http://www.openbook.net.au/ Open Book en Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:21:00 GMT Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:21:00 GMT info@openbook.net.au info@openbook.net.au 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 http://www.openbook.net.au/breath-tim-winton/ I would have to be the ultimate Tim Winton fan and his latest, Breath is in my view a true masterpiece. With absolute precision Winton has once again laid bare... http://www.openbook.net.au/breath-tim-winton/#comments http://www.openbook.net.au/breath-tim-winton/ Sat, 24 May 2008 06:54:00 GMT http://www.openbook.net.au/review-demons-at-dusk/ Hearing stories in the news today, it is all too easy to assume that, as a society, we have become more violent. Just today I spoke with a colleague about... http://www.openbook.net.au/review-demons-at-dusk/#comments http://www.openbook.net.au/review-demons-at-dusk/ Wed, 07 May 2008 07:37:00 GMT http://www.openbook.net.au/review-refrigerator-door-alice-kuipers/ Considering the almost epidemic number of cancer victims today, it is hardly surprising that this topic would make its way into the pages of fiction. As in real life, it... http://www.openbook.net.au/review-refrigerator-door-alice-kuipers/#comments http://www.openbook.net.au/review-refrigerator-door-alice-kuipers/ Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:43:00 GMT http://www.openbook.net.au/shadow-of-the-wind/ It has been a long time since I have been confused by a novel, but Carlos Ruiz Zafon's Shadow of the Wind has done just that. At first we seem... http://www.openbook.net.au/shadow-of-the-wind/#comments http://www.openbook.net.au/shadow-of-the-wind/ Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:39:00 GMT http://www.openbook.net.au/diary-of-a-bad-year/ The reading of a novel is normally a straight forward thing. One opens the book, reads the pages from beginning to end and draws from it what they will... http://www.openbook.net.au/diary-of-a-bad-year/#comments http://www.openbook.net.au/diary-of-a-bad-year/ Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:31:00 GMT http://www.openbook.net.au/review-geraldine-brooks/ Well, Geraldine Brooks has done it again ... proven she can weave together a top-notch story, up there with the best of them. People of the Book introduces us to... http://www.openbook.net.au/review-geraldine-brooks/#comments http://www.openbook.net.au/review-geraldine-brooks/ Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:03:00 GMT