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I was lucky enough to get The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden by Jonas Jonasson from my public library's Overdrive. I thoroughly enjoyed this absurd, picaresque story so much I finished it in about two days and returned it early. I am on the wait list for Jonasson's other book, The 100-Year-Old-Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared but I am only 2 out of 2, so it shouldn't be long. I did enjoy "Girl" so much I feel kind of bad about not purchasing either book.
Before that, I finished The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell. As with any Mitchell book, it is word-smithy, challenging, and genre-playing with a strong dash of philosophy. I enjoyed it and went through it fairly quickly. I really liked Holly Sykes, the main character in some chapters, a bit player in others but The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is still my favorite Mitchell.
In that vein, I picked up where I left off in Mitchell's Black Swan Green, which I had started but for some reason stopped reading awhile back. I read 20% just last night, so it is "sticking" this time and I'm really liking it. Sometimes that happens.
Anyway, I am thrilled that I appear to be on a bit of a roll with the reading.
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