The Friday Fragments feature lists of what I’ve read over the past week. They are not meant to be a recommendation list. If you’re interested in a not-at-all-inclusive list, you can look on my website.
This is not a book review column. It’s just a list with, maybe, a few opinions tossed in.
Snowdrop contemplates October
This week has been an interesting one…
What are you reading?
Recently Completed:
The Sphinx of the Ice Realm by Jules Verne, translated by Fredrick Paul Walter. Looking for a stirring sea saga with bits of mystery, secret identities, and a neat twist at the end? This Verne is for you. I strongly suggest this translation for the notes and introduction.
Smoking Seventeen by Janet Evanovich. Audiobook.
Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich. Audiobook.
In Progress:
Clariel by Garth Nix. A prequel of sorts to the “Abhorsen” books. I’m enjoying, although the “action” at the start is mostly internal.
The House of Hades by Rick Riordan. Audiobook. Yet another reader! I miss Leo’s accent.
A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny. Still trying to hold to one chapter a day for the Twitter book club at #LonesomeOctober. This is getting much, much harder as the plot gets more complex.
Land of Cinnamon Sun by John Nizalowski. A collection of essays. I’ve been reading an essay or so before bed. Enjoying.
Also:
I’m starting to re-read my own short stories as part of putting together a collection. Just read my first, published in 1990.
Jane Lindskold: Wednesday Wanderings 
October 18, 2014 at 1:08 pm |
I think I may have to go back and read more of Rick Riordan’s stuff. I read the Percy Jackson books a while back, but not anything else of his.
I read Adventures in English by Melvyn Bragg, and enjoyed it. In fiction, I read The Long War by Pratchett and Baxter. A very good book, building in interesting and deep ways on The Long Earth. I’m waiting for the library to get me a copy of The Long Mars. I also read A Call to Duty by David Weber and Timothy Zahn.
October 21, 2014 at 7:59 am |
You’ve been busy!
So far I’m enjoying the “Heroes of Olympus” saga, with the caveats I’ve noted in the FF.