I’d expected to come home last night excited and full of energy so that I could write up a post or two, catch up on comments and whatnot. Instead, I came home and went to sleep early. So, only step 1 of my plan was achieved (probably the most important one). Tomorrow will be different!
Probably.
But for now…let’s just get this WWW taken care of and I can start thinking about other things…
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 expectedly charming Up on the Woof Top by Spencer Quinn, and am listening to Movieland by Lee Goldberg, Nicol Zanzarella (Narrator) on audiobook.
What did you recently finish reading?
I just finished James J. Butcher’s Long Past Dues (and that guy knows how to write an ending) and the very sweet Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree (Narrator) on audio.
What do you think you’ll read next?
My next book should be Calico by Lee Goldberg and my next audiobook should be How to Be Eaten by Maria Adelmann, Lauren Ezzo (Narrator). Both look intriguing, but I’m not really sure what to expect (although, really, it’s Goldberg, I’m probably going to have a blast)
What are you reading this week?
allyson johnson
A little late getting to this. Still working at “War and Peace” – Nikolai Rostov has returned to the front, but is disgusted and disillusioned when peace is declared and he sees Tsar Alexander hob-nobbing with “the great Satan” Bonaparte. Andrei has sworn to retreat to the country and care only for his estates after his near-death at Austerlitz and the death of his wife, but on a business trip to St. Petersburg he glimpses Natasha Rostov and thinks life might be worth living after all.
I also read Ann Packer’s latest – “Tom Lake”, but the narrative seemed uneccessarily complicated (extensive flashbacks) and the subject matter (a woman’s reflection on a long-ago affair) seemed a bit trivial. Twelve hours after I finished it I had to go back again to find out how it ended.
And I read “Opposable Thumbs” by Matt Singer, a workmanlike documentary about the joint careers of Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. It was ok, but after a while it got to be redundant about how S&E “changed movies forever.” Roger Ebert’s own memoir, “”Life Itself”, tells the story much better and is a great read.
HCNewton
I’ve been curious about Opposable Thumbs, so thanks for the review. I appreciate you saving me some time.
Tom Lake seems like another skippable book. Didn’t even stick for 12 hours? Ouch!!