What Fiction are you reading this week, June 23, 2019?

[matt819]

35. I have a few on the go, as usual

I'm reading A Question of Identity, the 7th in the Simon Serailler series by Susan Hill. I'm reading or listening to these one after the other. I'm hooked. She's one hell of a writer, and the stories go well beyond the whodunit of British mystery writing. The characters have complicated lives and confront life and death issues. Time passes in more or less realistic ways.

Just started listening to Deadline, the second in the Zombie Apocalypse series by Mira Grant. Like SF, an author can go anywhere she wants with a series (however short) about the zombie apocalypse. Just keep the zombies coming, and there's action. I'm kind of glad there are only three - though she has done some long stories/novellas - unlike the zombie series by Mark Tufo, which currently stands at 12, and I'm only up to the 4th.

I also just started listening to Lamb, by Christopher Moore. This is the fifth gospel, by Biff, Jesus's best friend. Christopher Moore is certifiably crazy and most definitely hysterical. I've read the Pine Cove and the Grim Reaper series. You simply can't go wrong with a Christopher Moore novel.

Also reading The Feral Detective by Jonathan Lethem. I don't know where it's going, but the writing is clever and the characters more than a little off the wall. It's not the kind of book you can read only a few pages at a time. You have to spend some time with it to keep track of what's going on.