http://www.bookclub9.com/ Book Club en Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:41:00 GMT Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:41:00 GMT info@bookclub9.com info@bookclub9.com http://www.bookclub9.com/userimages/user1367_1167381768.jpg http://www.bookclub9.com/ http://www.bookclub9.com/the-wandering-fire/ 'The Wandering Fire' is the second and shortest novel in Guy Gavriel Kay's Fionavar Tapestry, and is the fifth book I've read this year. This review will most likely be... http://www.bookclub9.com/the-wandering-fire/#comments http://www.bookclub9.com/the-wandering-fire/ Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:41:00 GMT http://www.bookclub9.com/does-my-head-look-big-in-this/ A while ago I wrote an article about Randa Abdel-Fattah, click here to see what I had to say and how much I've back-peddled with this review. It's not that... http://www.bookclub9.com/does-my-head-look-big-in-this/#comments http://www.bookclub9.com/does-my-head-look-big-in-this/ Sun, 10 Feb 2008 09:10:00 GMT http://www.bookclub9.com/the-summer-tree/ Book 3 of my almighty slog of 2008 is 'The Summer Tree', the first in a trilogy of fantasy novels by Guy Gavriel Kay, published in the 1980s, and collectively... http://www.bookclub9.com/the-summer-tree/#comments http://www.bookclub9.com/the-summer-tree/ Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:49:00 GMT http://www.bookclub9.com/loud-and-close/ The 2nd book I've read this year is Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer, a pre-eminent Jewish writer and possible all-round genius of literature. This book was... http://www.bookclub9.com/loud-and-close/#comments http://www.bookclub9.com/loud-and-close/ Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:35:00 GMT http://www.bookclub9.com/sucker-punch/ Last year I read an appalling 37 books... about two thirds of what I had achieved the year before that. This year I am aiming to knock over a clean... http://www.bookclub9.com/sucker-punch/#comments http://www.bookclub9.com/sucker-punch/ Sun, 13 Jan 2008 02:46:00 GMT http://www.bookclub9.com/some-books/ Whilst I enjoyed my extended holiday from Orble I read a few more books. I might review these properly at another point in time, but for the moment here are... http://www.bookclub9.com/some-books/#comments http://www.bookclub9.com/some-books/ Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:28:00 GMT http://www.bookclub9.com/the-last-to-die/ This is a book that I got sent to me by a publisher/distributor after they came across this blog quite some time ago. I felt bad because they sent me... http://www.bookclub9.com/the-last-to-die/#comments http://www.bookclub9.com/the-last-to-die/ Fri, 02 Nov 2007 03:20:00 GMT http://www.bookclub9.com/bridge-to-terabithia/ My girlfriend lent me her copy of this book because I wanted to read it before I saw the film. It's a 'kids' book, obviously, and quite thin, but I... http://www.bookclub9.com/bridge-to-terabithia/#comments http://www.bookclub9.com/bridge-to-terabithia/ Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:53:00 GMT http://www.bookclub9.com/im-back/ Hello I am coming back to Orble after a bit of a rest. After squeezing out a year's worth of blogs for BookClub, OldMovies, Cult Fiction, Music Australia and Cane... http://www.bookclub9.com/im-back/#comments http://www.bookclub9.com/im-back/ Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:08:00 GMT http://www.bookclub9.com/new-doctor-who-books/ I'm a massive Doctor Who fan. When I say that I don't mean that I am physically massive, I mean that I really, really like Doctor Who. Anyway, the recent... http://www.bookclub9.com/new-doctor-who-books/#comments http://www.bookclub9.com/new-doctor-who-books/ Fri, 13 Apr 2007 05:41:00 GMT http://www.bookclub9.com/kurt-vonnegut-dead/ I just heard that Kurt Vonnegut has died at the age of 84. This is terrible news, he was pretty much my favourite author. I'm speechless, I don't know what... http://www.bookclub9.com/kurt-vonnegut-dead/#comments http://www.bookclub9.com/kurt-vonnegut-dead/ Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:54:00 GMT http://www.bookclub9.com/the-eyre-affair/ 'The Eyre Affair' was first published in 2001, and yielded an exciting new path into speculative fiction. Part comedy, part crime novel, part fantasy and part love note to classical... http://www.bookclub9.com/the-eyre-affair/#comments http://www.bookclub9.com/the-eyre-affair/ Thu, 12 Apr 2007 05:40:00 GMT http://www.bookclub9.com/reviews/ A bit busy at the moment with other projects at the moment, thought I'd just chuck up some quick links to previous reviews you might've missed on this blog. Cheers... http://www.bookclub9.com/reviews/#comments http://www.bookclub9.com/reviews/ Tue, 10 Apr 2007 05:01:00 GMT http://www.bookclub9.com/harry-potter-cover/ A bit different to anything I would've expected. The Adults cover looks pretty cool, but when I first saw the kid's cover I did a double-take, I thought it was... http://www.bookclub9.com/harry-potter-cover/#comments http://www.bookclub9.com/harry-potter-cover/ Mon, 09 Apr 2007 05:00:00 GMT http://www.bookclub9.com/the-raw-shark-texts/ 'The Raw Shark Texts' is the debut novel from Stephen Hall, and is getting huge tractor-loads of hype from all over the place. The Australian-release of the book itself is... http://www.bookclub9.com/the-raw-shark-texts/#comments http://www.bookclub9.com/the-raw-shark-texts/ Thu, 05 Apr 2007 11:20:00 GMT