FF: Linked Activities
Dandy Considers The Stars
I’m working on three projects at once, so my reading time has tapered off, but since I’ve learned that for my brain reading and writing are linked, I’m making time to read.
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.
And I really enjoy hearing about what you’re reading!
Recently Completed:
Fearless Girls, Wise Women, and Beloved Sisters: Heroines in Folktales From Around the World compiled by Kathleen Ragan. Keeper for my shelves. Recommended that readers take it a few stories at a time, because it’s easier to think about themes. Editors notes are usually good, but sometimes less scholarly than I would have liked.
In Progress:
Skyward by Brandon Sanderson. Recommended by Alan Robson, my former Tangent’s collaborator and a regular FF reader!
The Age of Faith by Will Durant. Part Four of “The Story of Civilization.” Audiobook. Still immersed in Islam.
Also:
Catching up on magazines… I have a couple that came before Christmas I haven’t even looked at yet. Sigh! But I’ve finished American Archeology and Archeology. Now reading Smithsonian, the cover story of which is an issue I’ve read about in the prior two mags. Interesting to see the different take.
