The WWW Wednesday meme is 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
As expected I haven’t quite managed to finish Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky as yet but I only have around 10% left to go so I should be done today or tomorrow. I’ve never read Perks of Being a Wallflower so this is my first book by Chbosky and I’ve been really enjoying it. Given it’s a horror I get the impression it’s very different from Perks but I do like his writing style. At over 700 pages it is a lot longer than the books I usually read but it’s kept me pretty much hooked throughout (to the extent that I almost missed my stop on the train twice). I have read some not so great things about the ending but fingers crossed it doesn’t let me down.
On audio I’ve been listening to Nevernight by Jay Kristoff. I’ve had a copy of the book for a couple of years now and have tried to read it more than once but somehow never made it past the first few pages. The audio does seem to be working a lot better for me, the narrator is brilliant and really brings it to life, but I suspect I’m going to switch back to the book at some point as I’m going to see Kristoff at the start of September and I take too long with audios to have it (and hopefully Godsgrave) finished in time.
Recently Finished
No books finished this week unfortunately, I blame the cat.
Reading Next
I just realized at the weekend that it’s just over two weeks till I go see Jay Kristoff and I’ve read exactly one of his books (or given he co wrote Aurora Rising, half a book). I’ve therefore decided to make the next two weeks a Kristoff-athon. I for sure want to finish Nevernight and Godsgrave but I also have Lifel1k3 lined up too.
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 read Godsgrave this week. I much preferred Nevernight for its dark humour that was missing in Godsgrave. I still liked it though! My WWW: https://lolaetlavie.wordpress.com/2019/08/21/www-wednesdays-21-august-2019/
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I am loving the humour in Nevernight. That’s a pity it’s missing in Godsgrave but I’m happy you still liked it.
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I’m pretty sure Nevernight is not my thing so I’ve been avoiding it but I do like the sound of Lifel1k3. I’ll be interested to hear your thoughts. That might help me to make up my mind.
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I was a little wary going into Nevernight as the style is a little off putting (lots of footnotes) but I’m liking it a lot. It’s very sweary with lots of dark humour and action so I suppose it depends on whether it’s your sense of humour or not.
I sneakily read a few pages of lifel1k3 last night and it has a promising start.
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I’ve seen Imaginary Friend around and never decided whether I should pick it up or not. Sounds pretty good if you’re missing your stops. I’ll be interested to see what you think once you finish. 🙂 Oooh, you’re gonna get to meet Jay Kristoff? Here’s me pretending not to be jealous. A Kristoff-a-thon sounds fun, and I hope you enjoy the books! I’ll be picking them up in a couple months to read, once book three releases.
Here’s my WWW post.
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You’ve reminded me I really need to read Nevernight some time soon! And I really like the sound of Imaginary Friend as well. Have a wonderful week and happy reading!
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I hadn’t realized Imaginary Friend was so long. The idea of a horror novel (not written by Stephen King) being so long feels unusual to me. I hope the ending works out for you, but it seems pretty telling to me that a horror story can hold a reader’s interest for so many pages too, especially if it’s an author’s first real jaunt into the genre.
Have a great week!
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There have been a few moments where I’ve wondered how he can possibly keep it going for another x hundred more pages but for the most part it did hold my interest. It is a little repetitive in places but yeah I liked it. Misery remains the only King book I’ve read so it’s hard for me to say how well this compared.
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I love that you switched to the audio version of Nevernight because you couldn’t get into the book. I’ve done that a few times and it always works out well for me.
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