So apparently, November is my month of over-committing—and boy howdy, is it catching up to me the last week or so. There’ve been 2 days since my last WWW where I’ve read for less than 20 minutes, which is not doing my psyche a lot of favors, either. But, this isn’t time for my therapy, it’s time for a WWW, so let’s move along to it.
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 (and hopefully finishing tomorrow) Chaos Terminal by Mur Lafferty, which isn’t the sequel I was expecting—and is maybe better for it. I finished an audiobook this afternoon, and not starting another until tomorrow, so I’ve got nothing in this spot.
What did you recently finish reading?
I just finished Seanan McGuire’s The Innocent Sleep and Grand Theft Astro by Scott Meyer, Elizabeth Evans (Narrator) on audio. I didn’t know it was legal for a Scott Meyer novel to be recorded by anyone other than Luke Daniels, but it worked.
What do you think you’ll read next?
My next book should be Starter Villain by John Scalzi and my next audiobook should be Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree (Narrator).
Are you reading anything good?
Bob Germaux
I’m currently reading “Malibu Burning” by Lee Goldberg. Much like what you said in your review, H.C., I didn’t expect to get into a book about fighting forest fires, and I had a little trouble with the time shifts initially, but the characters and the plots kept me going, and now I’m looking forward to seeing how this thing ends. Plus, as you also said, Goldberg clearly did an enormous amount of research for this book. I’ve learned a lot about fighting large fires.
I just finished re-reading “Hugger Mugger” by Robert B. Parker. Every few months, I like to pluck me a Spenser off the bookshelf (an actual hardbound, not an E-book). Just because.
Next up is another book you recommended: “Cunk on Everything.” Sounds like a very different read. Looking forward to it.
HCNewton
Goldberg has said he’ll never do another multi-timeline book again after Malibu Burning and Calico (which has timelines separated by a century). He seemed to not enjoy the experience 🙂
What did you think of it after you finished?
Bob Germaux
In the end, I was glad I’d read the book. As I mentioned, the characters grew on me and held my attention. It took a little longer for the plot lines to take hold, but they eventually did. Not sure I’d want to read another one like this, though, even with my enjoying Goldberg’s writing. I almost stopped a few times, but kept going. Not something I’d want to do as a general rule with books. I prefer to be more involved earlier on.