I screwed this piece of paper up. Then I unscrewed it because it was such a colourful piece of story editing, and though I didn't know it at the time, successful. From scribble and screwed up to looking lovely in print. This story, Turning the Corner was published in Unsettling Wonder late last year. I wrote this story … Continue reading Kismet and optimism
Category: Book Fix
I am not disorganised…
Don't dare say I am disorganised. It will rile me. I am a juggler. A juggler of many fragile glass balls. Sometimes I have to put a couple down in order to cope with what is struggling in the air. To an outsider, this may appear disorganised. The truth is this a futile attempt to … Continue reading I am not disorganised…
Hungry and lost: Terra Nullius
The Pocket Bookclub does not have many rules. It is however customary for the month's chooser of the book to bring supper. Of late these suppers have in part been inspired by the book. Some members have been quite imaginative and set a high bar. Notably, our civil war inspired supper when discussing Lincoln in … Continue reading Hungry and lost: Terra Nullius
Fiction Fix: March
Life can be a piece of crap sometimes. Thank god we have fictional universes to divert our attention. Sometimes it is the little things. Here are three of my little highlights this month. One: Dolores in Westworld saying, "I imagined a world where I didn't have to be the damsel." (There are so many reasons to love … Continue reading Fiction Fix: March
From Beauty Myth to Femme Fatales
From the Beauty Myth to Femme Fatales #6Degrees #books
From Lincoln to Scarlet
The first Saturday of the month is time for #6 degrees hosted by Kate booksaremybestandfavourite. By some chance of the blue moon, Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders was the January pick for PocketBook Club. I listened to it which was a bit confusing at first, but eventually, I got my head around the … Continue reading From Lincoln to Scarlet
What was your favourite story in January?
Books The pick of the month: Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders. Winner of the Man Booker and perfect journey for me. You just have to go with it. This was the Pocketbook Club read for the month. Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay, iconic Australian book and movie still worth the effort. I … Continue reading What was your favourite story in January?
Picnic at Hanging rock
Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay is on all those lists of Australian books you must read before you die. Somehow I had never managed to read it. On hearing this, my friend promptly pulled it off her bookshelf and lent it to me. It is a lovely old copy published in 1970. That makes it older … Continue reading Picnic at Hanging rock
Lincoln on Acid
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders is like an acid trip. You just have to go with it. This is the advice of the PocketBook Club. The book divided us. Some of us who loved it and a couple are ready to put it on the worst book of the year reading pile (it … Continue reading Lincoln on Acid
Pocket Bookclub 2017 round-up
It is with bated breath that the Pocket Bookclub await the counting of the votes...actually we are mostly just drinking our wine and talking while we admire Wivenhoe Dam but I like a bit of drama. First an overall update: Every book read since 2010 The books read in 2017 certainly sway toward the Australian … Continue reading Pocket Bookclub 2017 round-up