Reviewing Books for SMSA
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Book Reviews
Quick Reviews by Members
These are the short and concise reviews left by members when they return books to the library. They provide quick feedback on their reading experience….
I Want Everything by Dominic Amerena
Dominic Amerena has spun the most exquisite tale, full of Australian culture that most people will recognise. There is also plenty of black humour within…
A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
This little book is a memoir of Hemingway that takes us to Paris in the 1920s, where he lived for around five years with his…
So You Want to Live Younger Longer? by Dr Norman Swan
As I read this book I could hear Dr Swan’s calming Scottish brogue. I feel forever grateful for his voice of reason during the COVID…
Earthly Delights (Corinna Chapman #1) by Kerry Greenwood
We sadly lost Kerry Greenwood recently, and as I have read many Phryne Fisher mysteries, I thought I would explore her other series about Corinna…
The Benevolent Society of Ill-mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman
The determinately unmarried Lady Augusta Colebrook (Gus to her nearest and dearest) and her twin sister Julia live in a time where women are barely…
The Shell Seekers by Rosmunde Pilcher
It has taken me over thirty years to finally read this novel which was a bestseller in the 1980s. I must confess I was put-off…
The Grapevine by Kate Kemp
I am always excited to find a new (to me) Australian author whose writing is stylish and clever. The Grapevine, new and Australian, is an…
Baumgartner by Paul Auster
Paul Auster, the highly acclaimed laureate of hip New York, author of The New York Trilogy and a lauded list of novels and memoirs (with…
The Library at Night by Alberto Manguel
Alberto Manguel’s The Library at Night, first published in 2006, is a collection of fifteen essay-like chapters, each celebrating a particular library-related theme and, in…
The Nature of the Beast (Three Pines #11) by Louise Penny
Armand Gamache, the former head of homicide for the Surete du Quebec and his wife Reine-Marie are revelling in their retirement, living in their beloved…