WHAT have you finished reading recently? The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife, a charming story about a lovely old man on the verge of homelessness who, after an accident, find himself taken for someone else and wakes up in a warm, cozy nursing home with fun characters and food on the regular.

WHAT are you reading now? I’m trekking through Accidental Hero, a “LitRPG” story in which a guitarist finds himself inexplicably in a medieval fantasy realm, albeit with a video game interface giving him quests and stats.

WHAT are you reading next? It’s Christmastide and the end of the year, who on Earth knows? Three possibilities: