WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Taking on a World of Words. Anyone can take part and it is a great way of sharing what you have just finished reading, what you are currently reading and what is next on the TBR.
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What have you recently finished reading?
It has been half term for a lot of this past week and so I’ve managed to read more than usual. It’s not like there are places to go or people to see!
I have read ‘Seven Days’ by Michelle Kidd for a forthcoming blog tour (my review will be up on Saturday). The first book in this series, ‘The Phoenix Project’ was a pacey, jet-setting thriller whereas this one is more a clever and very tense police procedural – and I loved that shift for DI Jack MacIntosh!
I also read ‘The Shadowy Third: Love, Letters and Elizabeth Bowen’ for a blog tour next week. I absolutely adored this story – part travelogue, part biography, part collection of letters – focused on a love triangle that began in 1930s Oxford between the writer Elizabeth Bowen, literary scholar Humphry House and his wife, Madeline. The fact it is written by the granddaughter of the Houses – and the direction she chooses to take the story in – is fascinating.
Finally, I also read ‘Old Bones’ by Helen Kitson for another blog tour – my review kicked off the tour yesterday and can be found here. This is a brilliantly-told story of three older women in a small village, their shared pasts and the secrets they carry with them. Beautifully-drawn characters make this a highly recommended and immersive read.
What are you reading now?
Too many books!
I’m now nearing the end of my two buddy reads for February.
I’m reading ‘Paris by Starlight’ by Robert Dinsdale with my Tsundoku Squad lovelies. I’m in two minds about this book – it is beautifully imagined and has an interesting storyline about displaced people and their culture arriving in Paris, but it is also quite slow. There is a lot of description of the gorgeous city by night and lots to enjoy, but I’m not sure it is wholly for me.
I’m also still reading ‘Cemetery Boys’ by Aiden Thomas, a Latinx tale centred around a trans boy in Los Angeles who wants to join his family in being able to release the dead into the afterlife. I’m looking forward to the Day of the Dead scene that I’m keenly anticipating and hoping that the various story strands come together. It has been an interesting read, although one I’ve struggled with a bit because of the plot structure which I think could be tighter.
I’m also reading ‘Nick’ by Michael Farris Smith and loving it so far. It is the story of the narrator of ‘The Great Gatsby’, Nick Carraway – a kind of literary prequel. So far, Nick has been caught up in a love affair in wartime Paris and then faced the trenches of World War I. I’m not sure whether he yet chimes with my own feelings about Nick from the original novel, but I am very much enjoying a clever and interestingly-written narrative. My blog tour post for this novel will be up in the first week of March.
I’m also reading the new Katie Fforde book, ‘A Wedding in the Country’. So far, it is set in London in 1963 but I’m sure a wedding and country will hove into view soon! I love Fforde’s books – they are truly escapist and charming and this one is no exception.
What do you think you will read next?
I will be reading ‘Behind Closed Doors’ by Catherine Alliott for a blog tour in early-March. I usually love Alliott’s books so am looking forward to this one!
I also want to finally get round to reading some of the Poirot novels by Agatha Christie that I am supposed to have read for a readalong – I have totally failed to pick them up so far!
Many thanks to NetGalley, blog tour hosts, publishers and authors for the books in exchange for an honest review.
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I know the feeling of reading too many books!
I usually have at least a couple on the go but this is too many!
I’m hoping to read Cemetery Boys next month, but we’ll see. LOL In terms of Poirot, I just read Death on the Nile and really liked it. It’s a slow beginning, but keep going!
-Lauren
I love what I’ve read of Poirot so far – I did read some as a teenager but can’t remember which ones!