Announcement: On Monday I posted the cover reveal and pre-order link for an anthology I am apart of. It contains 8 Christmas stories set in Australia, where 25 December is in the middle of a summer and quite a different experience from what many of you are used to. I’d love it if you checked it out and threw a pre-order our way.
And now to your regularly scheduled WWW post.
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.
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What have you recently finished reading?
I absolutely loved The Kingdom by Jess Rothenberg! There were parts that could have been more fleshed out but it totally hooked me so I didn’t mind. Here’s my review.
Next I read Serpent and Dove by Shelby Mahurin, which was really engaging but I had a lot of questions abuot the world-building. Namely how does literal Christianity exist in a made-up fantasy world? My review goes up on Friday.
After that, I read The White Hornet by Celine Jeanjean. This is the fifth book in the Viper and the Urchin series. Celine has been churning new books out this year but somehow always manages to maintain a high standard. Here’s my review.
And finally, I finished the Antics of Evangeline series by reading Evangeline and the Mysterious Lights by Madeline D’Este. I’ll have my reviews for the series up soon.
I’ve also posted reviews of The Dead of Winter by Chris Priestley and Songbird by Ingrid Laguna since my last WWW post. Click the titles to read them.
What are you currently reading?
I’ve started Too Flash by Melissa Lucashenko. This is a YA contemporary and will count towards my 2019 Australian Women Writers Challenge, and my challenge-within-a-challenge to read at least two books by Indigenous Australian women.
Except I forgot to take Too Flash with me t o work today, so I started my ARC of A Christmas Wish and a Cranberry Kiss at the Cosy Kettle by Liz Eeles. I enjoyed the last Cosy Kettle book and I couldn’t resist a Christmas title.
I’m also listening to Circe by Madeline Miller on audio. Audible kept reccomending this to me and I wasn’t in the mood for any audio books so I just picked this up on a whim. But it turns out I’m enjoying it quite a lot.
Last but not least I have finally started A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas. To be honest, I wasn’t intending to read this series but a friend whose opinions I trust said she really enjoyed it and that it was quite different to Throne of Glass (which I DNFed and she didn’t enjoy either). I’m about 20% of the way through, and yeah, got to admit it’s pretty readable.
What do you think you will read next?
.I started the audio book of Illumination by Karen Brooks a while ago and I knew it was just too long and I wasn’t going to get through iit before it was due back, so I’ve got the hard copy now. It is a massive tome with tiny print! But I’ll get there, and it will be nice to finally finish the Curse of the Bond Riders series.
What are you reading this week? 🙂
A Keyboard and an Open Mind 
Inteerestingly, I’m reading CIRCE this week as well and finding her world-building and character development fascinating. Read on!
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I picked up Into The Night by Sarah Bailey from the library the other day. Looking forward to reading it as I enjoyed her first book a lot and it’s the same character.
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Oooh – I am going to pre-order your anthology. It looks like such a fun read. Perhaps you will finally break my obsession with Canada and turn my wandering eye to Australia. Either way, the collection looks amazing.
I hope you enjoy Circe. I love her writing and enjoyed both of her books but I haven’t done either in audiobook format. I’d love to hear your thoughts when you’re finished!
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I know I’ve said before that I need to read the Viper and Urchin Series, and I still haven’t, but I really do need to! Glad you’re still enjoying it. Glad you’re enjoying Circe, too! I’m so excited to pick that up.
Congrats on your anthology! I have a friend in Australia, and it’s such a weird feeling to have her talking about being out in the sun when it’s 10 degrees out here. xD The cover looks lovely!
Here’s my WWW post.
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