The way this week is shaping up, I’m not expecting to get a lot more audiobook time in–I’ll hopefully finish my current book this week, but I don’t expect to move on. I should actually wrap up my March TBR, with a couple of bonus reads, to boot. That’s a pleasant change (and probably a more realistic TBR than I went for in the first two months of the year).
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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| True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color—from Azure to Zinc Pink by Kory Stamper |
Return to Sender by Craig Johnson, read by George Guidall |
Stamper’s book is just fascinating. I’m not sure what else to say. But this book about defining colors is full of drama, grief, suspense, and a delicious use of vocabulary. I’m eager to see what’s around the corner.
Man, I was annoyed when the work day ended today–I got over it quickly, I should stress–I was right in the end game of Return to Sender. I’m enjoying revisiting the book and am getting hyped for May’s release of the next book.
What did you recently finish reading?
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| Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie |
The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst, read by Caitlin Davies |
Ancillary Justice is a heckuva read. I’m not sure yet what I think about it–I’m still chewing. But Leckie can write.
The Spellshop is probably too Romance-forward for a lot of my friends/readers. But there’s enough other things going on that the (squeaky-clean) Romance is palatable.
What do you think you’ll read next?
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| Nav’Aria: The Marked Heir by K.J. Backer |
Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore by Emily Krempholtz, read by Emma Ladji |
Looking forward to diving into this Fantasy from K.J. Backer, a Literary Local (who will hopefully appear here in a Q&A soon)
I recall reading some good things about Violet Thistlewaite, but reading the description now leaves me scratching my head about why I’d put this on reserve. It just doesn’t seem like me. But trusting past-me has worked out a couple of times this year, I’m hoping I knew what I was doing.
What’s this week look like for you?
Bob Germaux
I’m currently reading “Stakeouts and Strollers” by Rob Phillips. About halfway through and loving it. Phillips’ prose just flows, and he has a real knack for dialogue. I’m hoping this is the first in a series of Charlie Shaw books.
I recently finished “Love Johnny Carson” by Mark Malkoff. I’ve read other biographies about Carson, but in my opinion, Malkoff’s is the best of the lot. Although an admitted “superfan,” he gives a detailed and interesting account of Carson, including his flaws.
Next up will probably be “The Land of Sweet Forever” by Harper Lee.