Edens Lost

Very quickly finished David Malouf's slim volume and almost through Edens Lost; plenty of reading time with recent trips to Melbourne and Sydney. Edens Lost is part of a recent haul from Leura. I've also had quotes for some of the really hard books to find, and they are WAY out of the league of this little clutch - over $100-200! I will put the details on here when I have a little more time.

Picked up Ice Sation for $10 at an airport shop.

Fly Way Private Man, Come Back Peter

Plenty of reading time going to Melbourne for a few days. Finished The Private Man on the flight home and now reading David Malouf's 1982 novel(lla) Fly Away Peter.

A Private Man

Finished Morgan's Run last night. Now reading A Private Man... not the edition with the "girly" cover, either!!

Morgan's Run

Began reading this chunky book by Colleen McCullough last night... and that's what I'm off to do right now ... carry on reading it!

The Washerwoman's Dream

This is a partly fictionalised account of a fascinating life - of a woman who arrived in Australia in the 188os with her father. She had the toughest of existences, just incredible. I started the book yesterday after finishing The World Beneath.

Now to The World Beneath

So I finished Gilgamesh in double quick time then polished off the rest of My Place. And now I am ripping through - and really enjoying - The World Beneath!

Gilgamesh Express

Last weekend I discovered I couldn't renew Gilgamesh as there was another reserve on it. So, even despite working back a lot this week, I managed to finish this rather sad book in time to have it back to the library today.

Raising a son can be a brittle, fragile affair; this book touched a nerve.

And now it's back to Sally Morgan's My Place where Nan is finally talking about growing up blackfella...