More holiday reading

December 14, 2009 · Posted in General 

What other books are the Library staff reading?

My God! It’s a woman by Nancy Bird Walton.  Just started this, has a leisurely style recounting her experiences as a pilot, but also mentioning many other  women fliers as well. Also National library magazine Dec 2009 has an article on some earl Australian “Lady Pilots” the feisty females. – Anne

Jasper Forde’s The Eyre Affair. The characters are being stolen from our favourite works of fiction and Literatech agent Thursday Next has to save them. Forget all the rules of time, space, and reality; just enjoy the adventure –  Lesley

Steven King’s Under the Dome – a rollicking good read on what happens to a town cut off from the rest of the world by a physical, but invisible, barrier – Karin 

eyebrowsJourney into the Void – the final book of the trilogy by Margaret Weis. Lots of action and fantasy as the Void Lord Dagnarus attempts to seal his domination of his world. I hadn’t read the other books but had no trouble understanding & enjoying this tale – Rose

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest  by Steig Larsson. More than just car chases, murders, everyday violence and bank heists, if you want a very different type of thriller, the 3rd book in the Millennium series is a must especially if you got caught up in the first two - Anon

Rosalind has just read  the full Millenium series,  The trilogy is made up of  The girl with the dragon tattoo, The girl who played with fire and The girl who kicked the hornets’ nest (see above). All were published posthumously. Fantastic books – shame there will be no more, although there is a rumour that a half finished fourth was on his laptop at time of his death – Rosalind

Sophie Kinsella’s Twenties Girl. Lara has issues with low self esteem, dumped by boyfriend, business venture in tatters goes to a funeral for her great aunt who has died in a nursing home. At the funeral the ghost of her aunt (who needs a lost necklace before she will rest), appears to Lara. A bit of light-hearted fun – Diana

Second Nature: A Gardener’s Education by Michael Pollan. In this collection of philosophical essays on gardening, Pollan uses the idiom of gardening to tease out some wonderfully inspired perceptions about human beings and our hopeless attempts to instill order over the chaos that is nature – Anne

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  1. Fleur on December 14th, 2009 10:04 am

    Over the weekend I read “Still Alice” by Lisa Genova. Its the story of a Harvard Professor (Alice) who is diagnosed with early onset Alzheimers and her struggle to continue working and relating to her family as the disease progresses. I literally couldn’t put this book down – although it’s a novel, it gives great insight into the world of an Alzheimer’s patient and the implications for their families.
    “Still Alice” is available from Wollongong Campus Library.