Fiction log - April 2025

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Fiction books
Agatha Christie. The Mysterious Affair at Styles
CS Forester. The African Queen
Kevin Hearne. The Purloined Poodle (e)
Tove Jansson, tr. Elizabeth Portch. Comet in Moominland
Sharon Lee, Steve Miller. Diviner's Bow (e)
Tim Powers. Down and Out in Purgatory: The Collected Stories of Tim Powers (e)
Oscar Wilde. The Canterville Ghost
Oscar Wilde. An Ideal Husband (re-read)
Oscar Wilde. The Importance of Being Earnest (re-read)
Oscar Wilde. Salomé (re-read)
Oscar Wilde. A Woman of No Importance

In progress
Helen Simonson. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand (e)

Abandoned
Flann O'Brien. The Third Policeman

Picture books
Adam Goodes, Ellie Laing, David Hardy. Ceremony
John Hartmann, tr. Edith M Nielsen. A Deer in the Family

Non-fiction books in progress
Isaac Asimov. A Choice of Catastrophes


Short fiction
Damon Runyon. "Blood Pressure" (e)
Damon Runyon. "The Hottest Guy in the World" (e)
Damon Runyon. "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" (e)
Damon Runyon. "Pick the Winner" (e)
Damon Runyon. "The Snatching of Bookie Bob" (e)

Fanfic, novel-length, in progress
acuteneurosis. We Will Not Wear Chains (Star Wars, canon divergence au)

Fanfic, novella-length
kathkin. "empty spaces (waves and particles)" (Back to the Future)
ophelia_interrupted. "The Sith Who Brought Life Day" (Star Wars)
quigonejinn. "Ambition and History" (Iron Man)
skater_of_the_surface. "Ernesto de la Cruz vs. The Court of Public Opinion" (Coco) (re-read)
TheBigCat. "mice on venus" (Doctor Who, setting au) (re-read)

Film
(none)

Film, non-fiction
The Cats of Gokogu Shrine

Theatre
(none)

Television serials
Jet Lag, season 13

In progress
Bluey
The Muppet Show

Audio drama
DC High Volume - Batman: Year One

Audio drama in progress
The Hidden Almanac

Web serials in progress
Natural Six

Webcomics in progress
DM of the Rings
Triangle and Robert (re-read)

Interactive narrative in progress
Battletech: Restoration
The Beekeeper's Picnic


Books bought
Sharon Lee, Steve Miller. Diviner's Bow (e)

Does it count as bought if the ebook was free?
Katherine Blake. The Interior Life (e)
F Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby (e)

Books borrowed
Agatha Christie. The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Adam Goodes, Ellie Laing, David Hardy. Ceremony


Top of the to-read pile
Andrei Baltakmens. A Hangman for Ghosts (e)