WWW Wednesdays

Hosted by Miz B at Should be Reading.

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

*What are you currently reading?
*What did you recently finish reading?
*What do you think you will read next?

*What are you currently reading?


 

Man Walks into a Room by Nicole Krauss. 

The History of Love***** is an all-time favourite and I enjoyed Great House**** very much as well. This is Krauss' first novel, "a meditation on the nature of memory and loss."

*What did you recently finish reading?

A Month in the Country***** by J. L. Carr 

A wonderful post WWI story that I can't recommend highly enough. I will be buying my own copy now and rereading it as soon as I can.

Howards End is on the Landing: A Year of Reading from Home**** by Susan Hill

Very enjoyable. I have read several of her novels, including The Bird of Night****, Mrs. De Winter***+ (yes, it's the sequel to Rebecca), as well as her five Simon Serrailler detective series which offers so much more than the usual police procedurals do. I recommend Howards End is on the Landing and will no doubt read it again.

*What do you think you will read next?

 

The Changeling by Kenzaburo Oe

For the Japanese Literature Challenge. I have read A Personal Matter**** and Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness*****. This is a Nobel author who never disappoints.

Grace Williams Says it Loud by Emma Henderson

Orange Prize shortlist 2011

Leave me links if you've reviewed any of these, or tell me what you thought. Any plans to read some of them? I offer brief reviews by reader request. Please just ask.

WWW Wednesdays

Hosted by Miz B at Should Be Reading.

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions… 

• What are you currently reading?

• What did you recently finish reading?

• What do you think you’ll read next?

 What are you currently reading?

 


 

The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson (US 2010) 170/307 pages








Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak (Russia 1957, 496 pages) Reading Introduction now for the Doctor Zhivago Group Read...discussion posts and comments to appear on November 16.


 

 


The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson (Finland 1982) 150/208 pages
for NYRB Reading Week Nov.7-13, 2010 at The Literary Stew.
  
Jansson (1914 - 2001) was a very famous award-winning children's writer who is still popular years after her death. The last nine book she wrote were adult ficition. This is one of them.




What did you recently finish reading?



 


Blindness**** by Jose Saramago (Portugal)

for the Nobel Reading Challenge










Earth and Ashes***** by Atiq Rahimi (Afghanistan 2003) 54 pages



 






The 210th Day**** by Soseki Natsume (Japan 1915) 94 pages

Both for the November Novella Reading Challenge



 

What do you think you’ll read next?

The Stillborn by Zaynab Alkali (Nigeria 1984,106 pages) 
for the Novella Challenge.




 




The Mistress of Nothing by Kate Pullinger (Canada 2009) for the Governor General's Literary Awards (Winner 2009).



Comments, links to reviews, or requests for brief reviews are always welcomed.

WWW Wednesdays

Hosted by Miz B at Should Be Reading.

I usually do Library Loot on Wednesdays but they've been so long lately (18 or 20 books at times).  Since almost all my reading is library books anyway I thought I'd keep it shorter for my readers by doing my first WWW Wednesday post.

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

* What are you currently reading?
* What did you recently finish reading?
* What do you think you’ll read next?

What are you currently reading?

The True Deceiver**** by Tove Jansson 1982 (Finland)

Almost finished. Jansson (1914 - 2001) was a very famous award-winning children's writer who is still popular years after her death. The last nine book she wrote were adult ficition. This is one of them.

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Doestoyevsky 1880 (Russia)  

For the Readalong at Fizzy Thoughts, July 10 to October 1, 2010. There's still time to sign up. We post our thoughts every three weeks. I've just started, still in the introduction. I've really liked what I've read of his so far, Crime and Punishment****+, Notes From Underground***** but The Brothers K is new to me.  

What did you recently finish reading?

The Ghost Brush***** by Katherine Govier 2010

Historical fiction in 19th century Japan based on life of the daughter of Hokusai the famous painter. For the Japanese Lit and Canadian Book Challenge 4. Brief review forthcoming, if anyone is interested? Saturday perhaps?

The Shadows in the Street**** by Susan Hill 2010

The fifth in the Simon Serailler crime mystery series in the UK. Hill spends much more time on the personal lives of the characters than most crime writers, which makes them more interesting. I have read them all and recommend them highly. The series starts with The Various Haunts of Men****. I thought the first three were her strongest but I was crying at the end of this one so it stood up well too.

What do you think you’ll read next?

The Unnatural History of Cypress Parish by Elise Blackwell 2007

An Unfinished Score by Elise Blackwell 2010

I really enjoyed Hunger****+, set in1942 Leningrad. Cypress Parish is historical fiction about Louisiana, including mention of Carville, the leprosy colony there. Leprosy is a special interest of mine. It just happens that both of her books have arrived from the library at the same time. 

Which have you read, or do you plan to? What did you think? Leave me your links, I'd love to read them. Questions and reading recommendations of good literary fiction are always welcomed. I do not accept review copies but am happy to write brief reviews of books read if requested. Please just ask.