I drafted this post on Tuesday for the WWW Wednesday meme, but so much has been going on, I haven’t had a chance to publish it until now. April’s “Stuff I’ve Been Reading” post will also soon be forthcoming.
What are you currently reading? It’s a secret. I will probably be giving this book as a gift to someone who reads this blog. If you receive a book from me, there is a close to 100% chance that I have just finished reading it. But at least you know it has been approved.
What did you recently finish reading? Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. I hadn’t read this book in quite a while, but I was surprised to find how much of it was word-for-word familiar. I don’t memorize books, but I do believe I could closely relate every event of this story with some quite similar phrasing to the original. Although my most recently read Austen is always my favorite Austen, I have to say that this one is as close to narratively perfect as one can get. Plus, it always makes me laugh out loud.
What do you think you’ll read next? East by Edith Pattou, as it has a library deadline. Recommended by a friend who read it on recommendation from a friend, this book has the potential for “highly enjoyable,” even though I haven’t read anything by this author before.
And if you were wondering how many boxes it takes to pack every single fiction and reference book I own (excluding my husband’s history section and Among Others by Jo Walton, which I kept out for potential rereading), the number is twenty five (25). Yes, I will be moving shortly, and none too soon. When I told the mover over the phone that we would be vacating a third-floor apartment in favor of a one-story house, he said, “Congratulations.” Why thank you. Thank you very much.
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