Janette Turner Hospital – Oyster

Janette Turner Hospital – Oyster

There are two Janette Turner Hospital novel’s on my bookshelf and only one is staying. It’s Oyster, the first one I read. The second is The Last Magician, which is a very fine book indeed, but it didn’t reach me where Oyster reached me. Okay, so without spoilers, Oyster is a cataclysmic novel and one […]

A new direction – the parting of the ways

A new direction – the parting of the ways

So, I’m getting rid of books. Not all books, but a lot of books. Not today, but soon. And in looking at the books, handling the books, deciding about the books I realised that I’ve read a lot of books. A. Lot. Of. Books. Not just read them, but owned them. Possessed (been possessed by?) […]