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August 3 already? I’m not prepared for that. I could handle it being mid-July, but early August is…uncalled for, really.

Like I said Monday, I’m working on a couple of ARCs to start the week and then I’m tackling the home stretch for 20 Books of Summer. Then I’m shifting into the most ambitious project I’ve tried for the blog yet. I’ll get into details as it starts to come together, but now that I’ve said something, I’m going to have to get moving. (at least that’s the plan).

Enough of that, shall we tackle this WWW Wednesday?

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?

Easy enough, right?

What are you currently reading?

I’m reading The Marauders, The Daughter, and The Dragon by K.R.R. Lockhaven, which he described as the first in a “humorous hopepunk nautical fantasy trilogy” when we did a Q&A last year, which seems like a pretty apt description. I just started listening to Summerland by Michael Chabon on audiobook. I remember almost nothing

What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished Nick Kolakowski’s Hell of a Mess—a welcome return to that series. I also just finished True Dead by Faith Hunter, Khristine Hvam (Narrator) on audio.

What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be Composite Creatures by Caroline Hardaker to see why Paul recommended it to me. My next audiobook should be Plugged by Eoin Colfer, John Keating (Narrator).

How are you starting August?

I’ve said it a couple of times already this week, but I didn’t plan at all for SPAAW, and didn’t think I’d be able to participate this year. But I noticed that I did have a couple of Self-Published books on my August list, so I moved a couple of things around and this past week hasn’t looked like what I expected. And I think I’ll still be able to meet all the library due dates/personal deadlines that only I care about. Phew.

Time for WWW Wednesday!

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?

Easy enough, right?

What are you currently reading?

I’m reading/relishing the ARC of Bark to the Future by Spencer Quinn and am listening to On Eden Street by Peter Grainger, Gildart Jackson (Narrator) on audiobook, I’m enjoying the new vibe of the series, but missing the old one.

What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished Harry Bingham’s The Deepest Grave, the latest/last(?) book in the Fiona Griffiths series, I don’t like knowing there’s not another mystery with her in the waiting. My latest audiobook was The Jigsaw Man by Nadine Matheson, Davine Henry (Narrator) on audio.

What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be Dead Against Her by Melinda Leigh, which will get me caught up on the Bree Taggart series (there’s a downside to that, I have to wait for the next one!). My next audiobook should be True Dead by Faith Hunter, Khristine Hvam (Narrator)—which is a holdover from last week, I realized I could squeeze in one more SPAAW book if I shuffled things up a bit.

You reading anything good lately? Or not-good, but that you want to talk about?

Like just about everyone in the Northern Hemisphere (or so it seems), I seem to be melting this week. When I’m not dreaming of November, I’ve been distracting myself with books—I’m actually two days ahead of where I expected to be. This happens so rarely, I’m on the verge of dancing a jig. Let’s dive into this WWW Wednesday and see what’s up, shall we?

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?

Easy enough, right?

What are you currently reading?

I’m reading the second DI Erika Piper novel, Whispers in the Dark by Chris McDonald and am revistiting The Jigsaw Man by Nadine Matheson, Davine Henry (Narrator) on audiobook.

What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished Giano Cromley’s The Prince of Infinite Space, a coming of age story set when I was coming of age (which was a little odd) and the amusing memoir, The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell, Robin Laing (Narrator) on audio.

What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be Ghost of a Chance by Dan Willis (yeah, finally gettting to it!) With the Jane Yellowrock series finale just a few weeks away, my next audiobook should be True Dead by Faith Hunter, Khristine Hvam (Narrator).

How are you distracting yourself from the swelter?

Yesterday, we hit triple digits for the first time this year—and should exceed that at least twice this week. This just means it’s the perfect time to stay inside with a book—away from the impact of that ball of fire in the sky. On this WWW Wednesday, we’ll see what I’ve been using to help me stay inside.

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?

Easy enough, right?

What are you currently reading?

