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It’s a special Star Wars Day edition of WWW Wednesday! Well, okay, it’s not—I couldn’t come up with enough puns/riffs based on Star Wars to justify it, but everything else today has Star Wars plastered all over it, I had to go along, right?

At work this week, there’s stuff going on preventing me from listening to audiobooks—I’m glad to be occupied, but I’m really enjoying my current listen and am frustrated that it’s taking so long to find out what’s going to happen. The last 3 books I’ve read have taken 1-2 days longer than I expected, too (well, except the novella, which only took 30 more minutes than expected, still…). Not a big deal, but it feels like I’m behind on things—due to an imaginary self-imposed schedule. It’s stupid, but that’s where my mind is the last two weeks. Anyone else ever feel that way?

Enough therapy, on with the very non-Star Warsy 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 very Mr. Penumbra-esque The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd and am listening to Tuesday Mooney Talks To Ghosts by Kate Racculia, Lauren Fortgang (Narrator) on audiobook, which is very strange and very addicting.

What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished Paul Cornell’s Rosebud, which is about as far away from Lucas’ creation as you can get in SF. The last audiobook I finished was Taming Demons for Beginners by Annette Marie, Cris Dukehart (Narrator) on audio, which I ended up liking more than I indicated last week.

What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be Robert B. Parker’s Revenge Tour by Mike Lupica, his fourth (and final) take on Sunny Randall and my next audiobook should be Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals by Laurie Zaleski, Erin Moon (Narrator).

Is the Force with you on any of your recent/current reads? (ha! got one reference in)

We are in the backstretch of this week, the last of April, and I keep finding myself making plans for June and July, as if May doesn’t even exist. This is a little ironic, because I’ve got a lot of commitments lined up for May. Maybe it’s because I have so much of the month already scheduled that I can’t focus on it. I was going somewhere when I started this paragraph, and I can’t remember where it was. Guess that means that it’s time to get on with the WWW Wednesday of it all.

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 Of Claws and Fangs: Stories from the World of Jane Yellowrock and Soulwood by Faith Hunter for a Book Tour next week and am listening to Taming Demons for Beginners by Annette Marie, Cris Dukehart (Narrator) on audiobook (if I wasn’t really curious about other parts of this series, I’m not sure I’d stick it out—this protagonist is doing nothing but making foolish/stupid moves—I have to pause occasionally just to growl at her).

What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished K.J. Parker’s surprising Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City and the classic The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien, Andy Serkis (Narrator) on audio.

What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be The Knave of Secrets by Alex Livingston—also for a Book Tour next week—and my next audiobook should be Tuesday Mooney Talks To Ghosts by Kate Racculia, Lauren Fortgang (Narrator)—which has been on my TBR forever, and I just stumbled onto the audiobook. Yay!

What about you? Anything good?

The theme for the week around my home has been tired–my youngest spent a couple of days in the hospital this weekend thanks to a common cold knocking his immuno-suppressed body for a loop. Something nobody tells you about getting a kidney transplant–sure you get a new lease on life, but every now and then some random and relatively wimpy virus can put you down for days. While he’s recovering, we are, too–to a much lesser extent. Still, it’s surprising how much of a toll just sitting in a hospital room for a day can take. Nevertheless, I’ve managed to do a little reading (and less writing, but I’ll catch up sometime…maybe).

Which brings us to today’s 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 atmospheric Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger and am wrapping up the trilogy with The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien, Andy Serkis (Narrator) on audiobook.

What did you recently finish reading?

I finally finished Chas Smith’s Blessed Are the Bank Robbers: The True Adventures of an Evangelical Outlaw (although I did read two other books while working on it). I also just finished Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism by Fumio Sasaki, Eriko Sugita (Translator), Keith Szarabajka (Narrator) on audio.

What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be “Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City by K.J. Parker and I’m not sure what audiobook is next, it’s going to be a while before I get through the one I’m working on.

Hit me with your Three W’s in the comments! (no, really, do it!)

I don’t know how things are where you are, but we’ve had “third winter” hit here this week–a lot of cold and a lot of much-needed rain (not enough by any means, but that’s a whole different post). It’s good reading weather, though, so I’ll take it. But enough blather, why don’t we see what’s going on on 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’ve got two print works running at the moment: the unexpectedly fun, Blessed Are the Bank Robbers: The True Adventures of an Evangelical Outlaw by Chas Smith, and the newest adventure of Peter Grant and The Folly, Amongst Our Weapons by Ben Aaronovitch. I’m also listening to How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question written and narratoed by Michael Schur (with Kristen Bell, D’Arcy Carden, Ted Danson, William Jackson Harper, Manny Jacinto, Marc Evan Jackson, Jameela Jamil and Todd May) on audiobook.

What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished A. Lee Martinez by Constance Verity Destroys the Universe (and will hopefully get a post about that up anytime now) and Meat is Murder by Chris McDonald, Stephen Armstrong (Narrator) on audio.

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What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger and my next audiobook should be Force of Nature by C. J. Box, David Chandler (Narrator).

How are you spending the days before the dreaded April 15th?

This WWW Wednesday doesn’t look quite like I expected, which is a good thing. I’ve had a little more time on my hands this week than I expected, so I’m about a day ahead of schedule–I’ve found myself at the top of the reserve line for more books than I expected lately, so I’m glad to get ahead.

