What Fiction are you reading this week, April 5, 2020?

[hermetic]

Embrace your space


Reading Agent Running in the Field by John Le Carre. I never read Le Carre before but when I saw this at the library on the day before they shut down I decided to grab it since some here had mentioned liking it. So far I am really enjoying it. He sure doesn’t mince words about certain world leaders we all know and abhor. Review calls it: “..a chilling portrait of our time, now heartbreaking, now darkly humorous, told to us with unflagging tension by the greatest chronicler of our age.”

Yesterday I got hit with some sort of intestinal ailment and had to spend the day on the couch so I grabbed Nature Girl by Carl Hiassen. Review calls it delectably outrageous mayhem. That it is.

While at the library I also obtained a couple of books on CD which I have now finished. So, I visited the library online to find a new audible. Wasn’t having much luck since all the titles I searched were already checked out. I fail to comprehend exactly why only one person at a time can listen to an ebook. Does not compute. Decided to look for something older and found several Sharyn McCrumb books available. But when I opened their pages there was no CHECKOUT button showing.

I guess this being cooped up thing is starting to get to me cause I got really pissed. I tried calling the library but no one was answering. I pushed buttons, pounded the keyboard, went backwards and forward and finally just gave up. Clicked PUT ON HOLD, signed off, and listened to music instead. The next day when I opened my email I had a message saying I had successfully checked out The Rosewood Casket by McCrumb. So, that’s what I’m listening to now. It’s an old book and I’m learning about life in the Appalachians and Daniel Boone. And, of course, ghosts/spirits. It’s enjoyable.

I wanted to share that experience in hopes it will help you if you’re having trouble getting ebooks from your library. Just keep at it. After I finish this one I’m going to give https://librivox.org a try.

Hope you all are doing okay and have plenty to read.

[AllaN01Bear]

1. none at this time

hihowdi back

[The King of Prussia]

2. Georgette Heyer -The Unfinished Clue

A story from the golden age of detective fiction. The victim is a monster, so I'm going to enjoy it when he gets his come-uppance.

We are entering our fourth week of isolation. My wife has been working from home - very hard. The local farms and shops are all doing home deliveries so we are actually eating very well. Not exercising much, although we have walked around the village a few times. No-one has been about.

Mostly I've spent the week loading our book collection on to "Librarything" . A fairly mindless task, but it's about all my stressed mind can cope with.

I did some writing for my blog. I'll drop a link here when I've uploaded it.

The death toll here is rising fast. 12 people have died at our local hospital. Looks like no easing of the restrictions before the end of May at the earliest.

Keep yourselves safe fellow DUers x

[hermetic]

6. Only been inside for 2 weeks here

Feels like a month already! Two weeks ago there were 10 cases here. Now there are 1078.

I see some of my neighbors have lots of company. I already knew they were mostly morons, though.

[Laffy Kat]

3. Camus, "The Plague"

I actually picked it up several months ago to re-read it, so the impetus wasn't COVID. I got distracted by another book and have simply returned to the novel to finish it up.

[hermetic]

4. Never read that

Thinking I should now. Just saw a review that says the ending is upbeat, hopeful. Could sure use a bit of that.

Read it free online here:
https://archive.org/details/plague02camu/page/n11/mode/1upHere

[Laffy Kat]

5. I guess I'll find out. I've completely forgotten the story.

I feel like I'm reading it for the first time. It must have been at least 30 years ago that I first read it. This is why I keep my books, I know I'll go back to re-visit.