#TBT: What I was reading this time last year…

Oct 17, 2019Oct 15, 2019 / Theresa Smith Writes

Winding back just a little bit this time, only to a year ago.

I was having a very productive week, reading wise, this time last year!

All good books, each of them. Have you read any of these? Thoughts on them?

12 thoughts on “#TBT: What I was reading this time last year…”

Lisa Hill

Oct 17, 2019 at 9:57 am

Yes… I liked The Year of the Farmer. I went to hear the author talk about it – and she was a bit evangelical about water management, but I felt she kept that under control in the book.

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- Theresa Smith Writes
  
  Oct 17, 2019 at 11:49 am
  
  Yes, it wasn’t over the top in the book. I remember you writing about going to the author talk now that you mention it.
  
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  - Lisa Hill
    
    Oct 17, 2019 at 3:53 pm
    
    I don’t go to author talks as much as I used to when there were a lot at the Wheeler Centre. Most of the ones I’d like to go to are at Readings in Carlton and from our side of town, that is a real pain to get to in the peak hour at 6.30pm.
    
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  - Theresa Smith Writes
    
    Oct 17, 2019 at 10:35 pm
    
    It would be! Not a great time, really. The dinner hour.
    
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robyncadwallader

Oct 17, 2019 at 2:57 pm

I’ve just finished reading The Ghost Wall. What a clever and surprising book it is — the suspense and sense of threat builds so slowly but surely. I’m always interested in the way writers make connections between present and past , and Moss does this without the usual time-slip or discovered ancient document. It makes the impact even more powerful for me. I loved it

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- Theresa Smith Writes
  
  Oct 17, 2019 at 10:36 pm
  
  It’s a powerful little novel and innovative, as you point out about the presentation of history. This was my third novel by Moss and I’ve found each of them equally as impressive.
  
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  - robyncadwallader
    
    Oct 18, 2019 at 4:03 pm
    
    I’m not setting out to read the rest of them, Theresa (and I think she reviewed The Anchoress in the UK — I think she liked it!)
    
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  - Theresa Smith Writes
    
    Oct 18, 2019 at 4:23 pm
    
    Did she? That’s lovely!
    
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  - robyncadwallader
    
    Oct 19, 2019 at 12:57 pm
    
    Oh whoops. I meant, I am *now* setting out to read the rest of them. Just one letter changes the whole sentence.
    
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  - Theresa Smith Writes
    
    Oct 19, 2019 at 1:24 pm
    
    😁 Ok, that definitely makes more sense!
    
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1girl2manybooks

Oct 22, 2019 at 8:55 am

Weirdly enough, I have not read any of those!

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- Theresa Smith Writes
  
  Oct 22, 2019 at 9:09 am
  
  That is unusual because you read far more than me! 😁
  
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