FF: I Think Everything

Roary Reads

I think that everything on my reading list this week is a re-read.  Mind you, in many cases it’s been a decade or more since I read the book.  As I mentioned in this week’s Wednesday Wandering, I’ve realized the re-reading, even more than just reading, can make me a better writer.

And now for 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:

The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle.  Audiobook, read by Stephen Fry.

Alphabet of Thorn by Patricia A. McKillip.  Ambitious plot, split between several distinct points of view.

His Last Bow by Arther Conan Doyle.  Audiobook, read by Stephen Fry.

Drawing of the Dark by Tim Powers.  No…  This is not a cliché medieval fantasy.  Alternate history with Arthurian motifs.  The “dark” in question is beer.

Medusa’s Web by Tim Powers.  Somehow I missed this one when it came out, so it’s only my second time reading it.

In Progress:

The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes.  Audiobook, read by Stephen Fry.

Alternate Routes by Tim Powers.  The first book in one of his few series in the sense of continuing characters.  Most of his other “series” are more series because of shared setting or timeline, rather than characters.

Also:

Finished latest Smithsonian and AARP magazine.  Good articles in both.  Now reading the latest Archeology.