There was a lot to catch up on, and a lot of books to to talk about. Great discussion everyone! Here is a list of the main books that were mentioned, in case you would like to follow up on them. Happy reading.
Diana
The Luminaries - Eleanor Catton
The Arcanum - Janet Gleeson (about porclein)
Remarkable creatures by Tracy Chevalier
The Rosie project by Graeme Simsion
Jan
Barracuda by Christos Tsiolkas - not as good as The Slap
All that I am by Anna Funder - great read
Eyrie by Tim Winton
Sense and Sensibility by Joanna Trollope - fun story
Caroline
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry (Western) - great read
The great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
La's Orchestra Saves the World by Alexander McCall Smith
Freda
Blue Skies & Black Olives by John HumphrysRobin
Sicily, It's Not Quite Tuscany by Shamus Sillar
Divorced and Gone to Europe by Nancy Cawley
Wolf Of The Plains by Conn Iggulden (about Genghis Khan)Mina
Down By The River by Edna O'Brien
When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (and the movie as well)Marlene
London by Edward RutherfurdYvonne
The other hand by Chris Cleave
A possible life by Sebastian Faulks
a couple of books of short stories related to Japan and the tsunami
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