In September this year, an apparently loving father from Lockhardt, NSW shot his wife and three children before killing himself. This incomprehensible tragedy sent shockwaves across the country and left us all scratching for an explanation. By pure co-incidence, Helen Garner’s second non-fiction book based on a case involving a father facing murder charges for […]
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September
08
The Children Act by Ian McEwan
posted by Ms A
I have been in a reading rut. I know how bad that sounds coming from the co-founder of a book blog, but the good news is that thanks to this little winner from well known English novelist Ian McEwan, I think I am out. Thank you to Ms K for carrying the load for Readhead during this […]
September
01
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
posted by Ms K
Boy, I’m late to the party with this one. The Invention of Wings is everywhere – it has been instagrammed to an inch of it’s life and folk who don’t even like to read are you-tubing their love for it. It has been patiently waiting by my bed for months but I kept skipping over it and choosing […]
August
22
All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld
posted by Ms K
Winner of the 2014 Miles Franklin Literary Award, this book is still haunting me days after I snapped it shut and headed for the largest glass I could find to pour some plonk into. I was stirred and shaken. If you can read this book and not feel nausea rise from time to time, well hats off to […]
August
06
The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P by Adelle Waldman
posted by Ms K
How could I pass up a book so favorably reviewed by Lena Dunham (GIRLS fame) and Alain de Botton (Philosopher at large)? These two people are poles apart but I admire them both so when I saw they loved this book (joining the 100 other love-struck reviewers!), I reckoned it was worth a look-see. This […]
July
29
Hard Choices by Hillary Rodham Clinton
posted by Ms K
This review started out very differently to the one you will read here. The original was light hearted, was girl-crushing on Hillary and talked of my dream dinner party and Hillary agreeing to come. It was a jolly review. Yes it a big book but worth the time to read it I wrote. And then….. […]
July
10
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
posted by Ms A
I have just put down one of the most delightful and heart-warming reads I can remember and I can’t stop thinking about it. This charming little story is based on Queen Elizabeth II; but not as we know her. For the sake of this book, England’s ever practical and dutiful monarch suddenly becomes an obsessive […]
June
23
The Pink Suit by Nicole Mary Kelby
posted by Ms K
The dedication reads ‘For those of us who fell under her spell’. Judging this book by it’s cover, it’s not too tricky to figure out ‘her’ is Jacqueline Kennedy. And under her spell I firmly am. I love her…..There is just something about Jackie. Also, I would just about die to have her hair and […]
June
11
Psychos by Babe Walker
posted by Ms K
How do you follow on from Ms A’s beautiful post on A Fine Balance? I had severe review envy but being the generous soul that she is, Ms A gave me a clue to what we should review next by mentioning ‘first world problems’ and there is no better book to showcase this phenomena than Babe Walker’s latest. […]
May
26
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Minstry
posted by Ms A
Sometimes with books it is all about the timing and this my friends, is the book you read when you are renovating a house. Not to make light of this masterful novel that details the horrific realities of life in India in the 1970’s, but I did wonder if the expression “first world problem” was coined by someone who had just put […]
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