The months zoom by so quickly and already it's time to meet again!
This Thursday we'll be discussing Hannah Kent's Burial Rites. If you haven't read it that's fine, come along anyway to see whether you'd like to or whether you've saved yourself a lot of time and effort.
After visiting Japan, Canada, South America and Iceland for our last three books, next month we'll be returning to our home shores to read an Australian novel.
Looking forward to seeing you at City at 6 pm this Thursday!
Monday, 28 April 2014
Monday, 7 April 2014
Small numbers but big discussion
Ann Patchett's State of Wonder certainly raised a heap of discussion especially on what is right and what is wrong or whether these concepts are of any use at all. The novel poses many moral questions through the choices and actions taken by the main characters on their journeys. Opinions varied as to the reasons the characters behaved the way they did.
The jungle and its creatures affected readers differently as well. Our arachnaphobe found the descriptions of walking carefully through the grass to avoid the spiders very off-putting while the ophidiophobe found the description of the anaconda event quite confronting.
Overall it seems that State of Wonder was considered a worthwhile read and it certainly stimulated discussion.
For next month we are having a dramatic change of scene as our April read, Burial Rites by Hannah Kent is set in the bleakness of northen Iceland in 1829.
To find out more about this promising young author check out the following in ABC Conversations with Richard Fidler.
If you haven't collected your copy yet, call into Mackay City Library and pick up your copy so you have something to read for Easter.
Our next meeting is on Thursday 1 May at 6 pm at Mackay City Library.
Happy reading!
The jungle and its creatures affected readers differently as well. Our arachnaphobe found the descriptions of walking carefully through the grass to avoid the spiders very off-putting while the ophidiophobe found the description of the anaconda event quite confronting.
Overall it seems that State of Wonder was considered a worthwhile read and it certainly stimulated discussion.
For next month we are having a dramatic change of scene as our April read, Burial Rites by Hannah Kent is set in the bleakness of northen Iceland in 1829.
To find out more about this promising young author check out the following in ABC Conversations with Richard Fidler.
If you haven't collected your copy yet, call into Mackay City Library and pick up your copy so you have something to read for Easter.
Our next meeting is on Thursday 1 May at 6 pm at Mackay City Library.
Happy reading!
Tuesday, 1 April 2014
Reminder! It's Cityside Book Club week!
I know how busy everyone is, so thought I'd give a quick reminder that Cityside Book Club will be meeting this Thursday, 3 April at 6 pm at Mackay City Library.
If you can't make it to book club and you have one of our book club set books out, it would be wonderful if you could drop the book into any of our library branches and it will find its way back to its home. We need this to happen as we have other book clubs wanting to use these sets.
If you miss book club and you would like to pick up the current book club book, just pop into Mackay City Library and ask any friendly staff member for assistance.
See you on Thursday to discuss Ann Patchett's State of Wonder. If you haven't read it that's fine, we often have a segment about what else members are reading.
See you this Thursday!
If you can't make it to book club and you have one of our book club set books out, it would be wonderful if you could drop the book into any of our library branches and it will find its way back to its home. We need this to happen as we have other book clubs wanting to use these sets.
If you miss book club and you would like to pick up the current book club book, just pop into Mackay City Library and ask any friendly staff member for assistance.
See you on Thursday to discuss Ann Patchett's State of Wonder. If you haven't read it that's fine, we often have a segment about what else members are reading.
See you this Thursday!
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