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
Things have finally eased off a little at work so I’m finding a little more time and a little more focus for reading which is great as my TBR is completely out of control. It’s only a few days till the Orenda Roadshow stops in Glasgow so I’ve decided to pick up Overkill by Vanda Symon, one of the authors appearing. It’s making a nice change to find a novel set in New Zealand, I seem to mostly read UK/US set books so it’s great to venture to an area of the world I’ve always wanted to visit.
On audio I’m still kind of listening to Before the Devil Breaks You by Libba Bray. I say kind of as I haven’t actually listened to anything over the last week. I’ve been having some car issues (the battery keeps going flat) so I’ve been keeping the radio (and as much other stuff as possible) off.
Recently Finished
Three books finished again this week, the first was backlist book One in a Million by Lindsay Kelk. I do like Kelk’s books and this was no exception. It’s loosely based on My Fair Lady but with a social media slant and PR guru Annie Higgins makes a bet she can make anyone famous on social media. It’s a funny and sweet story and was just what I was needing.
The second book read Call Me Star Girl by Louise Beech was definitely not a light and fluffy read but wow it was good. It’s dark and disturbing and I don’t think there was a single likeable character in the whole thing but there was something addictive about it. It draws you in completely and is one of those stories where you have no idea where it’ll go. I’m going to have to read more books by Beech now.
After Call Me Star Girl I had to switch back to something a lot lighter so went on a binge read of Undercover Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams. This is the follow up to Bromance Bookclub and is such a fun read. I love an enemies to lovers story so this was perfect. My only gripe is that it seemed to lose the bookclub aspect I loved so much in the first book.
Reading Next
I’d really like to try and squeeze in another Orenda book or two prior to the roadshow so I’m thinking I’ll pick up A Dark Matter or Little Siberia next. I loved both authors’ previous books. My NetGalley shelf has however also gotten a lot little out of control so I should maybe do something about that, particularly as I managed to snag a couple of my most anticipated reads
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 
Great post! The Girl and the Stars is on my TBR too!
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I’m really looking forward to reading it. I have been wondering if I need to read Holy Sister first, I get the impression it’s set in the same world.
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Ooh! I really want to read more of Louise Beech’s books. The only one I read is The Lion Tamer Who Lost [I think?] and I really enjoyed that one. Call Me Star Girl sounds like something entirely different but.. still so good? Hoping to pick it up soon, ha!
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This was my first book by Beech and I loved it. I do own a couple of others by her, Lion Tamer Who Lost included, but just never seem to find the time to read them.
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Ha, I guess we all have that problem. I’m currently reading three books – all in different formats – but I want to read MORE to finally get to those books I’ve been meaning to read for a while now. Alas, it doesn’t seem to happen..
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Overkill looks good…and I am eyeing He Started It. Enjoy your reading, and here’s MY WWW POST
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Overkill is OK. I’m not loving it as much as I hoped for some reason. I am excited about He Started It though
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I’m so jealous you snagged a copy of Mark Lawrence’s new one. I have ordered it, but was hoping to get in early.
Happy reading 🙂
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I couldn’t believe my request was approved. I loved the Red Sister series so have been looking forward to it
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I’m sure this will be a winner as well, I don’t think he can write a bad book. 🙂
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I know a lot about out of control NetGalley shelves! Dark Matter looks very intriguing. Happy reading ❤️
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Mine would be a lot less out of control if I actually wrote up some reviews. Probably doesn’t help that I’ve been reading lots of backlist books lately. Hopefully that’ll all change.
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You’re right — it did lose the book club aspect. It only had like one or two little parts. It was still good at least!
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Oh I did still love it, read the whole thing in one go, I just missed the extracts from the book they were reading. I was almost as invested in the fake book in the first one as the main story.
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I’ve been seeing the Bromance Bookclub everywhere and I really want to pick it up but the stacks and stacks of books I already have are staring at me…. it looks so cute though! Glad work eased up a bit and you had a chance to read more.
Have a great week! Here is my WWW: https://silverbuttonbooks.com/2020/02/19/www-wednesday-february-19-2020/
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I’m happy to hear you loved Call Me Star Girl! It was one of my absolute favorites last year and Louise Beech one of my favorite newly discovered authors. Overkill sounds great and A Dark Matter is another excellent read! Have a wonderful week and happy reading. xx
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I enjoyed one in a million too!
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