It's Cityside Book Club Week! Hope you are enjoying this month's read and looking forward to joining the discussion this Thursday at 6pm at Mackay City Library!
Great weather for curling up with a good book! Happy reading!
Monday, 30 June 2014
Monday, 23 June 2014
Are you sleeping?
Just a reminder that you have just over a week to read SJ Watson's Before I Go To Sleep!
Hope it's not interfering with your sleep!
See you on Thursday 3 July at Mackay City Library at 6 pm!
Hope it's not interfering with your sleep!
See you on Thursday 3 July at Mackay City Library at 6 pm!
Thursday, 5 June 2014
Something to read before you go to sleep.....
According to the Sunday Times SJ Watson's Before I Go To Sleep was 'mesmerising and unsettling...The best debut thriller for years.' Hopefully it lives up to the hype.
John O'Connell from The Guardian while reviewing novels concerning memory and the loss of, had this to say about SJ Watson's novel which apparently was written between shifts while working as an audiologist.
Apparently, there is a movie being filmed, based on SJ Watson's thriller. It stars Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, Anne-Marie Duff and Mark Strong and is directed by Rowan Joffe. Although there is a poster I could not find any trailers available yet but apparently it will be realeased in Australia in August this year.
The book certainly has the potential for being a great movie and with stars of such calibre, it looks like a movie to watch out for.
Looking forward to your views on SJ Watson's Before I Go To Sleep when we meet next at 6.00pm at Mackay City Library on Thursday, 3 July.
Don't forget to read a couple of pages each night, before you go to sleep......
John O'Connell from The Guardian while reviewing novels concerning memory and the loss of, had this to say about SJ Watson's novel which apparently was written between shifts while working as an audiologist.
Apparently, there is a movie being filmed, based on SJ Watson's thriller. It stars Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, Anne-Marie Duff and Mark Strong and is directed by Rowan Joffe. Although there is a poster I could not find any trailers available yet but apparently it will be realeased in Australia in August this year.
The book certainly has the potential for being a great movie and with stars of such calibre, it looks like a movie to watch out for.
Looking forward to your views on SJ Watson's Before I Go To Sleep when we meet next at 6.00pm at Mackay City Library on Thursday, 3 July.
Don't forget to read a couple of pages each night, before you go to sleep......
Jasper Jones Rulz!
Craig Silvey's Jasper Jones: a novel was a hit with majority of our book clubbers. One reader had got waylaid not long into the book but felt she had missed something worthwhile as discussion ensued.
Jeffery Lu was a great favourite: his resilience, irrepressibility and wicked wit really captured readers' hearts. The discrimination he and his family suffered at the hands of the town both at the social event and the cricket really upset our readers. Bullying from school children was considered bad enough, but when it was sanctioned and abetted by the town's adults, it seemed unbearable. There was the comment that bullying seems to have appeared rather regularly in our book club reads so maybe authors feel this issue is sufficiently prevalent to warrant attention in their works.
There was much discussion as to the way the adults behaved badly while the main child characters displayed a mature compassion and understanding beyond their years. The lack of empathy shown by the majority of adult characters, Charlie's dad and Mad Jack Lionel excepted, was a source of concern for our readers. Opinions varied as to whether this sort of behaviour would be condoned in small Australian towns today.
Our readers really enjoyed the camaraderie and banter between Charlie and Jeffrey. The range of their conversation topics, their arguments regarding hypotheticals as well as the mental games they played really intrigued and amused our readers. Our book clubbers also delighted in the developing relationship between Eliza and Charlie which was accompanied by Jeffrey's persistent, consistent 'Sassytime!' commentary. Opinions varied as to whether Jasper Jones would ever outrun society's bleak perception and expectation that he was 'bad'.
The overall conclusion was that Jasper Jones was a worthy read, well written and a credible depiction of small Australian towns in the 1960s. Our readers thought this novel could be developed into a great movie.
Our next novel is a crime thriller that takes us to the UK; SJ Watson's Before I Go To Sleep.
I'll include more details about this book in my next blog!
You may need to read this book with the lights on..............
Jeffery Lu was a great favourite: his resilience, irrepressibility and wicked wit really captured readers' hearts. The discrimination he and his family suffered at the hands of the town both at the social event and the cricket really upset our readers. Bullying from school children was considered bad enough, but when it was sanctioned and abetted by the town's adults, it seemed unbearable. There was the comment that bullying seems to have appeared rather regularly in our book club reads so maybe authors feel this issue is sufficiently prevalent to warrant attention in their works.
There was much discussion as to the way the adults behaved badly while the main child characters displayed a mature compassion and understanding beyond their years. The lack of empathy shown by the majority of adult characters, Charlie's dad and Mad Jack Lionel excepted, was a source of concern for our readers. Opinions varied as to whether this sort of behaviour would be condoned in small Australian towns today.
Our readers really enjoyed the camaraderie and banter between Charlie and Jeffrey. The range of their conversation topics, their arguments regarding hypotheticals as well as the mental games they played really intrigued and amused our readers. Our book clubbers also delighted in the developing relationship between Eliza and Charlie which was accompanied by Jeffrey's persistent, consistent 'Sassytime!' commentary. Opinions varied as to whether Jasper Jones would ever outrun society's bleak perception and expectation that he was 'bad'.
The overall conclusion was that Jasper Jones was a worthy read, well written and a credible depiction of small Australian towns in the 1960s. Our readers thought this novel could be developed into a great movie.
Our next novel is a crime thriller that takes us to the UK; SJ Watson's Before I Go To Sleep.
I'll include more details about this book in my next blog!
You may need to read this book with the lights on..............
Tuesday, 3 June 2014
Chatting about Jasper Jones this Thursday at 6 pm at Mackay City Library
Just a reminder that it's Cityside Book Club Thursday this week! We will be talking about our experience of Craig Silvey's 'Jasper Jones'.
Here a few quotes to jog your memory.
'The Sydney Morning Herald's' Rebecca Starford had this to say about Craig Silvey's second novel.
Have a look at what Craig Silvey has to say about writing Jasper Jones.
Now that we've heard the comment of some experts, I'm looking forward to hearing what our local readers have to say about this Australian novel set in a small mining town in Western Australia.
Happy reading!
Here a few quotes to jog your memory.
'The Sydney Morning Herald's' Rebecca Starford had this to say about Craig Silvey's second novel.
Have a look at what Craig Silvey has to say about writing Jasper Jones.
Now that we've heard the comment of some experts, I'm looking forward to hearing what our local readers have to say about this Australian novel set in a small mining town in Western Australia.
Happy reading!
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