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guests this week Corinna Christopher and Maggie (Vera Lynn) Perkovic. Books being scrutinsed are:
Our Precious Lulu by Ann Fine. Serena by Ron Rash. Brooklyn by Coln Toibin & Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey

I need a nick name for Corinna who is always reviewing unusual & varied books and is very articulate in her reviews - anybody any ideas?

A reviewers comments about Anne Fine's book who agreed with Maggie: I realised, with disappointment that I wasn't actually enjoying this much as I'd hoped. The writing seemed hectic and unnecessarily fraught.

An interesting review from Amazon about 'Serena': "most of it is plagiarized. It is a thinly disguised tale of an old Hedy Lemarr movie called The Strange Women".
I asked Corinna if she would or could get to tsee this film and se if she agrees...

Most reviewers liked it but one reviewer commented: "Not up to the standard of The Blackwater Lightship, Lacked depth and feeling".
Maggie will try and get a copy of this to read and review.

Craig Silvey: check out the author girls, he’s fair dinkum!!