It’s the day before Thanksgiving here in the States—instead of preparing to be gluttonous, why don’t we do a WWW Wednesday instead?
This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived on Taking on a World of Words—and shown to me by Aurore-Anne-Chehoke at Diary-of-a-black-city-girl.
The Three Ws are:
What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?
Easy enough, right?
What are you currently reading?
I’m reading Madness of the Q by Gary Basnight and am listening to The Power of Bad: How the Negativity Effect Rules Us and How We Can Rule It by John Tierney & Roy F. Baumeister, narrated by Paul Bellantoni on audiobook (which is incredibly interesting, except when it dabbles into American Church History and shows no understanding of Whitefield or Edwards).
What did you recently finish reading?
I just finished Paul Cornell’s Last Stand in Lychford, the conclusion to his Witches of Lychford series and Kopp Sisters on the March by Amy Stewart, Christina Moore (Narrator) on audio.
What do you think you’ll read next?
My next book should finally be Battle Ground by Jim Butcher and Wake of the Bloody Angel by Alex Bledsoe, Stefan Rudnicki (Narrator) on audiobook.
Hit me with your Three W’s in the comments! (no, really, do it!)
allysonyj
I recently finished reading Walter Mosley’s geriatric fantasy “The Last Days of Ptolemy Gray. Read my Amazon review at https://www.amazon.com/review/R1W8ESPE196SQJ/ref=pe_1098610_137716200_cm_rv_eml_rv0_rv
I also reread one of my childhood favorites, Jean Webster’s “Daddy-Long-Legs.” about a young girl raised in an orphan asylum who is sent to college by an anonymous benefactor. Still charming and satisfying.
I’m currently reading “The Iliad” because I never read it. I’m reading the Robert Fagles translation, and having a great time – this is a propulsive adventure full of passion, brutal warfare, vivid characters, and great description. I’m sorry I was intimidated by trying to read the Alexander Pope version years ago (One reviewer said,” Pope’s translation is great English Renaissance poetery if you like that sort of thing, but it’s not Homer.” )
I’m also reading Ibram X Kendi’s “How to be an AntiRacist”, because my son and granddaughter both recommended it as a way to understand the Black Lives Matter movement better. Kendi has a very simple definition of what racism is and is not, and if you accept his definition a lot of things become much easier to evaluate.
And I am reading a translation-in-progress of “The Slope of Memory” by noted Brazilian poet/author Jose Geraldo Vieira, translated by Roberto Geraldo van Eyken, his grandson, who also happens to be my brother-in-law.
Next I plan to read “White Fragility” by Robin Diangelo, recommended also by my next two generations.
HCNewton
Mosely wrote a fantasy? Good review, btw, thanks for the link. I’m pretty sure I have Fagles’ The Oresteia in one of those boxes I need to unpack. I dug that–not sure how much of that is him vs. Sophocles. But at least the combination is a good one 🙂 That’s a good line about the Pope translation.
Bookstooge
I am currently reading Full Assault Mode (book 3 in the Delta Force series).
I just finished up Mairelon the Magician by Patricia Wrede (man, can that woman write some really good middle grade stuff that stands the test of time)
My next read will be the first book in a forgotten realms book. It was recommended by someone on Librarything so we’ll see how that works.
HCNewton
You don’t strike me as a MG reader, something that you liked from that range deserves a look.
Bookstooge
I’m usually not. But there are a select group of books that really still work for me from that grouping. It has to be middle grade that still works for adults, just like narnia.
Robert Germaux
I’m currently reading “The Late Shift,” Bill Carter’s 1994 book about the battle between Jay Leno and David Letterman to see who would replace Johnny Carson.
I recently reread “Pale Kings and Princes,” the 14th Spenser. Like you, HC, I’m in the middle of one of my periodic rereads of all of Parker’s novels.
Next up is “A Promised Land,” not the early Spenser, but Barack Obama’s memoir.
Happy reading and happy Thanksgiving!
HCNewton
Always intended to read the Late Shift, after all this time, is it worth it?
Glad you clarified which Promised Land, I defaulted to the other when you said it.
Robert Germaux
I’m about 1/4 of the way through it. So far, it’s definitely holding my interest.