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WWW Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Prepping for these WWW Wednesday posts can sometimes cause me a little headache. For example, when I finished my most recent read, I didn’t know what to read next. I have a shelf-and-a-half of TBR books staring me in the face (plus a couple of handfuls on my e-reader), and I do want to read them all, just not now. I picked 3 or 4 that I would want to read after my next one, but I wanted something else for now. Does that make sense? In the end, I went with something that will get me closer to finishing the While I Was Reading Challenge for the year—and it turned out to be just the right choice. Still a mystery, but different in tone, structure, and approach than anything I’ve read in years. A good palate cleanser.

Not quite a slump, but it’s as close as I’ve been to one in ages. Shall we get on with with 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?

Easy enough, right?

What are you currently reading?

I’m reading The Case of the One-Eyed Witness by Erle Stanley Gardner—fairly sure this is the first time I’ve read this one (and if not, it was pre-1995, so it might as well be—and I’m listening to Breaking Silence by Linda Castillo, Kathleen McInerney (Narrator) on audiobook, time for more mayhem in Amish Country.

The Case of the One-Eyed WitnessBlank SpaceBreaking Silence

What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished Jo Perry’s Everything Happens novella and Dark Heir by Faith Hunter, Khristine Hvam (Narrator) on audio.

Everything HappensBlank SpaceDark Heir

What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be the Western-Zomie-Steampunk sequel Bodacious Creed and the Jade Lake by Jonathan Fesmire and my next audiobook should be a return to the Guild Codex with Dark Arts and a Daiquiri by Annette Marie, Cris Dukehart (Narrator).

Bodacious Creed and the Jade LakeBlank SpaceDark Arts and a Daiquiri

What about you? Anything good?

The Friday 56 for 10/15/21: Tear It Down by Nick Petrie

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 56/56% of:
Tear it Down

Tear It Down by Nick Petrie

She shook her head. “You’d think after the first time I got shot at, or my hotel got shelled, or I saw the aftermath of a drone attack or market bombing, I’d never sign up again. When actually, that’s the reason I kept going back.”

Peter knew exactly what she meant.

The sun never shone so brightly as when somebody was trying to kill you.

WWW Wednesday, October 13, 2021

I had a week away from this post (which is good, because I read enough that it’d have been tricky to post this), but now I’m back how and it’s 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 the tribute to post-NIrvana grunge Grenade Bouquets by Lee Matthew Goldberg and am listening to the memoir Based on a True Story by Norm Macdonald (Narrator) on audiobook (yeah, I feel like jumping on a bandwagon after his death, which is probably why my library just bought it).

Grenade BouquetsBlank SpaceBased on a True Story

What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished Nick Petrie’s Tear it Down and had a blast with it. Listening to A Good Day for Chardonnay by Darynda Jones, Lorelei King (Narrator) on audio last week was plenty of fun, too.

Tear it DownBlank SpaceA Good Day for Chardonnay

What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be Abandon All Hope by Scott Spires and my next audiobook should be my monthly Jane Yellowrock check-in, Dark Heir by Faith Hunter, Khristine Hvam (Narrator).

Abandon All HopeBlank SpaceDark Heir

Are you reading/listening to anything good at the moment?

The Friday 56 for 10/1/21: Daughter of the Morning Star by Craig Johnson

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:
Daughter of the Morning Star

Daughter of the Morning Star by Craig Johnson

I pounded again.

After a moment, I heard footsteps, and the door was snatched open by the same skinny guy I’d seen enter. He no longer wore the jacket with his name on it, but I took a leap of faith. “Jimmy Lane?”

He stared at me, and I had time to study the face on his oversize head, acne scarred with a withered Fu Manchu and limp dark hair that slithered over his shoulders. Oddly, his body parts were all oversize—not only his head but also his hands and feet—almost as if he’d been assembled from parts that didn’t quite match. He had the look of somebody who had taken a lot of questionable chances in life and had paid for every single one of them in spades.

I hadn’t thought it was a particularly difficult question but asked again, this time mixing it up in an attempt to jog something loose. “Lane, Jimmy Lane?”

