It’s the first Wednesday of the month, so it’s time for WWW Wednesday, an idea I borrowed from David Chazan, The Chocolate Lady, who borrowed it from someone else. For this feature, I report
- What I am reading now
- What I just finished reading
- What I intend to read next
This is something you can participate in, too, if you want, by leaving comments about what you’ve been reading or plan to read.
What I am reading now
People who can remember my WWW Wednesday for last month may be amused, because what I am reading now is finally Lanark by Alastair Gray. That’s because this book was the one I was planning to be reading next that month. However, since I was dreading it for its length, a bunch of library books came in and saved me, plus I squeezed in some books for ReadingIreland25 and ReadingWales25. So now I am finally getting to it. It’s going to fill the position as second-to-last book in my A Century of Books project.
What I just finished reading
I took a break from the tomes that are the remainder of my A Century of Books project and read a very short book for my Booker Prize project. It was Treacle Walker by Alan Garner. It reads like a myth or fairy tale, and I wasn’t always sure what was going on. But it was beautifully written and interesting. And a plus at this time, it was only about 140 pages long!
What I will read next
If I live through Lanark, which is almost 600 pages long, I’m planning on reading another short book that is not related to any of my projects. It’s been quite a while since I did that. The book is short stories, Walk the Blue Fields by Claire Keegan.
What about you? What are you reading now or have read recently?
What? Me Read? 
I’m definitely tempted to read Treacle Walker, particularly as it’s so short!
Very short! Such a relief, because I stacked my A Century of Books books so that they went from shortest to longest. That was fine when I was reading the shortest ones! Now, it’s a bit much. Only two to go, though!
Will you persuade me that Lanark is a must-read? Or will you confirm my suspicions that it’s one to avoid? Oh, the anticipation… 😉
At this point, I’m going for the second option, but apparently it is two stories in one (in four parts, where part three and part four bracket parts one and two, if that’s not confusing enough), and I understand that the other story is better. We’ll see.
The second option would be good… 😉
So far, the second story (parts 1 and 2, embedded between parts 3 and 4 is at least straightforward with no magical aspect to it.
Crikey you deserve some short project free reading!
No kidding!