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I love Lohrey‘s gentle, meandering style. A retired lawyer contemplates the conversion of a church in the Australian countryside. Loose ends not all tied up, but an enjoyable, satisfying read. #ozfiction

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The Broken Shore | Peter Temple

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I listened to this. My latest bookclub book. I haven‘t read a modern crime novel in a while and this was a pleasant surprise! I was reminded of my time as a police officer. The good and the bad. It also made me laugh.
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CarolynM I need to try Peter Temple. I recommend Garry Disher if you fancy more modern crime #ozfiction. 1w

Rissreads @CarolynM I don‘t do much crime. I think I read way too much of it in my early 20‘s and I lived it for 10yrs. I‘m also very selective with crime novels. It has to be realistic and well written. Peter Temple wrote the Jack Irish tv series, which is fantastic! 1w

CarolynM Not that I have any lived experience of policing, but I think Disher‘s Hirsch series is pretty realistic. My husband had two uncles who were country cops in SA. He only just made it through the first in the series because he was triggered by it

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Rissreads @carolynm thanks for the recommendation. I will give it a try x 1w

Centique I didnt know you had been in the police! What an interesting life you have led 🙌 My nephew qualified as a detective about a year ago but he has recently moved to Brisbane and is taking a break from policing for a while. It sure is a hard job. 1w

MrsMalaprop Glad you liked it. I read a few of his years ago. 3d

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Sanctuary | Garry Disher

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A young female thief, on the run from a former ally, thinks she has found safety with an antiques dealer in the Adelaide Hills, but she‘s not the only one who is hiding from her past. A multi stranded caper/thriller story with a lot of South Australian local references and some eye opening details about operating scams. Most enjoyable. #ozfiction

LeahBergen Sounds good! 👍 2w

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Everyone and Everything | Nadine Cohen

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Wow 😮. Great debut #ozfiction. Dark themes written about with humour. Can‘t wait to see what my book club thinks, because some of it was a bit edgy and out there, and we are old ladies 🤣.

Rissreads I‘ve never heard of it! 2w

CarolynM I bought myself a copy yesterday on the strength of your earlier post. Glad it finished strongly🙂 2w

MrsMalaprop @CarolynM excellent 😊. Hope you like it! And if not, sorry 😬😆. 2w

Jeg I‘m off to the library this week, hoping all the copies are back. 😊 1w

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2024 Miles Franklin Award long list announced today. Any thoughts #ozfiction readers?

Strangers at the Port: From One of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists

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The Bell of the World

Stone Yard Devotional

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Praiseworthy

CarolynM The Sitter by Angela O‘keefe doesn‘t seem to be in the database 2w

Rissreads Are you planning on reading them all Carolyn? 2w

CarolynM @Rissreads Ha! At least I‘ve already read one🤣 2w

LeeRHarry Well I guess I should try and get to Praiseworthy, Edenglassie and Stone Yard devotional as I have them all atm. 2w

LeeRHarry Haven‘t heard of any of the others. 🤷🏼‍♀️ 2w

CarolynM @LeeRHarry I read a review for Hospital which sounded good but heavy (schizophrenia) and I‘ve seen The Sitter in the shops. The first 5 are all new to me too. 2w

mjtwo I listened to Edenglassie and really enjoyed it but have not seen many of the others. 2w

Tamra I really want to get to Stone Yard Devotional. 2w

Eva_B I‘m reading Edenglassie right now. The Charlotte Wood and Alexis Wright books are on my to read list….but no idea when I‘ll get to them. 2w

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Everyone and Everything | Nadine Cohen

Chose this for my Bookclub to read. Can. Not. Put. It. Down. I feel a weekend of neglecting my family coming on, if I don‘t finish it before then. Why am I the first person on Litsy to read this? Where for art thou Australian Littens? #currentlyreading #ozfiction

Teresereading I haven‘t seen it ? 2w

CarolynM It‘s a new one on me. I don‘t remember seeing anything about it when it came out. I am going to a bookshop tomorrow. I will look for it.🙂 2w

LeeRHarry I had this on my library holds list but I had a purge a while back and took it off - I can‘t remember where I got the rec from but sounds like I need to put it back on! 😊 2w

Jeg I‘ll be reading it.😊 I‘ve not heard of it before you picked it. 2w

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Foal's Bread | Gillian Mears

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I heard this novel being reviewed glowingly on an Australian radio book show and added it to my long #tbr list. Written in 2011, but set mainly in the 1920s & 30s, it is a beautifully written, rural family saga about horse jumping. It felt a little Grapes of Wrath to me 🤔. I thoroughly appreciated (rather than enjoyed) this harrowing, affecting #ozfiction.

Hooked_on_books Sounds good! But I have to say it drives me crazy when the author‘s name is SO much larger than the title. At least make them the same size! 3w

MrsMalaprop @Hooked_on_books Yeah, weird right? 3w

CarolynM Such a good book! 3w

Reggie I loved this book and felt sooooo bad for the MC. 2w

Rissreads This is one of @CarolynM favourites! 2w

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Edenglassie | Melissa Lucashenko

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Dual timelines, mirroring stories, truth telling, cultural learning, tragedy & humour feature in this brilliant book about early & modern Brisbane. I‘ve just come home from seeing Melissa Lucashenko at the Melbourne Writers Festival (I was too engrossed to take a photo) She spoke about humanising the statistics, reminding us that the atrocities were suffered by real people, with families, hopes & cares of their own. #ozfiction at its finest.

Centique What a wonderful opportunity to see her live 🙌 She is such a talent i reckon. Looking forward to reading this - Too Much Lip was amazing! 3w

CarolynM @Centique She was great. After all the serious issues she was at pains to remind everyone it‘s a funny book too😁 3w

LeahBergen Great review! 3w

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LeeRHarry Glad you enjoyed seeing her! Lauren Groff and Charlotte Wood were fabulous too. 😊 3w

Rissreads I loved this book too! ♥️ 2w

Freespirit This one is on my list to read 2d

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