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12,391 pages read and 1,991 team points

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The Women

By Kristen Hannah

1 stars

Apologies to Kirsten Hanna fans of whom there are many but I thought this started okish and then turned into crap. I have read another of her books ‘The Nightingale” - which I quite enjoyed but ahhhhh to this one.
Shuggie Bain

By Douglas Stewart

5 stars

This is a tough read - at times brutal and at other times tender.
Buckeye

By Patrick Ryan

4 stars

This is set in a small American town over many decades from pre WWII to Vietnam. The lives of two families and how they are entwined form the base of the story.
Speak to Me of Home

By Jeanine Cummins

3 stars

I found “American Dirt” a captivating read so thought I would try another. This is good but did not hold me fully. It is about 3 generations of women in a family and what shapes their identity.
1985

By Dominic Hoey

5 stars

“1985” is an excellent read and one I could not put down once started. Beautiful writing - simplicity in structure enhances gritty and explicit description of lives in carnage. This novel has lines and poems that I will return to.
Birnam Wood

By Eleanor Catton

5 stars

The novel follows members of guerilla gardening collective Birnam Wood as, with the help of a charismatic tech billionaire, they undertake a new project on abandoned farmland. It does not sound like it from this but actually a thriller!
Broken Country

By Clare Leslie Hall

3 stars

Complicated relationships - love and loss. Maybe 3+ stars.

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William Colenso College

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