FF: Tell Them, Tell Me

Persephone Contemplates a Latte

This week, I realized that most of what I was reading was due to some variation on word of mouth.  This does seem to be the best way to learn about books or even—as with the Mile Vorkosigan books, which I now love—learn that your first impression needs adjustment.  If it hadn’t been for my friend Rowan Derrick giving me her honest opinion about why I was wrong, I’d really have missed out on something I enjoy.

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:

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree.  Very kind and friendship affirming.

Brothers in Arms by Lois McMaster Bujold.  Audiobook.  SF Espionage thriller done very well.

In Progress:

Reading toward the Nebula awards.  Still.

Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold.  Audiobook.  Personal and emotional complications of Brothers in Arms come home in this much longer, more complex novel.

Also:

Finished the new American Archeology.  Much better written than usual.  I wonder if it’s the new editor.  Some interesting different takes on the material, too.  Will be starting the new Smithsonian.