heleninwales | I have been reading as well as writing

I'm currently rereading Terry Pratchett's Guards series. I have all the books, bought as they came out, but I'm actually borrowing the ebooks from the library because ebooks are just more convenient to read, especially if I wake early before the alarm and want to read in bed before getting up. Putting on a light would disturb G. I can read the tablet without any other light.

So... I've just finished Jingo and started reading The Fifth Element. I've not enjoyed them as much as when I first read them. I'm not sure why. Despite being fantasy, I think there was more topical stuff than I realised at the time and some of the humour has dated. Having said that, I think I'll like The Fifth Elephant more, just based on the first few pages.

Meanwhile, on the Kindle app I'm reading The Golden Crucifix by Joyce Lionarans, a self-published author I follow on Mastodon. It's a historical murder mystery, set in medieval York. I'm enjoying it, even though it's not my usual choice of genre.

In addition, I'm listening to The Pied Piper by Nevile Shute. During WWII an elderly Englishman finds himself trying to escape from occupied France along with a growing collection of children. Shute seems to be the master of writing about quiet desperation.