Time to catch up a little. I'm still working on Possession. I've stalled a bit though. Usually if I can get through the beginning of a book I'm good for finishing it (at least for fiction), but this might be an exception. I hit the section of letters in the middle and am having trouble getting through it so paused for a bit and have been working on some short stories from In Dreams.

I actually took several other detours in the last week as well. Last week Jonathan Carroll's The Heidelberg Cylinder showed up so I read it to complete my reading of his oeuvre. Another weird take on possibilities for the afterlife. Worth tracking down if you can find an inexpensive copy.

Over the weekend in SF I read 3 books. Valhalla by Tom Holt which was a much more lighthearted romp about the afterlife (or an afterlife). Miracle and Other Christmas Stories by Connie Willis which I read more because it was Connie Willis and less because I'm really into Christmas stories (but this seemed like the right time of year to read it). And Switch Bitch by Roald Dahl, which made me realize that I should go find more of his non-kids books. The same sick and twisted (in a very good way) mind writing stuff not meant for 8 year olds. Good stuff.


posted by Kristin Buxton at 11:48 AM