Group Read - MULLUMBIMBY - Melissa Lucashenko / Alice Munro short stories

A darkly funny novel of romantic love and cultural warfare.

When Jo Breen uses her divorce settlement to buy a neglected property in the Byron Bay hinterland, she is hoping for a tree change, and a blossoming connection to the land of her Aboriginal ancestors. What she discovers instead is sharp dissent from her teenage daughter Ellen, trouble brewing from unimpressed white neighbours, and a looming Native Title war among the local Bundjalung families. When Jo stumbles into love on one side of the Native Title divide she quickly learns that living on country is only part of the recipe for the Good Life.

Told with humour and a sharp satirical eye, Mullumbimby is a modern novel set against an ancient land.

Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage is the title story of a book of short stories by Alice Munro, published by McClelland and Stewart in 2001.
In 2006, the story "The Bear Came over the Mountain" was adapted into a film, Away from Her, directed by Sarah Polley and produced by Atom Egoyan.
In October 2012 it was announced that Kristen Wiig, Guy Pearce, Hailee Steinfeld and Nick Nolte will star in Hateship, Loveship a film adaptation of the title story to be directed by Liza Johnson.^[1]

Stories

• "Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage"
• "Floating Bridge"
• "Family Furnishings"
• "Comfort"
• "Nettles"
• "Post and Beam"
• "What is Remembered"
• "Queenie"
• "The Bear Came Over the Mountain"

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VALEDICTIONS

For some time, I've felt we needed a spot to show our appreciation for a person's creative output.  This time for reflection generally follows an announcement of retirement, illness or death and so carries a sense of loss, maybe not personal loss, but at the very least, the knowledge that there will be no new work to look forward to. Rather than eulogising, shall we share the pleasure of particular books, music or performances?

Group Read - THE GREAT GATSBY- F Scott Fitzgerald & NOTORIUS AUSTRALIAN WOMEN - Kay Saunders

In 1922, F. Scott Fitzgerald announced his decision to write "something new--something extraordinary and beautiful and simple + intricately patterned." That extraordinary, beautiful, intricately patterned, and above all, simple novel became The Great Gatsby, arguably Fitzgerald's finest work and certainly the book for which he is best known. A

Our Anniversary - May 13

BookwormLive began in 2012 to provide a place where we could continue our discussions and make contact with others who share our love of reading.  Anniversaries provide an opportunity to reflect on the past year and also to look at what can be improved or added to encourage participation.  Any site is only as good as it's input and we are so very lucky to have great contributors.  Take a bow, you know who you are.  To our Followers, thanks so much for your support.  It means much  in terms of encouragement and wonderful that you care enough to join us.  Finally to all our viewers. From Argentina to Vietnam, there have been 19,000 page views in the past year - an amazing response.  Please keep visiting and you are most welcome to share your thoughts with us.

It has been a fantastic year.  Just look at some of  Google's statistics in the comments below.  I think you will find them interesting.

MORE LISTS.......

For those, like me, who have a penchant for lists. There are a few lists scattered through the site: 'Books of the Decade' and 'Dystopian Literature' have their own posts. There is Reddit's list of the 'Best Sci-Fi' books under Award Winners and of course the Award Winners and New Releases posts.  I'll post the list title here, as more are added.  Please do add any lists you find interesting.

1. Granta: Britain's best young novelists
2.  50 Must Read Australian Novels
3.   8 Books You Should Read Before You See the Movie
4.   50 Must Read Australian Novels
5.    Peoples Choice Queensland Book of the Year nominations
6.    Top Ten books of 2013 (US)

Group Read - THE SECRET KEEPER - Kate Morton

In a bucolic English summer at the end of the 1960s, a young girl witnesses a shocking crime. Fifty years later, she sets out to find out the truth, uncovering layers of mystery and deception. Moving from London during the Blitz to the present day, this is classic Kate Morton: a compulsively-readable, entrancing mystery with a long held secret to be uncovered at its heart.

Group Read - HEAT WAVE - Penelope Lively

Pauline is spending the summer at World's End, a cottage somewhere in the middle of England. This year the adjoining cottage is occupied by her daughter Teresa and baby grandson Luke; and, of course, Maurice, the man

eReading

Love them or hate them, eBooks are here to stay.  Although I prefer print I found a place in my reading life for an eReader.  My mantra - 'Why can't I have both?'