It’s time for WWW Wednesday! This blog hop is hosted by Sam over at A World Of Words. Link up with us by commenting on Sam’s post for this week, and just answer the three questions.
What have you recently finished reading?
I breezed through Rise of the Sparrows by Sarina Langer, due to having some car trouble and having nothing to do but sit in the car and read for a couple of hours while I waited for roadside assistance. So that was pretty great. I will have a review of this up this week. I enjoyed it a lot!
I also finished the ebook See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt. This is a fictional of the Borden murders and Lizzie Borden’s trial. This was a hugely anticipated read for me but in the end it didn’t really work for me. I read a review that said it didn’t really add anything new to all the theories and stories surrounding the Borden murders and that was exactly how I ended up feeling.
I also DNFed The Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones, which I was listening to. It couldn’t seem to decide what tone it wanted to take. Sometimes it was quite funny (a bit of a Discworld vibe), then suddenly it’d be really violent and someone would be nearly dying, or a group of side characters would be leery and gross towards a female character.
I’m a bit behind on my reviews at the moment. Only one posted this week, for The Asylum by Johan Theorin. Click here to read it.
What are you currently reading?
I am over halfway through Blood Guilt by Lindy Cameron. This is a slow read, but I am going to renew it from the library and take it on holidays with me in a couple of weeks, where I can knuckle down and enjoy it. Because I am enjoying it, it’s just taking a while to get through.
I’ve also started reading Begin, End, Begin: A #LoveOzYA Anthology. I don’t read a lot of anthologies but I am definitely enjoying the writing in this one. It features a lot of new-to-me authors whom I will definitely be looking into further, along with authors I’ve known of and loved for a long time. The LoveOzYA movement is about foregrounding Australian YA authors, and I’m all down for that. I saw three of the authors speak at the Canberra Writers Festival and it was very inspiring.
What do you think you’ll read next?
I don’t really know at the moment! I’m not feeling drawn towards much at all on my official TBR. I might not have much time for reading in the near future as I have two 3000-word papers due at the end of next week. Then I’m going on holidays for five days, and I want to take the last three Series of Unfortunate Events books with me. So that’s really the only plan I have for now.
What are you reading this week? 🙂
I like the idea of a car breakdown as an aid to getting through the reading pile! Pretty sure I have Sarah Schmidt’s book on my Kindle and as it happens I’m reading another book relating to the Borden case – The Murderer’s Maid by Erika Mailman. I don’t actually know that much about the case.
Here’s my WWW link: https://whatcathyreadnext.wordpress.com/2017/10/25/www-wednesdays-24th-october-17/
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Haha, yes, it was a bit annoying because there were other things I could have been doing, but it was good to just slow down and sit and read for two hours.
I’m still interested to read more about the Borden case. I’ll check out your post and The Murderer’s Maid.
Thanks for visiting!
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This is why I always have a book with me – just incase of car trouble/ hanging around waiting for something. Nothing worse than wasted time! Shame See What I Have Done wasn’t great for you, I have seen mixed reviews around…!
Here’s my WWW post: https://snazzybooks.com/2017/10/25/www-wednesday-25-october-2017/
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Absolutely! I would never be caught without one. Yes, See What I Have Done definitely has mixed reviews. I hadn’t actually realised until about the day before I started reading.
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Sorry the Lizzie Borden book didn’t work…I saw another book about her at another blog this morning.
Enjoy Blood Guilt. Thanks for sharing, and here’s MY WWW POST
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