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 going for a little light reading with 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife by Ken Jennings and am listening to Iron Gold by Pierce Brown, Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds, John Curless, Julian Elfer, and Aedin Moloney on audiobook (I’m not crazy about adding the three new narrators, but Reynolds is probably relieved for the help).
What did you recently finish reading?
I just finished two great thrillers: Joe Ide’s Fixit and The Only Truly Dead by Rob Parker, Warren Brown (Narrator) on audio.
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What do you think you’ll read next?
My next book should be Man on a Murder Cycle by Mark Pepper (which is hopefully at least half as good as the premise) and my next audiobook should be a revisit of The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t with Her Mind Narrated by Lauren Patten and Graham Halstead.
What about you—gearing up for the long weekend (or regular-sized weekend outside of the US)?
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I just finished reading a guilty pleasure, Amanda Quick’s “The Paid Companion”. Quick seizes the Regency Romance, dispenses with the extensive descriptions of sarsanet over- skirts and dimity draperies, and adds some very steamy sex scenes. I don’t quite approve, but the book is an irresistible page-turner.
I am plodding through Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress”, and have Christiana following her husband Christian on a pilgrimage to the Celestial City. I have to say her trip is boring compared to Christian’s. She has a paladin named “Greatheart” who conquers most of the obstacles she faces, and most of the action so far is Christiana stopping where Christian stopped and everyone being really glad to see her. Greatheart whiles the time while traveling with some REALLY obscure discussion. I’m not sure I’ll be able to follow the whole trip.
I’m also reading “Untold Power”, a historical examination of how Mrs. Woodrow Wilson essentially ran the country when her husband was laid low by a crippling stroke.
I started “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” thinking this is a classic I should read. Maybe if I had read it in my teens I would think it is worth its reputation, but now I find it dull.
“Member of the Wedding” seems to cover the same ground much better. Probably won’t finish.
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I’ve always struggled with Christiana’s part, too. (I think I’ve abandoned it more often than finishing it when I do a reread).
How is Untold Power? As good as the premise sounds?