For a few years, April 15 was the apex of my professional life–months of effort led up to it, weeks of effort spent dealing with it, and then we had a couple of months of reprieve before starting the cycle again. I left that employer almost 4 years ago, but it’s still in the back of my mind to be stressed right now. It’s always such a relief when I realize I don’t have a reason to be, even if my subconscious is convinced I should be. I do feel bad for former coworkers who are still there, and the long hours they “get” to work.
I can’t remember where I was going with that, but I can’t think of another introduction for this. So pretend I had a punchline, and let’s get on with today’s WWW.
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?
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| The Impudent Edda by Rowdy Geirsson |
Dark Neon & Dirt by Thomas Trang |
Happy Jack and the Scary-Ass Book of Doom by Rich Partain, read by JP Adams |
The Impudent Edda bills itself as a translation of the last Edda, this time made by a Bostonian. It is ridiculously fun. It’s also hard to take in large chunks, so I also started Trang’s debut, which is almost the complete opposite–it’s fun, but only because it’s gritty LA noir done right. Assuming I survive the mental whiplash between these two, the next couple of days are going to be great.
Yeah, it’s a couple of weeks after I said I was going to listen to the Rich Partain book but Library holds came a calling.
What did you recently finish reading?
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| One Death at a Time by Abbi Waxman |
Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green |
It felt like Waxman turned her comedy up a few notches with this one–while delivering a strong mystery novel filled (as you expect from Waxman) with fantastic characters.
I learned far, far more about Tuberculosis than I ever expected to (including how much I have yet to learn–and it’ll likely stay that way). In the midst of this history/social commentary is the (true) story of a very sick teenager. It’ll surprise no one to learn that Green is very good at talking about sick teenagers.
What do you think you’ll read next?
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| Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson |
Summer Knight by Jim Butcher, read by James Marsters |
Why did it take me so long to get to Stevenson’s sequel? No one will ever know. But I’m hoping to take care of it by the end of this week.
My Dresden Files re-listen got derailed last year, so I might as well get back on track, right?
How are you faring in the post-Tax Day world?
Carol
I have a friend who died recently of non contagious TB ….or at least that was the closest diagnosis in lay terms the docs could offer.
Were you an accountant? Are you still doing that work or have you retired? Or getting rich off blogging?!?!
HCNewton
I was actually on the processing side of them (keeping it vague so I don’t give too much away), not the accounting side of things. No one wants that–unless they’re the kind that likes having the IRS involved in their lives. I’m constantly shocked they haven’t put me under the microscope due to math errors (ever so thankful for tax prep software doing the heavy lifting).
Celeste | A Literary Escape
Definitely interested in the tuberculosis book. Requested it on Libby a little while ago. I find medical nonfiction, with a lean toward contagious disease, interesting. And hooray for not having to do others’ taxes anymore!
HCNewton
I liked the TB book more than I expected to. Hope you do, too!
Allyson Johnson
haven’t been reading much, as I have a publisher nibbling at my latest Novel-in-the-works and I’ve been proofing, formatting, and revising during my normal reading times. I did finish “This Tender Land” and got a few pages into “The Henna Artist”. More later.
HCNewton
Please keep us posted!!