September 2021 in Retrospect: What I Read/Listened to/Wrote About

September has come and gone, and what’s happened here? Well, I completed 30 books—8,240 pages (or the equivalent)—with a 3.7 average (thanks to a lot of 5-Star reads). I posted something every day, too. NOt necessarily something good, but something—and that’s a start. I did not accomplish my big goal of the month, which was to finish posting about my 20 Books of Summer books, I’ve got to get going on that (if only so I can read a sequel or two). But basically, it looks like a pretty good month.

I was really looking forward to looking at how far Mt. TBR had shrunk this month—I knew I’d done good work on that front. Annnnnd…it’s exactly the same height—one smaller in Audiobooks and one larger in hardcopy. Maybe in October?

Anywho…now for what happened here in September.

Books Read

True Dead The Treadstone Exile The Genius' Guide to Bad Writing
4 1/2 Stars 2 Stars 3.5 Stars
Holier Than Thou Headphones and Heartaches Nine Nasty Words
3 Stars 5 Stars 3 Stars
Stalker Stalked Yearbook Suburban Dicks
4 Stars 3 Stars 5 Stars
Bound Best in Snow Shots Fired
5 Stars 4 Stars 4 Stars
It's a Wonderful Woof Broken Soul How to Slay a Dragon
4 Stars 4 Stars 2 1/2 Stars
When Sorrows Come In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It Meadowlark
5 Stars 3 Stars 3 Stars
The Path of Faith Word by Word The Chronicles of Iona: Exile
4 Stars 3.5 Stars 3 Stars
Marked Once Upon a Time in Hollywood The Case of the Missing Firefly
4 Stars 3 Stars 4 Stars
Deeper The Thursday Murder Club https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jennifer-lynn-barnes/the-hawthorne-legacy/9780759557642/
3.5 Stars 4 1/2 Stars 3.5 Stars
Daughter of the Morning Star Out of House and Home Fan Fiction
4 Stars 3.5 Stars 4 Stars

Still Reading

Things Unseen See Her Die Blank Space

Ratings

5 Stars 4 2 1/2 Stars 1
4 1/2 Stars 2 2 Stars 1
4 Stars 10 1 1/2 Stars 0
3.5 Stars 5 1 Star 0
3 Stars 7
Average = 3.7

TBR Pile
Mt TBR September '21

Breakdowns
“Traditionally” Published: 23
Self-/Independent Published: 7

Genre This Month Year to Date
Children’s 0 (0%) 2 (1%)
Fantasy 0 (0%) 16 (7%)
General Fiction/ Literature 3 (10%) 13 (6%)
Horror 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Humor 1 (3%) 5 (2%)
Mystery/ Suspense/ Thriller 12 (40%) 87 (39%)
Non-Fiction 4 (13%) 15 (7%)
Science Fiction 0 (0%) 15 (7%)
Steampunk 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Theology/ Christian Living 3 (10%) 26 (12%)
Urban Fantasy 6 (20%) 41 (18%)
Western 0 (0%) 0 (0%)

Review-ish Things Posted

Other Things I Wroteotherwriting
Other than the Saturday Miscellanies (4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th), I also wrote:

How was your month?

WWW Wednesday, September 29, 2021

It’s time for the last WWW Wednesday of September. It really slipped up on me–I’d have told you that there were a handful more days left in the month while still knowing that next week is October. Anyone else’s brain this messed up?

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 Daughter of the Morning Star by Craig Johnson, there are few fictional places I enjoy visiting than Absaroka County and its sheriff’s department. I am listening to Out of House and Home by Drew Hayes, Kirby Heyborne (Narrator) on audiobook—it’s nice to catch up with Fred and the gang, too.

Daughter of the Morning StarBlank SpaceOut of House and Home

What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished Jennifer Lynn Barnes’s The Hawthorne Legacy, the sequel to that twisty YA novel. I also just revisited The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, Lesley Manville (Narrator) on audio in advance of getting my hands on that sequel (I really should’ve done the same for the Barnes book, it took me a while to reorient myself).

The Hawthorne LegacyBlank SpaceThe Thursday Murder Club

What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be a hoot—Fan Fiction by Brent Spiner. My next audiobook is up in the air—I’ve got a lot of time on the road scheduled for the next week or so, and I imagine we’ll be listening to one or two audiobooks.

Fan FictionBlank Space???

