What I am reading Wednesday

[paranoidangel]

What I Just Finished Reading
Strong Female Character by Fern Brady. This is kind of an autobiography, but through the lens of her getting diagnosed as autistic and then looking back at things she did and how they related to that. It was so interesting I read it in a day and had such a book hangover that I didn't read another book for a day.

The Twins at St Claire's by Enid Blyton, The O'Sullivan Twins by Enid Blyton, Summer Term at St Clare's by Enid Blyton, Second Form at St Clare's by Enid Blyton. After re-reading the Mallory Towers books I wanted to read St Clare's. I don't know if it was the books or my mood, but I struggled with these until partway through the second one. Mallory Towers is better, I think, but they are pretty similar.

What I'm Currently Reading
The Fire Rose by Mercedes Lackey. I looked through my physical books to read thinking I ought to get through some of those. This one is hard going, partly because Mercedes Lackey books are slow and therefore hard going, but also because it has tiny writing.

Jackpot Summer by Elyssa Friedland. The other book turned out to be so hard to get it to stay open while I ate that I started this one to read during meals. And then I remembered I'd read another book by the same author that I hadn't thought much of. So far I haven't thought much of this one either.

Claudine at St Clare's by Enid Blyton. The fifth book in the series.

What I'm Reading Next
Fifth Formers of St Clare's by Enid Blyton. The last book in the series.

Primula of the Chalet School by Helen Barber. This turned up just before Easter, but I really can't start it until I've finished some others.

And I'm getting to the top of the list on my ebook library holds so I'm expecting those to come in soon. If you say you don't want it and let the next person have it you don't get to be in the queue after them, you go to the back of the queue. One of the books I have on hold has over 100 people in the queue, so I have to get it when it comes to me!

Mirrored from my blog.

Comments

[thisbluespirit]

I don't know if it was the books or my mood, but I struggled with these until partway through the second one. Mallory Towers is better, I think, but they are pretty similar.

Yeah, I never liked St Clare's quite as much as Malory Towers, either, but I think maybe it does also depend which ones you read first as a child. And, ha, having said that, Fifth Formers remained one of my all-time favourite Blytons even after I stopped reading most of them. (That's the one with the v funny chapter with the night time shenanigans, isn't it? Or at least, wee!me thought they were hilarious shenanigans, at any rate.)

Primula of the Chalet School by Helen Barber. This turned up just before Easter, but I really can't start it until I've finished some others.

Oh, nice. <3

[paranoidangel]

Fifth Formers remained one of my all-time favourite Blytons even after I stopped reading most of them. (That's the one with the v funny chapter with the night time shenanigans, isn't it?

It is! The only thing I remembered from either series was the start of the second St Clare's book where the twins couldn't go back to school until a week after term started because they were in contact with someone who had mumps.

[liadt]

Blimey that's one queue!

I kept seeing 'Strong Female Character' on the 99p offers.

[paranoidangel]

I kept seeing 'Strong Female Character' on the 99p offers.

That's where I got it from.