Almost done...

No real progress this weekend on pleasure reading because I am in the final push of Clarissa!! Status update: page 1379 out of 1499. By this time tomorrow it will all be finished and I will be in the elite group of people who can claim to have read the whole thing.

However, I just looked at our next book for that class. It is only a little more than half as long (800ish pages), BUT we only have a little more than half as long to read it. Sigh. So, that will probably take some time too. However, it is a Henry Fielding work, (Tom Jones) and his novels are always hilarious and fun to read, so maybe it will be easier going.

Check back tomorrow for maybe a little introductory taste of my next book, Shobhan Bantwal's The Forbidden Daughter. I have been excited about this one for a while. I read another of Bantwal's books, The Dowry Bride, right before the new year, so I couldn't count it on here, but I LOVED it!! Bantwal writes novels about her native India and the issues that affect that country and she tells them beautifully. You won't be able to put it down. The one I read previously dealt with the issue of a dowry being exchanged for a bride and the practice of arranging an "untimely accident" for brides whose families fail to pay up. Yet, with all that mystery and intrigue, Bantwal still manages to weave in a great love story. I can't wait to see what the next one holds for me. So far, having read the prologue and first chapter, I doubt she will fail to impress me a second time. Check back later to find out!

Happy reading!
Sarah