2017

The Rules of Backyard Cricket by Jock Serong is a cracker.

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante drew mixed reviews from members.

Members were mostly positive about Richard Fidler’s Ghost Empire describing it as an-easy –to- read absorbing history of Byzantium, although some of us commented

Our book for September, When we were strangers by Pamela Schoenewaldt drew mixed reactions from members.

The Handmaid’s Tale was a great book for fostering discussion amongst members and it was a lively meeting in August.

Some members had real difficulties with July’s offering, The North Water by Ian McGuire.

Last week’s book club found us well engaged for some time in discussing Ian McEwan’s short novel, The Children Act.

Club members certainly found Elizabeth Strout’s Abide with Me (2006) more than a B- Side, despite many members having already read the Pulitzer Prize-winning

Turning to The Railwayman’s Wife, we noted that the book is set in Thirroul on the central coast of New South Wales, north of Wollongong

We had a lively discussion at the April meeting about Shaun Tan’s The Arrival.