Posts Tagged ‘truman capote’
Thrill Ride – Favorite Thrillers
I have been on a thrill ride for as long as I can remember. I’ve read wildly, across genre, never discriminating. I love a big, character-rich story with a dark heart, with a compelling mystery or some kind of ticking clock at its center. I want to be lured in by prose, captured by character,…
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Last week, I started The Wave: In Pursuit of Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean by Susan Casey. I found myself immediately drawn in, blown away by the utterly fascinating nature of her subject matter and her beautiful, impassioned writing. I loved her last book, The Devil’s Teeth, and her newest is every bit…
Read MoreBooks That Changed My Life
Late last year I was asked to write a piece for The Sun-Herald in Victoria, Australia about the books that changed my life. I have loved so many types of books since I was a child that I found this very difficult – as though I’d been asked to say which people in my life…
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