Today, I started reading Condemned by R.C. Bridgestock and listening to Breaking Point by C.J. Box, David Chandler (Narrator) on audiobook. Good to be back in both of these series.

What did you recently finish reading?

Yesterday, I finished Derek DelGaudio’s AMORALMAN: A True Story and Other Lies and How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior, read by: Helen Lloyd, Andrew Fallaize, and Mandy Williams on audio. I enjoyed them both, but beyond that…I’m not sure yet. They both feel like the kind of thing I need to write about to figure out what I think.

What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be With Grimm Resolve by Jeffery H. Haskell, I’m eager to see what Haskell’s next move is. My next audiobook should be The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell, Robin Laing (Narrator), memoirs of a used bookstore owner? How can that be anything but enjoyable? (I know, that’s a question I shouldn’t ask)

What are you using to avoid that heat?

It’s time for WWW Wednesday already? I think I said something like this a couple of weeks ago, but the third 3-day weekend in 6 weeks is really messing with me. I’m glad we get a couple of months without one. I don’t remember being this discombobulated by an extra day off as I have with the last two. Okay then, let’s get this taken care of, try to get me on some more solid footing.

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?

Easy enough, right?

What are you currently reading?

I’m reading The Botanist by M.W. Craven (and am having a really hard time putting it down) and I just started listening to My Mess Is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety by Georgia Pritchett, Katherine Parkinson (Narrator) on audiobook. Yeah, last week, I said it was going to be my next one—but between the holiday and the way that Harry Dresden trumps anything else for me…

What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished A World Without “Whom”: The Essential Guide to Language in the BuzzFeed Age by Emmy J. Favilla—which was amusing, educational, and (for some) provocative. Yesterday, I listened to the new Dresden Files novella The Law by Jim Butcher on audio.

What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be the collection Short Tails by Spencer Quinn and my next audiobook should be Long Lost by Linda Castillo, Kathleen McInerney (Narrator), another novella. I seem to be hitting some quick reads at the moment (maybe my brain is making up for the week it took me to get through Don Winslow)

Tell me what you’re reading!

Here we are, knocking at the end of June, preparing for that wonderful time of the year where it seems like half of the people in my subdivision are trying to terrify my dogs into moving to Canada. Why don’t we commemorate it with a WWW Wednesday? My current book is taking a lot out of me–and it’s cutting into my audiobook time, so I’m not making a lot of progress with those, either. I’m not complaining (much), because it’s such a good book–but man, it’s taking a lot out of me.

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?

Easy enough, right?

What are you currently reading?

I’m making slow and steady progress through the monumental The Border by Don Winslow. I’m listening to Songbird by Peter Grainger, Gildart Jackon (Narrator) on audiobook, it’s a spin-off or sequel or continuation or…something to the DC Smith series and it’s very strange listening to this next phase with these characters (good! but strange).

What did you recently finish reading?

I most recently finished Lee Goldberg’s Movieland and Daughter of the Morning Star by Craig Johnson, George Guidall (Narrator) on audio.

What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be A World Without “Whom”: The Essential Guide to Language in the BuzzFeed Age by Emmy J. Favilla and my next audiobook should be My Mess Is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety by Georgia Pritchett, Katherine Parkinson (Narrator) (I largely checked this out for the title).

What about you?

I’m very glad that the U.S. is now celebrating Juneteenth, but I tell you what, that day off is messing with me. I did manage to get some good reading in over the weekend, but still feel like I’m out of sync with reality. Anyway, let’s tackle this WWW Wednesday, and see if that helps calibrate my mind.*

*Narrator: It won’t.

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?

Easy enough, right?

What are you currently reading?

I’m reading Movieland by Lee Goldberg—it’s so good to be back in Eve Ronin’s world—and I’m wrapping up Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston, Imani Parks (Narrator) on audiobook.

