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 A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness at the weekend but due to a binge watch of Vanity Fair (which was awesome) I have to confess I haven’t made a huge amount of progress. I am enjoying the writing style and I do want to read asap so I can start watching the TV adaptation. I always prefer reading something first so the show doesn’t influence the way I visualize the characters.
On audio I’ve started listening to Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare. At 16+ hours it’s longer than I usually listen for (and I’m not sure I’ll get it done before it’s due back) but I’ve already listened to an hour and I think I may be preferring the audio to the book.
Recently Finished
I’m still spending far too much time on clearing my house (how did I end up with so much stuff?) so I’m reading a lot less. I did manage to finish Broken Things by Lauren Oliver however and really enjoyed it, although I’m not sure enjoyed is the right word as it’s pretty dark. The story is about three young girls who are best friends and then one is brutally murdered and the other two are blamed by everyone but it can’t be proved. A few years later, one of the two makes a discovery that brings them back together to try and discover who the real killer is. There’s a lot of potentially triggering things (paedophilia, animal abuse, fat shaming, and murder of a child) but I thought it was very well written and an intriguing story.
I also managed, at long last, to finish Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli. I don’t know why but I found this a bit of a struggle. There’s nothing bad about it, there was just nothing that made me care about Leah. So overall it was a bit meh. I also don’t really like it when authors muck about with characters so they’re different from how they were in a previous book.
Reading Next
I’ve been overdosing a little on YA contemporary reads at the moment so I think I need something a bit different. I do want to read What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera but I think I may switch to some spooky reads to get myself in the Halloween spirit.
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 
Broken things sounds really good! Happy reading!
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Good but really gruesome in places, particularly if like me you’re an animal lover 😧
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Oh oh. Yep, big animal lover who can’t stomach things happening to those babies! Thanks for the warning!!
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No worries. It’s pretty explicit and lengthy so I found it really difficult to read.
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In this case, I’ll wait until I’m ready for such a read. X
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I have A House of Ghosts in my TBR pile as well and hope to read it soon (although I could say that about so many books LOL).
Here’s my WWW link: https://whatcathyreadnext.wordpress.com/2018/10/10/www-wednesdays-10th-october-18/
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Tell me about it. My TBR is out of control and I have been hardly reading anything at the moment.
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I think a book blogger’s TBR is ALWAYS out of control!
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Oh, you’ve gotta get into the spooky books. The Halloween spirit can be mighty vengeful when it wants to be 😉 Happy reading!
https://musewithmeblog.wordpress.com/2018/10/10/www-wednesday-2018-10-10/
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Hahaha. I’m really enjoying a Discovery of Witches but it has to be said, not that spooky and a lot longer than I realised.
It’s so difficult to find properly creepy books.
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I know what you mean, though I’m happy I lucked out with The Troop this year. It got under my skin really well.
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I haven’t read any of your books, but they look tempting. I’ve been meaning to read something by Lauren Oliver. Thanks for sharing, and here’s MY WWW POST
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My copy of What If It’s Us arrives today and I’m so excited to dive in! Great list this week. Happy reading!
My WWW: October 10th, 2018
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I’m sorry you didn’t love Leah. I listened to it and adored it. Better luck next read!
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A Discovery of Witches is slow, but I’m enjoying the writing, too. I hope I can finish it this time. And I hope you end up enjoying it!
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I am glad you enjoyed “Broken Things”. It is definitely on my list after I finish Oliver’s “Rooms”. I just heard Book Riot talk about “What If It’s Us”, and it sounds great. Apparently it is also going to be a movie soon. Here’s my WWW post: https://greatmorrisonmigration.wordpress.com/2018/10/10/www-wednesdays-october-10-2018/
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I loved the Discovery of Witches trilogy! The first book is indeed hard to crack into but it gets better, promise. Happy reading! Here is my WWW: https://silverbuttonbooks.com/2018/10/10/www-wednesday-october-10-2018/
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I just bought A Discovery of Witches week before last to get into the witchy mood, so hopefully I’ll be picking it up soon too. Hope you enjoy! https://litlistening.com/2018/10/10/www-wednesday-weekly-wrap-up-4/
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It seems everyone has it on their list at the moment. I picked up the trilogy for a bargain so not sure how far through the first book I really am but I’ve reached the totally addicted stage which is a little dangerous as I could end up binge reading all three
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YA contemporaries are my favourites! I hope that you enjoy all of these titles. 🙂
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I really enjoy them too. Just every so often I feel like I’ve read a few too many and they start blending together.
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I really liked Broken things too (though I agree, enjoyed isn’t quite the right word)
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Yay someone else who’s read it. I must post a review so I can talk about it properly but it’s really dark and kinda creepy at times isn’t it? And don’t even start me on the cat scene.
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Yeah I really agree! Oh gosh yeah- that was disturbing
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I’ll be really excited to see your review!
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