Reads

The last few posts we’ve talked about what I’m writing. Now let’s talk about what I’m reading. For my birthday a few months ago, I received Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, among other books. No, that’s not the one I’m currently reading. It’s apparently based on David Copperfield, and I thought, hey, I haven’t read David Copperfield in a few years, so let’s do that first. Which I’m more than happy to do because it’s a great book and I’m a fan of Dickens. I’m a little over halfway through and reading it at an enjoyably slow pace. A few days ago I read the chapter where David has Uriah Heep over for dinner and the whole thing was a master class on writing. Dickens made me feel the snakelike character of Uriah through descriptions of his physical writhing and constant yammering about being ‘umble. No wonder Dickens was so popular and still is. I have a long way to go with the book and I’m not going to rush it. The other book I’m reading is part of a series on Kindle Unlimited about a post-apocalyptic war and one man’s reluctant journey to restore order, from local lowlifes to leading an army to take back the USA. It’s not the most intellectual of pursuits, but it’s entertaining enough to where I’m on the tenth book. No idea how many are in the series so far. Guess I’ll find out when I get there. Those are my current reads. What are you reading?