“Mammoth” by John Varley

 This book was enjoyable as light reading. It did contain some interesting philosophical observations about the nature of time. Not all of it made sense.

“Excellent Women” by Barbara Pym

 I quite enjoyed this amusing book of manners about spinsters, clerics and anthropologists in 1950’s England. Mildred is quite the sharp observer of human foibles, and I also enjoyed her descriptions of mundane activities during that era. I think I borrowed it because a critic compared this book to Jane Austen’s writing style, which I like very much. I definitely saw the resemblance.