So now that I've finished blogging for my LIS course, I thought that I might use it to review some of the books I have read recently. I like to watch "First Tuesday Book Club" and often make a note of books that the panelists have read or are reading. My first review is one of those books, while the second review is the latest from one of my favourite Aussie author.
HHhH by Laurent Binet
I have just finished reading this one after waiting nearly two months for my reservation at the local library to come through. Just as well the wait was worth it.
I really enjoyed the almost chatty style of the book. I liked seeing into the author's processes and I liked how the central story was never far away despite the various digressions and flights of fancy.
At no time did I feel that the author was going to disappoint me by going off on one of these tangents - that he would get side-tracked and tell a different story. He always pulled himself back to the main story of the assassination attempt.
I gave it 5 out of 5 on Good Reads.
Unnatural Habits by Kerry Greenwood
I have just finished (this morning) the 19th adventure featuring Phryne Fisher and a romping good one it was. I love Phryne and all the characters who inhabit her world and enjoy all the twists and turns in the story - the adult equivalent of the Saturday matinee serial at the pictures.
I always appreciate the amount of research behind each book and the use of genuine Melbourne landmarks - extant or not. I hope Phryne has a very long career.
And thank goodness, reading the latest adventure has brushed away any lingering horror from having watched the TV series and seen Phryne and a much too good-looking Jack Robinson flirting!
Also rated 5 out of 5 on Good reads.
