A much better week and quite a bit more reading done and new challenges and bookish things coming up so I am in a very good mood. For now at least 😀
Challenges:
My tally for the TBR Double Dog stands at thirteen books (although I have actually read sixteen in total).
I re-read (and was pleased to find it stood the test of time) Carrie for the King’s March challenge.
And today I signed up for Once Upon a Time IX with a launch post which you can read here. That’s a long list.
Oh and I’ve decided to re-read The Voyage Out, Virginia Woolf’s first novel which celebrates the anniversary of its publication this week.
In progress
I finished the very wonderful Vanessa & Her Sister in plenty of time for the Bloomsbury event on 24 March, and I’m also now just short of halfway way through Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge. And I decided I would also try to squeeze another Stephen King novel in so on Saturday afternoon I started Cell which I had completely forgotten I had until it caught my eye while I was looking for something else, and I’m working my way through that at a rate of knots.
The Jane Eyre Update
I have actually made a start with this and I’m three chapters in and already finding Jane herself to be a bit of a pain but I’m going to persevere, though I need to get moving.
New Books
No new books this week. I am counting the days until the embargo finishes and I can go on a wee bit of a spree.
There are a couple of lovely bookish events coming up this week so it’s all very exciting.
Bride of the Book God 
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March 22, 2015 at 12:07 pm
readerbuzz
I’m smack dab in the middle of Middlemarch and I feel a little bit of that stuckness you are feeling with Jane Eyre. Must persevere!
Here’s my Sunday Salon!
March 22, 2015 at 12:26 pm
brideofthebookgod
I have never been able to read Middlemarch (but I once saw Salman Rushdie on TV admitting the very same thing – whether that’s good or bad I’m not sure) Good luck!
March 22, 2015 at 1:41 pm
Bryan G. Robinson
First, glad to hear your work week went better this week — and the bookish things that are happening.
The book club at our library tried Middlemarch, but I think all but one didn’t finish the book and the one who finished it was the one who recommended the book for the club.
March 22, 2015 at 11:01 pm
Anne
I am making my list of classics I want to read for the next Classics Spin which is coming up soon. I have wanted to read Middlemarch for ever so long but haven’t found the courage to start it. Maybe it will be selected on the spin. have a good week. My Weekly Sunday Salon