Reading material for the NZ trip

January 22nd, 2010 admin

Off to New Zealand tomorrow. Not the worst time of year to be visiting Kiwiland. The flight is long, and in my spare moments I like to read, so I did an amazon raid, choosing a range of books, many of which were recommended by readers here (thank you to those concerned). The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold – a risk, this. Could be great, could be dire. A good friend liked it a lot, and I trust him. Black Swan Green, David Mitchell – reader’s recommendation, sounds good Generation A, Douglas Coupland – I’m a Coupland junkie who loved JPOD and The Gum Thief, so v looking forward to this Ghost…


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