically, to hold a party to celebrate the occasions and have her family together. Continue reading
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother – a review
Title: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
Author: Amy Chua
Sarah P’s pick
This is the account of Amy Chua, a Professor of Law at Yale University and the mother to two girls. Chua follows what she calls the Chinese way of bringing up children rather than the Western way (although she does acknowledge the term Chinese mother or Western parents does not apply to everyone from these cultures). Continue reading
#readit2011 bookmarks for May & June
http://readit2011.wordpress.com
These are bookmarks of suggested reads for May and June on #readit2011 challenge. For more info you can go to the link above.
Happy reading.