Votes for best book of 2011

2011 What we read. How we voted.


Possession A.S Byatt
Burying the Bones by Hilary Spurling
Passage to Juneau by Jonathan Raban
Five Bells by Gail Jones
Cloudstreet, Tim Winton
The Help, Kathryn Stockett
Good to a Fault, Marina Endicott

Votes for best book of 2011: 1. Passage to Juneau.. 2. Cloudstreet. 3 Possession.

Book group votes for 2012

In 2012 we read and discussed seven books. Here's how the group rated them. There was a tie for the best book of 2012

1. A Far Cry From Kensington and The Tiger’s Wife. 2. The Sense of an Ending. 3 All That I Am

The Tiger’s Wife, Tea Obreht
A Far Cry From Kensington, Muriel Spark
The Sense of an Ending, Julian Barnes
 All That I Am, Anna Funder
The Secret Life of France, Lucy Wadham
Caleb’s Crossing, Geraldine Brooks
Cutting for Stone, Abraham Vergese


I just realised I have not put up the 2011 votes. I will do so!

Reading AS Byatt's Possession in January

Next bookgroup is at Anne's on 27 January...doing A.S. Byatt's Possession

Book group for 2010 votes 1-7

Best books for 2010, how we rated them. Follow this link.

Or see below.

Book group for 2010

Books we read this year on our Bookgroup in 2010:

The Red Highway Nicholas Rothwell
Ordinary Thunderstorms, William Boyd
Wanting, Richard Flanagan
Jasper Jones, Craig Silvey
The Other Side of You, Sally Vickers
Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout
The Black Englishman, Carolyn Slaughter

Sally Vickers' The Other Side of You

Our next book is Marguerite's choice: Salley Vickers' The Other Side of You. We are meeting on July 29th

There's a review here

Jasper Jones

Jasper Jones by young West Australian author, Craig Silvey, is our book for the June meeting.