It’s July already. Can someone help me put the brakes on 2025? I saw this on Facebook a couple of weeks ago, so it must be true.
That’s the kind of thing that makes you want to run into the comforting distraction of a book, isn’t it?
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 Bright Sword by Lev Grossman |
No One Leaves the Castle by Christopher Healy, read by Jessica Almasy |
I’ve been kicking myself for waiting so long on this new Arthurian tale, and I still am. But I’m cutting myself some slack because I actually am reading it. I just might finish it today, too. It’s so good folks, if you’ve slept on it like I have–quit it.
No One Leaves the Castle is just silly fun, and Almasy is a perfect narrator for this one. I needed something like this book this week.
What did you recently finish reading?
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| The Blue Horse by Bruce Borgos |
How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler by (and read by) Ryan North |
Hopefully, you’ll see a full post on the Borgos book here tomorrow. But basically, it’ll make fans of Books One and/or Two very satisfied. And will likely convert anyone new to the series.
North’s book is the perfect combination of snark, information, and odd-as-all-get-out trivia. I don’t know how to explain it.
What do you think you’ll read next?
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| Dogged Pursuit by David Rosenfelt |
Amongst Our Weapons by Ben Aaronovitch, read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith |
An Andy Carpenter prequel, eh? Never thought I needed to know anything about the time before Open and Shut (yeah, no dog related puns–how odd!), but now that it’s here–I’m pretty curious.
Just in time for Rivers of London #10’s release next week, I’m tackling #9 on my revisit.
You doing anything to celebrate Friday night (in the U.S., anyway), or will you be cuddled up with a book and some headphones to block out the noise?
allysonyj
I did some re-reading in the past weeks – just needed a few comfort books, including C. S. Lewis’ “A Horse and His Boy”, “When Breath Becomes Air” by Paul Kalanithi (If you haven’t read this classic, stop whatever you’re doing and read it – a wonderful story about dying) and Hillerman’s “The First Eagle”, which I read so long ago that it was like the first time.
Also read Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road” which was not nearly the downer I had feared, but had a lot to say about love and loyalty and endurance. And I wasted some time reading Robert Sheckley’s short stories in “PIlgrimage to Earth” – definitely NOT belonging in the “classic SF” rankings ascribed to it.
And I finished reading Richter’s collection of “Writers on World War II” which was an excellent set of small samplings from a lot of great writers and some not so well-known. Unfortunately, my copy was missing about 40 pages which covered the invasion of Italy and D-day.
Now I’m halfway through Anne Bronte’s “Tenant of Wildfell Hall”, a surprisingly entertaining story of a woman of the Victorian Age trapped in a ghastly marriage – a lot of gentle and not-so-gentle satire of Victorian convention. Anne doesn’t get enough credit, being in the shadow of her famous sisters. Also reading “The House is on Fire” by Rachel Beanland, a workmanlike tale of an actual historical happening (a disastrous fire in a crowded theatre in post-Civil War Richmond VA) as seen through the imagined eyes of four different participants. And Annie Proux’s “Barkskins”, a family saga which my son put me onto. And Clifford Simak’s “Strangers in the Universe” – Simak does belong in the SF Pantheon, though this collection is not his best.
Next? No idea, but something will turn up.
HCNewton
No time to stop what I’m doing, but I did add Kalanithi to my list. I’m surprised to hear that about The Road, I really need to read some McCarthy.
Congrats on finishing the WWII book, you’ve been at that for months!
Lastly, thanks for the tip on Wildfell Hall–been wondering where to start with Anne.