by NRB | 23 Dec 2016 | Fiction, Non-fiction |
Unusually, this year Jean only features one crime novel, but as usual our picks are widely different. Linda’s close following of Australian women’s fiction is evident, while Jean has returned to some classics. Jean’s picks: Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean...
by NRB | 16 Dec 2016 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
I haven’t read any books this year, but have had the great privilege of listening to 89 audiobooks narrated by superb actors. As in past years, I gave each book a mark out of 10. Listed here are the five that have most impressed me, not in order of merit but in the...
by NRB | 23 Aug 2016 | Fiction |
This debut novel asks why the Californian, a mere 20 miles away, did not come to the stricken Titanic’s aid. What more could there possibly be to say about that extraordinary story of hubris, the Titanic? Surely we all know how it ends: how, in 1912 the biggest...
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