What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished David Rosenfelt’s predictably fun Holy Chow, K.B. Jensen’s very strange Love and Other Monsters in the Dark, and We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor, Ray Porter (Narrator) on audio.

What do you think you’ll read next?

Two of my most anticipated 2022 releases arrived at my house yesterday (The Botanist by M.W. Craven and The Self-Made Widow by Fabian Nicieza), and I’m beyond tempted to throw out my carefully (for me) constructed plan and dive into them. I’m pretty sure I won’t do that, but you never know. My next book should be The Border by Don Winslow, it’s been a week and a half since I read a paper book—that’ll be a nice change—even if this thing is intimidating. My next audiobook should be a quick return trip to Daughter of the Morning Star by Craig Johnson, George Guidall (Narrator).

What are you reading here in the first few (official) days of Summer?

I don’t have the vim, much less the vigor, to come up with an introduction, let’s move on with the WWW Wednesday!

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?

Easy enough, right?

What are you currently reading?

I’m reading the first in a SF trilogy, Against All Odds by Jeffrey H. Haskell, and the short story collection, Love and Other Monsters in the Dark by K.B. Jensen. I’m listening to We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor, Ray Porter (Narrator) on audiobook–it’s a blast and Ray Porter is a great narrator.

What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished the procedural Payback by R.C. Bridgestock and the novella Deep Hole by Don Winslow, Ed Harris (Narrator) on audio.

What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be A Wash of Black by Chris McDonald and my next audiobook should be Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston, Imani Parks (Narrator)–I really could use its sense of fun and hope.

And you?

If you’d asked me Saturday, I’d have told you that by this point in the week, I’d have 6-7 posts up (not including this one). Instead, here’s #4 for the week. It’s a strange combination of things causing me to stumble this week. First, there’s just no gas in the tank—I’ve fought sleep every time I sit down to write/read. Also, I have so much to say about two of the books that I can’t get anything down—too many ideas trying to get out of my brain at once (think of those videos of people rushing the door on Black Friday). So I’m going to put those aside for a minute, assemble this WWW Wednesday, and snooze for a bit. Maybe full paragraphs and complete sentences lie on the other side…

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?

Easy enough, right?

What are you currently reading?

I’m reading Crazy in Poughkeepsie by Daniel Pinkwater (yeah, last week I said it was going to be next—but I got distracted by a couple of things) and am listening to How to Take Over the World: Practical Schemes and Scientific Solutions for the Aspiring Supervillain by Ryan North on audiobook. I don’t have plans to apply anything I learn there, but you never know.

What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished S. Reed’s There Goes the Neighborhood in advance of a Book Tour stop tomorrow and Hellbound Guilds & Other Misdirections by Annette Marie and Rob Jacobsen, Narrated by Iggy Toma on audio.

What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be Payback by R.C. Bridgestock, I bought the first three books in this series on an impulse a few months ago. . My next audiobook should be We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor, Ray Porter (Narrator), which was kind of an impulse grab, hopefully it pays off.

Hopefully, your week is better—what’re you reading?

It’s June 1, and what better way to step into the month than with a WWW Wednesday? These posts are me at my most organized and structured, and it feels really nice to be that way on June 1. A feeling that will last until…maybe 9 pm?

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?

Easy enough, right?

What are you currently reading?

I’m reading the coming-of-age novel, Dirt Road Home by Alexander Nader, and I’m listening to Attachments by Rainbow Rowell, Rebecca Lowman (Narrator) on audiobook.

What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished Joanne Jackson’s A Snake in the Raspberry Patch, a tale of small-town Canadian crime. I also just finished the third faux-True Crime, A Line to Kill by Anthony Horowitz, Rory Kinnear (Narrator) on audio.

What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be Crazy in Poughkeepsie by Daniel Pinkwater, which promises to be a burst of oddness and light, and my next audiobook should be Gated Prey by Lee Goldberg, Nicol Zanzarella (Narrator).

How are you kicking off the Summer?