http://www.openbook.net.au/ Open Book en Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:06:00 GMT Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:06:00 GMT info@openbook.net.au info@openbook.net.au http://www.openbook.net.au/boy-a/ Want to tackle an unsolvable social dilemma in a novel? Want to get your readers thinking overtime on human nature? Want to ask the hardest questions? Well author Jonathan Trigell... http://www.openbook.net.au/boy-a/#comments http://www.openbook.net.au/boy-a/ Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:06:00 GMT http://www.openbook.net.au/fraction-of-the-whole/ Want a laugh? Then crack open A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz. This colossal book takes the dysfunctional family to a new realm. A chronicle of the wayward... http://www.openbook.net.au/fraction-of-the-whole/#comments http://www.openbook.net.au/fraction-of-the-whole/ Sun, 30 Aug 2009 02:42:00 GMT http://www.openbook.net.au/the-slap/ This is a great book! I know I've been quiet for awhile, but I just had to get back to blogging and let everyone know how much I enjoyed The... http://www.openbook.net.au/the-slap/#comments http://www.openbook.net.au/the-slap/ Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:32:00 GMT http://www.openbook.net.au/girls-like-us/ Have just read one of the best biographies in a very long time. Celeb bios can be, how should I put it, limited in scope. This I found out mind... http://www.openbook.net.au/girls-like-us/#comments http://www.openbook.net.au/girls-like-us/ Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:47:00 GMT http://www.openbook.net.au/freedom-paradox-clive-hamilton/ I don't normally rate the books I read, but if there was a prize for the most thought provoking book read this year it would have to go to Clive... http://www.openbook.net.au/freedom-paradox-clive-hamilton/#comments http://www.openbook.net.au/freedom-paradox-clive-hamilton/ Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:17:00 GMT http://www.openbook.net.au/review-mockingbird-capote-in-cold-blood/ Hi everyone, and please forgive my absence, but a chance meeting with a book has caused me to be lost in the wilds of Alabama and the land of the... http://www.openbook.net.au/review-mockingbird-capote-in-cold-blood/#comments http://www.openbook.net.au/review-mockingbird-capote-in-cold-blood/ Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:47:00 GMT http://www.openbook.net.au/review-the-gathering/ Nobody suffers like the Irish. Thankfully nobody can it express like them either, which is exactly why a book like The Gathering by Anne Enright can work. To be honest... http://www.openbook.net.au/review-the-gathering/#comments http://www.openbook.net.au/review-the-gathering/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:21:00 GMT http://www.openbook.net.au/the-memory-room-christopher-koch/ As I read my way through an assembled list of Australian authors, (that I am constantly updating) I can't help but be amazed at the writing talent we have in... http://www.openbook.net.au/the-memory-room-christopher-koch/#comments http://www.openbook.net.au/the-memory-room-christopher-koch/ Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:24:00 GMT http://www.openbook.net.au/review-audio-books-playaways/ Close to two years ago I wrote a post on listening to audio books (Listen to This - Oct 2006)expounding the merits of listening to a quality reading of books... http://www.openbook.net.au/review-audio-books-playaways/#comments http://www.openbook.net.au/review-audio-books-playaways/ Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:42:00 GMT http://www.openbook.net.au/review-memoirs-drug-addiction/ Inspiration is not always forthcoming at the conclusion of a novel ... and I have struck out on the last two I've read. A Million Little Pieces by James Frey... http://www.openbook.net.au/review-memoirs-drug-addiction/#comments http://www.openbook.net.au/review-memoirs-drug-addiction/ Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:13:00 GMT http://www.openbook.net.au/review-no-country-cormac-mccarthy/ In the past I have reviewed two of Cormac McCarthy's books on this blog ... All the Pretty Horses and just recently The Road. I'm a big fan, finding his... http://www.openbook.net.au/review-no-country-cormac-mccarthy/#comments http://www.openbook.net.au/review-no-country-cormac-mccarthy/ Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:20:00 GMT http://www.openbook.net.au/first-novel-review-piano-tuner/ Reading an author's first novel can really be a celebratory experience for a reader. I can only just imagine what it must be like to finish your first novel. The... http://www.openbook.net.au/first-novel-review-piano-tuner/#comments http://www.openbook.net.au/first-novel-review-piano-tuner/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:43:00 GMT http://www.openbook.net.au/review-fiction-orpheus-lost/ At present, I am personally congratulating myself for finally getting to an author that has been on my list to read for at least 4-5 years. Janette Turner Hospital, from... http://www.openbook.net.au/review-fiction-orpheus-lost/#comments http://www.openbook.net.au/review-fiction-orpheus-lost/ Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:48:00 GMT http://www.openbook.net.au/review-once-in-broome-memoir/ It goes without saying that reading and travel blend together for a truly fulfilling life. For reading will encourage us to travel, (who hasn't dreamt of visiting far off places... http://www.openbook.net.au/review-once-in-broome-memoir/#comments http://www.openbook.net.au/review-once-in-broome-memoir/ Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:21:00 GMT http://www.openbook.net.au/book-clubs-reviews/ Before I move on to my next read, I really can't go on without making comment on last night's First Tuesday Book Club on the ABC. The fact that they... http://www.openbook.net.au/book-clubs-reviews/#comments http://www.openbook.net.au/book-clubs-reviews/ Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:48:00 GMT