Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Underbelly & The Fragrant Trail

I've started reading Underbelly, based on the TV series, or actually the book came first but I've gone to the book after the show. It's a very engaging read, I always worry that non-fiction will be boring but this is a ripping yarn, a case of fact being more exciting than fiction.
Also on the weekend I read our own Pat Turner's detective book, The Fragrant Trail, it's very good. I like stories set in locations I know and this one is set in Newtown.
I'm currently reading a book to review for Australian Bookseller & Publisher magazine. The review is due Monday and I've barely started it, better get moving soon. Titled The River Runs Free, it's the story of Geoff Law, an activist during the Franklin Dam saga in Tasmania.
I saw The Painted Veil at the cinema last week and am now ready to read the book on which it is based by Somerset Maugham, but must read the ABP one first. So many books and so little time.

1 comment:

slnsw_learning_2.0 said...

Time is a challenge ... in my case it's "so many blogs so little time..".

When it's all over I shall have to read "Underbelly" myself.

Mylee (PLS)