The WWW Wednesday 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 couldn’t resist wandering off my reading plan this week and making a start on Good Me, Bad Me by Ali Land. It’s a dark psychological thriller I received from NetGalley. The story is about a 15 year old girl Annie who turns her serial killer mother into the police. She’s placed into foster care but is struggling to work out just what kind of person she is and whether she can go up against her mother in court.
It’s being promoted as one of the most extraordinary debuts of 2017 and now that I’m around halfway through I’m starting to agree. I have a few little niggles with the writing style but it’s addictive reading.
Recently Finished
Two books finished again this week. The first one was His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet. The story is about a 17 year old boy who murders three people in a small crofting community in the Scottish Highlands in 1869. It’s told through a collection of different documents including witness statements, autopsy reports and newspaper articles covering the trial however the majority of the book is made up of the accused’s memoir.
I really, really liked this book despite it being different from my usual type of read. It’s not a fast paced thriller but reading all of the different perspectives around the same series of events is fascinating. It’s a book I’ve been desperate to talk to someone about to see what they think really happened so I’ve been recommending all over the place.
The second book I read this week was Lyrebird by Cecelia Ahern. It’s about a documentary crew who come across a woman in the mountains of West Cork. She’s been living alone in a cottage for 10 years with almost no one knowing of her existence. When they discover that she has a unique talent for mimicry, they make her the subject of a documentary but will taking her away from her home open new doors for her or destroy her.
I think I read this whole book more or less in a day. It’s definitely an interesting story and Ahern’s writing is as always engaging. It does switch perspectives quite a lot which I found a little irritating and there were a few parts of the story I wasn’t convinced on but overall an enjoyable read.
Reading Next
So I gave up all hope of reading The Redbreast by Jo Nesbo for book club so looks like I’m skipping this month’s meeting. There are just too many tempting books sitting on my kindle. I think I’m going to try and read another couple of NetGalley books before the holidays. I managed to get Gone by Elisabeth Naughton and Behind her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough so I’m leaning towards one of them. I also still really want to read The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson.
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’m so glad you enjoyed His Bloody Project in the end 😊 I am waiting to read Good Me Bad Me and Behind Her Eyes, with anticipation!
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Would definitely recommend Good Me Bad Me despite some Yoda style writing at times. His Bloody Project was brilliant. Still can’t decide what happened but think I’m with Thomson.
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I’m glad you enjoyed Lyrebird. Seeing it here has reminded me I’m still to read any of Ahern’s adult books (I’ve read Flawed, but that’s it!). I must sort that out in 2107.
Here’s my WWW: https://clairehuston.wordpress.com/2016/12/07/www-wednesday-7th-november-2016/
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I’ve read and enjoyed most of her adult books. Occasionally they can take a bit to get going but would definitely rate her as one of my favourite authors.
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Glad to hear that His Bloody Project was a good read. It’s high on my TBR for 2017. Sorry that you weren’t able to get to the Redbreast. Perhaps you’ll get to it next year. I’m hoping for that for myself 😉
Happy Reading!
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I do have the Redbreast but other books were more tempting 🙂 Feedback from book club is not many actually finished it.
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I know the feeling. I have so many books I know I need to get to, but then another one calls my name just a bit louder… 😉
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I haven’t read any of these…yet. But Good Me, Bad Me is definitely on my list…and so is Behind Her Eyes. Enjoy! Here’s MY WWW POST
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Good Me is fantastic. I finished earlier today and would rate as one of my fave books this year.
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Lyrebird sounds so interesting! I’m glad it sounds like you enjoyed it.
My WWW Wednesday.
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If I read a book that fast I enjoyed it 🙂 I wouldn’t say fantastic but definitely good.
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Glad you enjoyed His Bloody Project. The format of that one had me intrigued. Happy reading and thanks for participating in WWW Wednesday!
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The format works incredibly well although getting a lot of different perspectives means you don’t necessarily get to the truth. Definitely a good one for discussion.
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Good Me, Bad Me sounds SO good! I love stories with serial killer characters, but unfortunately my request wasn’t approved so I will be waiting for the official release… I’ll be looking forward to your review though! The Unexpected Everything is a very cute contemporary read by the way. I hope you will enjoy your books this week and happy reading! Here’s my WWW.
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So many wonderful books. Good me, Bad me sounds great. I have seen it around though yet to read it. Behind her eyes also has some great reviews, I hope that you will enjoy it. Happy reading 🙂
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Would definitely recommend Good Me, Bad Me. One of the best thrillers I’ve read this year.
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I loved The Unexpected Everything so I hope you love it as much!! And I’m glad you did enjoy both His Bloody Project and Lyrebird. I’m yet to read Lyrebird but by now I’m sure it’s going to be a great read.
Happy reading! 🙂
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