It seems like my library has decided to bring me every book I’ve put on hold in the last three months at once. I’m drowning in books to read–and don’t get me started on books I pre-ordered months ago that are gathering dust. On top of that, it feels like I’m getting interrupted and distracted every time I sit down to read or blog. Basically, “I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread” (a few days too late for Hobbit Day). Humbug.
On the other hand, it’s been so long since I read/listened to a dud, that I don’t remember what it was, and am having a great time with these books.
Anyway, here’s this week’s WWW Wednesday, as I chronicle my attempt to tread water in the middle of this flood.
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 really enjoying, but making slug-like progress in, Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty and am digging into For We Are Many by Dennis E. Taylor, Ray Porter (Narrator) on audiobook. And boy howdy, is that title correct, I’m having trouble keeping track of the “many” POVs.
What did you recently finish reading?
I was apparently in a subtitle mood last week with a couple of fun and informative books celebrating some of my favorite books/shows: Danielle Higley’s The Stories Behind the Stories: The Remarkable True Tales Behind Your Favorite Kid’s Books and Directed by James Burrows: Five Decades of Stories from the Legendary Director of Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Friends, Will & Grace, and More by James Burrows with Eddy Friedfeld and Read by James Burrows and Danny Campbell on audio.
What do you think you’ll read next?
My next book should be the ARC for Santa’s Little Yelpers by David Rosenfelt (moved up the list to make sure I hit the publication date) and my next audiobook should be Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality by Jacob Tomsky, Jacob Tomsky (Narrator), something I stumbled onto at the library that caught my eye.
How are you closing out this ninth month?
wittysarcasticbookclub
I’m curious about The Stories Behind the Stories!
HCNewton
Short version: fun book intended for younger readers. Longer version to come along w/Q & A with the author.
Allyson Y Johnson
Ooh, that book from James Burrows sounds interesting!
I’m currently reading “The Unwinding”, a series of essays / articles by George Packer cc 2013 which casts light on the early stages of our country’s movements away from democracy and toward oligarchy, starting with a searing portrait of Newt Gingrich. Also reading T.C.Boyle’s “Tortilla Curtain”, “A Gentleman in Moscow” by Amor Towles, and dipped my toe into “The Brothers Karamosov” without going much further in as yet.
Just finished rereading Anthony Trollope’s “The Vicar of Bullhampton” – not his best, but I needed a dose of calm, hadn’t read “The Vicar” for a while and I loaned my “Pallisers” collection to a friend and haven’t retrieved it yet.
Next I plan to re-read E.L.Doctorow’s “Ragtime” for a book club, and maybe “All the Light We Cannot See”.
HCNewton
Just looked around at info on The Unwinding…that should be interesting.
A dose of calm? That makes the Trollope book sound better than just about anything I’ve heard of lately. 🙂