Fiber Fool

The first book for this year’s book club at the main library in town was The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell. This book is usually found in the sci-fi section of bookstores and libraries which usually causes a groan to issue from my lips. That said there was a large turn out last night, mostly middle-aged females and older. Most said they don’t usually like science fiction but everyone seemed to have liked this book and have recommended it to others. This sparked a comment from the research librarian who organizes the book club where she said several reviews mentioned it would better be called speculative fiction rather than science ficiton.

While this was Russell’s first novel she did a wonderful job on the writing. And while the book is set in the years of 2018 - 2060 or so and deals with inter-galaxy travel and aliens the book is much more a statement of our world today and where we might be headed if we continue on our current path. It definitely stimulates great discussion. I don’t want to say too much except to say that while I don’t like most sci-fi I enjoyed this book thoroughly and look forward to more of my friends reading it soon so I can continue discussing it. I’m also looking forward to reading the sequel to it, Children of God.

Due to some pain issues I’m been relatively sedentary aside from hobbling to water aerobics and doing what I can there on Mondays, Wednesday, and Fridays so there has been a lot of reading. Once I finishd the The Sparrow I’ve been reading nearly a book a day.

I grabbed Sacred and Profane from the nightstand and read that on Friday night a little and finished it on Saturday evening. It is the second Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus novel. DH just finished it today too. I enjoyed it and found it a bit of an improvement over the first book. DH constantly complained about how she portrayed Decker. I found her portrayal a bit more real to life. Drew said he acted out of character too much and there were a few points that I found a bit disturbing about his behavior from time to time. In my mind everyone does things out of character from time to time. I’ll definitely continue to read this series but I think I’ll refrain from passing the book on to DH. If he really wants to read it I’ll let him check it out himself at a later date when I can’t really accurately discuss it, LOL!

Next up was the sixth Diane Mott Davidson culinary mystery, The Main Corpse. This was strayed from the usual formula in terms of when/where/how the murder(s) went down. It was a wonderfull refreshing change and it kept me from putting down the book. I started it kind of late on Saturday night and got about 50 pages in and then just had to go to sleep, but then I finished it before Sunday was over.

I sort of miss Julian (his being gone at school), but the new side kick was interesting. I’m glad she has lightened up on the abused divorcee ranting that was prevalent in the early books. Once again I failed to copy down recipes though, LOL! I’ve been dreaming about the cherry coffee cake recipe… *sigh* But I was in a hurry to return the book last night and check out some new ones. I was without any fiction to read yesterday and had to read only my book on coffee I’ve been reading a touch of now and again. I have the next one on the nightstand now ready and waiting.

I’m now nearly done with the third book of Stuart Woods’ Orchid series, Blood Orchid. It is as heart thumping as the other two! If I keep up this pace I’ll have to back to the library again before the week is out. If I sign off now I might just get this one finished before the city council meeting we need to attend tonight…