One half of the Mystery/Crime novels I read last month came in the last two days—the other was an audiobook re-read. July wasn’t much better—if you take audiobooks out of the equation, it was 53 days between that kind of book for me—which is pretty much unheard of. You can believe that I have built up a healthy stack to work through. I don’t mind the break…it’s just weird.
Other than that, September’s off to a bang—I’ve been surrounded by several reminders of why I’m a reader (and blogger). If I only could find more time for that…
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 Kill List by Nadine Matheson, which is as disturbing as I’ve come to expect from Matheson. I’m listening to Marvel: What If . . . Wanda Maximoff and Peter Parker Were Siblings? by Seanan McGuire, read by Allyson Voller on audiobook, which is so much better than I’d hoped.
What did you recently finish reading?
I just finished Peter David’s Buddy the Knight and The Queen of Sorrow and Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend by MJ Wassmer, read by Stephen R. Thorne on audio. Both of them did so, so many things right—and so little wrong.
What do you think you’ll read next?
My next book should be Chronos Warlock by Shami Stovall and I’m so eager to dive in. My next audiobook should be I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue, read by Nasim Pedrad.
What’s got you excited (or maudlin, or disaffected, or…)?
Celeste | A Literary Escape
Buddy Knight & Zero Stars have caught my eye thanks to you! Thanks for sharing via your WWW!
allysonyj
I’m currently reading “The Walking Hill”, Vol 2 in Larry McMurtry’s “The Berrybender Narratives”. I’m sorta compulsive about reading ALL the volumes in a series, but I’m not enjoying this as much as I’d hoped to. It’s in many ways a farce, and then somehing incredibly gory happens…. I’m also reading Paul Theroux’s collection of his early essays, “Sunrises with Sea Monsters”, an excellent bedside book.
I recently finished Kristin Hannah’s “The Women” about Army nurses in Viet Nam and their later problems. Having a brother who served 2 tours in Nam as a helicopter pilot made this narrative awfully intimate and disturbing. Recommended for anyone who was a bystander during that troubled time.
Next I’ll probably read F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Tender is the Night”, or else Kate Atkinson’s latest Jackson Brodie, “Big Sky”.