Books
1. Almost Like Being in Love by Steve Kluger
2. Where The Heart Is by Billie Letts
3. Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon
4. The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
5. Last Chance Texaco by Brent Hartinger
6. Boulevard by Jim Grimsley
7. Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx (re-read for the movie)
8. Johnno by David Malouf
9. Geography Club by Brent Hartinger: I know I said Vengeance but I ended up finishing this first. Geography Club, like Last Chance Texaco, is a kids book (teenage probably) but GC is about being a gay teen. I wish I'd come across a book like this when I was younger. It makes me wonder how a kid would come across it now. I can't imagine there are many school libraries that stock it and it's not in the Brisbane public library.
I really like Hartinger's writing style and his voice for the main character in GC, Russel, is just about perfect. He's very quipy and likeable.
I liked this book more than enough to go hunting for the sequel :)
Next up: Vengeance by George Jonas (the book "Munich" was based on)
ps. Released The Time Traveller's Wife for Bookcrossing on the 14th at Brisbane Domestic Airport. It was wrenching. I kept wanting to go back and get it. I do not give up books easily :D I'm releasing Pomegranate Soup by Marsha Mehran next. I have a feeling the "release" high will be quite addictive :D
2. Where The Heart Is by Billie Letts
3. Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon
4. The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
5. Last Chance Texaco by Brent Hartinger
6. Boulevard by Jim Grimsley
7. Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx (re-read for the movie)
8. Johnno by David Malouf
9. Geography Club by Brent Hartinger: I know I said Vengeance but I ended up finishing this first. Geography Club, like Last Chance Texaco, is a kids book (teenage probably) but GC is about being a gay teen. I wish I'd come across a book like this when I was younger. It makes me wonder how a kid would come across it now. I can't imagine there are many school libraries that stock it and it's not in the Brisbane public library.
I really like Hartinger's writing style and his voice for the main character in GC, Russel, is just about perfect. He's very quipy and likeable.
I liked this book more than enough to go hunting for the sequel :)
Next up: Vengeance by George Jonas (the book "Munich" was based on)
ps. Released The Time Traveller's Wife for Bookcrossing on the 14th at Brisbane Domestic Airport. It was wrenching. I kept wanting to go back and get it. I do not give up books easily :D I'm releasing Pomegranate Soup by Marsha Mehran next. I have a feeling the "release" high will be quite addictive :D