Well, not really a bough, but the device on which I was playing the audio of The Age of Faith by Will Durant, so I guess my electronics have decided I’m not ready for the Dark Ages yet. Instead… Agatha Christie does P.G. Wodehouse.
For those of you unfamiliar with this column, the Friday Fragments lists what I’ve read over the past week. Most of the time I don’t include details of either short fiction (unless part of a book-length collection) or magazines. The Fragments are not meant to be a recommendation list. If you’re interested in a not-at-all-inclusive recommendation list, you can look on my website under Neat Stuff.
Once again, this is not a book review column. It’s just a list with, maybe, a bit of description or a few opinions tossed in. And it’s also a great place to tell me what you’re reading.
Recently Completed:
The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington by Jennet Conant. Adequate, but the temporal/associational organization style doesn’t do the material much good.
In Progress:
The Hotel Cat written and illustrated by Ester Averill. A before bed read. I loved Pickles and Jenny and all the rest as a kid, and see no reason not to now!
Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie. Audiobook. An English country house, spy thriller mystery with characters who would have been bright lights of The Drone’s Club. Great fun.
Also:
I have an Big Announcement that I’ve saving for the WW this coming week, so I’ll just say that my research reading is joyfully scattered.