FF: I See Fireworks!

Demon-Light Mei-Ling

Fireworks have been going off for several days already, but I expect we’ll see quite a few tonight.  So far the kittens don’t seem bothered—everything is still so new to them—but Mei-Ling is highly offended.

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:

Forced Perspectives by Tim Powers.  Vickery and Castine number two.  This is a series in the definition of series that means “continuing characters and setting,” not one long plot.

The Great Ghost Rescue by Eva Ibbotson.  Audiobook.  Well-read, but probably intended for a much younger audience than those of her books I’ve read to this point.

A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie.  Audiobook.  One of my favorite Miss Marple’s.

Stolen Skies by Tim Powers.  Vickery and Castine number three.  UFOs and spies.

In Progress:

Hickory Dickory Dock by Agatha Christie.  Audiobook.  Hercule Poirot.

The Bards of Bone Plain by Patricia A. McKillip.  Just starting.  Haven’t read since it came out.

Also:

Tokyo Babylon by Clamp.  Manga.  Issues 1 to 4 finished, several more to go.  Originally published in the mid-1990’s, this has a end of the millennium vibe that doesn’t date the stories.

Finished the latest Archeology.  Quite good.