FF: Emotional Commitment
Variety Rules!
My reading this week has been intruded upon by my spending more time writing, but audiobooks are coming to the rescue.
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:
Death Comes As the End by Agatha Christie. Audiobook. Set in ancient Egypt with lots of period material. Very enjoyable, although the POV character might strike some as too vague and dreamy.
In Progress:
Always Look On the Bright Side by Eric Idle. Audiobook. Read by the author. Alternately funny and thoughtful, brilliantly presented. I’m enjoying. This one was recommended by my friend, Alan Robson, in his book review column.
Treecat Wars by David Weber and Jane Lindskold. Not really a re-read. I haven’t read this since it was in proofs, which is a very different experience indeed.
Also:
Although I’ve found short fiction tough to read unless in one sitting, I find magazine articles easy to read when exhausted before bed, so I’m plowing through the accumulated issues.
I wonder if it’s the fact that short non-fiction of this sort lacks the need for an emotional commitment on the part of the reader?
