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Persephone Paper Bane

Often when I list that I’m reading a lot of non-fiction, I’m asked if I’m researching something in particular.  Sometimes I am but, as with this week, sometimes I’m feeding random information to my Muse.  It may emerge years from now, or not at all.

And the usual reminder…  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 my scattered research reading.

Completed:

Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan.  Second Book in the Heroes of Olympus cycle. 

Knights Templar Encyclopedia: The Essential Guide to the People, Places, Events, & Symbols of the Order of the Temple by Karen Ralls, Ph.D.  Non-fiction.  Seriously non…  The conspiracy theories about the Templars are alluded to, but the emphasis is on what they really were.

In Progress:

Cabinet of Curiosities by Aaron Mahnke.  Non-fiction.  Trivia of the “Ripley’s Believe It Or Not” sort.  Amusing, but if I were going to use anything as a story seed, I’d research the heck out of it.

Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln.  Secret History—so you can decide if you’d call it “fiction” or “non-fiction.”  Breezily written and a fun enough read.

Game On (Tempting Twenty-Eight) by Janet Evanovich.  Fiction.  Audiobook.  Hackers and Diesel.  An amusing way to fill an idle hour.

Also:

Archeology magazine.  I think I finished that Smithsonian, but copies do get moved around, especially to protect them from Persephone, who loves to bite paper.