This has turned into one of those weeks…I’ve read for 60 minutes (combined) the last two days—and I don’t expect today is going to be much better. Those 30 minutes a day is enough to keep me sane…just. (they’re also a good reminder that my mind does require some time for reading). They’re enough to help me keep going with my, I’m Reading Every Day for American Cancer Society, too—a nice bonus. Shall we take a quick look at the books I’m spending a little time with?
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?
Seems easy enough, right? Let’s take a peek at this week’s answers:
What are you currently reading?
I’m reading the disturbing (as the cover suggests) Abnormal Ends by Bryan McBee, and am listening to Spells for the Dead by Faith Hunter, read by Khristine Hvam on audiobook to refresh my mind on the series before I dive into the next one.
What did you recently finish reading?
I just finished (and posted about ) Adam Johnson’s Fortune Smiles and Another Girl by Peter Grainger, read by Gildart Jackson on audio.
What do you think you’ll read next?
My next book should be the ARC of Rift in the Soul by Faith Hunter (so I’d better make sure I get in some good Audiobook listening time soon) and my next audiobook should be An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten, translated by Marlaine Delargy, read by Suzanne Toren, which looks like a quick and fun read.
How’s your reading going this week?
Bookstooge
“I’ve read for 60 minutes (combined) the last two days”
My deepest sympathies…
HCNewton
Messes with a guy
allysonyj
I’m rereading “The Screwtape Letters” by C.S. Lewis one letter at a time – lots of good nuggets to be found here. I am about to give up on “The Spy and the Traitor” because I just don’t care about either main character, even though my Book Group tells me “the last two chapters are so exciting!” It’s just not in me to skip and skim.
I finished “The Covenant of Water”! Having just finished “War and Peace”, taking on a 700+ page tome seemed child’s play. I did have some trouble when the point of view abruptly changed – and changed again – and again. But by the end of the novel I was muttering “Oh, yes!” as the various plot threads were magically knit together. Verghese is a doctor/professor at the Stanford School of Medicine, and his writing is capable, coherent, methodical , and has a medical flavor, too – I learned a lot about leprosy, encephalitis, and obscure neurological diseases.
Next I will read “The Lost Apothecary” by Sarah Penner, for the book group, and likely “Hercules, My Shipmate” by Robert Graves, or maybe John Fowles “The Ivory Tower” from my TBR shelf.