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osprey_archer) wrote2016-12-28 07:35 am
osprey_archer) wrote2016-12-28 07:35 am
Wednesday Reading Meme
What I’ve Just Finished Reading
May Gibbs’ The Complete Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, which I didn’t like nearly as much as The Magic Pudding, unfortunately. I think perhaps you need to be introduced to Snugglepot and Cuddlepie at a tender age to appreciate them properly?
What I’m Reading Now
G. A. Bradshaw’s Carnivore Minds: Who These Fearsome Animals Really Are, which starts with an impassioned plea for humans to treat animals better. If you ever want to confirm your suspicions that humanity is actually kind of awful, read a book about animal intelligence.
What I Plan to Read Next
My first reading challenge for 2017 is “a book in translation,” and I spent some time whiffling between possibilities (more Zola? Dosteovsky? Perhaps I should try Balzac?) before realizing in a blaze of light that I have the perfect book already on my shelf: Stefan Zweig’s Beware of Pity, which I have intended to read for nearly a decade now without ever buckling down to it. The time has come!
May Gibbs’ The Complete Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, which I didn’t like nearly as much as The Magic Pudding, unfortunately. I think perhaps you need to be introduced to Snugglepot and Cuddlepie at a tender age to appreciate them properly?
What I’m Reading Now
G. A. Bradshaw’s Carnivore Minds: Who These Fearsome Animals Really Are, which starts with an impassioned plea for humans to treat animals better. If you ever want to confirm your suspicions that humanity is actually kind of awful, read a book about animal intelligence.
What I Plan to Read Next
My first reading challenge for 2017 is “a book in translation,” and I spent some time whiffling between possibilities (more Zola? Dosteovsky? Perhaps I should try Balzac?) before realizing in a blaze of light that I have the perfect book already on my shelf: Stefan Zweig’s Beware of Pity, which I have intended to read for nearly a decade now without ever buckling down to it. The time has come!