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WWW Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Time for the WWW Wednesday for this week, putting this together is giving me an opportunity to start planning my September/Autumn reads—I may have bitten off too much, I think I’m behind already. But I’ll deal with that later, for now, let’s focus on these questions:

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 Be the Serpent by Seanan McGuire—after all the joy of the last book, I anticipate that McGuire is going to hit us hard with this one. I’m also listening to Mistletoe and Crime by Chris McDonald, Stephen Armstrong (Narrator) on audiobook.

Be the SerpentBlank SpaceMistletoe and Crime

What did you recently finish reading?

I stayed up too late last night finishing Patricia Brigg’s Soul Taken and (hours earlier) finished Greywalker by Kat Richardson, Mia Barron (Narrator) on audio.

Soul TakenBlank SpaceGreywalker

What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be Fatal Forgery by Susan Grossey, a little dip into 19th financial crime. My next audiobook should be the third in The Dispatcher series of novellas, Travel by Bullet by John Scalzi, Zachary Quinto (Narrator).

Fatal ForgeryBlank SpaceTravel by Bullet

What are your WWWs?

20 Books of Summer 2022: Wrap-Up

20 Books of Summer
So today, I completed the 20 Books of Summer Challenge, as hosted by Cathy at 746 Books.

Or maybe it was Friday. If you count finishing the reading*, then it was Friday. Either way, I’m done.

And I typically do.

This is my third attempt at this challenge—one year, I finished only because I re-defined the deadline (in the U.S. we colloquially consider Labor Day as the end of Summer). Last year, I didn’t finish writing about the books until September (well, okay, I still haven’t written about one of them. Don’t ask me why, I can’t explain it). But this year—I put forth a list of 20 books, read that list, and posted about that list between June 1 and August 29.

I call that a win. Even better—I enjoyed all of them. Well, at least I appreciated the writing or storytelling of a few. I didn’t dislike any of them, anyway. Still, it’s a win.

Works for me.

✔ 1. The Deepest Grave by Harry Bingham (my post about it)
✔ 2. Condemned by R.C. Bridgstock (my post about it)
✔ 3. Payback by R.C. Bridgstock (my post about it)
✔ 4. Persecution by R.C. Bridgstock (my post about it)
✔ 5. AMORALMAN: A True Story and Other Lies by Derek DelGaudio (my post about it)
✔ 6. Against All Odds by Jeffery H. Haskell (my post about it)
✔ 7. One Decisive Victory by Jeffery H. Haskell (my post about it)
✔ 8. With Grimm Resolve by Jeffery H. Haskell (my post about it)
✔ 9. A World Without Whom: The Essential Guide to Language in the Buzzfeed Age by Emmy J. Favilla (my post about it)
✔ 10. Composite Creatures by Caroline Hardaker (my post about it)
11. Divine and Conquer by J.C. Jackson (my post about it)
✔ 12. Mortgaged Mortality by J.C. Jackson (my post about it)
✔ 13. The Ghost Machine by James Lovegrove (my post about it)
✔ 14. Roses for the Dead by Chris McDonald (my post about it)
✔ 15. A Wash of Black by Chris McDonald (my post about it)
✔ 16. Whispers in the Dark by Chris McDonald (my post about it)
✔ 17. Down the River unto the Sea by Walter Mosely (my post about it)
✔ 18. Crazy in Poughkeepsie by Daniel Pinkwater (my post about it)
✔ 19. Ghost of a Chance by Dan Willis (my post about it)
✔ 20. The Border by Don Winslow (my post about it)

(also, this is the first year that I didn’t end up making any substitutions along the way).
20 Books of Summer '22 Chart

The Friday 56 for 8/26/22: Down the River unto the Sea by Walter Mosely

The Friday 56This is a weekly bloghop hosted by Freda’s Voice.

RULES:
The Friday 56 Grab a book, any book.
The Friday 56 Turn to Page 56 or 56% on your ereader. If you have to improvise, that is okay.
The Friday 56 Find a snippet, short and sweet.
The Friday 56 Post it.

from Page 56 of:
Down the River unto the Sea

Down the River unto the Sea by Walter Mosely

“Your mother sent me, Jacob.”

“She did?” One eye opened wide while the other strained for sight.

“You okay?”

“They hit me. They hit me hard.”

“Did you steal that money?”

“Are you going to take me home?”

From the looks of him I would have said he was midtwenties, but he spoke like and had the manner of a child.

“Not right this minute, but if you answer my questions truthfully, I’ll do my best to prove you innocent.”

That’s when he started crying.

WWW Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Plans and ambitions have run smack dab into Book Tour obligations and library due dates, so that cockiness I displayed a couple of weeks ago when talking about finishing the 20 Books of Summer Challenge early has come back to bite me (as I should’ve known). I should still finish on time, but it could be a close call. Thankfully, those obligations and due dates came with really good books, so I’ll take the trade-off. Anyway…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 fantastic The Art of Prophecy by Wesley Chu and will be starting The Alchemist and an Amaretto by Annette Marie, Cris Dukehart (Narrator) on audiobook about an hour after this posts.

The Art of ProphecyBlank SpaceThe Alchemist and an Amaretto

What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished Faith Hunter’s Final Heir (and, therefore, the Jane Yellowrock series) and the compelling Roxanne by Peter Grainger, Gildart Jackson (Narrator) on audio.

