WWW Wednesday—August 5, 2026

Another chaotic Tues. evening/Wednesday has left me running late with this. Zut alors.

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?

Deadly Does It by Abbi Waxman	Magic & Mystery Collection curated by John Joseph Adams	Cursed Cocktails by S.L. Rowland, read by Eric Jason Martin

Given my experience with Waxman in general, and these characters last year–plus what a friend said about this–I know I’m in for a very good couple of days with this.

I’ve read the first two stories in the Magic & Mystery collection, and they were very satisfying. Consider me a fan.

Like Sword & Thistle a couple of weeks back, when my library added these to the catalog, I figured it’d be fun to revisit them. It has been.

What did you recently finish reading?

Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton	Me, Myself, and Bob: A True Story About Dreams, God, and Talking Vegetables by Phil Vischer

I’m not entirely sure what Crichton was trying to do with his debut. I really liked parts of it. But the whole? Um…er…I dunno.

Vischer’s memoirs about the birth, rise, and fall of Big Idea was interesting to say the least, but…problematic, too.

What do you think you’ll read next?

Crownfall by Michael Vadney	Good Eggs by Rebecca Hardiman, read by Alana Kerr Collins, Gary Furlong & Siobhan Waring

I’ve talked about reading Crownfall so many times without actually doing it, I don’t know what to put here.

Good Eggs was just added to my library’s collection. It looks low-stakes and generally heartwarming. Sounds nice.

How’s the August weather (and assorted natural disasters around you) treating you? Are your current books doing better for you than those?