Dead Until Dark

This is the book that inspired the TV series True Blood. Now, the problem with reading the book that inspired a TV series is that sometimes the book doesn't live up to expectations (hello Dexter). So how did I find this?

It wasn't bad. Different enough from the TV series to be interesting, but I'm not sure if I'm going to read the rest of the series.

The Fittler Files

About the book:
The Fittler Files is a review of the 2011 rugby league season from round one through to the grand final, covering all the big events both on and off the field. Not simply a rehash of the regular, NRL-sanctioned press conferences and news, this is a genuine inside look at rugby league from a trusted and well-connected team. Written with Brad's brand of honesty and humour, and including over 100 photographs.

My thoughts:
Very enjoyable review of the 2011 NRL season by someone who was there for just about every game. Freddy's thoughts on the current state of the NRL and its future were also refreshing to hear. Hopefully there'll be future editions for subsequent years.

Jack of All Trades, Mistress of One

About the book:
Things were never quite the same once Aunty Jack roared onto our television screens in the 1970s, threatening to rip our bloody arms off. In this funny and moving memoir, Grahame Bond celebrates and at times curses his most famous creation and tells of how he found an imaginary family of other brilliant writers, actors, musicians and performers along the way. Jack of All Trades is jam-packed with extraordinary characters, many of them real if unknown Bond relatives, and a good number of them Aussie TV icons. We become acquainted with Bonds beloved parents as he grows up an only child in Marrickville, meet his sadistic Uncle Jack and his legendary boxing grandfather Benny Doyle, before watching him burst into the life of a performer via Architecture Revues at Sydney University. With digressions into advertising and lifestyle television, and blockbuster stage shows like Boys Own McBeth and 2JJs Nude Radio, Grahame Bond has always been an extraordinary entertainer.


My thoughts:
Wow! This had to be one of the best bio's I've read in a while. Funny, interesting and honest I'd recommend this book to anyone.