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 Under Lock & Skeleton Key by Gigi Pandian –it’s starting slow, but I think it’s about to take off and knock my socks off. I’m listening to Fight and Flight by Scott Meyer, Luke Daniels (Narrator) on audiobook–I don’t know why it’s taken me so long to get back to this series, and I’m a little annoyed with myself.

What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished David Rosenfelt’s Citizen K-9, hopefully my post about it has gone up by now (we’ll see how productive I got last night). My last audiobook was 20/20 by Carl Goodman, Louise Brealey (Narrator), which is not your typical police procedural (and yet really is).

What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be the long-awaited Constance Verity Destroys the Universe by A. Lee Martinez and my next audiobook should be Dead in the Water by Chris McDonald, Stephen Armstrong (Narrator).

Hit me with your Three W’s in the comments!

A couple of books lately have taken a day or two longer than I’d anticipated, so I’ve had to shuffle the ol’ schedule for Book Tours, Library Due dates, etc. So this WWW Wednesday came along just in time for me to take a breath and make sure that schedule was right.

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 stylish and cool Payback is Forever by Nick Kolakowski and am listening to 20/20 by Carl Goodman, Louise Brealey (Narrator) on audiobook, based on a friend’s recommendation.

What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished the Libby Fischer Hellmann’s DoubleBlind, a very gutsy thriller, and Murder Under Her Skin by Stephen Spotswood, Kirsten Potter (Narrator) on audio.

What do you think you’ll read next?

Coming up next will be Duckett & Dyer: Dicks For Hire by G.M. Nair for a tour next week. It’s been too long since I spent time in the Magic 2.0 world, so my next audiobook should be Fight and Flight by Scott Meyer, Luke Daniels (Narrator).

How are you crusing into April?

Spring has sprung, and sure, that’s messing with my Seasonal Allergies, but I’ll take it. I just stuck my head outside to get the dogs in and I’m going to have a hard time convincing myself to go back to work here in a few minutes…I was able to hold my attention together long enough to remember that it’s time for a WWW Wednesday, tnough.

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 Halo: The Fall of Reach by Eric Nylund, which is not a sentence I’d have expected to utter even four months ago (which is the kind of snobbery I’m trying to get over) and I’m listening to The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien, Andy Serkis (Narrator) on audiobook, and probably will be until sometime next week.

What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished Elizabeth Breck’s dynamite Double Take and really enjoyed revisitng False Value by Ben Aaronovitch, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Narrator) on audio.

What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be DoubleBlind by Libby Fischer Hellmann and my next audiobook should be Murder Under Her Skin by Stephen Spotswood, Kirsten Potter (Narrator).

You reading anything good right now?

I don’t know about the rest of you–but my wife and I are still dragging after the Daylight Savings jump. Our dogs have figured out when to expect food, and I’m still reeling. It makes no sense to me, but, I’m not sure it needs to. Still, I’ve managed to stay awake long enough to get some reading in–and will probably continue to do so. As you can see in this week’s 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 the new series, Death in the Sunshine by Steph Broadribb, and am listening to False Value by Ben Aaronovitch, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Narrator) on audiobook, just to remind myself where we left Peter and everyone else before the new book next month.

What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished a couple of quick reads/listens—Melinda Leigh’s Drown Her Sorrows and Hard Reboot by Django Wexler, Morgan Hallett (Narrator) on audio.

What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be Double Take by Elizabeth Breck, which promises to be really good, and my next audiobook should be The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien, Andy Serkis (Narrator), which promises to be really long.

What about you?

After a couple of atypical weeks, this is starting to feel like a normal one (at least on the reading front). Which makes this WWW Wednesday a little more interesting than the last two, for me, anyway.

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 Lives Laid Away by Stephen Mack Jones—I’m a little apprehensive, I loved the first in the series so much—and am listening to Demon Magic and a Martini by Annette Marie, Cris Dukehart (Narrator) on audiobook.

What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished David Ahern’s Madam Tulip and the Rainbow’s End and Percy Jackson’s Greek Heroes by Rick Riordan, Jesse Bernstein (Narrator) on audio.

What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be The Part About the Dragon Was (Mostly) True by Sean Gibson and my next audiobook should be Hard Reboot by Django Wexler, Morgan Hallett (Narrator).

Hit me with your Three W’s in the comments!

My youngest turns 18 today. This is a very strange feeling on multiple layers. It has nothing to do with anything I really talk about here, but it puts me in a strange headspace, y’know? I’m excited for him, nervous about what’s next for the family, and…yeah. I guess I don’t know what I’m saying there. Let’s get back to the books…

I’m headed out of town for a few days tomorrow, which is really going to throw my reading for a loop. Typically when I go somewhere, I find a way to make reading about 50% of what I do. I don’t think I’m going to have that kind of time. But I could be wrong. So planning for March is going to wait until next week. This post is largely a re-run of last week’s, which did make it quicker than usual to put together.

Anyway, on with March’s first 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 still reading (and probably finishing today) Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith and am listening to Percy Jackson’s Greek Heroes by Rick Riordan, Jesse Bernstein (Narrator) on audiobook.

What did you recently finish reading?

The last book I finished was Mark Pepper’s Man Down and Finlay Donovan Knocks ‘Em Dead by Elle Cosimano, Angela Dawe (Narrator) on audio.

What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should still be One for All by Lillie Lainoff and I have no idea what my next audiobook will be, we’ll see where I am next week (and what’s available at the library).

Hit me with your Three W’s in the comments! (no, really, do it!)