FF: Almost

Where’s the Book?

My reading time was serious impinged upon this week by Bubonicon, then all manner of unexpected distractions.   So “almost done” is the best I can do.

If you’re wondering where the book is in this lovely portrait of our shy girl, Mei-Ling, she’s sitting on it.  It turned out to be a great way to get her to sit still!

For those of you unfamiliar with this column, 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 it’s also a great place to tell me what you’re reading. 

Completed:

Sorry.  Nothing.

In Progress:

Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge.  Audiobook.  It’s good, but I’m not making much progress at about 20 minutes a night.

The Life and Times of Chaucer by John Gardner.  The author of Grendel, which blew me away when I first read it at sixteen, turns his fluid and graceful writing style to examining the man who wrote The Canterbury Tales and other influential words.  On the final chapter.

Also:

Vogue’s latest.  Also, American Archeology’s latest.  Fashion magazine and anthropology combine to make a great view of human values.  Almost done with both.