Wednesday Reading: week 45.
What I have finished reading:
Louisa May Alcott: Eight Cousins
I kind of liked it. There were some interesting ideas, but Rose fell a little flat for me. And all the other characters aren't really fleshed out either. I'll still read Rose in Bloom sometime.
Bee Wilson: Consider the Fork. A History of Invention in the Kitchen
This is a book that would have worked better for me had I spread out the reading a little. It's not that it's too dense, even though there was a lot of information, but that I would have thought about it a little more in-depth. I loved reading about the cultural history about the differet kitchen stuff.
Else Ury: Nesthäkchen and the World War
The Nesthäkchen series spans ten books. It's the life story of Annemarie Braun, the Nesthäkchen (that is the youngest child of a family) of a well-to-do upper middle class family. I've read nine of them when I was a child. This volume was out of print. It deals with World War I. And it's startling to read the rather intense favor for it. It was interesting for its historic value, but otherwise I was glad it was rather short, since I couldn't bring myself to like it.
Dorothy L. Sayers: Clouds of Witness
This is one is a weird one for me. It never really managed to grab me, nevertheless do I want to read the following novels. I liked the ending quite a bit.
Gertrude Chandler Warner: The Boxcar Children
I'm not quite sure why I decided to read this one. And to be frank, it is rather forgettable to me. It isn't bad, I might just have read too many such stories as a child for me to grab it.
Hadumod Bußmann: "Ich habe mich vor nichts im Leben gefürchtet". Die ungewöhnliche Geschichte der Therese Prinzessin von Bayern ("I have feared nothing in life". The unusual life history of Therese Princess of Bavaria)
I've picked it up again when I was in a hurry to catch my train and needed something to read, and read the last third straight through. Therese's such an interesting character, and it was fascinating to read about her life. The little print still annoyed me, but it was well enough to read during daylight.
What I’m reading now:
Terry Pratchett: Small Gods
I've got stuck some-where, but I plan to pick it up again when I've finished Lords and Ladies
Terry Pratchett: Lords and Ladies
Oh, I like this one much better than Small Gods. I love the witches. And I really love the way this books deals with myths.
What I’m going to read next:
Not sure yet.
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Louisa May Alcott: Eight Cousins
I kind of liked it. There were some interesting ideas, but Rose fell a little flat for me. And all the other characters aren't really fleshed out either. I'll still read Rose in Bloom sometime.
Bee Wilson: Consider the Fork. A History of Invention in the Kitchen
This is a book that would have worked better for me had I spread out the reading a little. It's not that it's too dense, even though there was a lot of information, but that I would have thought about it a little more in-depth. I loved reading about the cultural history about the differet kitchen stuff.
Else Ury: Nesthäkchen and the World War
The Nesthäkchen series spans ten books. It's the life story of Annemarie Braun, the Nesthäkchen (that is the youngest child of a family) of a well-to-do upper middle class family. I've read nine of them when I was a child. This volume was out of print. It deals with World War I. And it's startling to read the rather intense favor for it. It was interesting for its historic value, but otherwise I was glad it was rather short, since I couldn't bring myself to like it.
Dorothy L. Sayers: Clouds of Witness
This is one is a weird one for me. It never really managed to grab me, nevertheless do I want to read the following novels. I liked the ending quite a bit.
Gertrude Chandler Warner: The Boxcar Children
I'm not quite sure why I decided to read this one. And to be frank, it is rather forgettable to me. It isn't bad, I might just have read too many such stories as a child for me to grab it.
Hadumod Bußmann: "Ich habe mich vor nichts im Leben gefürchtet". Die ungewöhnliche Geschichte der Therese Prinzessin von Bayern ("I have feared nothing in life". The unusual life history of Therese Princess of Bavaria)
I've picked it up again when I was in a hurry to catch my train and needed something to read, and read the last third straight through. Therese's such an interesting character, and it was fascinating to read about her life. The little print still annoyed me, but it was well enough to read during daylight.
What I’m reading now:
Terry Pratchett: Small Gods
I've got stuck some-where, but I plan to pick it up again when I've finished Lords and Ladies
Terry Pratchett: Lords and Ladies
Oh, I like this one much better than Small Gods. I love the witches. And I really love the way this books deals with myths.
What I’m going to read next:
Not sure yet.
This entry was originally posted at http://thady.dreamwidth.org/319014.html. Please comment there using OpenID.