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

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.