With August winding down, I’m scurrying to finish some books by Saturday. I probably won’t get all of my 20 Books of Summer done, but I’m going to be close. And…eh. I’ve read so many good things that I really don’t care. For example:
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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| Welcome to Pawnee: Stories of Friendship, Waffles, and Parks and Recreation by Jim O’Heir |
Lloyd McNeil’s Last Ride by Will Leitch, read by Chris Andrew Ciulla |
Jim O’Heir’s book about the making of Parks & Rec starts off strong and will probably keep going that way. It feels as comfy as the show. And after some of the stuff I’ve read lately, I could use that.
By the time this posts, I’ll have barely scratched the surface of Will Leitch’s newest. But the mix of sentiment and humor seems like a good time, I’m finding out if I’m right as you read these words.
What did you recently finish reading?
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| Mushroom Blues by Adrian M. Gibson |
The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen, translated by Lisa Hartford, read by Erik Davies |
Gibson’s book is as weird and good as I expected it to be. I’ll try to come up with a better take on it than that, but it’ll do for now. (yes, it took me a long time to finish it, but that’s because I interrupted reading it for Ryka Aoki’s beautiful Light From Uncommon Stars for book club on Monday)
I don’t know that I’ll come back for more of Dept. Q’s mysteries (in print, anyway). But I just might–if only to see how it works without me constantly comparing it to the adaptation. It was a good read, maybe too long. But a solid read.
What do you think you’ll read next? (and I’m stressing the “think” more than usual here)
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| The Lords of the West End by Peter Blaisdell |
Dead Beat by Jim Butcher, read by James Marsters |
I don’t remember much about The Lords of the West End. All I remember is that this post from Witty and Sarcastic Book Club led me to buy it.
Dead Beat was my entry point into The Dresden Files. Can’t wait to revisit such a dear friend (even if it’s a really messed up book).
Are you getting in some good reading this long weekend (in the US, anyway)? Or do you have another way to spend the last gasps of Summer?
wittysarcasticbookclub
Ooh, yay! I hope you enjoy it!
HCNewton
I got cocky and thought I could do something else and it–and wanted to have the ebook (this one) during a particular event that I figured might give me some time to read. Didn’t actually get to it. Hopefully by the end of the month.
wittysarcasticbookclub
I just commented something similar on your post about Algospeak! I checked it out, didn’t get to it, renewed it, and still didn’t get to it.
I think this happens to all readers.