FF: Is It Okay?

Preparing for Reincarnation

I’m still reading the mass market proofs of my own novel Library of the Sapphire Wind, which was released as a trade paperback and e-book back in February of this year.  Is it okay to like reading one’s own novel?

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:

Died in the Wool by Ngaio Marsh.  Audiobook.  Another Alleyne mystery set in New Zealand.

In Progress:

River Kings: A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads by Cat Jarman.  Non-fiction.  Curiosity about how a carnelian bead got from (possibly) India to a Viking grave in England sets an archeologist speculating.  Very readable, but right now mostly reading just before bed.

Tied up in Tinsel by Ngaio Marsh.  Audiobook.  Marsh kept from going stale by having more quirky characters and situations.  In this one, a self-made rich man gets around the servant problem by giving positions to murders who he firmly believes are not likely to opt again for murder.

Also:

Finished the most recent Archeology magazine.

P.S. The Zoom chat I’ve offered through the Tamson House auction still has a fairly low bid.  I’ll chat with you and up to five friends about any aspect of writing, writing life, my works, whatever for a whole hour!  Jim and guinea pigs will cameo upon request.