On a boat ripping across the Coral Sea, heading shore-ward after a visit to the reef
Reading White Line Fever, by Lemmy Kilmister while her mother reads The Help, by Katheryn Stockett. She got the book from her boyfriend for Christmas. Her mother picked up her book at Costco. Their favorite books are, respectively, Scar Tissue, by Anthony Kied, a biography about the Red Hot Chili Peppers, for its honesty, and Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen, for its descriptions.
After we got off the boat I headed over to the library. In the trees around library, thousands of fruit bats hang upside down chattering to each other in high pitched squeaks. At sunset, the bats emerge from the trees and cover the whole sky. Near the city lagoon, you can lay on your back and see hundreds of bats overhead.
The librarian I talked to recommended the following Queensland authors: Xavier Herbert, who writes about Queensland history and Treziese Percy, who writes children's books.
Just before sunset on the brink of the new year
Waiting for the fireworks (that are so spectacular people start camping out along the harbor at 6am on the 31st), and reading The Great Gatsby. The Australian film director, Baz Luhrmann, who did Strictly Ballroom, is filming it in Manly, a suburb of Sydney. Leonardo DiCaprio is in town.
Her favorite book is Pride and Prejudice, or maybe The Lord of the Rings.
Happy New Year!
Picture: Tim Hunter Source: The Sunday Telegraph"I know it's rude, but I can't help myself," she said, casting a look at her breakfast partner.
At a cafe in Glen Park, reading Stalking the Angel, by Robert Crais. She usually reads on her Kindle (her breakfast partner gave it to her, so he can't mind her reading too much), but a coworker happened upon this book and gave it to her, knowing that Robert Crais is one of her favorite authors.
Favorite book? She doesn't have one. "I like all books," she said.
Having brunch in the Dogpatch
and reading Catch-22, by Joseph Heller. She loves reading old copies of books and a friend gave her this for her birthday last year. It's a little big to carry around, so she hasn't been reading as much lately -- she likes to read only one book at a time.
Her favorite book is Still Life with Woodpecker, by Tom Robbins.
In her free time -- she's a professional organizer (meaning creating systems to keep your house or office organized) -- she likes making ice cream. In fact, she has a rule that she doesn't bring store-bought ice cream into the house. She described to me recipes involving custard and the challenge of rainbow sherbet. On her to-buy list is The Perfect Scoop, written by David Lebovitz, photographed by Lara Hata.
(the cocktail is a whiskey express ... whiskey + espresso + other things -- at Serpentine)
