Geraldine
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Thank you Patsy for another poem from your Comic and Curious Verse book, we do look forward to, and enjoy your recitation every month. Patsy also read the memoir of Alan Bennett Keeping On and Keeping On, Alan wrote The Lady in the Van which was made into a film and stage play. Amanda Heart wrote The Moongate a story covering 3 generations of love, war and mystery between Tasmania, London and Kerry during 1939, 1975 and 2004. Jack de Crow by AJ MacKinnon was a delightful book. AJ MacKinnon took off from the school where he was a teacher and rowed a dingy, aptly named Jack de Crow from Yorkshire to the Black Sea with many adventures along the way. Richard Osman author of The Thursday Murder Club was discussed and recommended the first book be read before the 2nd and 3rd. Lyn has been dipping into Utube with great interest and we do enjoy the magazines Lyn brings along to our group. John Grisham, James Patterson and Harlem Coben, occupied our reader along with Before You Judge Me: Being David by David Oldfield former Australian politician from the One Nation party, interesting reading and written more in the style of conversations. Murder and mayhem took the interest of our reader with Drugs, Guns and Lies by Keith Banks and Murder Mayhem thrown in for good measure. Double Shot of Happiness is Tim Sharp’s extraordinary journey from being diagnosed with Autism to becoming an international renowned artist, and his mother’s struggle to support him. Dear Dolly by Dolly Alderton and the many letters written to her in her career as an agony aunt journalist, Anthony Callea: Behind the Voice gave the reader an insight into his life. Lipstick Bureau by Michelle Gable, proved a very good story about a real life female spy who challenged convention and boundaries. A Nearly Normal Family is a novel by M.T. Edvardsson, when a teenage girl from a respectable family is accused of murder, where does that lead? Award winning Australian author Vikki Petraitis has written The Unbelieved, well worth the read as was River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer, a mother’s journey across the Caribbean to reclaim her stolen children. Rough Justice by Robin Bowles revisits the mysterious Falconio murder in the N.T. and Phillipa Gregory has made an appearance in The White Queen, always enjoyed. I can’t wait until October to hear what everyone has read this month.
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About 'Let's Talk Books'Have you read a good book you would like to share with others? Bring your book along and tell the group about it. This is a casual discussion group about books, papers or magazines we have read and enjoyed. You will hear about books others have read that you may also be interested in reading. Convenor/s and contact detailsGeraldine McCorkell
0408 522 662 Meeting times1st Monday 2 - 4 pm, Seniors Auditorum Fawckner Drive.
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