Wednesday What Are You Reading
Aug. 13th, 2014 06:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kafjHaven't done one of these in ages. I'm not going to try to catch up: here is what has actually been happening this week.
Currently Reading
The Lantern, Deborah Lawrenson, picked off the work swap shelf because I needed something to read while I ate my lunch and the blurb reminded me of pre-Starbridge Susan Howatch. This is set in Provence and the prose is as purple as the lavender fields. I'm only a couple of chapters in so far; I will probably give it a bit more before abandoning it, but it does seem to be in danger of collapsing under the weight of its own descriptions. The hero hasn't got cerulean orbs yet, but I suspect it's only a matter of time.
Recently Finished
Agent Zigzag: the most notorious double agent of World War II, Ben Macintyre - ripping true life yarn. While I felt that really one folk dancing joke was enough, I did enjoy this, and found it a very easy read.
Up Next
Fame is the Spur, Howard Spring, which I intend to borrow from my father and read in the four and a half days I'm on the Isle of Wight. I see no way this can possibly go wrong. On the mainland, Stir-fry, Emma Donoghue, which a friendly BookCrosser sent me a few days ago, and which is looking at me from the top of the bookcase.
Poetry
Connie Bensley. Really quite remarkably good - sharp and well-observed.
Other Media
I gave up on The Cycle Show after it combined creepy pickup-artistry, indulgence of bad driving, and two worthy stories in one episode. Still less failly than Top Gear, but then I gave up on Top Gear years ago, too. I have just started watching The West Wing, having picked up the first season for £4 in a charity shop. Two episodes in, and I'm interested, although having to stretch my attention to get my head around a large cast talking very fast with an American accent (no, I've not been watching much TV recently...)
Currently Reading
The Lantern, Deborah Lawrenson, picked off the work swap shelf because I needed something to read while I ate my lunch and the blurb reminded me of pre-Starbridge Susan Howatch. This is set in Provence and the prose is as purple as the lavender fields. I'm only a couple of chapters in so far; I will probably give it a bit more before abandoning it, but it does seem to be in danger of collapsing under the weight of its own descriptions. The hero hasn't got cerulean orbs yet, but I suspect it's only a matter of time.
Recently Finished
Agent Zigzag: the most notorious double agent of World War II, Ben Macintyre - ripping true life yarn. While I felt that really one folk dancing joke was enough, I did enjoy this, and found it a very easy read.
Up Next
Fame is the Spur, Howard Spring, which I intend to borrow from my father and read in the four and a half days I'm on the Isle of Wight. I see no way this can possibly go wrong. On the mainland, Stir-fry, Emma Donoghue, which a friendly BookCrosser sent me a few days ago, and which is looking at me from the top of the bookcase.
Poetry
Connie Bensley. Really quite remarkably good - sharp and well-observed.
Other Media
I gave up on The Cycle Show after it combined creepy pickup-artistry, indulgence of bad driving, and two worthy stories in one episode. Still less failly than Top Gear, but then I gave up on Top Gear years ago, too. I have just started watching The West Wing, having picked up the first season for £4 in a charity shop. Two episodes in, and I'm interested, although having to stretch my attention to get my head around a large cast talking very fast with an American accent (no, I've not been watching much TV recently...)
