Fiction

I thought it was probably about time I checked in - although I've been faithfully reading all the weekly threads since I took my break.

Anyway, I'm still very slowly making my way through Eliot Pattison's Inspector Shan series - those are the books that all take place in Tibet. I've finally made it to #5 of the series - there are 8 books in all. It's sort of embarrassing though - it's been taking me 2 or 3 weeks to make it through each book. This, after all my years of reading 2 or 3 books a week!

Mostly it's just because I haven't really had the kind of down time at home to sit down and read in big chunks. I've been reading these books in small bites during my lunch breaks at work, and they're so dense with detail that I'm constantly backtracking in order to keep track of what's happening. But I love them, and I'm determined to read the entire series, no matter how long it takes me. Meanwhile, I've let other books I've had on order at the library for months just come in and go back - I'm totally wrapped up in Tibet and I don't regret it one bit.

Eventually, when I've finally made my way through the whole series, I imagine I'll start getting back in the groove of reading all the other stuff I've let slip to the side. But it might be a difficult transition to make, because I think these Inspector Shan books will haunt me for a very long time.