What Fiction are you reading this week, May 24, 2020?
Repositories of unexplored ideas to propel us to continue reading, continue learning, and never be comfortable that we know enough.
I am still reading Slash and Burn by Colin Cotterill and listening to Barbara Kingsolver’s Unsheltered, both of which exemplify the above statement.
What are your fiction picks this week?
Wishing everyone a safe and pleasant Memorial Day.
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Kay Mitchell wrote a whole series on him. Sounds like some really good stories, all from the 90s.
Sounds like things are slowing down there, which is good. Opposite here. I've recently read it is most likely we'll see a very serious second wave come fall, Sept-Oct. So I am making some long term plans, just in case.
that way, aren't they? And wow, 5 chapters. That'll get ya every time. Totally worth it, though.
Look what I just found. This is terrific! Read the first 5 chapters from Dark Scared Night here.
https://www.michaelconnelly.com/writing/dark-sacred-night/dark-sacred-night-excerpt/
This is Connelly’s official website and it is full of goodies. Check out the Murder Book podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/murder-book/id1440107092?mt=2
Here is what Michael has to say: “I have written 32 novels that have sold more than 70 million copies around the world but my success as a guy “who makes it up” came after a career as a journalist who covered law enforcement and crime for newspapers on both coasts,” said Michael Connelly. “No matter what success I achieve as a storyteller I have always and will always feel I am still a journalist at heart — I put the truth in my novels and I research them like a reporter on a story. In the last couple years as I have seen a growing threat against the integrity of journalism and law enforcement, it has awakened a desire in me to return in some way to telling the real stories of the unsung heroes of law enforcement. What better place than in a podcast, which I view as the new arena of journalism. It is not the written truth but the spoken truth. The Murder Book podcast will tell it like it is from the front line of the justice system, exploring the stories of law officers who are relentless in their pursuit of justice and the truth. These will be stories that inspire me and may inspire the listeners as well.”
Be advised, there are commercials. But it is kind of fun to hear Connelly’s gravelly voice extolling the virtues of a wedding registry website. 
your library is doing curb service. I totally agree about not going inside. It will be a long time before I will be comfortable doing that.
Stay well!
