{"id":19774,"date":"2021-03-26T12:52:38","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T17:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=19774"},"modified":"2021-03-26T17:20:37","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T22:20:37","slug":"books-at-my-bedside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=19774","title":{"rendered":"Books at My Bedside"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Unfinished World and Other Stories<\/em> by Amber Sparks, 172\/223: This is an interesting collection of short stories, all unusual, some beautifully so, others disturbingly so. Most of them are very short. Brevity is good, especially when you’re tired. I might already have finished the book had I not gotten stuck in the longest story, my least favorite so far. Overall, though, it’s been a great read, and I expect to finish it soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Constant Rabbit<\/em> by Jasper Fforde, 250\/306: I wanted to give this book<\/a> another try while it was still new, because what is the point of paying full price for a new hardcover if you’re not going to read it right away? So I did, and I’ll say this for Fforde, he’s clever as All Hell. And it’s a good thing that I can appreciate his cleverness, because satire is not my favorite genre. It was hard going at first, but I feel like the pace of the story has picked up, and I expect the last 50-odd pages to go quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Waste Land and Other Poems<\/em> by T.S. Eliot, 0\/88: I read an excerpt from The Waste Land<\/em> recently (see below), and I thought, “Hey, I have never read this poem, and maybe I should.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

April is the cruellest month, breeding\nLilacs out of the dead land, mixing\nMemory and desire, stirring\nDull roots with spring rain.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
On the Bus With Rosa Parks<\/em> by Rita Dove, ?\/88: I don’t know exactly how many pages or poems I’ve read from this poetry collection so far. I pick it up every so often, and my plan is simply to keep at it until I’ve read them all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Overture <\/em>by Yael Goldstein, 28\/293: I haven’t made any headway on this one recently. The pages are dense, and I’ve been feeling too lazy to deal with that. But, I still have hope that I’ll pick the book up again before I forget what happened in the 28 pages I’ve read so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
P.S. Since my last reading report<\/a>, I put aside The Maze Runner<\/em> by James Dashner, because I wasn’t in the right mood for it. I finished Circus Mirandus<\/em> by Cassie Beasley and gave it an A+ grade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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