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What are you reading now? vers. "So I don't end up being a fucking waffle waitress"

I'm reading The Birth of Sydney by Tim Flannery. It's a collection of period pieces (newspaper articles etc.) collated and introduced by Flannery. He is an awesome writer, in the 42 page introduction he manages to outline the geographical, biological, and human history of the city and its humour and tragedy. Big thumbs up for bagging out the monstrous abortion of architecture that sits obscuring the Opera House.
 
Recent highlights:

Menagerie of False Truths by Greg French
Room by Emma Donoghue
American Subversive by David Goodwillie
The Extinction Club by Jeffrey Moore
Truth by Peter Temple

All highly recommended.

Also, I'm half way through DBC Pierre's new book (coming out in October), and I'm enjoying it so far.
 
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I'm reading The Birth of Sydney by Tim Flannery. It's a collection of period pieces (newspaper articles etc.) collated and introduced by Flannery. He is an awesome writer, in the 42 page introduction he manages to outline the geographical, biological, and human history of the city and its humour and tragedy. Big thumbs up for bagging out the monstrous abortion of architecture that sits obscuring the Opera House.

I love Tim Flannery, I've read 'The Future Eaters' and 'The Weathermakers' but I'm yet to check that one out, sounds good though :)
 
I've only read this and Future Eaters so far but I'll definitely be reading more. Just like Dawkins he is fantastic at writing about science in a way that is easy to comprehend, and engaging with a liberal dose of his own thoughts.
 
I'm reading The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin. I'm only 45 pages in but it's pretty good so far. The only other thing of her's I've read is The Wizard of Earthsea when I was in high school. I can barely remember anything about it though. She's a huge sci-fi & fantasy luminary, it's weird I haven't read more of her work.
 
Reading A Capote Reader by surprise, surprise, Truman Capote. It kicks arse, his short stories are all borderline horror stories, and I love his little travel stories in which he barely talks about the place he is at and kinda just talks about a few people he interacted with while he was there, and the things he learnt about them, such as hotel staff etc. It's these little people stories that he uses to show much more of the vibe of a place than a travel author who spends 12 pages wanking about the geographical location of a city.
 
After spending two weeks of my summer holiday watching the tv show The Vampire Diaries I've started re-reading the books the show is loosely based on. Admittedly the books are something I read and enjoyed when I was 17/18 but only remember bits and pieces from them like Elena looks like Katherine and she had a 4yr old sister instead of a teenage brother. Just quietly the show is actually better so far.
 
I'm reading a Sarah Waters book, which I think is called The Little Stranger. She's a good writer - I read "Fingersmith" by her a while ago and really enjoyed it. Historical fiction with a bent edge..
 
I'm reading the girl with the dragon tattoo. Thank fuck I'm finished studying for the year or I'd never find the time to get through this thing. So far so good.
 
I'm reading the girl with the dragon tattoo. Thank fuck I'm finished studying for the year or I'd never find the time to get through this thing. So far so good.
It's a pretty fun trilogy - read them a few weeks ago. Interesting twist on the crime thriller genre - cool characters and good gender politics
 
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