Wednesday Reading Meme
Jan. 22nd, 2025 09:35 amWhat I’ve Just Finished Reading
D. E. Stevenson’s Mrs. Tim Carries On, in which World War II begins, and Mrs. Tim tries to keep on keeping on even while worrying about air raids, the beginning of rationing, and most of all her husband who didn’t make it back to England during the evacuation of Dunkirk… A bit heavier than some of Stevenson’s other works but still full of her gentle charm.
I’m surprised this book wasn’t reprinted during the rash of D. E. Stevenson reprints a few years ago – there’s a big market for World War II fiction and I think modern readers would enjoy it.
I also finished John Le Carre’s Smiley’s People, in which ( spoilers )
What I’m Reading Now
I’ve stolen![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
genarti’s New Year’s Resolution to read at least one unread book that I already own each month, so this month I’m reading a book about the history of servants in England in the 19th and early 20th centuries. (Actually it seems to be mostly Edwardian with a few forays earlier.) Very interesting!
What I Plan to Read Next
After years of procrastination, I’m going to read Thackeray’s Vanity Fair.
D. E. Stevenson’s Mrs. Tim Carries On, in which World War II begins, and Mrs. Tim tries to keep on keeping on even while worrying about air raids, the beginning of rationing, and most of all her husband who didn’t make it back to England during the evacuation of Dunkirk… A bit heavier than some of Stevenson’s other works but still full of her gentle charm.
I’m surprised this book wasn’t reprinted during the rash of D. E. Stevenson reprints a few years ago – there’s a big market for World War II fiction and I think modern readers would enjoy it.
I also finished John Le Carre’s Smiley’s People, in which ( spoilers )
What I’m Reading Now
I’ve stolen
genarti’s New Year’s Resolution to read at least one unread book that I already own each month, so this month I’m reading a book about the history of servants in England in the 19th and early 20th centuries. (Actually it seems to be mostly Edwardian with a few forays earlier.) Very interesting! What I Plan to Read Next
After years of procrastination, I’m going to read Thackeray’s Vanity Fair.
