Hey, look—I’ve actually put out two posts today. First time in too long that I’ve done that. Stay tuned to see if I can build on this for the rest of the week. (and I’m very thankful for allyson johnson pointing out that I’d forgotten to hit publish hours ago!)
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 Malibu Burning by Lee Goldberg, introducing a series I hope to read for years to come. I’m listening to (the very, very, very good) The Puppet Show by M.W. Craven, John Banks (Narrator) on audiobook, Craven’s another author I hope to keep reading for years to come.
What did you recently finish reading?
I just finished Craig Johnson’s The Longmire Defense (one of his best in years) and Dead Man’s Hand by James J. Butcher, James Patrick Cronin (Narrator) on audio.
What do you think you’ll read next?
My next book should be Cash Rules Everything Around Me by Rob Gittins and my next audiobook should be Tricks for Free by Seanan McGuire, Emily Bauer (Narrator).
Are you reading anything worth talking about?
Bob Germaux
I’m currently reading “Call Me a Cab,” the final unpublished novel by the late, great Donald E. Westlake. Apparently, Mr. Westlake (whose books I used to devour decades ago) wrote this one in 1977, but it wasn’t published until just a few weeks ago, which is when I came across it on Amazon. I’m about halfway through, and it is definitely a great read. Not giving anyway away when I say that it is basically about a cab driver (a young guy) who is taking a fare (a young woman) from New York to L.A. So far, lots of fun.
I just finished “Not Prepared,” the last book in Matthew Hanover’s Wallflower Series. While there are parts of the book that could use a somewhat better edit, I still enjoyed it. The characters are vividly drawn, and the plot lines are interesting.
Next up will be “How to Talk to a Widower” by Jonathan Tropper, another Lad Lit novel that I’m looking forward to trying.
HCNewton
Don’t ask me to defend this, but that’s my favorite Tropper novel (although I think he’s written better). I’ve yet to dislike one of his, but something about that one hit just the right spot for me.
Clearly, I have good things to say about Not Prepared–glad you enjoyed it.
Call Me a Cab sounds intriguing. I just went and read a bit about it. I might try to work that one in soon.
allyson johnson
Looking at my TBR shelf for the next read, and faced a choice between two competing multi-volume family sagas full of scheming and back-stabbing amid a background of war and political skulduggery. I chickened out and picked the two-volume vs 7-volume saga and am already 100 pages into “War and Peace” instead of “Game of Thrones.”
Just finished re-reading Tony Hillerman’s “People of Darkness” – a very satisfying early Jim Chee story, though the plot itself is a bit mystifying.
Next… are you kidding? I’ll be reading “War and Peace” for weeks. (I was moved also to choose it by a recent column in the “Wall Street Journal” where the columnist mused “Imagine if I had died without reading it!”)
HCNewton
yeah…War and Peace should take you a minute (and will prove far more satisfying than Mr. Martin’s yet-to-be-completed-saga).
Well, I assume it will, you’re already 100+ pages further than I’ve gotten in it. But I’ve read the other 🙂
I really should read the Hillerman books.