WWW Wednesday—October 14, 2026

So, my son’s recovery is going well. Which is good–but it also means that we’re hanging out in a hotel room a lot. So he’s playing video games or napping, and I’m reading (or napping). This is resulting in me finishing several books so far–with another couple of weeks to go.

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?


Castaway Cays: Curse of the Sea Serpent by Amy Maren Rice	Eating Salad Drunk: Haikus for the Burnout Age by Comedy Greats edited by Gabe Henry

I remember enjoying Amy Maren Rice’s world, but stepping back into it reminded me why I did. I’m having a lot of fun with this sequel.

Henry’s collection is like those old joke books I read as a kid, with just a layer of art to it so it feels appropriate for an adult to read.

What did you recently finish reading?


The Key to a Killer by Olivia Blacke	The Confederacy Myth: How an Insurrection of Slaveholders Tried to Destroy the United States by Connor Williams

Runaway Lyrics by C.O. Bonham	Unpredictable Magic by Faith Hunter

The Young Necromancer’s Guide to Ghosts by Vanessa Ricci-Thode	Anabel’s Lion by Tony Baker

Shield of The Mothership by JCM Berne	Paperboy by Callum McSorley

I should’ve had a post up about The Key to a Killer today, but I got lazy. It’s a very satisfying conclusion to the mystery (and, I presume, the series).

I talked some about The Confederacy Myth yesterday. It’s one of my favorites of the year.

Runaway Lyrics isn’t much of what I expected (not that I was sure what to expect). A magic system based on music (among other systems in the world) is pretty interesting. A nice Fantasy with a splash of Steampunk.

Unpredictable Magic is Urban Fantasy with a splash of SF. I’m hoping this is the first in a nice series.

Ricci-Thode’s book was fun and makes me want to read other books in the series it’s set in (which have nothing to do with this book).

I’m not sure what I was expecting from Anabel’s Lion–but it wasn’t anything like what Baker delivered. It was nice, just not what I expected.

Shield of the Mothership was the best Hybrid Helix book I’ve read since the previous one. That’s supposed to be a joke, but it’s true, too. Heckuva read.

Paperboy shows that Squeaky Clean was no fluke, imagine Fargo told with a Glaswegian accent, and you’re halfway there. McSorley is so good.

What do you think you’ll read next?

Four Ruined Realms
by Mai Corland

I’ll probably (finally) get around to the second in Corland’s trilogy next. We’ll see, like I said last week, I’m running purely on mood right now, so it’s hard to predict.