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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| Banners of Wrath by Michael Michel |
A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage, read by Sean Runnette |
I had to take a break to make sure I finished Hive on time (see below), but I’m back to Michel’s latest. There are just so many things going wrong for these characters…and I’m loving it.
Standage’s history came up in conversation with a friend when I was telling him about reading The Mountains Shall Drip Sweet Wine. This is a very different take on potent potables (and some others), but they also do a good job of complimenting each other.
What did you recently finish reading?
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| Jump by DL Orton |
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| Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman, read by Travis Baldree & Jeff Hays |
The Greatest Sentence Ever Written by Walter Isaacson, read by Walter Isaacson & Holter Graham |
I’ve talked about Jump a lot today, I’m not sure what else to say.
Read Matt Dinniman, they said. He’s hilarious, they said. Well, this was a different book for Dinniman–it’s harrowing, somewhat hopeful and affirming, but also…the mirror it holds up about humanity’s cruelty to humanity (for fun and profit!), just ain’t pretty. I should stress that this is an endorsement.
Okay, technically, the last book I listened to was Isaacson’s celebration/examination of the second sentence in the Declaration of Independence (you know, “We hold these truths to be self-evident…”). But it’s a 60 minute book (including the appendices), so it doesn’t really feel like a book.
What do you think you’ll read next?
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| First Do No Harm by S. J. Rozan |
City of Others by Jared Poon, read by David Lee Huynh |
It’s been too long since I read a good PI novel, might as well read about two at the same time, right? The good part is pretty much granted with Rozan behind the wheel.
I was just browsing at the Library’s site when I saw this Urban Fantasy set in Singapore. Which is such an unusual combination of words that I have to try it.
Tell me about your recent reads (I may be bad at replying, but I read every comment)
Firsty17
My most recent read was The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis, which I really enjoyed! I’m currently (re-)reading the Lego Hero Factory books by Greg Farshtey, which have a fantastic blend of sci-fi police action and a little bit of classic-era comic book flair that I love. As for my next read, I have no idea 😅
HCNewton
One of Lewis’ best!
Okay, I have no time for the Lego Hero Factory books–but, man, those look like they could be fun. I’m pretty sure that years ago, some/all of my kids read his Bionicle books.