Wednesday Reading Meme
What I’ve Just Finished Reading
I finished the second Maryellen book, which, probably because my expectations had dropped about about negative two, seemed more enjoyable than the first one. But I still deplore their decision to cram six books into two (and it feels really, really obvious that these were originally intended to be six books; each book has three separate, consecutive, poorly integrated arcs) and not to have any illustrations, because come on, illustrations are what American Girl is all about!
Do you think they cut out the illustrations in the re-releases, too? They’ve released the other American Girl books in this horrible three-books-in-one format. I’m almost afraid to look. I hope parents complain to the skies and the company hastily backtracks.
What I’m Reading Now
Still Miss Marjoribanks. I’ve been reading it on my Kindle at work (I find that it makes work much nicer when I have a fun book to look forward to at lunch), and I've had a cold and therefore spent my work breaks staring bleakly out the window and coughing pathetically, so I haven't made much progress in this.
But today I felt a bit more energetic and read some more. Lucilla's hapless cousin attempted to propose to her! And now we are on the cusp of Lucilla's first Evening. The expectation hangs thick in the air.
What I Plan to Read Next
Elizabeth Wein's Black Dove, White Raven.
I finished the second Maryellen book, which, probably because my expectations had dropped about about negative two, seemed more enjoyable than the first one. But I still deplore their decision to cram six books into two (and it feels really, really obvious that these were originally intended to be six books; each book has three separate, consecutive, poorly integrated arcs) and not to have any illustrations, because come on, illustrations are what American Girl is all about!
Do you think they cut out the illustrations in the re-releases, too? They’ve released the other American Girl books in this horrible three-books-in-one format. I’m almost afraid to look. I hope parents complain to the skies and the company hastily backtracks.
What I’m Reading Now
Still Miss Marjoribanks. I’ve been reading it on my Kindle at work (I find that it makes work much nicer when I have a fun book to look forward to at lunch), and I've had a cold and therefore spent my work breaks staring bleakly out the window and coughing pathetically, so I haven't made much progress in this.
But today I felt a bit more energetic and read some more. Lucilla's hapless cousin attempted to propose to her! And now we are on the cusp of Lucilla's first Evening. The expectation hangs thick in the air.
What I Plan to Read Next
Elizabeth Wein's Black Dove, White Raven.