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
I still seem to be going through a little bit of an odd reading phase at the moment, with my choices being somewhat random rather than the books I have lined up on my list.
What’s especially unusual this week is that I’m currently reading a non fiction book. I think non fiction typically reminds me too much of all those text books I was forced to read at school and University but when I spotted Feminist Fight Club by Jessica Bennett on NetGalley I couldn’t resist.
I am kind of fascinated by feminist issues and this offers advice on identifying and fighting sexism in the modern day office environment. It’s a little bit American at times but is pretty funny with some advice that I think will come in handy.
Recently Finished
Last week I was midway through Double Black by Ali Dean, the second book in the Stark Springs Academy series about an elite winter sports school. I’d become slightly addicted to this series so I wasn’t long in finishing both this and the final book in the trilogy Black Ice. It had quite a good mix of competitive sports and high school drama so was the light read that I was just in the right mood for. I’m not sure books two and three were as good as the first one but still enjoyed them.
I then went off in a slightly different reading direction with Elizabeth Darcy of Pemberley by Maggi J Coxon. As you can probably guess by the title it’s a sequel to Pride and Prejudice but what made it a little bit different is that it’s in the form of letters between all of the main characters. I did enjoy it but the letter form
at does create a little bit of emotional distance from the hatches, matches and dispatches.
The fourth book finished this week was Miracle on 5th Avenue by Sarah Morgan which I requested and received from NetGalley. Yep, I’ve started my Christmas reading early this year. I do love a good Christmas book and I love Sarah Morgan and this is definitely one of her best. It’s sweet, funny and romantic. It’s a little early for a review but expect one soon.
The final book of the week, Love to Hate You by Anna Premoli, was a bit of a random choice from Amazon. 
As you can possibly guess from the title and cover it’s chick lit. It’s set in the tax consultancy department of a bank (I didn’t know they had them) and is about two co workers who absolutely hate each other but are forced to work together on a project. There is however a fine line between love and hate.
At the start of this book I have to admit I hated it to the extent I was already planning my big ranty review once I’d finished but bizarrely around the halfway point I got a little bit addicted and couldn’t stop reading. In general I would say I enjoyed the non office based bits.
Reading Next
Needless to say Empire of Storms by Sarah J Maas is still on my reading next list. It will happen soon as it’s driving me nuts steering clear of social media to avoid spoilers.
The one thing that may stop me is that I went on a bit of a book buying spree over the weekend and also requested a few more books from NetGalley. There are too many books to list them all (I have no shelf control) but the ones I can’t wait to read are The Ice Lands by Steinar Bragi (I’m snow and ice obsessed at the moment), Unwind by Neal Shusterman, The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss and the Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch.
In other exciting news this week I also managed to get tickets to go see Leigh Bardugo and Rainbow Rowell when they tour the UK together at the end of October. Can’t wait. If anyone is interested in attending any of the events in London, Dublin, Manchester or Edinburgh you can find details on the Worlds Collide Tour webpage here
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 
I’ll be adding a few of these books to my TBR, especially Elizabeth Darcy of Pemberton! I love Pride and Prejudice sequels and letter form stories always feel so refreshing to read. Thanks for the awesome list of books I’ll be craving to read 😀
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It looks like the author of Elizabeth Darcy has written a few sequels. I read the second one but it’s really, really short (50 pages) so got a little frustrated that it hadn’t just been included in the first book.
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Ahh, well they sound like they’re worth checking out as well. Thanks!
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Congratulations on the tickets. I hope that you will enjoy the event.I really like the cover and the sound of Miracle on 5th Avenue. I haven’t yet started my holiday reading though I have been eyeing this section on NetGalley. I hope to find something good. Interesting how your perspective on Love to Hate changed mid-book.Glad it worked out in the end though.
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Love to Hate ended up being one of those books where I hated the work based bits but loved the outwith the office sections. I quite often get annoyed about workplace type stories as I don’t like how professional women are portrayed. Didn’t help that this one was kind of finance based as that’s the area I work in.
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I’ll love to read a good Christmas book even during summer! Haha. And Miracle on 5th Avenue sounds lovely! 🙂 I also hope you enjoy the event with Leigh Bardugo and Rainbow Rowell!! 😀 Here’s my WWW: https://thefuninreadingbooks.wordpress.com/2016/09/21/www-wednesday-september-21-2016/
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Thanks. I’m really looking forward to it. I bounced around the house all day Sunday after I got the tickets 🙂
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I would be too if I got a ticket! Haha 🙂
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It makes me happy to know that Leigh Bardugo and Rainbow Rowell get on well enough to tour the country together 🙂 I bet they’re both lovely!
I’m reading Empire of Storms at the moment and am struggling a bit to remember what happened in the previous books (some of the finer details have escaped me!).
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That sounds like an amazing event! I hope you enjoy yourself!
Name of the Wind is such a wonderful book! I also have Lies of Lock Lamora on my shelf. Not sure when I’ll get to it… Good luck choosing which to go with next 🙂
Happy Reading!
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The Feminist Fight Club sounds like a really interesting book. I might have to try that one! Happy reading!
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I am curious about Feminist Fight Club. Enjoy your books! Here’s MY WWW POST
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It is making for some interesting reading and I’ve been discussing some of the ideas with the guys in my team which has definitely made for some enlightening chat.
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Oh man– I’m so jealous that you’ll be able to see Rowell and Bardugo! That sounds great! And thanks for the tip about Feminist Fight Club– I’ll definitely check that book out.
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My only slight quibble around Feminist Fight Club is that it seems to suggest that if you can you should seek to promote women above men. So if you’re recruiting you should actively try to seek a woman for the post rather than the man. My view has always been best person for the job regardless of sex, race, orientation or any other factor.
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Yes– I understand where you are coming from. But this could be similar to the idea of “Amplification”, where women reinforce other women in office meetings to prevent man-terruption?
In the world of recruiting, I think it’s easy for unconscious bias to come to play when you know those key points of diversity. I fully support the idea of removing names/gender/other diversity indicators from resumes and job applications when making a decision on who to interview in person. I think that makes it easier to select the best person for the job.
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That seems to be the idea. If you can reach proportionate representation then women will feel more comfortable and able to speak up. I’m all for supporting a coworker who’s having trouble being heard or having a hard time. I just don’t like the idea of it as a hiring policy. Maybe I’m just lucky at the moment that the organisation I work for probably has equal if not more women than men.
According to my male coworker apparently I’m a womanterrupter. Oops
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That’s great! Equality is far off in my office, but I work in Finance. There is definitely a Good Ol’ Boys club going on in the Exec world. I hope we can get towards equality in the workplace everywhere eventually, for sure.
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Enjoy Unwind! My husband read the series last year and really liked it. Happy reading and thanks for participating in WWW Wednesday!
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The Name of the Wind is an amazing book. I hope you’ll enjoy reading it hehe 😀 http://www.curious-daisy.com/www-wednesdays/www-wednesday-september-21-2016/
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I do keep hearing good things about it. Just hope I manage to read soon 🙂
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I really want to read it, but I am the sort of reader who wants the whole series finished before I start reading things. Those books are too thick for me to remember it all over years!
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Ooh! Unwind is really good! I read it earlier this year. It does require some willing suspension of disbelief but it’s written well enough that you can do that pretty easily. I’m also picking up Name of the Wind soon. Hope you enjoy it!
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