Books I Read in April and Other Stuff

A more accurate title would be, “Books I’ve Been Reading Since April.”   Last month, I started The Story of Christianity, Volume 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation. It’s slow going. At first I thought I’d abandon it, but then it picked up, to the point that I’ll buy Volume 2. I only manage around 10 pages a night, and it’s 500+ pages long. I’m learning a lot, though, which is always a plus. In the meantime, my to-read pile continues to grow, and I already have a bursting Amazon cart waiting for me to press “Checkout.”

It didn’t help that my partner and I became hooked on Downton Abbey. When friends offered to lend us the first three seasons on DVD, we weren’t sure whether we’d like it. Once we started watching it, we couldn’t stop, so we spent a fair amount of our spare time following the Crawley saga and drinking tea.

I also wrote quite a bit last month. I should finish the first draft of Deiform Two next week. It’s turned out to be the second longest story I’ve written (after The Salbine Sisters). When I edit, I usually cut, not add. Despite that, I expect it to remain in second place for length. It will go to my editor at the end of July, and I plan to release it in October.

If you’re a gamer, I can recommend Bioshock:Infinite and The Walking Dead, both of which I recently finished. I started the latest Tomb Raider last night. So far, so good.

I’ll leave you with a fabulous performance by Nora, the piano cat. Lithuanian conductor, composer, and artist Mindaugas Piečaitis wrote a concerto just for Nora, and she performs it along with a live orchestra (of course, she isn’t performing it live!). For more information about Nora’s music, visit CATcerto.

Have a good weekend!

Books I Read in April and Other Stuff is a post from: Sarah Ettritch