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[Werner]

Continuing our ongoing read of Wolfpack Publishing's Avenging Angels series of Western novels, Barb and I are now reading Overturned Heart, which is actually the 12th and concluding installment (we're reading it out of order). Although the genre is very much dominated by American writers, the actual author of this particular book ("A. W. Hart" is a house pen name) is an Englishman, Paul Ebbs.

[Werner]

I'm taking part in our group's common read this month of Lyrical Ballads (1798) by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, although I've started late.

[Werner]

Although I've read novels by both Charlotte and Emily Bronte, Anne is the only one of the three sisters whose work (until today) I hadn't sampled. So, to remedy that neglect, today I started reading her first novel, Agnes Grey (1847). The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (which is on my to-read shelf) is generally regarded as the superior of the two; but at present, I want a shorter read, and wanted to "save the best for last." :-)

[Rosemarie]

Agnes Grey is good too, just not as dramatic as The Tenant.

[Werner]

Rosemarie wrote: "Agnes Grey is good too, just not as dramatic as The Tenant."

I'm definitely enjoying it so far!

[Laura]

Yes - I'm reading The Feast by Margaret Kennedy - it's a new issue by Faber 2021, but was first published in 1950. I think it was a best-seller then, and I can see why - it's a great read.

Also - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte - originally published 1848 - a re-read, but this time round, although I remember practically all of it - I have different feelings, reactions and thoughts.

[Werner]

The Stones of Muncaster Cathedral (1991) by British author Robert Westall is a common read this month in another group, and I'm joining in. I'd previously read and liked this author's short story "The Haunting of Chas McGill" (which appears in Favorite Ghost Stories); so when my Goodreads friend Bionic Jean made me aware of this book last year, my interest in reading it was piqued.

[Werner]

Around the end of August, another one of my groups started on a long, slow read (basically, a chapter per day) of Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens; and I finally joined in today. However, since I read at my own speed, and also don't take occasional breaks like the group does, I'm confident of my ability to catch up. Though I discovered Dickens' work as an eight-year-old kid, there are still quite a few of his novels that I haven't read; but I hope to read all of them if I live long enough.

[Rosemarie]

I'm slowly reading Elia and the Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb.
They're interesting but it takes a while to get used to his style from the early 19th century.

[Werner]

"Old China" is the only essay by Lamb that I've ever read, and I didn't expect to like it; but to my surprise, I did!