It’s Monday, What Are You Reading?

This meme is hosted by Book Journey — Happy 3rd Blogiversary, Book Journey!

This Week I’m Reading:
Thr3e by Ted Dekker

Enter a world where nothing is what it seems. Where your closest friend could be your greatest enemy.

Kevin Parson is alone in his car when his cell phone rings. A man calling himself Slater offers a deadly ultimatum: “You have exactly three minutes to confess your sin to the world. Refuse, and the car you’re driving will blow sky high.” Then the phone goes dead.

Kevin panics. Who would make such a demand? What sin? Yet not sure what else to do, Kevin swerves into a parking lot and runs from his car. Just in case.

Precisely three minutes later, a massive explosion sets his world on a collision course with madness. And that’s only the first move in this deadly game. (Goodreads)

I’ve heard that Dekker is a really good thriller writer. I need to read more thrillers. This book is jumping the queue since it’s a hold check-out from the Greater Phoenix Digital Library. I’ll give it a try.

Modern Fairies, Dwarves, Goblins, and Other Nasties: A Practical Guide by Miss Edythe McFate by Lesley M. M. Blume, David Foote (Illustrator)

Perhaps you think fairies are figments of the imagination, or even relics of an ancient past. You may even think all fairies are lovely winged creatures, who dance in bluebell fields, granting wishes to anyone who should encounter them.

You would be wrong on all counts.

Fairies are very much alive today, and they are everywhere—in our cities, our backyards, and even our kitchen cupboards. Some of them are indeed the sweet-tempered, winged creatures of folklore, but the fairy family also includes goblins, trolls, brownies, and other strange creatures, some of which are revealed to humans in this book for the very first time. While many fairy breeds are harmless, others can be quite nasty or even dangerous. (Goodreads)

My visits to physical libraries have always been governed by how many books I could physically take with me. I lack upper body strength. The digital library gives me ten checkouts. Ten! So, I might have, you know, checked this out as I…uh…browsed the shelves. I’m already a few pages in.

Short Story of the Week:

I’m going to read stories from My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales edited by Kate Bernheimer. It’s another library check out.

The Usual:

I’m a chapter ahead on A Clash of Kings, so I only have one chapter to read this week remain caught up. For poetry, I’m adding the Poetic Edda.

What I Read Last Week:

Asgard Stories: Tales from Norse Mythology by Mary H. Foster & Mabel H. Cummings (Review)
The Snowman’s Children by Glen Hirshberg (Review coming tomorrow.)
“There will come soft rains” by Ray Bradbury
“What the Dragon Said: A Love Story” by Catherynne M. Valente
“Cat in a Box” by Valerie Valdes – Valerie is one my favorite poets. She’s awesome, and on-line!