It's a bit of a cliche having a librarian declare themselves a booklover, but I thought that if I was going to have to write about something, this was one subject I could be certain to have something to say on!

I'm a bit late as well - technically it is still only week 2 but I am well aware that week 3 begins tomorrow and if I don't get started I'm not going to get anywhere!

Setting up a blog is reminding me a bit of when you get leaving cards to sign at work - trying hard to say something witty or clever but coming up fairly blank!

Anyway, to the books. I've just finished 'The darkness and the deep' by Aline Templeton following the recommendation from the staff picks page on our new website (got to get a plug in somewhere!) http://www.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/readrelax . I really enjoyed it and didn't work out who did it or their motive until it was revealed at the end which is always a bonus. Sometimes detective fiction can be fairly predictable, but this was a good one.

I'd also recommend Peter Temple's last book 'The broken shore' which I thought was brilliant. Peter is an Australian writer and I think he manages to portray contemporary Australia and some of the big issues in our society, while at the same time writing a very clever detective novel.