I loved the premise of this meme {WWW Wednesdays} due to the dexterity that it gives the reader! :) Clearly subject to change on a weekly rotation, which may or may not lead to your ‘next’ read which would provide a bit of a paradoxical mystery to your readers!! :) Love the concept! Therefore, this weekly meme is hosted by Should Be Reading. Each week you participate, your keen to answer the following questions:
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What are you currently reading!?
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What did you recently finish reading!?
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What do you think you’ll read next!?
Afterwhich, your meant to click over to Should Be Reading to share your post’s link so that the rest of the bloggers who are participating can check out your lovely answers! :) Perhaps even, find other bloggers who dig the same books as you do! I thought it would serve as a great self-check to know where I am and the progress I am hoping to have over the next week!
What are you currently reading!? A better question would be to ask “What is Jorie not reading!?” (smiles a bit mischievously!) You see, I fell behind on my Septemb-Eyre + Classics Re-Told Reading schedules, but I stubbornly refuse to abandon ship on either project! Afterall, I am stitching together posts this week for 4 adaptations in motion picture for “Pride and Prejudice”, as well as making headway towards having book reviews ready as well! Therefore, I am knee deep inside Chapters XII-XXI of Jane Eyre, expecting to post my ruminations by Sunday, which coincides with my review of The Boxcar Baby, which I am starting on the morrow! The Pride books I am reading are as follows: Mr. Darcy’s Little Sister by C. Allyn Pierson, The Private Diary of Mr. Darcy by Maya Slater, and The Independance of Miss Mary Bennett by Colleen McCullough.
Meanwhile, I have seven! lovely books in progress at different stages of absorption:
- Larkrise to Candleford by Flora Thompson
- Bluebird or the Invention of Happiness by Sheila Kohler
- The Secret Papers of Madame Olivetti by Annie Vanderbilt
- The Forest Lover by Susan Vreeland
- Death by Darjeeling by Laura Childs
- Murder on Monday by Ann Purser
- & Thyme of Death by Susan Wittig Albert
To the keenly observant, this list was included on my #1 WWW! I still fully intend to read each of them!
What did you recently finish reading!? The Secret Keeper K.B. Laugheed! This story bewitched my mind, as it was such an engrossing multi-dimensional stroke of narrative!! I was quite gobsmacked when I read the other reviewers’ opinions, as I would never consider this to be a book for a pre-teen! Unless they were emotionally mature, but even then, its not a story of innocence nor of a life lived wrapped around the warmth of hearth and home! Its a gutting testament of the power of overcoming your past and carrying forward into your future! I seriously wonder at times, am I reading a different book altogether!? When I was between the ages of 9-12 I wouldn’t be caught dead reading a book with such heavy story-lines as these, because I was wrapped up in: Anne of Green Gables, Mandie, Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, Thoroughbred, The Black Stallion, Agatha Christie, and other childhood favourites I’ve outlined under “Children’s Lit: The Undiscovered Frontier“. By 13, I was exploring more mature texts, as I was in a Michael Crichton, John Grisham, and Tom Clancy phase by then, but evenso, the books I chose to read by them were not on this same theme. I was also entering my cowboy and frontier fiction days, yet those authors were more tempered than Laugheed in their descriptions of frontier Americana. As I would consider this book akin to “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” the tv series, which I watched in my twenties! The story is still haunting my thoughts, because I very much want this book to transform itself into ‘a first of a series’ OR at the very least ‘one of two’ stories stitched together. Its very much one half of a whole! I truly love this book, for adults! I’ll step off my soapbox now, my ire was irked that’s all!
What do you think you’ll read next!? I will be diving into the world of Ave, [The Fires of Eden series] by way of a short story collection that knits together previously spoken about characters or events, inside The Chronicles of Ave: Volume I by Stephen Zimmer! My review of this lovely collection will be live on my blog: 5th of October! Continuing forward with Eyre, Chapters XXII-XXIX will be consumed next, as well as Two Shall Become One: Mr. & Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy: Pride and Prejudice Continues by Sharon Lathan, Pemberley by the Sea {alternative title: The Man Who Loved Pride and Prejudice} and Mr. Darcy’s Obsession by Abigail Reynolds; Pride, Prejudice, and Jasmin Field by Melissa Nathan; Dancing with Mr. Darcy: stories inspired by Jane Austen and Chawton House {anthology} by Sarah Waters and Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal. I am still awaiting materials through ILL &/or books to boomerang back to me, to complete my Classics Re-Told Project, therefore, this is an abbreviated list!
BONUS: What did you forego reading at the moment to read again lateron? Sadly, I had to let go of Lucid Stars by Andrea Barrett, which was an ILL book, and therefore, will be a bit trickier to get back again! I simply ran out of hours to read all the lovely books I was attempting to read having been ill for a week [third week of September!]. There are times when you simply cannot do anymore than your able too. The Irresistible Blueberry Bakeshop & Cafe, and Jane and the Unpleasantness of Scargrave Manor slid into this category as well! I was able to reach the audio clip that I shared with you during my Top Ten List for Autumn Reads, yet that was about as far as I made it before it was called back! With Scargrave, I felt like it would be possible to conclude the story, but in the end, the hours rain out of the hourglass! I am back on hold for both of these lovelies, and eagerly await their return! I have also decided that for whichever reason, my ‘time’ to read Mistress of my Fate has not yet arrived!
Whew!
I wonder what everyone else is up, too!?
{SOURCE: The WWW Wednesday badge created by Jorie in Canva as a way to
promote the weekly meme for those who want to take part in it.}
Copyright © Jorie Loves A Story, 2013.
Wow! You have been extremely busy! I like this meme and keep forgetting to take part in it. Maybe next week (I tell myself this every week)… I have more books going right now than I usually do. Because I am reading a couple for reviews along with the challenges I am taking part in. Seven would make me feel CRAZY! Hope all ends well! :)
Actually, the 7 books your referring too are the ones in abeyance!! I am most likely going to be slowly reading them throughout October, as I am finding that next month, my schedule eases quite a bit and I can get properly caught up on all my reads-in-progress! At the moment, however, I have a total of: 5 books I am reading concurrently! :) :)
I lost too many hours a few weeks back, to where, I became a bit behind in the readings I was in the process of completing! I am trying to make amends now, and get myself back on top of it all!
I’d love to start to see your WWW posts! Sometimes, I notice I post my Meme posts on different days then they are due — I do my best to get them up on time, but sometimes you can only do the best you can do! :)
I’ll let you know how it all turns out! Thanks for your encouraging words!
I keep meaning to read The Forest Lover as I have enjoyed Vreeland’s previous works. Hope you enjoy The Boxcar Baby as much as I did! Happy reading :)
Actually, it was due to my early readings of The Forest Lover , that allowed me to appreciate the scenes that involved the menstrual huts for women as depicted in The Spirit Keeper !! I was quite happy that I had only a month prior been reading about this unique tradition of women togetherness, as it was now a main focal point of another story!
I, too, want to dig back into Vreeland’s work(s), and so, as I do, I’ll remember to engage with you about our conjoined reactions!
Ooh, I am most anxious, I can tell you! I am seconds away from opening the book!!! (The Boxcar Baby)