As we were on the road this past week, driving to and from Arizona, we let audiobooks fill the long hours.
Ogapoge Tries to Open the Box
For those of you just discovering this part of my blog, 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.
Recently Completed:
Top Secret Twenty-one by Janet Evanovich. Audiobook. This one was pretty good.
The Long Sunset by Jack McDevitt. Advanced review copy of the April 2018 release. Should we let fear rule us? Will aliens be truly alien?
In Progress:
The Crown Jewels by Walter Jon Williams. P.G. Wodehouse meets Jane Austen meets crime caper. Very amusing.
The Hammer of Thor: Magnus Chase and The Gods of Asgard. Audiobook. Just started. New reader. Not very good quality. Let’s see if it improves.
Tricky Twenty-two by Janet Evanovich. Audiobook. Didn’t quite finish while on the road.
Also:
Wolf’s Head, Wolf’s Heart by Jane Lindskold. One hour a day, proofing for new e-book release. Didn’t get much done over the holiday on this.
Jane Lindskold: Wednesday Wanderings 
December 29, 2017 at 3:41 pm |
I’m now listening to the audiobook of Sue Grafton’s “W is for Wasted.” Just learned that she died today. Her last book in the series is “Y is for Yesterday.” She had the title for “Z is for Zero” but that’s as far as she’d gotten, and she didn’t authorize anyone to continue the series.
January 2, 2018 at 9:41 am |
I have also read (or actually listened to audiobooks) of A-W, and had Y on my “to be read” list. I was looking forward to her triumphantly making Z. Maybe it’s written. After all, most novels go into production well before their publication date.
January 3, 2018 at 2:51 pm
Unfortunately not. She had only come up with the title, no book in time. And she has expressly prohibited anyone continuing under her name.
January 4, 2018 at 12:04 pm
I’m sorry about the former, but glad about the latter.