In WAYR?, I note what I’m reading and comment...you note what you are reading and comment. Occasionally, I may add a section or a link related to books.
Every book on my list this week is set in France.
Permanent reading list: The Complete Essays by Michel de Montaigne- I.21- On the power of the imagination- By far the... sexiest essay that have read to date in this volume. Montaigne writes about everything from gender metamorphosis to voracious sexual appetites to impotence. Imagination, in and of itself, can make almost anything happen (for good or ill) and it's as true for animals as it is for humans. Knowing this power of the imagination, Montaigne seems to suggest to tread carefully; Montaigne is certainly careful with his own imagination.
I am now reading:
Murder in the Bastille by Cara Black- Everything about this is getting better; the plot (more convoluted now), the characters, and the writing.
Baudelaire’s Revenge by Bob Van Laerhoven- Picked this novel up simply because of the mention of Baudelaire. It doesn't take long, though, to get into both the poetry and murder in the Paris of 1870. Like the period detail and the characters.
I think that switching to lighter fare for now is working...