The summer break is nearly upon us – and haven’t we all deserved it?! In preparation of the upcoming break, we are compiling a list of suggestions for summer reading and we need your help!
We would like to know:
- one of your favourite books of all time, and/or
- a great book you have read in 2007
In early January, we will devote a blog post to great suggestions for great books to read over the summer break.
Just a few notes….
- The book doesn’t need to be available through the CSU Library
- We won’t include your name on the blog (unless you specifically want us to)
- For the great book you read in 2007 – the book doesn’t need to have been released this year, just something you read this year
Email your suggestions to klamont@csu.edu.au or leave your suggestions as a comment to this post by clicking on the ‘Comments’ link under this post, by Friday 21st December.
We look forward to hearing your suggestions.
Best Fantasy novel of all time The Magician by Raymond Feist.
We need to talk about Kevin – Lionel Shriver
A book I enjoyed reading:
The eleventh commandment by Jeffrey Archer.
Here’s a couple that I really enjoyed.
Cormac McCarthy’s The Road – very sombre, challenging, but absolutely gripping
Adrian Hyland’s Diamond Dove, really entertaining murder mystery set in the Northern Territory with a humorous but compassionate take on outback Territory life.
In a futile protest against the ridiculous length all books seem to be now, I delved back in time to when writing was tight and well edited. My favourites were:
The old man of the sea by Ernest Hemmingway
Sombrero fallout : A Japanese novel by Richard Brautigan