I’ve abandoned Ms. Mantel’s book since taking this photo. It was at about page 280, a good two-thirds, perhaps even three-quarters, of the way through so I gave it every chance. There were common threads between this and the extraordinary Wolf Hall: she has a great knack of weaving minute detail into her descriptions without…
This ‘what am I reading?’ post ought to have been easy enough. I’ve done many, many before. The difference on this occasion was that our ginger-haired cat wanted to be the star. So, I give you Whiskers… and some books. This looks interesting Oh, I think I like these There appears to be more in…
Judging from the books about blogs and the Internet*, you can probably tell I’m still pondering this subject a week after asking you all what you thought about an Australian Blogging Conference? By the way, on that thought, I’d like to thank you all for getting back to me with your ideas and comments on…
My reading pile is getting smaller and smaller, isn’t it? This week I’m focusing on this above book, the O. Henry Prize Stories from 2003. I deliberately sought it out this past weekend because it contains one of my favourite – if not the favourite – short stories ever, ‘The Thing in the Forest’ by…
Here’s my pile. Yes, it’s very small this week. It needs supplementing. This is why I’m including Adam’s: Wait, one of these is technically mine. I borrowed the Kim Stanley Robinson after I read his fantastic article in the Guardian, angry that science fiction is an underrated genre. Adam thumped his fist to his chest for that….
The book I’ve been devoted to this past week isn’t in the above photo. I finished The Road by Cormac McCarthy yesterday. On Fathers Day. Some might think this odd, but I found a deep sort of appropriateness in that coincidence, for it is a story based on devotion and love between a man and…
I’m pretty sure I need to start changing these post titles to something more appropriate like, “What books I’m borrowing late July 2009” because a great many go back unread. Flicked through, yes. Started, yes. Finished? No. Well I can finally change that this week, for I did finish David Sedaris, one of the few…
I’m still ploughing through Bel Canto, so my library borrowing was pretty light this week. The last three issues of Australian Book Review, the Ian Fleming because I want to see what he’s like, and Tender Morsels because the title seems vaguely familar.
I read ‘The Spare Room’ in two hours last Friday night, a loan from the much loved Gen. I borrowed ‘Bel Canto’ because a friend of mine has been begging me to read it and ‘Stardust’ because I’m on a bit of a Neil Gaiman binge. The books behind are what we’ve got on our…
