I like to share what I have been reading. I used to do so via reviews first on Amazon, then for a variety of litmags, and also on Goodreads. I’ve decided, however, to talk about books a bit more informally right here on my blog. Here are a few I rounded up recently.
First up is Dead Glass by Tom Mahony is a Folded Word micro publication. These stories come together to form a bigger whole but you can pause on each twitter length segment as well. This is also wonderfully illustrated and is either available in a small handmade edition (1st press run sold out and a 2nd is running) or e-book. I have a first run hand-made edition but now I’m tempted to get the e-book as well.
Speaking of e-books I finished two recently. The first was The Year of the Flood by Maragret Atwood. It was kind of strange reading that book because I read the companion book “Oryx and Crayx” years and years ago. In many ways I actually like TYOTF better than O & C. I found the characters more engaging and theirs was a story I wanted to hear because O & C felt like it ended with a cliffhanger. If you haven’t read either you might want to read them simultanteously. I think that would be interesting to do.
I also finished Stiff by Mary Roach which had been on my list for a long time. Mary makes scientific writing interesting. I could easily see myself using some of her work in my classes to show students what you can actually do with research. This isn’t one for the squeamish though. There aren’t pictures but there are well-written descriptions of cadavers in various states of decomposition.
Last up in paper was Cornelia Funke’s The Thief Lord. In many ways I am actually surprised that I read this book because the first book by Funke I read (Inkheart) I wasn’t overwhelmed with. I liked her imagination and ideas though so I decided to read another one of her books. I really loved “The Thief Lord.” It is one of those young adult books that would be a great read for a variety of ages. The chapters are nice and short so it would make a great before bed read as well. I’ve now added Funke back to my list of authors I’ll read more work from – just not the rest of the Inkspell series I guess.
I still have several other books in my reading stack and in my to read piles so I’ll be checking back in to go over some more. What have you guys been reading?








