Going to see Rupert Thomson as part of the Sydney Writers' Festival this week so I thought it would be good to put down my reaction to his latest book before I get brainwashed muddled with what he says.

This Party's Got To Stop. Being a memoir, his first work of non-fiction ( Read more... )

*shrieks, passes out*

Luckily, this was a good end to a completely awful day which started out lovely ( ... of a fannish nature ... )

And I found myself hesitating on writing this one, as if, if I didn't write something for my blog, I would keep him alive just a little bit longer.

Oh Gaiman.

As if I couldn't heart you any more.

From the blogspot this morning.

Oh man.

And only on Wednesday did I pick up a specially ordered copy of The Drowned World and started it on Friday morning. Temporarily abandoned it for Heyer but oh man ... I feel bad now.

Knew the cancer was terminal but oh christ, so quick? I hope they publish Conversations With My Physician. Always intended to ( Read more... )

So Empire Of The Sun.

After chronicling my thoughts at various points during my reading, the ending proved to be slightly puzzling but no less fuckingawesome.

(  ... of screwy-siders, totally spoilery ... )

Does anyone ever understand Luke Steele when he goes into falsetto?

I actually had to go and look up the lyrics.

But god, I am totally addicted to the chorus of this song. To the point of wishing I had bought the damned album so I could spin it on the stereo and neutralise this aural itch. That line of are you going to leave me now ... oh christ ( Read more... )

Ahhhh so good to be back home ( Read more... )

The sunlight in Rockingham is golden. It's wonderful, touches everything with a glow and makes it seem eternal, like a gorgeous portrait full of life ( Read more... )

Ooh I think I'm ready to come home now ( Read more... )

Does it make me a bad tourist if I spend the first day in a different city, sitting on the balcony with my feet up, reading Empire Of The Sun and staring glassily at the Indian Ocean like splinters of brilliant beautiful bottle glass?

Cos I did. Empire Of The Sun is creeping me out with its dead-eyed clearness of narrative and the painful naivete ( Read more... )