Every Wednesday, we bloggers ask ourselves three questions: what books do we want to read, when do they come out, and who do we have to kill to get our hands on them?
Wait, no, that’s not right. We ask the three W’s:
What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?
WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam @Taking on a World of Words.
The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman
★★★★✩ || Goodreads
Creepy vibes, murderous beast, magic, deception, bad-ass women, and a slow-build mystery. Yup, this book has pretty much everything, and I enjoyed it so much that I’m low-key annoyed that now I have to wait another year to read the sequel. =/
Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
★★★✩✩ || Goodreads
I really wanted a creepy midgrade, but this was a teensy bit of a letdown. The first half was great, but then … something happened. I don’t know. The ending was disappointing, and I really couldn’t stand the main character, Ollie.
Bob by Wendy Mass and Rebecca Stead
★★★✩✩ || Goodreads
Cute, whimsical, but not very memorable. Bob has a really fun, interesting personality, and
The
DNF @ pg 78 || Goodreads
My first DNF of 2019! Honestly, I’m pretty impressed that it took this long. More and more, I find that translated comedy just isn’t my thing. I don’t have the same humor as a lot of these Nordic authors, and I keep trying thinking maybe this one will be it … but no. I found it was more absurd than comedic to me.
Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman
Caden Bosch is on a ship that’s headed for the deepest point on Earth: Challenger Deep, the southern part of the Marianas Trench.
Caden Bosch is a brilliant high school student whose friends are starting to notice his odd behavior.
Caden Bosch is designated the ship’s artist in residence to document the journey with images.
Caden Bosch pretends to join the school track team but spends his days walking for miles, absorbed by the thoughts in his head.
Caden Bosch is split between his allegiance to the captain and the allure of mutiny.
Caden Bosch is torn.
Not only am I a ridiculously big fan of Neal Shusterman’s work in general, but I love books with neurodivergent protagonists and the awareness they bring. This one’s been a little hard to get
I don’t actually know what I want to read next because, ha, decisions are hard.
Some Small Magic by Billy Coffey
This is a book club book, and since the meeting is coming up, I really need to read this next. We’ve had a series of duds lately, so I’m hoping for more from this, but given the summary … I’m really not holding my breath. It just doesn’t sound like my sort of book.
The Night Before Krampus by Peter Johnson
I still really want something creepy, okay? Small Spaces just didn’t do it for me. And now I’ve got a book hangover from The Devouring Gray, which is just great. This one was recommended to me by … someone. I forgot. Sorry. But thank you, whoever you are!
I was drawn to Small Spaces, but I read another blogger’s take on it…who also found it disappointing. Too bad. Enjoy your other books, and thanks for visiting my blog.
It’s hard with mid-grade, because it’s not written for us adults. Yet, we still want to read them because of course we do. Who wants to be an adult? xD I’m always hesitant going into mid-grade, but I’ve heard that Ms. Arden’s YA is fantastic, so I’m looking forward to reading that.
Sorry you didn’t like 100 Year Old Man. The title does intrigue me. Happy reading and thanks for participating in WWW Wednesday!
Thanks for hosting it! The title is what made me pick it up. If you like absurdity, I think it’d be a good read. But that’s my least favorite type of humor. I’d even rather slapstick than absurdity. xD So that’s just a personal preference.
The 100 Year Old Man is one of those that is excellent….when you are done with it. It is the completion of the story that makes it wonderful but for most of the story you just want to put it down. I did love Bob and Small Spaces but it is also true that when you go middle grade you have to mentally put yourself there as well which is not always possible. https://silverbuttonbooks.com/2019/03/27/www-wednesday-march-27-2019/
Well, that makes me sort of sad to have put DNF’d it now. I’ll maybe give it another chance later. But it asked me to suspend my disbelief one too many times, and it just snapped. xD
Yes, it’s definitely hard sometimes! And it really is so subjective, because middle grade me was already reading YA and adult books. And my daughter, who is very much not like me, is uninterested in pretty much every book I would find interesting. So even when I try to think from that mindset, I’m sometimes stumped. My family’s weird. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I guess it’s what makes us interesting.
I hope Some Small Magic works out. It must be hard for a group of readers, of book lovers (!) to get together and have to discuss a book that feels like a misfire. Hope this one clicks.
Thanks! Luckily, we only had one book that was really just a no for everyone. Usually, there’s at least one or two people that like it. So for that chat, we talked about the book for, like, 10 minutes and then went off on fun tangents. xD With bookish people, there is never a lack for conversation once we get going LOL.
I’ve got The Devouring Gray on my TBR for next month. Glad to see it’s a good one 😊
Oh, I’ll look forward to seeing what you think! Was definitely one of my top reads so far this year. 🙂