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osprey_archer) wrote2014-04-16 08:39 am
osprey_archer) wrote2014-04-16 08:39 am
Wednesday Reading Meme
What I’ve Just Finished Reading
Frances M. Wood’s When Molly Was a Harvey Girl, which is cute but not as excellent as Becoming Rosemary. I’m starting to think Wood, like Patrice Kindl, might be a one hit wonder for me: they both have one book I adored, and all their other books are underwhelming.
What I’m Reading Now
Still The Cracks in the Kingdom. I haven’t been reading very much because I’ve been so busy writing.
I’ve also been listening to Sarah Orne Jewett’s A Country Doctor, which I expected to love because it’s about a young woman becoming a doctor in the late 19th century. Doesn’t that sound like the perfect book for me? But I can’t get into it, and I’ve figured out why: it’s all narration, or almost all of it, almost all telling and very little showing.
I actually enjoy that sort of thing in moderation - I love the beginnings of Jane Austen’s books, say, where she spends a chapter introducing the cast of characters and telling you what they’re like. But the key words here are “in moderation.”
What I Plan to Read Next
I’ve got Eva Ibbotson’s A Countess Below Stairs on my to-read shelf. I’m also planning to read the next Benjamin January book.
Frances M. Wood’s When Molly Was a Harvey Girl, which is cute but not as excellent as Becoming Rosemary. I’m starting to think Wood, like Patrice Kindl, might be a one hit wonder for me: they both have one book I adored, and all their other books are underwhelming.
What I’m Reading Now
Still The Cracks in the Kingdom. I haven’t been reading very much because I’ve been so busy writing.
I’ve also been listening to Sarah Orne Jewett’s A Country Doctor, which I expected to love because it’s about a young woman becoming a doctor in the late 19th century. Doesn’t that sound like the perfect book for me? But I can’t get into it, and I’ve figured out why: it’s all narration, or almost all of it, almost all telling and very little showing.
I actually enjoy that sort of thing in moderation - I love the beginnings of Jane Austen’s books, say, where she spends a chapter introducing the cast of characters and telling you what they’re like. But the key words here are “in moderation.”
What I Plan to Read Next
I’ve got Eva Ibbotson’s A Countess Below Stairs on my to-read shelf. I’m also planning to read the next Benjamin January book.