It’s the first Wednesday of the month, so now it’s time for my new feature, WWW Wednesday (which I stole from The Chocolate Lady). The idea is to talk about the book I’m reading now, what I just finished, and what I’ll read next. If you want to pop in and tell me about your reading, please do by adding your comments.
What Am I Reading Now?
I have to admit to not looking forward to this book for my Booker Prize project. It’s Glory by Noviolet Bulawayo. At this writing, I have just picked it up, but it is one of those allegories that uses animals as characters. My initial reaction is to think that Animal Farm was enough of that. Sigh. We’ll see how we go.
What Did I Just Finish Reading?
My last book was from Dean Street Press, the Furrowed Middlebrow line, a place I go for relaxation. It was Village Story by Celia Buckmaster. This is the second book I’ve read by Buckmaster, and they both seem to have lots of characters and less of a straightforward plot than most of the others. This one does indeed tell the story of a village through the characters of some of its principal citizens, through a few years in time. It was published in 1951, but its time setting isn’t clear.
What Will I Read Next?
I’ve been going back and forth on this. I picked up the next book in my stack, but when I read what it was about, I put it way back on my stack. Bad timing. However, a few months into my Century of Books project, I put my TBR list in order of publication date and picked out some books for years I didn’t have an entry. The Voyage of the Narwhal by Andrea Barrett was a book that had been on my list for a long time and that filled one of those holes. For some reason I thought it was nonfiction, but it says clearly on the front cover that it is a novel, about a voyage to Greenland.
No matter what you read next, I hope you enjoy it. Let me know what you’re reading, if you don’t mind. Do any of these books sound tempting to you?
What? Me Read? 
I love the Furrowed Middlebrow books but haven’t tried any by Celia Buckmaster yet. The Voyage of the Narwhal sounds interesting.
She’s not my favorite, but I still enjoy them.
I decided against reading Glory for similar reasons. I have a copy of The Voyage of the Narwhal and I’m looking forward to it as I really enjoyed Barrett’s Archangel.
I thought I had read something by Barrett, but when I look at the list of her books, I think I haven’t. I am seeing if I can stand Glory long enough to finish it. So far, I am 100 pages in and not enjoying it. Things need to change soon. I really try to finish the books for my projects, but this may be an exception.
Truly Dean Street Press books are so good!
Yes!