Forward to the Ice Station

Was never really engaged by The House of Balthus which I (blessedly) finally finished just before getting off my return flight from Melbourne today. Apparently, in this book, "characters from the artist Blathus' paintings walk out of the canvas and take on a life of their own..." but sadly - it just didn't click with me. Guess I can't like them all!

Wonder if I will have better luck with Ice Station. Matthew Reilly's new book Scarecrow is selling well, according to The Age's book stats I flicked through briefly today.

March, Little Women, House of Balthus

I finished March yesterday. The blurb on the back of the book indicates that March is the story of the absent father in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women! Which I haven't read but it is available free and now downloaded onto the iPad!

I've read a little of it already but have now started The House of Balthus - a slim volume for easy packing for my trip to Melbourne in a couple of days... but I will be packing a couple of other slim volumes, again in anticipation of reading time aplenty in Melbourne.

March

I finished The Deep Field last night; it's a lovely book and I am really glad I own it. Now I am reading March which is a library book. It's due back in a couple of weeks so I will have to read it quickly, get it read before I go to Melbourne in 10 days.

The Deep Field

Another of my recent batch from Leura books, I started The Deep Field last night. It's a lovely book in great condition. It's also a lovely book to read, a beautifully written story set far, far into the future. The writing has an antiquated feel to it, so it's an odd counterbalance to its futuristic setting and I am really enjoying it so far.

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!!