Wednesday World of Books

[evelyn_b]

What I've Just Finished Reading

Wendy Werris' memoir An Alphabetical Life: Living it Up in the World of Books picks up somewhat after Werris moves into her dream job as a publisher's representative, selling books to bookstores in the Southwest US. She meets people, makes friends, does her job well or poorly depending on circumstances, has a few

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[osprey_archer]

I've been meaning to read The Secret Country. I've been waiting till I find the second & third books in the trilogy in editions I like, but I am beginning to think this may be a fools errand. Perhaps I should read the first one & interlibrary loan the second and third.

Also, as we're talking Pamela Dean, I have to proselytize for Juniper, Gentian, and Rosemary. It's one of the best and most complicated depictions of female friendship I've ever read - the heroine is in a group with five friends, and you can really tell that Dean thought through the different relationships all of them would have with each other. Plus, there are discussions about literature and feminism and religion and pretty much everything, really.

[evelyn_b]

You've written about Juniper, Gentian and Rosemary before, and it sounds great! I am terrible about keeping track of all the things I should be reading, even with the help of the WRM, so I appreciate an occasional knock on the door and reminder that there is Good News In Store For Me.

Interlibrary loan is a beautiful thing. I sometimes complain about it taking eight weeks for books to reach me, but it has made my life a lot easier (and slightly less spendthrifty).