The weather around here has caught up with the calendar, and it’s finally chilly. Talking about the weather is a dull way to start this, but honestly–it’s the most interesting thing I’ve got to go with. Which says a lot about me 🙂 Before I get more cliché, dull, or rambling let’s just get to the meat of the post, okay?
Oh, hey…anyone know of a decent (preferably quick–possibly MG or YA) book with an insect on the cover? Asking for a frenemy.
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 Epic of Marindel: Chosen by Nathan Keys |
Secrets of the Purple Pearl by Kate McKinnon, read by Kate McKinnon & Emily Lynne |
I’m about at the 2/3 mark in Chosen, I’m having some issues with the theology Keys is presenting (the perils of Christian Fantasy), but am enjoying the story.
So, I put off listening to Son of a Liche, because Lilly delivered a few holds to me, and then the work I was doing couldn’t be done while listening to audiobooks–so I’m in a bit of a crunch now. (more information than you wanted, I know). Anyway, I’m thoroughly enjoying the second in The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science series. It’s just ridiculously fun.
What did you recently finish reading?
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| The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa, translated by Louise Heal Kawai |
Friends with Words: Adventures in Languageland by Martha Barnette |
My goal is to have a full post about The Cat Who Saved Books up tomorrow, so I’ll be quick here–I really enjoyed it.
Friends with Words, meanwhile, is something that held my attention just enough for me not to be annoyed by starting it. That’s about it. Rats–I loved the title
What do you think you’ll read next?
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| Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree |
Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger, read by David Chandler |
I listened to Legends & Lattes a couple of years ago, and am going to give it a quick read to brush up for a book club discussion. (and to be ready for book 3 next month)
I’ve been assured that I’ll enjoy Krueger’s Cork O’Connor books, and that lighter fare than his others. (not that I have a problem with his others, but I’m not going to listen to them while working/driving). Am used to David Chandler’s voice, his work on the Joe Pickett books is solid. Should be a good time.
Do you have anything good to work through while adjusting to the weather?
(assuming your local weather has shifted recently)
allysonyj
I started “Evelina” by Fanney Burney, because I am interested in early examples of novel writing. It is an epistolary novel, which has gone out of fashion as noone writes letters anymore. Back in the 1800’s, when sending mail was costly, if you were going to the expense of writing a letter you made it long. We’ve gotten out of that habit, for sure.
Just finished “G for Gumshoe” as I am frankly re-reading the excellent Kinsey Milhone series as a way to catch up on my Goodreads pledge, being 6 books behind as of the beginning of this month. I read this series so long ago that the plots are a rediscovery, though Kinsey Milhone is like an old friend whom one falls into step with immediately.
Also finished Bernard Cornwall’s “Fools and Mortals”, a charming invention involving William Shakespeare’s apocryphal younger brother Richard and the first production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” How can Cornwall leap from the action-packed Richard Sharp series to the TV-friendly series about Arthurian England to the Civil War and then to Shakespeare? And all so eminently readable – no tricks, no literary gambits, just tell a ripping good story!
Also re-read Ian McEwan’s “Nutshell” a re-telling of the “Hamlet” plot from the point of view of a near-term fetus – talk about tricks and literary gambits! McEwan had more fun with this than I did.
And I re-read Neil Gaiman’s “Stardust”, an unapologetically timeless fairy tale.
Next… hmm. My library’s copy of “H is for Homicide” is checked out. Probably something from my TBR shelf, but not decided.
HCNewton
Good ol’ Kinsey, with her disgusting sandwiches, questionable taste in men, and knack for getting into (and out of!) trouble. That would be a fun way to catch up on some goodreads numbers 🙂
I love a good epistolary–but yeah, hard to find examples of them now. Can’t go wrong with Stardust, either.
I’ve never dipped my toe into Cornwall, I think I had a reason at one point (and not a good one, I remember it being a vibe kind of thing), but just this paragraph has me reconsidering it!
sandysbookaday
I’m always interested in what the weather is doing in other parts of the world . . .
HCNewton
Much too kind of a response (but I’ll take it!) 🙂