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Kerry Greenwood: Murder in the Dark
The latest in the Phryne Fisher series. I just adore Kerry's writing - it restores me to cheerfulness when the world just gets too much. Phryne is just wonderful.
This isn't her best writing - others are better - but it's still wonderful. Hangin' out for the latest Corrina series too :)
Jasper Fforde: The Fourth Bear
Fforde's new Nursery Crime series has great potential. The first one, The Big Over-Easy, took a while to get into things, but by the end the ol' Fforde touch was there. This one starts right off and is much more snappily-paced, sharper and wittier all round; right up there with the best of the Thursday Next series (and apparently the next of those is due next year! Woohoo!). I re-read straight after the first read. Excellent stuff.
Eric Garcia: Hot and sweaty rex
Fancy hard-boiled, Dalziel Hammet-style detective stories that have dinosaurs as central characters? Well, then, read this series. Casual Rex was number one; this is number three. Plays the whole scene completely straight, which makes it only the more fascinating. Love it.
Jasper Fforde: Something Rotten
The fourth instalment in the adventures of Thursday Next, literary detective and Jurisfiction agent. She's still trying to un-eradicate her husband, save the world, and this time add trying to look after a two-year-old to the list ... Tania will empathise :)
Fforde still made me snort coffee out my nose when I read this, and playing hunt-the-literary-reference is still the prime-time sport. I've managed to re-read it twice before having to send it off for Australian perusal.
Matthew Thomas: TERROR FIRMA
Here, have a conspiracy. In fact, have several. Finally finished it - bit TOO busy and took too waaaayyy long to get started, but the last half was pretty fun.
The Wine Song
Cat Empire: Cat Empire
Jazz/hip-hop/latin/pop. The most danceable band on the planet. In the extremely unlikely event of my getting married, "The Wine Song" would be the wedding waltz.
Iva Davies: Ghost of Time
The orchestral extension of the Icehouse track "Great Southern Land", written by Iva for the 1999/2000 Sydney "Millenium" celebrations. For some reason I find it completely addictive and keep coming back to listen. OK, so there is that small factor of my being an obsessive Iva Davies fan :). In all honesty, though, he's actually a very good film music composer - he was lately responsible, with Richard Tognetti from the Australian Chamber Orchestra, for the soundtrack to "Master and Commander".
The Stolen Child
The Waterboys: Fisherman's Blues
The Waterboys blend folk and rock with SUCH lovely accents and then fling in a bog-standard celtic story about children being taken away by the wee folk. Love it.
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