Alpe d’Huez and the Seven Deadly Sins

My latest piece of reading has been related to the Tour de France.  I spotted this book at the library as it was on the new books shelf. In light of the recent revelations about doping in cycling I thought it would make an interesting read.  It is ironic that as I finished reading this book,…

Some retirement reading!

I heard about this book on the ABC radio programme, Books and Arts Daily. You can download the audio of the interview at the website.  I found the book at the Metung Book Fair for just a couple of dollars.  Bargain! The adventures of a former Sydney detective from 21 Division who, in his prime, collared…

Bombproof

This is my next R book in the A-Z Book Challenge. Sami Macbeth is not a master criminal. He’s not even a minor one. He’s not a jewel thief. He’s not a safe-cracker. He’s not an expert in explosives. Sami plays guitar and wants to be a rock god but keeps getting side-tracked by unforeseen…

Q is for Quarry

I have found a Q book for the A-Z Book Challenge. It wasn’t until I got to the end of the book that I realised I had read the book previously, probably in 2003 shortly after the book was published.Sue Grafton started her A-Z crime series, featuring the female detective Kinsey Millhone in 1982 with…

Do you remember the A-Z Book Challenge?

Well, I have finally found a book with an author for the letter Q in my A-Z Book Challenge.  I know that it is well past the year in which I was doing the challenge but I plan to finish the alphabet.  Better late than never.  There may be some discussion as to whether this…

P for Peaches, another in the A-Z Book Challenge

My reading has slowed in recent months and so I am only at the letter P in the A-Z Book Challenge that was meant to take me a year. I will need to be more diligent in my next Challenge. If I take on another Reading Challenge I will still keep going with the A-Z…