Wednesday Reading Meme

[osprey_archer]

What I've Just Finished Reading

I have completed the first challenge in my 2018 Reading Challenge with The Black Arrow! I'm posting this so late because I decided I wanted to steamroll through the last few chapters to get it done for this week's Wednesday Reading. Stevenson is a real hit-or-miss author for me and this one was mostly a miss, although I did enjoy John Matcham, the girl in boy's clothes (apparently this plotline never gets old for me), and her saucy best friend Alicia.

What I'm Reading Now

A Skinful of Shadows got set aside in favor of The Black Arrow, so I remain exactly where I was last week, lackaday.

What I Plan to Read Next

I went to a library for a job interview today (which went well! I think! It will be at least two weeks before I know) and it seemed like it would be good luck to check out a book while I was there... So I got Nancy Atherton's Aunt Dimity and the Buried Treasure, on the grounds that I have long meant vaguely to check out these books, which are about... um, I think Aunt Dimity is a ghost, and she helps her niece solve mysteries?

Comments

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, good luck with the job interview! (Two weeks seems a long time to wait for the outcome, though. At least you have a book to keep you going.)

[osprey_archer]

Two weeks is the minimum time that I'll be waiting for the outcome. *cries quietly* The director said she sometimes takes the paperwork directly over to the main paperwork office to get it expedited (which sounds like something you would say to a candidate whose paperwork you wanted expedited! RIGHT?), but it's still a long time to be in suspense.

[thisbluespirit]

It is! I don't think I've ever not heard the same day for an interview, except where they have to give someone else first refusal. You have my sympathy! (I have waited so long to hear anything after being told I have the job that it began to seem like a bad joke, but not before.)

[evelyn_b]

Aunt Dimity is indeed a ghost! I hope you enjoy this outlandishly cozy series.

I did enjoy John Matcham, the girl in boy's clothes (apparently this plotline never gets old for me), and her saucy best friend Alicia.

Oooo! *eyes open wide*

I am so excited that you got an interview at the library! That's encouraging news even if you don't get the job in the end. My fingers are crossed for you!

[osprey_archer]

I'm not sure if The Black Arrow is worth reading just for John(Joanna) and her saucy BFF Alicia... but maybe!

I've got my fingers crossed for this library job. They do a murder mystery night once a year. I WOULD BE PERFECT.

[silverusagi]

Good luck on the job!

[osprey_archer]

Fingers crossed!