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 just started The Girl Before by J.P. Delaney on Monday but seem to be making really good progress already despite not having much reading time between work and trying to get organised for Christmas. It’s a psychological thriller I received from NetGalley and follows Jane who after a personal tragedy finds the perfect new home to rent. It’s minimalist to the extreme and comes with a long and unusual list of rules to follow. It also turns out the previous tenant Emma met a mysterious death there. Can Jane avoid meeting the same fate?
Still fairly early days but so far so good.
Recently Finished
First book finished this week was Good Me, Bad Me by Ali Land. It’s a dark psychological thriller I received from NetGalley about a 15 year old girl Annie who turns her serial killer mother into the police. She’s placed into foster care with a family but in the run up to her mother’s trial she’s wondering whether she can really be a good person or if she has more in common with her mother than she thinks?
I absolutely loved this book and think it will almost definitely make my 2016 favorites list. I’ll post a full review closer to release date.
Second book finished was The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson. It’s a YA contemporary about a girl Andie who as a congressman’s daughter is a bit of a control freak. She has her whole life mapped out but when her father gets caught up in a scandal her plans for the summer fall apart and she ends up doing things she never expected, getting a job as a dog walker, spending time with her father and starting a relationship that may last more than 3 weeks.
I struggled to get into this book at the start as Andie kind of annoyed me. It was probably around the 30% mark before I really started to connect with it after which it got a lot better. I would still rate it as average rather than great as it was a bit on the long side but still a good read.
The final book read was The Diabolic by S.J. Kincaid. I spotted this in the library on Saturday (I swear no one ever goes into the YA section) and read the whole thing from cover to cover on Sunday. It’s a YA science fiction about a girl Nemesis who was created in a lab and trained to kill without thought to protect one person, Sidonia, at all costs. When the family she serves falls foul of the Emperor, Sidonia is summoned to the galactic court as a hostage. To keep her safe Nemesis goes in her place, hiding her true identity.
It’s not a particularly original story, it reminded me a lot of Red Queen and Red Rising but still a really enjoyable read and has the benefit of being a standalone which means no cliffhanger…yay!!
Reading Next
Still trying to work my way through some of the books I have sitting on my NetGalley shelf and hope to start Gone by Elisabeth Naughton or Behind her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough next. I did however manage to get It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover from the library so I may divert from my plan as I’ve heard great things about it.
Have you read any of the books above or have any other book you’d recommend? Leave comments and links below.
Happy Wednesday everyone.
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I like the sound of Good Me, Bad Me. It sounds a a bit like I Hunt Killers, except with a female protagonist and serial killer. I might try to check it out.
Here’s my WWW: https://keysandopenmind.wordpress.com/2016/12/14/www-and-wippet-wednesday-14-december-2016/
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I really wanted some snow so changed the background colour 🙂 Would definitely recommend Good Me Bad Me although not sure how it compares to I Hunt Killers. It is different to have a female serial killer.
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Argh! You were lucky enough to get a full copy of The Girl Before! I read the teaser and thought it was promising. I’m glad to hear it continues to be good 🙂
I have Good Me, Bad Me to read over the New Year so I’m really glad to hear you loved it.
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The Girl Before is enjoyable and some fascinating and unique ideas but leaving me a little cold as far as characters go.
Loved Good Me Bad Me so I hope you enjoy as much as I did.
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I loved It Ends with Us…and I have The Girl Before waiting on my NetGalley shelf. I love the sound of it.
Behind Her Eyes is on my list. Enjoy! Here’s MY WWW POST
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Just finished The Girl Before and really enjoyed although didn’t love as similar to Girl on the Train I didn’t connect. Hopefully I’ll get to Behind Her Eyes soon.
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I’m so curious about Behind Her Eyes and if I need to read it. Will be looking for your thoughts! I loved It Ends With Us. I may need to request the Ali Land book now. I was debating on it – but sounds like it’s worth it!
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Definitely recommend Good Me Bad Me. So glad to hear you loved It Ends With Us. Makes me want to read as soon as poss 🙂
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My request for Good Me, Bad Me was reclined, so I will have to wait a little longer before I can read it… But I have added it to my list of anticipated releases after seeing how much you enjoyed it. 😀 And I had the exact same problem with The Unexpected Everything! It took me a long time to get into the story, but it was still a cute and fluffy read. As for your next reads, I can definitely recommend It Ends With Us! I read it last month and I absolutely loved it; I think it’s my new CoHo favorite.
I hope you will enjoy your books this week and happy reading! Here’s my WWW.
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Good Me is definitely worth getting your hands on. We seem to have similar tastes so hopefully you’ll enjoy as much as I did and I’ll enjoy CoHos latest as much as you did 🙂
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I really enjoyed The Diabolic, though it did remind me of Red Rising a little bit. I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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There do seem to be quite a few books that are similar but thought this was a bit lighter than Red Rising and was happy to find something not in a series 🙂
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Oh yes, it’s definitely lighter than Red Rising but I think the concepts were similar.
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These book covers are gorgeous!! Im planning on reading The Girl Before next and am happy to see its treating you well so far.
Good Me, Bad Me has an intereting premise. Is it YA or adult?
The CoHo book is on my TBR, but mainly because I want to read more from her. Her books play on my emotions, which is refreshing.
Cant wait to see which you choose and hapy that you hd a good reading week. 🙂 ❤
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Good Me is about a teenager but I’d probably say it’s adult because it’s quite dark and disturbing at times.
I’ve had mixed views of previous CoHo books but I’ve heard so many great things about It Ends with Us I have high hopes 🙂
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So many psychological thrillers, enjoy! Happy reading and thanks for participating in WWW Wednesday!
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I know I’m probably going to overdose on them soon but there’s so many I want to read 🙂
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Awesome post! Ooh the fact that diabolic is a standalone makes me happy because I could always do without a cliffhanger between books! Standalones often feel too few and far between!
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So many wonderful books. I really liked It Ends with Us, I hope that you will too. I just started reading Good me, Bad Me and can’t wait to see how it goes especially after reading your comments about it.
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Just finished It Ends with Us and liked it a lot. Hope you enjoy Good me, bad me
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