Reading In/Out 6/23/2026

I only just realized that I did the last Friday Reads like a Reading In/Out so that's cool. It is just another indication of how my life is doing now. It's fine.

So anyway, here's what has happened since Friday.

OUT

The King's Ransom by Janet Evanovich - I did, in fact, finish this one at work on Saturday. At the end, I was thinking there weren't enough pages left for Evanovich to tie this up; she was going to have to carry it into another book. But then, about 3 pages from the end, it all wraps up perfectly. So okay then.

CONTINUING

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss - I am almost at the 20% mark in this one. Woohoo! I'm enjoying it. The story is difficult, but the writing goes down easy. So far, the royal scribe has discovered that the innkeeper in a tiny town is actually the most celebrated magician in the country. He's keeping a low profile. Somehow, he convinces Kote (Kvothe is his magician name) to tell him his story. I am at the point where he is about 11 years old and his family and his entire acting troupe have been slaughtered. He was walking in the woods at that time, and missed the carnage. Now he's trying to survive alone in the wilderness. When he has to get his father's lute restrung, he finally goes into civilization.

IN

The King in Yellow by Robert William Chambers - I am listening to this on audio. I got it from Libro.fm. I don't know if it's being reissued or what. This is the only book on my new horror book purse that I haven't read yet. It was published in 1895, but it appears to be set 20-25 years later. It's very weird. The narrator says he was put in an insane asylum after he was thrown from his horse, but he was never insane. He finally convinced the doctor he was never crazy and was released. I have my doubts about his sanity, personally. He believes he is the rightful heir of the King in Yellow, whoever that is, and that he is about to come into his full power. Apparently, there is a book called The King in Yellow, but it's been banned because people who read it go crazy. Our narrator quotes it. A lot. I'm about 15% into it, so we'll see how weird it gets.

The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo - I felt like I needed something different to break up the monotony of The Name of the Wind. I stood in front of my shelves several times, but I couldn't settle on anything. Eventually, I asked my kid to go pick something. The only stipulation was that it couldn't be a fantasy book. This is the one they picked. It is set in Malaysia in the 1930s. I wouldn't say it's a fantasy book, but there are a lot of cultural folk stories that may or may not be coming true. I'm 20% into this one now.

So there you have it. My current reading situation. I am off a lot this weekend. My kid is having surgery on Thursday, so I am going to be taking care of them until next week. I don't think they will take a lot of hovering, so I will probably have a bit of reading time. I won't know what to do with myself!