What Fiction are you reading this week, May 17, 2020? [View all]

[hermetic]

I’ve just started Slash and Burn by Colin Cotterill. In this 8th book of the series about Dr. Siri ( ), the good doctor is tired of being Laos's national coroner, a job he never wanted in the first place. Plus, he's getting on in years and wants to spend some time with his wife before his untimely death (which has been predicted by the local transvestite fortune teller). Good reading.

I’m listening to Barbara Kingsolver read her latest book, Unsheltered. I must say, listening to an author read their own work is quite a treat. Obviously, they “get it” but, I’ve recently had some not so great experiences with books from LibriVox. I do understand that their readers are all volunteers and bless them for doing that. But I had to sign off on two really popular novels because the readers just grated on my nerves so much.

On the other hand, I have been listening to Coraline being read online by Neil Gaiman and others. Neil is, of course, lovely to listen to. But LeVar Burton read on Thursday and I swear, I want that man to read all my books to me from now on! He is fantastic. Twelve thumbs up!

What’s good reading in your house this week?