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.
(I have to apologise for being fairly useless at returning comments and visiting other blogs last week. I’ll do better this week! :D)
What have you recently finished reading?
I finished The Dragon in the Garden by Erika Gardner, and it managed to not become a complete mess! I enjoyed it in and of itself, but I don’t feel compelled to read the sequel whenever it comes out. I posted my review here, along with my review of The Mysterious Adventures of Becca Carlisle by Cate Morgan, which also went up this week.
What are you currently reading?
I started reading The Life Assistance Agency by Thomas Hocknell. This is the one I requested on NetGalley last week, and since it has just been released, I thought I should try to get it reviewed soonest. I’m also listening to Little Brother by Cory Doctorow on audio. I’m enjoying them both, though in both cases I am finding the lead characters are both really standard male characters (one’s that goofball, kind of loser stereotype and the other is a “hot-blooded” 17-year-old) and there aren’t very many women around in either one. The stories are both good, though, so I’m trying to let that slide.
What do you think you’ll read next?
On October 1, I am going on a cruise for a week and I plan on taking The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss with me. I am not taking any devices other than my phone (for camera purposes, I’m not getting international roaming), but this should keep me going for eight days. Depending how quickly I finish the other stuff, I might read The Ill-Kept Oath by C. C. Aune before then.
Let me know if you’ve any thoughts on any of these! 🙂
See you all later!
A Keyboard and an Open Mind 
I’ve heard about The Dragon In The Garden only just recently and I’m really curious. I’ll check out your book review on it and decide if I want to add that to my TBR, thanks!
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I’ve just realised I left a very important word out of my paragraph about it! I meant to say “It managed to not become a complete mess”! Way to change the entire meaning of the sentence, self! Anyway, I hope you enjoy it!
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I’ve just realised I left a very important word out of my paragraph about it! I meant to say “It managed to not become a complete mess”! Way to change the entire meaning of the sentence, self! Anyway, I hope you enjoy it!
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Oh wow, enjoy your cruise. I have never been on one but I have always wanted to. Enjoy the book too. I have heard that its huge but quite interesting. Have a wonderful week.
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The size is what has always put me off, but I chose it as my birthday present because when I saw it in the book shop it was just so pretty! And with eight days and no real commitments, I should be able to at least put a good dent in it!
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Enjoy your cruise! The Name of the Wind is one I’ve heard great things about so I hope you enjoy that as well! Glad The Dragon in the Garden didn’t become a huge mess, will have to check out your review.
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I’ve only heard good things about Name of the Wind, too, so it has a lot to live up to. Fingers crossed for it!
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I really hope you enjoy The Name of the Wind. It’s very good 🙂 I’m putting off reading the second book until we have a firm publishing date for the third and final installment though. Otherwise I could end up in a Game of Thrones situation… I’m going to need a complete refresher course before reading any new book that Martin brings out in that series.
I like the sound of The Life Assistance Agency. Choosing Prague as a setting is always a good start!
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I just discovered this comment in the spam folder! I have no idea what’s going on there. But yeah, I think I will pace myself with these ones as well, even though it will probably result in me forgetting all the important details. I hope I end up liking it; high fantasy isn’t usually really my thing, but from what everyone is saying, it sounds like this is good enough to push through that.
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Oh I hope you enjoy Name of the Wind! It’s the perfect book to keep you occupied! And a wonderful story to enchant you 🙂
Have a safe cruise! And Happy Reading!
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That’s what I figure! I won’t need to pack multiple books for lying by the pool because this one will keep me going. I hope it lives up to everything that everyone has said about it!
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These are all new to me, but look tempting. Enjoy that cruise! Here’s MY WWW POST
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Thanks! 🙂
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Enjoy The Name of the Wind. I’ve only heard good things. Happy reading and thanks for participating in WWW Wednesday!
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So have I! I’m hoping it lives up to them all. 🙂
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I do not recommend The Name of the Wind as a holiday read actually. It is an amazing read and deserves your full attention hehe 😀 http://www.curious-daisy.com/www-wednesdays/www-wednesday-september-21-2016/
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Then having three days to lie by the pool and do nothing but read sounds like a far better way to read it than the dribs and drabs on the bus to work and at lunch time I’m managing at the moment! 😉 It’s taken me 3 days to get through the first third of the Life Assistance Agency and it is much shorter than The Name of the Wind!
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I just checked out The Dragon in the Garden since it looks interesting! And I’ve heard a lot of things about The Name of the Wind so I might read it one of these days. 🙂
And oh, enjoy cruising!! 🙂
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I hope you enjoy them! And thanks! 🙂
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The Name of the Wind looks interesting. I might have to add that one to my tbr 🙂 Enjoy your cruise!
Thanks for visiting my WWW Wednesday post 🙂
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It’s very big (almost 700 pages, I think) but everyone I know who has read it has given it either four or five stars. I’m hoping it lives up to all the hype!
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I’ve been meaning to read The Name of The Wind. I read some pages and it seems so beautifully written. I really hope you enjoy it! 😀
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I haven’t opened it up at all yet, but I do know that all my friends who have read it have given it four or five stars, so I don’t doubt the writing is beautiful.
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I really should read a Rothfuss book. I see his books all over the place and they sound so good.
Hope you enjoy your picks and have fun on your cruise! And thanks for stopping by WWW 🙂
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Everybody talks about how great they are! But I’ve always been put off by the length, as I often get bored with long books or start forgetting what happened earlier. Hopefully having lots of reading time will help with that, though.
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I have that problem too. Longer books always end up taking me forever to get through because I get bored with them or have a hard time focusing. I think that’s part of the reason why I keep putting off reading his books. 😛
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That’s awesome your enjoying your current reads despite the lack of female characters. Hopefully your next read will be female dominated! Thanks for stopping by my WWW. 🙂
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I’ve just started one with two female leads, so I’m definitely feeling a bit better about that! 🙂
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Bravo for starting The Name of the Wind. I refuse until there’s a release date for the final book in the trilogy – waiting years for a release is never something I plan for nor do I enjoy it when it happens.
Thanks for visiting my WWW post, and happy reading!
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Given how long it has taken me to get around to this one, the third book will probably be out by the time I get around to reading the second (I first heard of it in 2008, and that was a hearty recommendation back then!). It can be very frustrating waiting around for new instalments, though I do tend to do it an awful lot! My main problem is that I forget all the important little details in the meantime, particularly when I’ve crammed a lot of other books in between two from the same series.
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I have that problem, too (forgetting details), which I suppose is another argument in favor of waiting for the third book – binge-reading can be a lot of fun, provided you don’t burn out your enjoyment.
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Name of the Wind YAAAS! It’s so good. So is the sequel, A Wise Man’s Fear. But like siderealday said, get ready to not have the third book for a while 🙂 Still worth it, I think. It’s turned out to be one of my favorite adult fantasy series.
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As I said to Sidereal, it has taken me so long to get around to this one, the third book will probably be out before I get around to reading the second one, haha (especially as I am currently endeavouring to read all the books I own, and I don’t own the second one 😉 ). The reason I first heard of it was because someone was saying it was their favourite book, too (that was when there was only one).
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