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
Today is real life book club day so I’m no doubt still frantically reading this month’s pick The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery (I wrote this post yesterday). I’m currently around page 100 of 320 and it’s fairly safe to say I’m struggling. I really want to like it as I really like the person who picked it but honestly it’s heavy going. It’s very wordy with a lot of philosophy thrown in to the mix which I have absolutely no interest in so can’t be bothered reading. Yet again I am probably going to be the only one at book club who didn’t love the book.
Recently Finished
I was pretty much doing everything possible to try and avoid starting The Elegance of the Hedgehog so it’s been a slightly slower reading week for me again with only two books finished.
The first of these was What Light by Jay Asher which is a YA contemporary about a 16 year old girl, Sierra, whose family grow and sell Christmas trees. Most of the year she’s in Oregon where the farm is but for the month between Thanksgiving and Christmas the whole family relocate to California to sell the trees. This year in California Sierra meets a boy, Caleb, with a troubled past but she sees something in him that makes her want to take a chance despite the odds being stacked against them.
I think I was expecting something a bit heavier but this is a very sweet and funny romance that’s perfect for Christmas. It does have the familiar good girl, bad boy with issues theme but it’s done exceptionally well, is very mature and I liked it a lot. You can read my full review here
The second book finished this week was Love You to Death by Caroline Mitchell. This was another NetGalley request and again had that happy Christmassy feel (ok maybe not happy, more murdery). It’s a police procedural about the hunt for a killer who’s targeting women who’ve given a child up for adoption. I had a bit of a shaky start with this but by the mid point I was completely hooked. The attraction was probably more the main character DS Ruby Preston and her history rather than the hunt for the killer but it’s definitely a series I’ll keep reading. I’m hoping to get a review up later this week.
Reading Next
The team reading challenge I was participating in on GoodReads is now finished so, while I’ll miss it, I think I’m going to make the most of not having to read as many books as possible or that fit some strange task. I’m therefore leaving my reading next open. I think I’m going to slow down a bit, catch up on reviews and maybe find a book I’ve been wanting to read for ages but didn’t want to rush.
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 really disliked The Elegance of the Hedgehog when I read it last year. Hopefully, you’ll have better luck with it 😀 http://www.curious-daisy.com/www-wednesdays/www-wednesday-november-9-2016/
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I miraculously finished it in the early hours of the morning and am not sure how I feel about it. For the most part I’d say it was pretentious and fairly boring but it did somehow get to me by the end. Not a book I’ll be rushing to re read or recommending though.
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I am glad to hear you enjoyed What Light – I definitely want to pick that one up soon! And I didn’t even finish The Elegance of the Hedgehog when I read it.
http://dualreads.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/wednesday-catch-up-9th-november-2016.html
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I probably wouldn’t have ditched it after the first 50 pages but I’m determined to read the next few book club reads in hope that I get to pick one 🙂
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Sorry to hear that Elegance of the Hedgehog was not an enjoyable read for you! Glad that What Light was. At least there’s a balance ❤ Hopefully the next book will be even better!
Happy Reading!
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I’m glad you enjoyed Love You To Death better than I did! I agree it had a slow start and I actually didn’t like the main character Ruby at all haha. I would still read a sequel though. And congrats on finishing your book club read! A shame you didn’t enjoy it though…
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I think I mostly liked Ruby’s relationship with Nathan and his family. I’m still undecided about Ruby and thought the killer was OTT. So happy to be finished Hedgehog but next book is a Jo Nesbo which I’m not overly excited about 😦
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At least you’ll have differences in opinion for your book club read which should make for a good discussion about it! Shame you’re struggling with it though because I’m sure you have other things you could be reading and enjoying.
Here’s my WWW – https://bookboodle.co.uk/2016/11/09/www-wednesday-november-9th
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It’s been the same with pretty much every book club read so far unfortunately. I do enjoy the discussion and being pushed out of my comfort zone but I’d love if just once it would be a book I want to read.
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I hope you made it close to finishing The Elegance of the Hedgechog. I always love hearing dissenting opinions in book club as long as they can articulate why and it sounds like you can. Happy reading and thanks for participating in WWW Wednesdsay!
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I’m liking your plan for the rest of the year – I’m going to use December to catch up on some books I’ve wanted to read but have neglected to.
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I do feel like I need to ease off a bit before I burn out and lose the love. Have to confess though I’ve just spent most of the evening reading 🙂
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Ooh, I’m adding What Light to my holiday TBR. It sounds perfect. I hope the book club meeting wasn’t too bad in the end!
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It was good. Most of those there hadn’t actually managed to finish the book so I wasn’t the only one to struggle. Next up though is a Jo Nesbo 😦
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