I may be having a hard time finishing a book post lately, but that’s not for lack of material—my reading is going full-steam ahead, so at least I can do a WWW Wednesday.
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?
This is one of those odd times where I’m doing a couple of books at once—I’m reading Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America’s First Frontier by Bob Drury & Tom Clavin, Cross Her Heart by Melinda Leigh, and am listening to Slow Horses by Mick Herron, Gerard Doyle (Narrator) on audiobook (which is so good, I’m wondering why I didn’t move on to the rest of the series after I read it a couple of years ago).
What did you recently finish reading?
I just finished Kate Sheeran Swed’s Prodigal Storm (I can’t believe I misspelled that title last week) and No Country for Old Gnomes by Delilah S. Dawson & Kevin Hearne, Luke Daniels (Narrator) on audio.
What do you think you’ll read next?
My next book should be The Art of Violence by S. J. Rozan—I should have read this last fall, and can’t wait to finally get to it—and Next to Last Stand by Craig Johnson, George Guidall (Narrator) on audiobook.
What about you—reading anything good?
ThemisAthena
Not a comment on this post (sorry for just “borrowing” your most recent one to drop you a note, but I wanted you to see this, since after all you’re the one who got me to start the series:
https://themisathena.info/s-j-rozan-china-trade
Allyson Johnson
I just finished reading “Circe” by Madeline Miller. It’s a cleverly-written pastiche on one of Homer’s supporting cast members in “The Odyssey”, put together with a feminist twist. Here’s my review on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R2XOFEA1RN71VC/ref=pe_1098610_137716200_cm_rv_eml_rv0_rv
I am currently reading “Hamnet” by Maggie O’Farrell, a speculation about William Shakespeare’s family life. Much better written and more deeply thought out than “Circe”, probably because O’Farrell didn’t have much to work with compared to Miller, so “Hamnet” reads like a created work of fiction, not a pastiche.
Next I plan to read Dorothy Sayres’ “The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club” or maybe Kurt Vonnegut’s “Breakfast of Champions.” Either will be a change of pace from historical fiction.