The #spbkchat Anzac Day list

This past Thursday was Anzac Day in the South Pacific region, so that's what we focused on for the chat.

This coming Thursday, we're talking about the Austens.


On to the list!

Titles:
M*A*S*H (TV series)
Message from Nam
China Beach (TV series)
Kitty's War
The Persimmon Tree
Regeneration
The Bronze Horseman
The Book Thief
A Stranger on My Street
The Lavendar Keeper
The Clover House
The Storytellers
Barbed Wire and Roses
In Falling Snow
Aussie Redstone Station
Iron Man 3 (movie)
Daughter of Mars

Authors:
Danielle Steele
Janet Butler
Bryce Courtenay
Pat Barker
Paullina Simons
Deborah Burrowes
Noel Barber
Fiona Mackintosh
Victoria Hislop
Henrietta Laziridis Power
Jodi Picoult
Peter Yeldham
Mary Rose McCall
Mandy Magro
Thomas Keneally
Therese Creed
The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Links:
http://warthroughthegenerations.wordpress.com/book-reviews-viet-nam-war/
http://bookdout.wordpress.com/2012/11/09/review-in-falling-snow-by-mary-rose-maccoll/

The #spbkchat short story chat list

This past week the topic of discussion was short stories.

Coming up this week, we're talking about Anzac Day.

On to the list:


Titles:
Zombies vs Unicorns
Geektastic
A Village After Dark
Tenth of December
Mansfield with Monsters
Extreme Weather Events
Transported
The Interpreter of Maladies
Sons of Darkness
Brothers of the Night


Authors:
Holly Black
Justine Larbalestier
Isaac Asimov
Enid Blyton
Rudyard Kipling
Kazuo Ishigiro
Debbie Cowens
Matt Cowens
Tim Jones
Neil Gaiman
Stephen King
Poppy Z Brite
Ray Bradbury
Roald Dahl
Katherine Mansfield
Annie Proulx
Alice Hoffman
Alice Monroe
Jhumpa Lahiri
Truman Capote
Helen Garner
Raymond Carver
J D Salinger
Courtney Milan
P G Wodehouse


Links:
http://www.amazon.com/Zombies-vs-Unicorns-Holly-Black/dp/1416989544
http://www.steampress.co.nz/monsters.html
http://www.amazon.com/Sons-Darkness-Tales-Blood-Immortality/dp/1573440590/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1366280031&sr=1-7&keywords=sons+of+darkness+book

The #spbkchat general chat list

This past week we enjoyed a general chat.

This coming week, we're talking about short stories.

On to the list!



Titles:
Wormwood,
Mourning Gloria
Holly Blues
Cat's Claw
Selected Works of T S Spivet
Mercy (series)
Kitty (series)
Cloudstreet
Dirt Music
The Riders
Breath
Revivalist (series)
Dash and Lily's Book of Dares
Pennyroyal Green
Psy-Changeling (series)
Madaddam
Oryx & Crake
Emergent
The Riders
Lochie Leonard
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Anna Karenina
Game of Thrones (series)
Looking for Alaska
Paper Towns
The Fault in Our Stars
Code Name Verity
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Take My Word for It
The Crane Wife

Authors:
Robyn Carr
Susan Wittig Albert
Margaret Maron
Reif Larsen
Diana Gabaldon
Patricia Briggs
Carrie Vaughn
Ilona Andrews
Tim Winton
Rachel Caine
Rachel Cohn
Julie Anne Long
Nalini Singh
Margaret Atwood
Khaled Hosseini
Patrick Ness
Helene Young
John Green
John Marsden

Links:
http://www.writersfestival.co.nz/Home/Programme/2013SchoolsProgramme/tabid/271/Default.aspx
http://www.writersfestival.co.nz/

The #spbkchat foodie fiction chat list

This past week's foodie chat was a bit quiet, but still very tasty.

This Thursday is a general chat.

Also, please note, daylight saving has ended in New Zealand, which means for the rest of the world, the chat time will shift as we fell backwards an hour.

I'll put an alert on twitter closer to the actual time :-)

Titles:
Corinna Chapman (series)
Darina Lisle (series)
Ricky and G-Man (series)
Liquor
Delicious
The Restaurant of Love Regained
Garlic and Sapphires
Ministry of Food
30 Minute Meals
Like Water for Chocolate
Chocolat
Pomegranate Soup
Rosewater & Soda Bread

Authors:
Kerry Greenwood
Poppy Z Brite
Sherry Thomas
Ito Ogawa
Ruth Reichl
Cleo Coyle
Louisa Edwards
Jamie Oliver
Marsha Mehran
Barbara O'Neal

Links:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Restaurant-Love-Regained-Ito-Ogawa/dp/1846881803