So the holiday Monday threw me off a little bit, it feels like I’m getting this ready far too early in the week. Hope you’re all having a good one, it’s time for 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?
I’m reading the fiftieth Spenser novel, Robert B. Parker’s Bye Bye Baby by Ace Atkins. I’m also listening to a little-known novel, The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, Andy Serkis (Narrator) on audiobook—have you heard of it?
What did you recently finish reading?
I just finished Sally Hepworth’s The Good Sister; A Bathroom Book for People Not Pooping or Peeing but Using the Bathroom as an Escape by Joe Pera, illustrated by Joe Bennett; and Dark Queen by Faith Hunter, Khristine Hvam (Narrator) on audio.
What do you think you’ll read next?
My next book should be a book that I’ve meant to read for years: Dogtripping: 25 Rescues, 11 Volunteers, and 3 RVs on Our Canine Cross-Country Adventure by David Rosenfelt. My next audiobook should be Dead Man’s Grave by Neil Lancaster, Angus King (Narrator).
Hit me with your Three W’s in the comments! (no, really, do it!)
Allyson J Johnson
I finished “6 Easy Pieces”, a collection of Richard Feynman’s lectures to beginning physics students at CalTech. The most exciting thing I took away was Feynman’s pointing out all the things we don’t know – like why gravity works. Sure, we have formulas that can predict HOW it works, but we have no idea WHY. Lots of room for fledgling scientists to explore!
I also started and finished Kent Haruf’s first novel “The Tie that Binds.” Terrific. Such a pit he was only able to write six novels in his short career. All his stories take place in the fictional town of Holt, Colorado, and no place has ever seemed more real, no inhabitants more authentic than the ones he places there.
And I reread Henry James’ “The Turn of the Screw”. I’m not a big fan of James, but it’s fun to see how he twists a ghost story into a psychological study using a thorougly unreliable narrator.
I’m still reading at Lawrence Durrell’s “Justine”. Not hooked yet. And I have actually begun “The Book Thief” which has been on my TBR shelf for more than a year.
And I have begun reading “The Bridge to Terebithia”, a children’s classic that I somehow missed. It’s well written, it’s short, and I’m about halfway through, but I’m not sure I’ll finish it. Nothing good is going to happen to the two children who are the focus of the story – or am I wrong? Have you read it? Should I finish it?
HCNewton
You should absolutely finish it. I remember nothing about it, and have meant to re-read it for years. I do remember it making me feel all sorts of things I wasn’t used to feeling from books as a kid.
HCNewton
Just read a little about THe Ties that Bind…wow. Sounds great!