What Fiction are you reading this week, March 17, 2024? [View all]
Cats AND books.
see the St. Gertrude post in Pets: https://democraticunderground.com/116189819
Still reading Chenneville, an amazing book with several surprises. There is a novel mentioned in the story, The Woman in White, which is a real and quite famous work of fiction. First published in 1859, it is "considered the first English sensation novel of the psychological mystery genre, and has been continuously in print for (over) 150 years." I was learning about it on goodreads.com, and I read a paragraph that is strikingly similar to a paragraph I had just read in Jiles' book. Hmmm...
And then...in a conversation someone uses the term snowmaggedon. I looked that up and don't find any indication of that word being used prior to 2008. So, I'm thinking Ms. Jiles is having a little fun with her readers. I imagine her, chuckling to herself and thinking, "Made you look!"
My favorite line from the book: "He woke up the next morning, covered with puppies."
Still listening to It Can't Happen Here. I cannot bring myself to listen to it every day because it's really depressing and terrifying. I get my fill of psycho mutterings from idiots on the news every day. So I'm interspersing it with An Invitation to Murder by Leighann Dobbs, the first Lady Katherine Regency Mystery, from 2017. It's pretty boring so I guess that makes it a good alternative. There are 4 more in this series so I suspect they get better. Plus she has written over 90 other books. I will keep her on my list for later readings.
What's on your list to read this week?
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