We’ve all seen the Strange Planet comic strip about reading, right? Well, that’s where I am at the moment, thanks Seanan McGuire. I’d say more, but then I wouldn’t shut up for 600 words or so.
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 Aftermarket Afterlife by Seanan McGuire and Minds on Small Things: The Philosophers’ Guide to Everyday Life by Matthew Qvortrup. I’m also listening to Little Ghost by Chris McDonald, read by Robert G. Slade on audiobook.
What did you recently finish reading?
I just finished Carrie Vaughn’s Bannerless—an intense read—and Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection by Charles Duhigg on audio. It wasn’t Duhigg’s most interesting book, but probably the easiest to apply.
What do you think you’ll read next?
My next book should be Cooked Goose by Laura Jenski, if only because it seems light, and boy howdy, do I need that. My next audiobook should be Skulduggery Pleasant: The Faceless Ones Trilogy by Derek Landy, read by Rupert Degas—I started the series ages ago (both in print and then in audio)—it’s going to stick this time. Probably.
What do you have cooking?
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I just started “Sweet Thunder” by Ivan Hoig. A friend of mine said Hoig is her absolute favorite author, so I’m giving him a try. This book is set in Montana in the late 19th century and so far seems to center on labor strife at the Anaconda Copper Company which virtually owned the state at the time. My father earned money for college working at an Anaconda copper mine in Utah, so I have an interest here.
I’m also reading” Mallowan’s Memoirs”, by the archaeologist husband of Agatha Christie – an excellent bedside book. And I’m plugging away at Robert Graves “Hercules, My Shipmate”, hoping later chapters recapture the brilliance of the prologue. And I began reading Dorothy Canfield Fisher’s “Understood Betsy” to my granddaughter but will set this aside until her next visit.
Next I plan to read “Our Moon” by Rebecca Boyle, a non-fiction work exploring how the moon has affected our lives both physically and culturally. And I’ll probably pick up something fluffy on the side.