FF: Some Thought-Provoking Reads
Hollyhock Toad Borrowed My Kindle
I’ve been writing a lot this week, but I’ve still found time to read. How about you?
For those of you just discovering this part of my blog, the Friday Fragments lists what I’ve read over the past week. Most of the time I don’t include details of either short fiction (unless part of a book-length collection) or magazines.
The Fragments are not meant to be a recommendation list. If you’re interested in a not-at-all-inclusive recommendation list, you can look on my website under Neat Stuff.
Once again, this is not a book review column. It’s just a list with, maybe, a bit of description or a few opinions tossed in.
What are you reading?
Recently Completed:
Out of the Deep I Cry by Julie Spencer Fleming. Audiobook. This author is showing a not unappealing tendency to intertwine close looks at social issues with her mysteries. The historical sections in this one leave me with no doubt that I’m glad I was born when I was – especially for medicine.
The Sacerdotal Owl and Three Other Long Tales by Michael Bishop. A forthcoming collection of three novellas. Very much enjoyed. The problem is writing a blurb when I want to write an academic paper.
One Corpse Too Many by Ellis Peters. Audiobook. Second book in her Brother Cadfael series. An old favorite.
In Progress:
Leonardo daVinci by Walter Isaacson. I’ve been wanting to read this since we went to the daVinci exhibit a month or so ago. Just starting.
The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter by Theodora Goss. Enjoyable, although I admit to wishing that she hadn’t felt a need to include Sherlock Holmes. But that’s my private bugbear and not a reflection on the author.
Also:
Almost done with the latest Smithsonian.
