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 am I reading now?
I am reading English Magic by Uschi Gatward, one of the last books for my James Tait Black Award project, since I’m trying to wrap it up. It’s a collection of short stories. I don’t always get on well with short stories, but so far, I’ve found some of them interesting and some of them frustrating.
What did I just finish reading?
I just finished The Librarian by Salley Vickers. I’m not sure how this book got on my list, but I enjoyed it. It’s about a librarian who moves to a small English town in the 1950s and tries to get more children to use the children’s library. At first, I thought it was going to be a standard romance, but it didn’t turn out that way.
What will I read next?
This can always change, but what’s next in my pile is Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips. It’s a historical novel set during the Civil War, and it’s been on my list for some time.
What about you? What are you up to with your reading?
What? Me Read? 
I’m not reading much due to Wimbledon, but I’m slowly working through The Heart of Midlothian and thoroughly enjoying it. My light read is Love and Other Poisons by Lesley McDowell, but I’m not far enough into it to have formed an opinion yet.
I thought I was going to read The Night Watch, but some books came in from Dean Street Press, so I’m reading another Moray Dalton!
I have all of Walter Scott’s books on my iPad, so I’m sure I will read The Heart of Midlothian sometime soon. I’ll probably try to find a hardcopy, though.
Well, if print size is an issue for you, I’d avoid the Oxford World’s Classics version of this one – they’ve done it in tiny print! The notes are quite good though.
Good tip!