WWW Wednesday—October 28, 2026

I figured as long as I was going to be here, I’d take the time to play catch-up with a couple of series, and I should have those wrapped up no later than Friday. There’s part of me wishing I’d done that with others–but I didn’t. And I’m glad I picked the books I did to tackle anyway. I’ve even read a couple of books that I’d penciled in for November! I’ve still got almost a week left, I don’t know what all I’m going to read, but based on the way the month has gone so far…I’m looking forward to it!

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?

Three Shattered Souls
by Mai Corland

I’m being really tentative with this reading–this are going to get ugly pretty soon, and I’m not sure I’m prepared for it. But I also have to know. So I’m reading between the fingers covering my eyes.

What did you recently finish reading?


My Friends by Fredrik Backman	Elf Unwrapped: Behind the Scenes of a Modern Christmas Classic by Andy Richter with Aaron Karo

Whispers of the Storm by Z.B. Steele	The Call of Karen by Denise Lynn Lambert

The Riddle Maker by Bruce Borgos	Defy the Dark: 12 Fantasy Stories of Resilience edited by M.D. Presley

I will not say that this is my favorite book by Backman, but it just might be the best I’ve read by him. I’m trying to get a full post up about it, but I’m struggling.

The only struggle I had writing about Elf Unwrapped was just not telling every interesting tidbit I picked up along the way.

I expected Whispers of the Storm to be good. Boy howdy, it was as god as I’d hoped (if not more). I’ve got a new book to add to my default Indie Fantasy Recs list.

I talked about The Call of Karen earlier today, so I won’t recap it more than just to say it was goofy fun.

Borgos’ knocked it out of the park with his latest thriller. But I do think I’ve figured out his major weakness with the series. It’s been something niggling away in the back of my head for most of the books. Not sure I care, but I like having answered a question.

Defy the Dark is (as expected) a mixed bag filled with many highs, and no real lows (but a couple of things that left me indifferent).