FF: Rolling Along
Ziggy Wants to Be Harriet for Halloween
One thing I like about travel is having more time to read. On road trips, audiobooks come into their own.
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.
Recently Completed:
Earthquake Weather by Tim Powers. Good and creative, although – my personal opinion – the characterization is not as strong as in the prior two novels.
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. Audiobook. To my surprise, I really enjoyed. Almost despite herself, Catherine is blessed with a solid dose of common sense.
Swords Against Death by Fritz Leiber. A Friday Fragments reader mentioned the Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser tales, and I couldn’t resist re-reading at least some.
Turbo Twenty-Three by Janet Evanovich. Audiobook. We find these books good for road trips since the reader is brilliant, and the plots not overly demanding.
Little Red Rodent Hood by Ursula Vernon. Harriet the Hamster Princess is appealed to by a child in distress… but is everything as it seems?
In Progress:
Swords in the Mist by Fritz Leiber.
The Moons of Barsk by Lawrence M. Schoen. Audiobook.
Also:
I almost never get a chance to read the convention program when I’m at a con, but I often read it after. I’m currently dipping into the gorgeous one from MileHiCon.