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

WWW Wednesday, September 22, 2021

The last two weeks have basically been full of me staring at my laptop screen, unable to get words to come out. That’s an exaggeration of sorts, but it sure doesn’t feel like it. What’s worse, is that I’m excited about just about everything I’ve been trying to write about.

That’s one of the nice things about these WWW Wednesday posts, they require very little thought. Also, they’re fun to do apart from their ease. So, I”m going to give myself a little reprieve, schedule this and then catch some shut eye and try again tomorrow.

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 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino, because I’m more curious than I should be about his prose and am listening to Marked by Benedict Jacka, Gildart Jackson (Narrator) on audiobook.

Once Upon a Time in HollywoodBlank SpaceMarked

What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished Paula de Fougerolles’s The Chronicles of Iona: Exile, a piece of historical fiction, and the fascinating Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries by Kory Stamper on audio.

The Chronicles of Iona: ExileBlank SpaceWord by Word

What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be The Case of the Missing Firefly by Chris McDonald and my next audiobook should be The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, Lesley Manville (Narrator).

The Case of the Missing FireflyBlank SpaceThe Thursday Murder Club

What’ve you been reading this week?

The Friday 56 for 9/17/21: Headphones and Heartaches by Wesley Parker

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:
Headphones and Heartaches

Headphones and Heartaches by Wesley Parker

We share a long hug, and I apologize for being so moody lately.

“You’re a teenager. I’d have you committed if you weren’t.” She pecks me on the forehead and all is well in our house again. “I was thinking, you start school and your new job on Tuesday, so what would you say about getting a hotel and spending the weekend in New York City?”

“Are you serious?”

She frowns. “No, I enjoy getting your hopes up and crushing them. Of course I’m serious.”

WWW Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Assembling furniture always takes a lot longer than it should, right? Last night, I got a desk halfway assembled when I noticed I’d switched a couple of legs in step 2. So had to disassemble it, redo that part and then complete the desk. Then, when I got to the last step, I realized that I’d actually had the legs in the right spots earlier, they were just backward—sooo back to the beginning one more time. I got it finished, and am just ignoring the extra parts…

This is just to say, that I didn’t have time to get anything scheduled last night, but here’s a quick 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 two books at the moment: the whimsical history, How to Slay a Dragon: A Fantasy Hero’s Guide to the Real Middle Ages by Cait Stevenson, and the new Toby Daye novel, When Sorrows Come by Seanan McGuire. I’m also listening to Broken Soul by Faith Hunter, Khristine Hvam (Narrator) on audiobook.

How to Slay a DragonBlank SpaceWhen Sorrows ComeBlank SpaceBroken Soul

What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished Spencer Quinn’s It’s a Wonderful Woof (a little more Christmas in September) and Bound by Benedict Jacka, Gildart Jackson (Narrator) on audio.

It's a Wonderful WoofBlank SpaceBound

What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be Pug Actually by Matt Dunn (because I apparently can’t go more than one novel lately without a dog on the cover) and my next audiobook should be Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries by Kory Stamper on audiobook which looks like a nerdy kind of fun.

Pug ActuallyBlank SpaceWord by Word

Hit me with yours, they’re always inspirational.

The Friday 56 for 9/10/21: Suburban Dicks by Fabian Nicieza

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:
Suburban Dicks

Suburban Dicks by Fabian Nicieza

Since he could barely afford water now, much less weed, Kenny hadn’t spoken with Terry in two years. He parked on West State Street in front of a few houses that almost looked habitable. He walked through the park toward the statue of John Roebling, where they’d agreed to meet.

Terry strolled toward him. He walked with a limp now and had gained at least fifty pounds. The gold front teeth were also new and they kicked up a spark of sun. “The famous Kenneth Lee, in the hood,” he said with a smile. They shook hands. “How’s your brother?”

“Married with a kid. Selling life insurance. We don’t talk much. How the hell have you stayed out of jail?” Kenny asked.

“Always run faster, man.”

“With the limp?”

“Ah, got shot in the ankle,” said Terry. “Never fixed up right. Still run faster than any piece of bacon in this slaughterhouse.”

Kenny wasn’t sure if it was the greatest use of slang he’d ever heard or the worst.

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