WWW Wednesday is a book meme run by Taking on a World of Words.
Each week we’re asked three questions –
- What are you currently reading?
- What did you recently finish reading?
- What do you think you’ll read next?
What are you currently reading?
I just picked Nick Offerman’s Paddle Your Own Canoe off my bookshelf where it’s been chilling out for the last year or so. It’s a strange mashup of autobiography, life coaching, and essays on controversial topics.
I’m also cracking open Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehesi Coates, which I’ve heard is absolutely phenomenal. I’ve read some of his pieces over at The Atlantic and I’m eager to dig into what he has to say in a longer format.
What did you recently finish reading?
I actually skipped participating in this meme last week because I really hadn’t finished much. That’s my bad for reading two 800+ page books at the same time. But those are done now! In order of completion I have:
At the Mountains of Madness, which was the one exception to the behemoth book trend at only 107 pages. It satisfied a few of my different reading challenges on top of being a sci-fi classic that I’d never gotten around to.
Then I followed that up with the AMAZING Alexander Hamilton, which now makes me want to scrap all of my reading plans and pick up everything else Chernow has ever written, along with nearly a hundred other books on early American history. Review for that should be good to go later today.
Finally, I finished up Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings, AKA Stormlight Archives #1. I’ve been in the process of reading this thing for a literal 2.5 months, so I’m glad for it to be over, but also unexpectedly eager to move on to book #2. This was one of those titles that got better as it went, but I’ll spare you all the details and toss those and additional reactions into the review.
What do you think you’ll read next?
Both of my current reads are pretty short, so I’m going to try and start Wolf Hall, another of those “sitting on my shelf for years” books, as well as A Contract With God, because I regrettably feel poorly read when it comes to the Graphic Novel “classics.”
Wolf Hall is brilliant. Such a quiet book, but such a lot going on under the surface. I hope you enjoy it.
Here’s my WWW: https://clairehuston.wordpress.com/2016/01/20/www-wednesday-20th-january-2016/
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I’m looking forward to diving in. I’ve also heard really good things about the miniseries, but I refuse to watch it until I’ve read the book!
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The miniseries is brilliant, but I believe it’s a combination of both Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. So I’d definitely recommend reading both books first before watching the series (unless you don’t enjoy the first one. In which case, skip the second and go straight to the miniseries!).
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Ahh didn’t know that! Then two books it is!
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Hi,
I haven’t read any of the books you listed but Alexander Hamilton caught my eye because I am a history buff also.
Shalom,
Patricia
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I would definitely recommend it!
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I’ve tried reading At The Mountains of Madness and really wasn’t my thing! I am starting a new blog to document my reads, here’s mine https://darrensharpewrites.wordpress.com
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Yeah it was certainly a strange read, and harder to get through for something so short. I’m not sure if I’ll read anymore Lovecraft after that one. Still undecided.
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I don’t think Lovecraft is my cup of tea either haha! Looking forward to more posts! 🙂
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happy Wednesday Please come check out my post to www Wednesday: https://firstdreamofbooks.wordpress.com/2016/01/20/www-wednesday-3january-20-2016/
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I hope you like Offerman’s book. It sounds like a lot of the same content as his stand up which is fun but can be hard to follow. Happy reading and thanks for participating in WWW Wednesday!
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So far it’s very similar to his show that I saw last fall. It’s… interesting…
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I’ve been reading the Hero of Ages for over 2 months as well so I understand the feeling. Happy reading! https://ireadboooks.wordpress.com/2016/01/20/www-wednesday-january-20-2016/
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Ooo yeah! I have wolf hall as well and I intend on reading it too! I’m not a big fan of the victorian era lit, but Hillary Mantel winning the booker prize for this AND the sequel? That’s something!
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Yeah the double prize seems pretty impressive!
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