Reading Wednesday
Mar. 6th, 2013 08:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
brigdhWhat are you reading now?
I am still reading The Discovery of India, because it never ends, argh. Okay, no, it's a fine book, it just isn't capturing my attention and so I am reading it very slowly.
I am also still listening to the audiobook of Villette, which is annoying me far more than Discovery of India. I've only got about four chapters left, though, so at least I should be done with it soon. I was briefly enjoying it, around the time the Lucy Snow/Paul Emmanuel relationship first started, because they are cute together. But now I've come to hate it, mainly because Lucy hates everything, and there is only so long that I can listen to her many complaints before I just want to slap her. What does Lucy Snow hate? Everything, basically: Catholics (she hates Catholics *SO MUCH* you guys, SO MUCH. There are entire chapters that are entirely her criticizing various aspects of Catholicism. It cycles between hilariously over the top and just irritating. Who knew early 1800s Protestants cared so much?), fat people, various paintings, girls who talk too much, girls who talk too little, girls who cry too much, girls who laugh too much, girls who dress inappropriately (which, for Lucy, seems to mean in anything other than grey), people who care about money, people who like sweets, her boss, her co-workers, her students, and basically everyone she interacts with. And now there is some sort of weird-ass conspiracy against her. I would actually love it if this all turns out to be a Turn of the Screw type situation, and Lucy Snow is descending into paranoia and madness over the course of the novel, but alas, I feel sure that is not the case. Instead, we are probably going to find out how perfect Lucy is and how everyone hates her/wants to steal her man/spies on her/is forcing her to convert because of her perfect-ness. Bleh.
What did you just finish?
Nothing, see previous question.
What books have you aquired this week?
Rohinton Mistry's Tales from Firozhsha Baug and Premchand's The Co-Wife and Other Stories. Both of these are part of my on-going attempt to collect important and/or famous Indian literature that I should read, particularly ones that are not available as ebooks or that are hard to find in the US.
I am still reading The Discovery of India, because it never ends, argh. Okay, no, it's a fine book, it just isn't capturing my attention and so I am reading it very slowly.
I am also still listening to the audiobook of Villette, which is annoying me far more than Discovery of India. I've only got about four chapters left, though, so at least I should be done with it soon. I was briefly enjoying it, around the time the Lucy Snow/Paul Emmanuel relationship first started, because they are cute together. But now I've come to hate it, mainly because Lucy hates everything, and there is only so long that I can listen to her many complaints before I just want to slap her. What does Lucy Snow hate? Everything, basically: Catholics (she hates Catholics *SO MUCH* you guys, SO MUCH. There are entire chapters that are entirely her criticizing various aspects of Catholicism. It cycles between hilariously over the top and just irritating. Who knew early 1800s Protestants cared so much?), fat people, various paintings, girls who talk too much, girls who talk too little, girls who cry too much, girls who laugh too much, girls who dress inappropriately (which, for Lucy, seems to mean in anything other than grey), people who care about money, people who like sweets, her boss, her co-workers, her students, and basically everyone she interacts with. And now there is some sort of weird-ass conspiracy against her. I would actually love it if this all turns out to be a Turn of the Screw type situation, and Lucy Snow is descending into paranoia and madness over the course of the novel, but alas, I feel sure that is not the case. Instead, we are probably going to find out how perfect Lucy is and how everyone hates her/wants to steal her man/spies on her/is forcing her to convert because of her perfect-ness. Bleh.
What did you just finish?
Nothing, see previous question.
What books have you aquired this week?
Rohinton Mistry's Tales from Firozhsha Baug and Premchand's The Co-Wife and Other Stories. Both of these are part of my on-going attempt to collect important and/or famous Indian literature that I should read, particularly ones that are not available as ebooks or that are hard to find in the US.
