City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
Woohoo – what a ride! City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert is Vivian’s life, told in flashback, and what a life it is! Chapter one…
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2023 Year In Review: SMSA’s Top 10 Books
Have you managed to read all of SMSA’s most popular books? Discover our Top 10 most borrowed titles for 2023, in our Year in Review…
Author Review: Robert Van Gulik
Author Review: Robert Van Gulik follows the main character Judge Dee, who is based on a real statesman and detective Di Renjie, who lived in…
Author Review: Douglas Clark
Author Review: Douglas Clark. No longer in print, but still worth reading. Check them out in the SMSA Library
2024 Year In Review: SMSA’s Top 10 Mysteries
Mystery & Crime lovers abound at SMSA, so we have highlighted the top books from that genre this year. Which have you read? We hope…
Midnight at Malabar House by Vaseem Khan
What makes a great crime book? A book that is about so much more than the crime itself. Midnight at Malabar House is that sort…
Catching up with Suzanne Leal
Our members love a great crime novel, so we were over the moon to have the opportunity to ask award winning author Suzanne Leal to…
Tom Keneally’s “Red Dot List” from the TKC
SMSA Member’s can borrow books from the Tom Keneally "Red Dot List" – books all reviewed by, and with notations from, Tom, himself.
Hope for the Best by Jodi Taylor
This reviewer has just binge-read all ten books of The Chronicles of St Mary’s series, culminating with the latest installment Hope for The Best.
Author Review: Emma Lathen
Author review: Emma Lathen. The books show different aspects of the workings of a major US Bank, while entertaining us with John Thatcher solving the…
The Edith Trilogy by Frank Moorhouse (Grand Days, Dark Palace and Cold Light)
The three books of Frank Moorhouse’s Edith Trilogy (Grand Days, Dark Palace and Cold Light) follow the adult life of the ambitious, and somewhat eccentric,…
Mystery & Crime Reading Group 2025
The Mystery & Crime reading group is for SMSA Members, meeting regularly for lively discussion with people who share a love of books.