Wednesday Reading Meme
Feb. 12th, 2025 08:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
osprey_archerWhat I’ve Just Finished Reading
Eleanor Farjeon’s Martin Pippin in the Daisy Field, a collection of short stories that I didn’t enjoy as much as I expected, alas. The stories are connected by an interwoven frame story where Martin is telling these tales to six little girls, all of whom have names beginning with S and none of whom I could ever tell apart; and moreover, I only thought one of the stories was a standout, “Elsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep.” This has been published as a standalone picture book, if you want to see a girl with a skipping rope take down an industrialist.
What I’m Reading Now
In Vanity Fair, the men are marching off to Waterloo! Predictions:
1. Rawdon Crawley will kick it, perhaps lingering just long enough for Becky to enact an affecting scene of sorrow. The minute he dies, she will at once begin husband-hunting, while carrying on a furious flirtation with the married George Osbourne on the side.
2. George Obsourne’s penitence for ignoring his wife Amelia will last exactly as long as his mortal peril. Once the battle’s over, he’ll dive right back into flirting with Becky.
3. William Dobbin will also live on to continue pining for Amelia. IMO Amelia/Dobbin is going to be endgame, but we have about 300 pages more to go before George Osbourne will finally have the grace to kick the bucket.
What I Plan to Read Next
St. Patrick’s Day is coming, and with it my annual Irish book read! I’d like to continue on in my Maeve Binchy explorations. I’ve read The Lilac Bus, Circle of Friends, and Evening Class. What would you recommend next?
Eleanor Farjeon’s Martin Pippin in the Daisy Field, a collection of short stories that I didn’t enjoy as much as I expected, alas. The stories are connected by an interwoven frame story where Martin is telling these tales to six little girls, all of whom have names beginning with S and none of whom I could ever tell apart; and moreover, I only thought one of the stories was a standout, “Elsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep.” This has been published as a standalone picture book, if you want to see a girl with a skipping rope take down an industrialist.
What I’m Reading Now
In Vanity Fair, the men are marching off to Waterloo! Predictions:
1. Rawdon Crawley will kick it, perhaps lingering just long enough for Becky to enact an affecting scene of sorrow. The minute he dies, she will at once begin husband-hunting, while carrying on a furious flirtation with the married George Osbourne on the side.
2. George Obsourne’s penitence for ignoring his wife Amelia will last exactly as long as his mortal peril. Once the battle’s over, he’ll dive right back into flirting with Becky.
3. William Dobbin will also live on to continue pining for Amelia. IMO Amelia/Dobbin is going to be endgame, but we have about 300 pages more to go before George Osbourne will finally have the grace to kick the bucket.
What I Plan to Read Next
St. Patrick’s Day is coming, and with it my annual Irish book read! I’d like to continue on in my Maeve Binchy explorations. I’ve read The Lilac Bus, Circle of Friends, and Evening Class. What would you recommend next?
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Date: 2025-02-12 01:26 pm (UTC)we have about 300 pages more to go before George Osbourne will finally have the grace to kick the bucket. --Some characters just DO NOT have the thoughtfulness to die in a timely fashion!
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Date: 2025-02-12 01:27 pm (UTC)I MIGHT be wrong and George Osbourne will die at Waterloo, but I really think that Thackeray is going to milk this love triangle for all the misery that it's worth first.
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Date: 2025-02-12 01:32 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2025-02-12 06:03 pm (UTC)"if you want to see a girl with a skipping rope take down an industrialist."
Who wouldn't! Thanks for the rec.
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Date: 2025-02-13 02:07 am (UTC)Does the book have to be set in Ireland? If not, I once again recommend Ferdia Lennon's Glorious Exploits.
On the flip side, if "non-Irish author, set in Ireland" counts— Sarah Tolmie's novella The Fourth Island. Although technically the setting is a fictional (and magical) fourth isle of the Aran Islands.
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Date: 2025-02-14 05:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-02-13 03:40 am (UTC)I am also enjoying your Vanity Fair experiences and predictions :D
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