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?
Currently Reading
I started reading Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher on Monday and I’m already around half way through. I watched the TV show a month or so ago and found it really engaging (I want to say I enjoyed it but it’s quite heavy so that’s not really the right word). I already had it on my want to read list but the show definitely made me want to read it even more so I was very happy to receive it from NetGalley.
It’s strange reading the book so close to watching the show as you can’t help but imagine the actors as the characters and comparing the two. There are a few differences but even though I loved the show I’m still very much enjoying (argh!! I need to find another word) the book.
No progress on Release by Patrick Ness this week unfortunately. I really need to get back into it.
Recently Finished
First book finished this week was A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. I received this from NetGalley and read it as part of a group read on GoodReads. It was a little outwith my usual reading comfort zone but I absolutely loved it. It’s begins in the 1920s in Moscow with a man being ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel. It’s quite a slow story but it’s beautifully written with some fascinating characters and many touching and funny moments. You can read my full review here.
The other book finished this week was Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh. This was also from NetGalley (I’m slowly making progress getting my shelf down) but I also got a hardback copy as well. I liked this book a lot and pretty much read the whole thing in one sitting. It’s my first book from this author and her writing style definitely suits me. I loved the story and the feudal Japan elements but it was a little too similar to other YA fantasy stories to be a standout read. My review should be up soon.
Reading Next
Unbelievably I’ve actually read or am reading all of the books on last weeks reading next list so I need some new ones. I also have a week off work so will hopefully have plenty of reading time. I’ll no doubt wait and see what I’m in the mood for but likely I’ll make a start on one or more of the following:
Have you read any of the books above or have any other book you’d recommend? Leave comments and links below and I’ll respond when I can.
Happy Wednesday Everyone!!!
A Bookish Life 
I have had that feeling of imagining the characters as those in a show – I think that’s why I prefer reading the book first
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I usually try to do the same but I’d heard so much about the show I couldn’t wait.
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I won 13 Reasons Why so I’m waiting for my copy to read it this summer 🙂 I’ll definitely watch the show first as I’ve heard so many people saying that’s how they’d done it and it works quite well for once, but it’s true that I always have the actors’ faces floating in my mind when I watch an adaptation first! Happy reading!
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I hear so much about The Hate You Give that it’s definitely raised my interest too. I hope you enjoy your reads this week!
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I’ve been watching 13 Reasons Why….and hope to read the book at some point.
The Bed and Breakfast on the Beach looks like something I could use right now after some of my intense reads. Enjoy! Here’s MY WWW POST
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The show and book are both really good but quite different.
I think I will be in need of The Bed and Breakfast on the Beach. I love Kat French and it just looks like such a fun summery read.
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Such great books here. Having read and loved the Hate U Give last month, I have to recommend it! It’s such an eye-opening story and completely wonderful.
Happy Reading 🙂
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Originally I wasn’t planning to read THUG as it didn’t sound like my kind of read but I’ve heard so many great things about it I couldn’t resist.
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It was outside my usual genre as well but I couldn’t resist either. And it was worth it ❤
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Good to hear you are enjoying Thirteen Reasons Why, although I agree that’s probably not the right word to describe it. It’s very good though! And I want to read Strange The Dreamer, Carve The Mark and THUG some time soon as well. Happy reading!
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Really looking forward to your review of Flame in the Mist- it sounds so good and I want to check it out at some point 😀 I also really want to read Strange the Dreamer and The Hate U Give!!
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Ooh so many books!! I enjoyed (for lack of better word) Thirteen Reasons Why as well, I’m glad you’re enjoying the book! And I finished Flame in the Mist just today, coincidentally ahah. I really loved it! I definitely recommend you pick up The Wrath and the Dawn duology since you enjoyed it. 🙈 And I have Strange the Dreamer on my TBR, I hope you enjoy it! ❤
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I actually have the Wrath and the Dawn. Just never had the chance to read it.
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I’ve had no desire to read Thirteen Reasons Why, but when the show was such a big success, I picked up a copy at Target a few weeks ago. I’m definitely intrigued!
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Having now finished it I’m not quite sure what to think of it but the format alone probably makes it worth reading
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I am really looking forward to reading The Hate U Give! I hope that it is one you enjoy. I have yet to finish 13 Reasons Why and I am waiting to see the series until I do. I guess that I should get on that. Happy reading this week. 🙂
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I think it would probably have been better if I’d read the book first but still enjoyed it.
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