My intention has been to do WWW Wednesday once a month, the first Wednesday of the month, if I remember. What is WWW Wednesday? It’s an idea I stole from the Chocolate Lady, who took it from someone else, I think. For that day, you discuss what you are reading now, what you just finished, and what you plan to read next.
If you like, please comment with your own answers to these questions.
What did I just finish?
My last book was one I read to fill a spot on my A Century of Books project. Unfortunately, as has happened all too often, by the time it surfaced in my stack, I had already read another book from that year. However, I enjoyed it very much. It was School for Love by Olivia Manning, who is best known for her Levant Trilogy. This book is also set in that area, in Jerusalem at the end of World War II. It’s about an orphaned teenage boy who is stuck in Jerusalem awaiting a place on a ship back to England.
What am I reading now?
I found this book when I was looking for more by First Nations authors. Thomas King was recommended, but it seemed as though he mostly writes short stories, which I am not big on, just because I usually want more. I thought this book was a novel, but it actually turned out to be nonfiction, which I would have figured out if I had read the subtitle. It is more like a set of essays on subjects to do with the treatment of native populations at the hands of both Canada and the United States. I am finding it interesting and written in a loose, acerbic style. Like Bill Bryson only with more sarcasm. The title of the book is The Inconvenient Indian.
What will I read next?
I’ve got another book lined up to fill a hole in my Century of Books project. I was so delighted with Cassandra at the Wedding that I was glad to see Young Man with a Horn listed by the same author, Dorothy Baker. So far, I don’t think I’ve read another book for the same year, so that will be nice, too.
Since we are now in the last quarter of the year, I’ll probably be concentrating on trying to finish this project, to the neglect of my other projects and contemporary reading. But you know me, I like to mix it up!
Take a minute and let me know what you have been reading or plan to read.
What? Me Read? 
That’s a good idea to do WWW once a month and School for Love sounds great, I’ve added it to my own list, thanks!
Oh, good! I hope you like it!
I read and enjoyed a Thomas King story in an anthology a while ago – apparently he writes light crime fiction about a Native American ‘tec called Thumps Dreadfulwater. Unfortunately the books aren’t easy to get hold of over here, which is a pity since I’d like to read more.
I’ll have to try some of his stories.
I loved The Inconvenient Indian. He has a lot of novels out, too, if you would rather that than his short stories.
Green Grass, Running Water
Indians on Vacation
The Back of the Turtle
Sufferance
Etc.!
Oh, thanks!