The #spbkchat #spbkchat wrap up

Last week our #spbkchat list was all about #spbkchat itself.

#spbkchat has been running just under three years with the format staying the same that whole time. As part of the brainstorm we decided to try a few new things.

The first thing we are going to trial is a slightly later start time. For a few weeks at least we are going to start chat at 8.30pm Australian Eastern Standard Time, which is 10.30pm New Zealand.

We are also going to start trialling a shorter chat. The chat will officially last for one hour but it doesn't matter if people want to hang around chatting after the official time is over. Some weeks there are lots of things to talk about and others not so much.

We will review the changes in the next couple of months and see if participants are happy with the changes or want to revert back to the original format.

In addition to brainstorming about the format, we came up with the topics to cover the next few months. I have now created the schedule which will take us through to March 2014.

20-Jun-2013 Miles Franklin prize
27-Jun-2013 Best books of the year ... So far
4-Jul-2013 General chat
11-Jul-2013 Reading indigenous literature
18-Jul-2013 Expectations vs reality
25-Jul-2013 Adaptations
1-Aug-2013 General chat
8-Aug-2013 Podcasts
15-Aug-2013 Contemporary fiction
22-Aug-2013 Book clubs - what works and what doesn't
29-Aug-2013 Most anticipated new releases for spring/fall
5-Sep-2013 General chat
12-Sep-2013 Translated fiction/best translators
19-Sep-2013 Music in/with books
26-Sep-2013 Cookbooks
3-Oct-2013 #spbkchat bookclub - Neil Gaiman
10-Oct-2013 Reading recommendations
17-Oct-2013 zombies
24-Oct-2013 Act of reading and/or blogging
31-Oct-2013 spooky reads
7-Nov-2013 General chat
14-Nov-2013 Favourite authors
21-Nov-2013 Judging books by their covers
28-Nov-2013 Storing your books - help, I need more bookcases!
5-Dec-2013 #spbkchat bookclub - Emma by Jane Austen
12-Dec-2013 buying books as gifts
19-Dec-2013 Christmas reads
26-Dec-2013 best books of the year
2-Jan-2014 New year reading resolutions
9-Jan-2014 General chat
16-Jan-2014 Most anticipated books of 2014
23-Jan-2014 Reading Challenges - yay or nay
30-Jan-2014 Audiobooks
6-Feb-2014 General chat
13-Feb-2014 YA
20-Feb-2014 Libraries
27-Feb-2014 Crime
6-Mar-2014 #spbkchat topics/general chat
13-Mar-2014 Most anticipated new releases for autumn/spring
20-Mar-2014 Non Fiction

#spbkchat Indigenous Literature 11th July

In honour of NAIDOC week, the topic for #spbkchat on the 11th July was Indigenous literature.

Titles:

Not Meeting Mr Right
Red Dust Road
Blood
Rabbit Proof Fence
My Place
Deadly Unna
The Interrogation Of Ashala Wolf
That Deadman Dance

Authors:

Anita Heiss
Hinemoana Baker
Alan Duff

#spbkchat General Chat 4th July

Not a very long list this week, the early part of the chat was mostly devoted to delicious food!

Titles:

Burned
Darkfever
Duet
Looking For Alaska
Sister Mine
A Range Of Ghosts
Camouflage
A Trail of Fire
The Newcomer
The Silver Chain

Authors:

Karen Marie Moning
John Green
Diana Gabaldon
Primula Bond

The #spbkchat Best Books Of 2013 So Far... Wrap-Up

Thursday 27th June had a "Best Books Read So Far This Year" topic and there were plenty of books and authors mentioned!

  TITLES
The Rebuilding Year
Nowhere Ranch
Between The Lives
The Selected Works Of T.S. Spivet
The Firebird
The Story Guy
Making It Last
Easy
God Save The Queen
The Queen Is Dead
Lighthouse Bay
Dare You To
Frost Burned
Captive Prince
Dirty Laundry
Blessed Isle
Into The River
Sea Hearts
Me Before You
The Taliban Cricket Club
Paladin Of Souls
In Falling Snow
Untamed
It Happened One Midnight
I Married The Duke
Heart Of Obsidian
Love And Other Scandals
Whistling In The Dark
Sever
Crumble
Pretty Girl 13
Steeplechase
Black Helicopters
The Winter Sea
The Shadowy Horses
Mariana
The Rose Garden
This Is Not A Test
Adorkable
Graffiti Moon
A Game Of Thrones
Range Of Ghosts
The Rosie Project
The Wheel Of Time
Pride & Prejudice
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Gunmetal Magic
Lover At Last
Venetia
Sylvester

 AUTHORS
Kristen Ashley
Sue Brown
Susanna Kearsley
Stephanie Laurens
Suzanne Brockman
Stephenie Meyer
China Mieville
Patrick Rothfuss
Kate Daniels
Diana Gabaldon
Lois McMaster Bujold
Roberta Gellis
Tessa Dare
Miranda Neville

 That was a long list! Sorry for any errors or anything that was missed.

The #spbkchat Miles Franklin Prize list

The list of books and authors from the 20th June chat on the Miles Franklin Prize chat.

Title

1988
Praise
'Oscar and Lucinda'
Inouk
Tiffany book
Great Expectations
Mister Pip
The Slap
'The Gift of Speed'
All That I Am & Dirt Music
That Deadman Dance
HarryPotter
50 Shades
Twilight
The Bird
Mateship of Birds
Floundering

Author

China Mieville
Tim Winton
Tom Keneally
Question of Travel by Michelle de Kretser
The Jesus Man by Christos Tsiolkas
Dead Europe by Christos Tsiolkas
Loaded by Christos Tsiolkas
'The White Earth' by Andrew McGahan
'The Gift of Speed'
'The Great Fire' by Shirley Hazzard
'Seven Types of Ambiguity'
Jack Maggs by Peter Carey
Carpentaria by Alexis Wright
The Slap Christos Tsiolkas

The #spbkchat General Chat list

Just a short list this week. Next weeks chat is on #spbkchat itself, covering things like topics, length, frequency etc.

Titles

Downpour (Greywalker series) by Kat Richardson
Cascade by Maryanne O'Hara
The Body in the Piazza by Katherine Hall Page
The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet: A Novel, by Reif Larsen

The #spbkchat alternative history list

May 30th chat was alternative history:

Titles

Ash
Alvin Maker
Alexa Tarabotti (Parasol Protectorate)
Elemental masters
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Ganymede
The Difference Engine
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
The Time Machine
The 13th is Magic
Man in the High Castle
Ghost Writer
Years of Rice and Salt
Fatherland
The Nursery Crimes book
Rominatas

Authors

Naomi Novik
Mary Gentle
Orson S Card
Gail Carriger
Diana Gabaldon
Mercedes Lackey
Susannah Clarke
Cherie Priest
William Gibson and Bruce Sterling
Harry Turtledove
Michael Chabon
HG Wells
E Edgar
Philip K Dick
Kim Stanley Robinson
Robert Harris
Jasper Fford