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 In Bloom by C.J. Skuse on Monday but haven’t made a lot of progress as I haven’t had much reading time. Skuse is one of my fave authors and I’ve been looking forward to this one as it’s the sequel to Sweetpea which I read and very much enjoyed last year. Hopefully I’ll manage to find a bit more time to really get into it.
As well as In Bloom I’m still dipping in and out of Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig and I also picked up Why We Sleep by Matthew P. Walker from the library and have been reading bits of it too. Both are fascinating reads but I do tend to be a little slower with non fiction.
Recently Finished
Technically I finished The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang last week but as I had it still sitting in my currently reading I think it’s fine to put it here this week (plus this section’s looking a bit thin). It also gives me another chance to talk about how much I loved this gender switched version of Pretty Woman (I really need to write a proper review at some point). It’s just funny, sweet, very enlightening and also one of those books that make you smile. It’s not perfect but I found the very few flaws easy to overlook.
The other book finished this week was The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers. I’m going to see Becky Chambers on the 24th so thought it was probably a good idea to read at least one of her books before then 🙂 I have a general wariness of all things sci fi but I ended up absolutely loving this. It reminded me a bit of my fave sci fi TV shows Firefly or Star Trek as it follows a mixed species crew as they make their way across the galaxy on a job. They have a few incidents along the way but I felt this book was less about the story and more about the characters.
Reading Next
I kind of want to keep going with the Wayfarers series so I think I’ll probably be picking up A Closed and Common Orbit next, I just need to buy it first. I also need to make a start on The Falconer by Elizabeth May and To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo as there’s another author event I’m going to on the 25th where both authors are appearing.
Have you read any of the books on my list this week? Any others you’d recommend? As always please feel free to leave comments and links below.
Happy Reading ❤
A Bookish Life 
I love the covers of In Bloom and The Kiss Quotient! Happy reading!
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They are sooo pretty aren’t they. I suspect In Bloom will be a little darker than the cover suggests.
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To kill a kingdom is so good, I really enjoyed it!
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So happy to hear that. I’ve been looking forward to reading it for ages but haven’t gotten around to it yet
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I like the sound of The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet. Looking at the feedback on Goodreads I’m surprised I haven’t heard of it already. Thanks for bringing it to my attention 🙂
https://musewithmeblog.wordpress.com/2018/07/18/www-wednesday-2018-07-18/
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I’d heard of it but wasn’t sure if it’d be my kind of read. There’s not much in the way of plot but I just enjoyed hanging around with the crew.
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Now I’m curious about The Kiss Quotient…and In Bloom looks tempting. Thanks for sharing, and here’s MY WWW POST
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Kiss Quotient was really good. It’s early days for In Bloom but I love the dark humour in it.
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I have the Kiss Quotient and To Kill a Kingdom on my TBR list. It looks like next year I’ll be getting round to reading them.
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Sounds like you’re tbr mountain is a similar size to mine 😀
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A gender reverse on Pretty Woman – think I’d enjoy that book also! https://teripolen.com/2018/07/18/www-wednesday-what-am-i-reading-amreading-10/
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You can totally put The Kiss Quotient in any post! It makes me happy to see it because I loved it so much. 😉
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Maybe I should try and sneak it into every post 😂
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You should. It should be a thing.
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I just finished The Long Way a couple weeks ago too! It had zero plot but I loved it anyway?! The characters were so stellar… I wish she’d write another book about this crew and have actual plot, that would be epic I think! ❤ This is my first week participating in www and I found it so much more fun than I thought it would be! Happy reading Ali!
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Definitely more a series of incidents and conversations rather than any actual story but like you I loved it. I totally want to join that crew or even just hang out with Kizzy. I think it’s Lovey and Pepper in the second book isn’t it? I’m hoping the others will cameo but not sure they will 😢
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I’ve just finished Becky’s Record of a Spaceborn Few (even thought I haven’t read the first two books…) and I loved just how cozy it all is! Definitely looking forward to picking up the previous books. 😀
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I don’t think it’s out here until next week but I am really looking forward to getting my hands on a copy (and getting to meet the author😀)
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Looking forward to getting my hands on “The Kiss Quotient”! Here’s my WWW Wednesday post if interested: https://greatmorrisonmigration.wordpress.com/2018/07/18/www-wednesdays-july-18-2018/
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