Final HeirBlank SpaceRoxanne

What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be The Ghost Machine by James Lovegrove, I could use something light and breezy after the last two epic reads. My next audiobook should be Her Last Breath by Linda Castillo, Kathleen McInerney (Narrator) so I can see what’s next in Painters Mill.

The Ghost MachineBlank SpaceHer Last Breath

Hit me with your Three W’s in the comments! (unless you don’t want to, that is)

The Friday 56 for 8/19/22: The Art of Prophecy by Wesley Chu

The Friday 56This is a weekly bloghop hosted by Freda’s Voice.

RULES:
The Friday 56 Grab a book, any book.
The Friday 56 Turn to Page 56 or 56% on your ereader. If you have to improvise, that is okay.
The Friday 56 Find a snippet, short and sweet.
The Friday 56 Post it.

from Page 56 of:
The Art of Prophecy

The Art of Prophecy by Wesley Chu

It took her old eyes several squints in the darkness before she sighted the small figure dangling halfway down. At the base of the wall was a cluster of soldiers, with Sinsin standing just below the boy as if positioning himself to catch him if he fell. What by the enlightened imprint of Goramh’s ass was that fraud still doing here?

Taishi focused on the boy. Whatever credit she had given Jian for thinking outside the box last night was immediately wiped away by his trying to rappel down a hundred-foot wall with fifty feet of rope. Even more stupid was that it had taken him climbing all the way to the end of the rope before he realized he was in trouble.

WWW Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Are you up for WWW Wednesday? Hope so, cuz here we 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?

Easy enough, right?

What are you currently reading?

I’m reading the last book in the Jane Yellowrock series, Final Heir by Faith Hunter. My current audiobook is Grave Reservations by Cherie Priest, Ulka Simone Mohanty.

Final HeirBlank SpaceGrave Reservations

What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished Chris McDonald’s Roses for the Dead, a great conclusion to the trilogy; and the quick hit of goodness that was The Heron by Don Winslow, Ed Harris (Narrator), on audio.

Roses for the DeadBlank SpaceThe Heron

What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be The Art of Prophecy by Wesley Chu, which just looks great, and my next audiobook should be Out of Spite, Out of Mind by Scott Meyer, Luke Daniels (Narrator), which is hopefully an improvement over the previous one in the series.

The Art of ProphecyBlank SpaceOut of Spite, Out of Mind

Hope you’re reading something good, tell me about it!

The Friday 56 for 8/12/22: One Decisive Victory by Jeffery H. Haskell

The Friday 56This is a weekly bloghop hosted by Freda’s Voice.

RULES:
The Friday 56 Grab a book, any book.
The Friday 56 Turn to Page 56 or 56% on your ereader. If you have to improvise, that is okay.
The Friday 56 Find a snippet, short and sweet.
The Friday 56 Post it.

from 56% of:
One Decisive Victory

One Decisive Victory by Jeffery H. Haskell

Jennings sat back, staring intently at the map. She manipulated the controls, zooming in on the compound and rotating it clockwise to look at the building from all angles. “I can’t believe I’m going to say this, but… what about a compromise?” she asked.

From the expressions on the other marines, Nadia suspected those words might never have escaped the sergeant’s lips before.

WWW Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Like I said Saturday, I’ve been largely occupied with non-book related things this week, but I did have time to put together this last night, I should be back to normal tomorrow. But for now, here’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?

Today, I’m wrapping up the third Charley Mann thriller, Persecution by RC Bridgestock, and I should be finishing Plugged by Eoin Colfer, John Keating (Narrator) on audiobook.

PersecutionBlank SpacePlugged

What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished J. C. Jackson’s Divine and Conquer—a pivotal installment for this series—and Summerland by Michael Chabon on audio.

Divine and ConquerBlank SpaceSummerland

What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be One Decisive Victory by Jeffery H. Haskell, which promises to be chock-full of action. To gear up for the next Toby Daye in a couple of weeks, I’m going to revisit When Sorrows Come by Seanan McGuire, Mary Robinette Kowal (Narrator) via audiobook.

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What about you?

The Friday 56 for 8/5/22: Composite Creatures by Caroline Hardaker

The Friday 56This is a weekly bloghop hosted by Freda’s Voice.

RULES:
The Friday 56 Grab a book, any book.
The Friday 56 Turn to Page 56 or 56% on your ereader. If you have to improvise, that is okay.
The Friday 56 Find a snippet, short and sweet.
The Friday 56 Post it.

from Page 56 of:
Composite Creatures

Composite Creatures by Caroline Hardaker

The house already felt different.

We’d taken down our meagre Christmas decorations the day before (we’d only hung them up so the house looked festive for the party), and though the place felt lifeless now and drained of colour, that wasn’t why it was odd. The passageway seemed lighter and the doors further away, as if I was psychically stretching out into every room on alert for sharp things or towers likely to fall. I was a thousand eyes cast across the floor and tingled with electricity, ready to release a bolt.

I dropped the folders at the bottom of the stairs and flung my soaking boots on the shoe pile. Art and I gave each other a look and then began to walk the mile up the stairs, Art balancing the box carefully in his arms. My hand kept slipping on the bannister, and either because of nerves or the cold, I couldn’t feel my feet.

WWW Wednesday, August 3, 2022

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

The Marauders, The Daughter, and The DragonBlank SpaceSummerland

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.

Hell of a MessBlank SpaceTrue Dead

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).

Composite CreaturesBlank SpacePlugged

How are you starting August?

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