Something quick
(AGH, Book Club is next week and I haven’t read the book yet!)
Walks with men - Ann Beattie
What’s in it? – New York, older men, sexcapades.
What’s in it? – New York, older men, sexcapades.
Something about
L.O.V.E
One Day – David
Nicolls
What’s in it? – 1960s London, a bad Mexican restaurant, having friend's who you don't really like.
What’s in it? – 1960s London, a bad Mexican restaurant, having friend's who you don't really like.
Something a bit Old
School (Which you pretend to have already read at dinner parties). (Also, because these are old, you can read them for free! Free stuff is cool!)
Cranford - Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
What's in it? - Small towns, railways, cows wearing pyjamas.
What's in it? - Small towns, railways, cows wearing pyjamas.
The Forsyte Saga – John
Galsworthy
What's in it? - Society, Love, Family, War.
What's in it? - Society, Love, Family, War.
Something with a bit
of history is it
Remarkable Creatures – Tracy Chevalier
What's in it? - Fossils, ye olde days, independent women.
What's in it? - Fossils, ye olde days, independent women.
The Reader - Bernhard Schlink
What’s in it? – Berlin, WW2, sex with minors.
What’s in it? – Berlin, WW2, sex with minors.
Something Non-Fiction
but unput-downable
Eating Animals – Johnathan
Safran Foer
What's in it? - Ethical eating, factory farming, environmental issues.
What's in it? - Ethical eating, factory farming, environmental issues.
Something Non-
Fictiony about Religion
The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ – Philip Pullman
What’s in it?- The Bible as a novel.
What’s in it?- The Bible as a novel.
Something a little
bit quirky
Everything is Illuminated
– Johnathan Safran Foer
Subjects: War, the Ukraine, a deranged seeing-eye bitch.
Subjects: War, the Ukraine, a deranged seeing-eye bitch.
The Wild Things – David
Eggers
What’s in it? – An adult imagining of ‘Where the Wild Things are’ by Maurice Sendak.
What’s in it? – An adult imagining of ‘Where the Wild Things are’ by Maurice Sendak.
Something a bit short
storyish/essayish and hilarious
When you are engulfed in flames – David Sedaris
What’s in it? – France, America, Family, Baby Skeletons.Get Well Soon! My (Un)Brilliant Career as a Nurse -Kristy Chambers
What’s in it? – France, America, Family, Baby Skeletons.Get Well Soon! My (Un)Brilliant Career as a Nurse -Kristy Chambers
What’s in it? – Nursing, gross, gross bodily fluids.
Something a bit
mumsie
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Anny Shaffer
What’s in it? Guernsey, books, pie.
Something for gals AND guys
Gold- Chris Cleave
What’s in it?- The Olympics, friends as rivals, heart shattering tragedy.
What’s in it?- The Olympics, friends as rivals, heart shattering tragedy.
Something about
Family
Two Lives – Vikram
SethWhat’s in it?- India/England/Germany, Dentistry
Her Father’s Daughter
– Alice PungWhat’s in it?- Growing up Asian in Australia, Writing, Cambodia
Something Autobiographical
Unbearable Lightness –
Portia De RossiWhat’s in it?- Eating Disorders, acting, Ellen Degeneres.
Julie and Julia – Julia
PowellWhat’s in it?- France, Cooking, Lobsters loose in the kitchen.
Something about The Issues (but not too much of a downer)
And The Mountains Echoed – Khaled HosseiniWhat’s in it?- Afghanistan/France, war, family.
Incendiary – Chris
Cleave
What’s in it? – Terroism, London, Mother-Son relationships.
What’s in it? – Terroism, London, Mother-Son relationships.
Something about The Issues (that’s still funny and
heartwarming)
The Happiest Refuge- Ahn
DoWhat’s in it?- Refugees, growing up Asian in Australia, Vietnam.
How to be a Woman – Caitlin
MoranWhat’s in it?- Feminism, England, Leopard Print as a neutral.
Gaysia – Benjamin
LawWhat’s in it?- Gay rights and behaviour in Asia.
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close – Johnathan Safran FoerWhat’s in it?- 9/11, autism, keys.
Little Bee (The Other Hand) – Chris Cleave
What’s in it?- Asylum seekers, England, adoption.
What’s in it?- Asylum seekers, England, adoption.
Something about travel
Mr Snack and the Lady Water - Brendan Shanahan
What’s in it?- Travel horror stories, something to read whilst you're waiting for the next Benjamin Law release.
What’s in it?- Travel horror stories, something to read whilst you're waiting for the next Benjamin Law release.
Something a bit
fantasy
The Ocean at the End of the Lane – Neil GaimanWhat’s in it?- Childhood, Crones, Wind Monsters.
Something True Crime
Mississippi Burning - John Safran
What's in it? - True Crime for those who don't like/read True Crime. White Supremacists, Segregation, Murder.
Mississippi Burning - John Safran
What's in it? - True Crime for those who don't like/read True Crime. White Supremacists, Segregation, Murder.
Something Local
The Rosie Project - Graeme SimsionWhat’s in it?- Autism, love, formulas.
The Convent - Maureen McCarthyWhat’s in it?- The Abbotsford Convent, accidental pregnancy, baristas.
Something that makes you remember what it was like to be young(er)
How is feels – Brendan
Cowell
What’s in it? – Drama School, Partying, Sydney.
What’s in it? – Drama School, Partying, Sydney.
Various Positions- Martha Scabas
What’s in it? – Ballet School, parent’s dropping you off to dance class, affairs with older men.
What’s in it? – Ballet School, parent’s dropping you off to dance class, affairs with older men.
Why We Broke Up – Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket shh)
What’s in it – “Oh my god, I remember feeling that way moments”.
What’s in it – “Oh my god, I remember feeling that way moments”.
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