The WWW Wednesdays meme is currently hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words and is a great way to do a weekly update on what you’ve been reading and what you have planned.
To take part all you have to do is answer the following three questions:
- What are you currently reading?
- What did you recently finish reading?
- What do you think you’ll read next?
Here’s this weeks WWW.
Currently Reading
Tuesday seems to have turned into my start a new book day as I’ve just started my latest read Lying in Wait by Liz Nugent. It’s a psychological thriller that I received from NetGalley and I’ve heard some really good things about it. It is still early days but I’m enjoying it a lot. There are definitely some interesting characters that, while I’m not sure I like them or agree with their attitudes, make for some fascinating reading.
Recently Finished
First book finished over the last week was
The Paris Secret by Karen Swan, which I received from NetGalley. I do love Karen Swan and this book was no exception. I think the highlight was probably the locations of Paris and Antibes which the author wrote so well I almost felt like I was there. I had a couple of little niggles about the romance and the male MC but would still recommend to anyone looking for a great holiday read. You can see my full review here
I then made the mistake of having a bit of a look around on Overdrive and found the The Moth in the Mirror by A.G
. Howard which is a novella in the Splintered series. It’s a sort of Alice in Wonderland retelling and the novella follows on from the first book in the series. It was an ok enough read, I’m just not always that keen on novellas and short stories as unsurprisingly I don’t feel like there’s enough depth to them. This one definitely didn’t add much to the series.
After that I decided to carry on with Jeaniene Frost’s Night Huntress series which is becoming a bit of an addiction for me. I don’t know what I’m going to do when I finish them all. This time I was actually reading First Drop of Crimson which is a spin off from the main series and features a couple of the secondary characters. I did enjoy it but I kind of missed the main series.
Final book read was More Than This by Patrick Ness. I’d got this from the library a few weeks ago and was sitting at the weekend flicking through books, read the first few paragraphs and got completely hooked. It starts with the main character dying, in a pretty brutal way, and then waking up which is definitely a great hook. It’s yet another absolutely fantastic book from Mr Ness and one I’d definitely recommend if you haven’t read it yet. It keeps you guessing until the very end and has some incredible world building and great characters. Personally I loved Tomasz. Hopefully I’ll post a review soon (once I’ve figured out what it all meant).
Reading Next
As I’ve finally made a little bit of progress (or abandoned the books that I’m never going to get to) on my reading next list I have some new books to add this week. I’m still planning to read A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby as I need it for a challenge I’m doing (and want to read) but I picked up a couple of new books from NetGalley that I doubt I’ll be able to resist for long. These are Stealing Snow by Danielle Paige and The Ex Factor by Eva Woods. I’m pretty excited about both as I’m in the mood for something light.
Have you read any of the books above or have any other book you’d recommend? Leave comments and links below.
Happy Wednesday everyone.
A Bookish Life 
While it’s not my favourite book by Ness, More Than This still has one of the most arresting openings of any book I’ve ever read. I think I felt a bit sick while reading it – the man’s a genius! I’m really glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Here’s my WWW: https://clairehuston.wordpress.com/2016/08/03/www-wednesday-3rd-august-2016/
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Agreed. I thought it was going to become my favourite Ness book from the first part but I thought it was maybe a little on the long side as I lost focus midway through part 2.
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After reading A Monster Calls this week, I can’t wait to read another Patrick Ness book. More Than This sounds great so I’ll definitely have to read it soon 🙂
My WWW: https://bathtimereads.wordpress.com/2016/08/03/www-wednesday-3rd-august-2016/
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So glad you enjoyed A Monster Calls. Patrick Ness is such a great author. I would probably recommend The Knife of Never Letting Go before More Than This particularly if you want to know what goes on in the heads of animals (although it is the first book in a trilogy)
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That sounds interesting, I’ll have to get my hands on a copy! 🙂
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Really want to read more Nick Hornby since I loved Funny Girl 🙂 Heard good things about A Long Way Down too, hope you enjoy it! My WWW: http://whenitdoes.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/www-wednesdays-town-like-alice-after.html
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Thanks. I’ve never read any Nick Hornby but I watched the film of it a couple of weeks ago and really enjoyed so I’m looking forward to it.
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I first picked up More Than This immediately after finishing Ness’ Chaos Walking trilogy, and after all the trauma that series put me through, the prologue of More Than This was a bit much and I had to take a break before I could come back to it. Definitely another great book, though. I think Tomasz was my favourite, too.
Here’s my WWW: https://keysandopenmind.wordpress.com/2016/08/03/www-and-wippet-wednesday-03-august-2016/
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I’ve been leaving gaps between my Ness books as I don’t think I could cope with them back to back 🙂
Tomasz definitely got the best lines. I kind of wanted to adopt him.
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Lying in Wait sounds interesting, that is a book that I would like to read although I am currently on a NetGalley requests ban.I like the cover for The Paris Secrets. Enjoy all your books this week. Happy reading.
Here is my WWW:https://ahavenforbooklovers.wordpress.com/2016/08/03/www-wednesday-august-3rd/
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Thanks. I’m also supposed to be on a NetGalley request ban but it’s not really happening. They keep emailing me and I just can’t resist 🙂
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Patrick Ness has been an okay author for me, but I’m still really excited to read More Than This!
This seems like some nice reads, *adds them to my TBR pile*
Here’s mine:
https://mybookylife.wordpress.com/2016/08/03/www-wednesdays-3rd-august-2016/
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Your current read and the Karen Swan book are going on my wish list.
My WWW: http://www.bookclublibrarian.com/2016/08/www-wednesdays.html
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I’m yet to read a Patrick Ness book! Thanks for visiting my WWW earlier. 🙂
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I really want to read that Patrick Ness book. It sounds good!
My WWW: http://www.anovelglimpse.com/2016/08/03/www-wednesday-august-3-2016/
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Lying In Wait sounds like the perfect book for me! I hope you will enjoy it. And I really have to read More Than This soon…
Happy reading! Here’s my WWW.
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Lying in Wait was brilliant. Think it’s my first 5* thriller this year.
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I’ve been wanting to read Lying In Wait since Cleo’s post including it. I hope you enjoy it! 🙂 I love the sound of The Ex Factor. Happy reading!
Here’s my WWW https://chocolatenwafflesblog.wordpress.com/2016/08/03/this-weeks-in-books-august-3rd-2016/
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Lying in Wait was excellent. I absolutely loved and would definitely recommend. Struggling a bit to get into Ex Factor.
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I’m glad you enjoyed Ness. I haven’t read anything of his yet but I keep wanting to. Everyone says good things. Happy reading and thanks for participating in WWW Wednesday!
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