Reading Wednesday 27/05
May. 27th, 2020 09:13 pmSo I'm basically not really reading fiction during lockdown. That's partly because there is no travel time, and partly because I am a bit nervous of reading anything poignant or otherwise emotionally intense. However, I reckoned rereading a Rose Macaulay was probably safe, and also I am getting exercise by spending half an hour on a stepper machine and I can just about read while I do that (unlike running on a treadmill, which is just too bouncy).
Recently read: The world my wilderness by Rose Macaulay. (c) The estate of Rose Macaulay 1958; Pub Virago 1983; ISBN 0-86068-340-0.
The world my wilderness is a moving portrait of a traumatized young woman finding a place in the immediate post-WW2 world.
( detailed review )
Up next: I am sort of hoping to read either some more Murderbot (I've only read the first novella), or A memory called empire by Arkady Martine. I'm a bit blocked on being able to get them in a non-Amazon format, which is probably not actually a hard problem but given everything else that's going on it's enough to stop me from getting started on my next thing.
Recently read: The world my wilderness by Rose Macaulay. (c) The estate of Rose Macaulay 1958; Pub Virago 1983; ISBN 0-86068-340-0.
The world my wilderness is a moving portrait of a traumatized young woman finding a place in the immediate post-WW2 world.
( detailed review )
Up next: I am sort of hoping to read either some more Murderbot (I've only read the first novella), or A memory called empire by Arkady Martine. I'm a bit blocked on being able to get them in a non-Amazon format, which is probably not actually a hard problem but given everything else that's going on it's enough to stop me from getting started on my next thing.
