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Tag Archives: Book Recommendations
Librarians’ Choice – July
1. A Month of Sundays by Liz Byrski For over ten years, Ros, Adele, Judy and Simone have been in an online book club, but they have never met face to face. Until now… Determined to enjoy her imminent retirement, … Continue reading
Golden Man Booker Prize Winner
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje has won the Golden Man Booker Prize. This special one-off prize was chosen by the public to celebrate 50 years of the Booker prize. All previous winners were considered by a panel of five specially appointed … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Recommendations, Golden Man Booker 2018
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Carolyn’s Books of the Month – July
Best Read: Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly Caroline Ferriday, a socialite in New York, has her hands full with her post at the French consulate, but on the eve of a fateful war, her world is changed forever when Hitler’s … Continue reading
Alison’s Picks – July
The Shepherd’s Hut by Tim Winton – A new novel by Tim Winton is always an event. And what do we have here, this time? Two characters only, centre-stage: one, Jaxie Clackton, a damaged, hopped-up teenager running from his ruin of … Continue reading
Librarians’ Choice – June
1. The Nowhere Child by Christian White Kim Leamy is approached by a stranger investigating the disappearance of a little girl from her Kentucky home twenty-eight years earlier. He believes Kim is that girl. As the mystery of Sammy’s disappearance … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Recommendations, Librarian's Choice
Alison’s Picks – June
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman – The unique voice is what strikes you first. It’s the voice of an oddball young woman, her face disfigured by scarring, her social skills non-existent, her possibly psychopathic mother incarcerated. Clever Eleanor, … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Recommendations, book reviews
