FF: Splitting Time

Mei-Ling Curls Up With a Good Book

Many of the books on this week’s list are relatively short, so they give the illusion I’m reading more than I have been.  I’ve actually been splitting the majority of my time between writing (I’m in the final stretch of a fourth Over Where novel) and PT, with reading coming in third.

The Friday Fragments is not a book review column; it’s a list of what I’m reading and maybe a bit about my opinions.  I always read the comments section, because I enjoy learning what other people are reading.  Oh, and I don’t usually list shorter works unless in a collection or articles, I also don’t usually list scattered research reading.

Completed:

Fortune and Glory (aka Tantalizing 27) by Janet Evanovich.  Audiobook.  I haven’t listened to one of these in a while but frequent Commentor Beverly Martin reminded me of the series.  Plot picks up right after the prior book.

The Penderwicks by Jean Birdsall.  My friend librarian Julie Bartel introduced me to this series years ago when we were talking about Elizabeth Enright and other authors who just wrote about families doing family things.

The Penderwicks on Gardam Street by Jean Birdsall.

The Penderwicks at Point Mouette by Jean Birdsall.  The first three books in the series take place in a relatively tight period of time.  The next jumps forward too much for my current mood.

In Progress:

The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan.  Audiobook.  The start of his Heroes of Olympus series, which follows Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett.  A long-time favorite of mine, and one that fits right in as I’m longing for Spring.

Also:

Finished the current Smithsonian.  Just found an American Archeology of which I’d only read half, so finishing off that.