Edit: Hey guys. Just letting you know that except in a couple of cases, due to blogging technology being against me, I am having trouble commenting on posts on non-Wordpress blogs. I am not ignoring you, I just can’t get them to post! 😦
It’s time for WWW Wednesday! This is a blog hop hosted by Sam over at A World Of Words. Link up with us by commenting on Sam’s post for today, and just answer the three questions.
- What are you currently reading?
I will finally start The Secret River by Kate Grenville at some point today. I did listen to maybe the first quarter of it on audio earlier in the year, but I realised it was one that I would get through faster by reading the print version. I’ve actually had this out from the library for over a month, but I kept finding other things I wanted to read first.
- What have you recently finished reading?
I’ve had a much better reading week this past week than the last couple. I finished the Jasper Dent series, reading both Game and Blood of My Blood. I thought Game was a good follow-up to I Hunt Killers, though I did think the story got a bit messy in Blood of My Blood.
I also read Very Good Lives by J. K. Rowling, which is actually just a transcript of the 2008 Commencement speech she gave at Harvard University, but I really loved it, despite the annoying illustrations on every second page. (I also looked it up on YouTube, it was lovely watching her deliver it as well).
I ended up DNFing White Cat by Holly Black. I just wasn’t interested, and Jesse Eisenberg wasn’t the most riveting narrator.
Reviews of two memoirs, The Fictional Woman by Tara Moss, and Catch Me If You Can by Frank Abagnale Jr. went up this week.
- What do you think you’ll read next?
No idea! The Secret River is the last library book I have out at the moment, and I will probably try to get through a few books that I own before I start requesting again. Also, next Monday heralds both the start of the new university semester AND the first rehearsal for a musical I hadn’t intended to audition to, except then I did, and I ended up with a role… so reading might slow for a few months at that point…
And now for WIPpet Wednesday. This is another blog hop in which writers share excerpts from their current WIP that somehow relate to the date. Clicking the blue guy on the right will take you to the linkup for this one. In this scene, Grace is on her afternoon off, sitting out in the fields with her shoes and stockings off (scandal!) and is about to get caught in a summer storm that has come over very suddenly, when she meets the master of the house, about whom she has heard all sorts of rumours, but who has proved rather elusive up until now. Thirteen lines for the thirteenth of the month.
“Nice day for it!” he called to her. She blushed, and didn’t reply. To her horror, she realised that he was making his way over to her. She looked down and concentrated on getting her boots done up. She felt the first splashes of rain on her head, it was going to come on thick and fast any moment.
“Here, allow me,” Mr Merrow said, and Grace’s heart nearly leapt out of her chest in shock as her boot laces started lacing themselves, far faster than her panicked fingers had been managing. She glanced up at Mr Merrow, and he nodded towards her second boot. She slipped it on, and the laces once again did themselves up under Mr Merrow’s gaze.
“I can trust you to keep a secret, can’t I, Miss…?”
“Kent,” Grace said, looking up from her shoes. ”Grace Kent.”
“Well, Grace, we’d best be getting up to the house before we’re soaked,” he said. He held out his hand to Grace,. She took it, and he pulled her to her feet. “I can’t control the weather, though I might be able to keep us a little drier than the rain would like us to be.”
Just how he plans to do that is a WIPpet for another day. (Any typos in the above excerpt are to be blamed on auto-correct, as I was typing that scene on my tablet at a writing group meet-up. Having said that, I think I caught them all).
That’s it from me, see you on your blogs!
I’m glad you wanted to continue and finish the Jasper Dent series. I felt that Blood of my Blood was the weakest of the three books (such a shame!). Mainly because by the end I just felt so so sorry for Jasper and I didn’t want to. I wanted him to triumph and overcome, but it was just all so icky and deeply disturbing by the end, I wasn’t sure how I felt about it all anymore 😦
Here’s my WWW: https://clairehuston.wordpress.com/2016/07/13/www-wednesday-13th-july-2016/
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Ooh I love this snippet! It gives away just the right amount of juicy plot-ness to make me want to read what happens next! 😀
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The Secret River has definitely caught my attention. I’ll be looking forward to hearing your thoughts on it.
I have actually never tried an audiobook because I’m always afraid that the voice will throw me off. Do you think you’d ever consider reading White Cat instead?
Also, excellent excerpt as always 🙂
Happy Reading!
https://aliasfaithrivens.wordpress.com/2016/07/13/www-wednesday-the-fifteenth/
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The narrator can definitely make or break an audio book. I listened to the Chaos Walking trilogy and the narrator was amazing, but not everyone lives up to his standard. With White Cat, I probably won’t bother, as I had already tried another of Holly Black’s books and I didn’t especially like it, either, so I think it’s a matter of not really liking the writing style in this case.
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I am curious about The Secret River. Enjoy whatever you pick, and here’s MY WWW POST
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Great snippet! That’s certainly one way to lace up your boots 🙂
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Wow you were able to read a lot of books! I agree the Jasper Dent sequels are not as good as the first book (I still love them though!). And I’m wondering whether I should read White Cat myself since you are not the first to DNF it. I have a e-copy, but I guess I will hide it under a pile of other titles now. 😉
Happy reading! Here’s my WWW.
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I read Very Good Lives a while back as well and adored it. I should look up the video, I’d love to see that. Happy reading and thanks for participating in WWW Wednesday!
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That definite gets one thinking… But is he REALLY all that helpful? Hmm!
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I love the WIPpet – wonderful summer rain feel. 🙂
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I sense a man with a quarry in mind, and that Grace may just be that quarry. I like his method of hunting. Curious to see where it leads…
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Great snippet! I love the way he’s subtly doing these things and she knows it, but no one else would notice.
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I haven’t started with Jasper Dent series but my cousin has these books, I hope to read it soon. Happy reading!
Btw, here’s my WWW
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I hope you enjoy them! Thanks for stopping by. 🙂
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I am about to finish up beta reading a fantasy, then I”ll start reading more, in between editing. I had to stop reading so much so I could finish the beta read first LOL
Here’s my WWW llink .https://authorswilliams.wordpress.com/2016/07/13/www-wednesday-june-wrap-up/
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That’s a feeling I know well!
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Love your snippet – makes me want to know more.
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Thanks!
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I am finally getting caught up in your manuscript. I love this snippet.
Shalom aleichem,
Patricia
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