Wednesday Reading Meme

[osprey_archer]

What I’ve Just Finished Reading

Philip Pullman’s Count Karlstein. I still cannot believe I didn’t read this during my Philip Pullman phase in my youth. But then I never read the Sally Lockhart books either… How are they? Should I give them a go?

What I’m Reading Now

I just started listening to Rudyard Kipling’s Kim. Julie references it so many times in Code Name Verity, I felt I had to give it a look.

What I’m Going to Read Next

I…am actually not sure! Finishing the Newbery project has cast my reading list adrift. But I have the audiobook of Elizabeth Wein’s Rose Under Fire on hold at the library, so whenever that comes in I’ll be all over it.

Comments

[chaletian.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed the Sally Lockharts when I was about 16/17, but I can't swear to how they'd stand up as adult reading!

[innie_darling]

Read the Sally Lockharts! I read them when I was thirteen, and it was the first series I'd read where characters whom I'd actually loved died in ways that were realistic - not symbolic or for the development of a main character - and that was a revelation. I will admit that the fourth book (The Tin Princess, in which Sally is an incidental character rather than the protagonist) is my favorite, but the whole thing is worth your time.

(Also, glad you liked my New Girl post!)