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Cayenne Reads

Cayenne is now approaching seven months old.  As some of you may recall, we’ve had him since he was an estimated five weeks.  He’s a delight in many ways: mischievous and affectionate.  When my recent whatever-it-was laid me low, he cuddled up next to me when I napped.

Some of what I’m reading are long pieces in installments.  I trimmed my entries for them, but if you’re interested in why I’m re-reading Tsubasa again or where I was in the Durant audio, you can look at earlier FF’s.

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:

White Trash Zombie Apocalypse by Diana Rowland.  Book three.  Angel’s personal journey is so very different than many books of this sort where, by book three, the heroine is becoming Very Important and influential.  Angel is just hoping to get her GED.

In Progress:

Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicles by Clamp.  This week, up to issue 21.

Heroes of History by Will Durant.  Audiobook.  A short survey of history starting with a general essay, then moving into the really ancient world.  I’m up to the German Reformation.  Despite the title, not a “great man” theory of history at all.

The Dabare Snake Launcher by Joelle Presby.  I read this shortly before its release and really liked it.  It’s the sort of SF I like.  The focus is the struggle to get a space elevator built, but in addition to addressing the tech problems, it addresses the human element as well.  I’ve read a lot of West African fiction and Presby catches the setting and mindset very well.  There’s a second book due out soon, but this one stands alone just fine.

Also:

Done with the latest Smithsonian.  Now reading American Archeology.  This magazine can be uneven, but this issue has a lot of good articles.