It’s time again to ask ourselves the three W’s:
Why is the sky blue?
What’s at the end of a rainbow?
Who’s Roy G. Biv?
Wait, no, that’s not right. We ask these 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 Old Man in the Corner by Emmuska Orczy
DNF @ 10% || Goodreads
This book just wasn’t for me. I really enjoyed The Scarlet Pimpernel, and I was expecting something along those lines, crossed with Sherlock Holmes. Instead, what this ended up being was an old man in a corner talking about crimes that he had solved. What little bit of action there is, is basically people moving around the tea shop. The entirety of the mystery is basically just someone talking about it, and it lost my interest pretty quickly.
A Bad Day for Voodoo by Jeff Strand
★★★✩✩ || Goodreads
I’m not big on situational, exaggerated humor in books. If the comedy relies on an absurd plot, I’m usually out. However, that being said … Jeff Strand. I just love his writing voice and his humor. Yeah, the plot here is beyond ridiculous and exaggerated, and that irked me to no end (I’m sorry, I’ll always be a spoil sport in that regard!) But it made me laugh, and I still love Jeff Strand’s writing.
The History of Soul 2065 by Barbara Krasnoff
★★★★✩ || Goodreads
This was … wow. It’s less a book and more a series of interconnected short stories, with some supernatural elements layered on. Now, I thought the supernatural elements were so well done in about 95% of the stories, from souls haunting the living to subtle hints at witchcraft, to the god of cancer and Death, etc. There were a couple short stories, though, that were just too out there for me, regarding aliens and body swapping, and they just felt so random. Other than that, though, this made me laugh and cry and contemplate life. The characters were all so freaking relatable. The basic premise is two girls who meet and promise to see each other again, but they’re unable to. So the short stories follow their descendants, whose lives (and deaths) criss-cross and are interwoven. There are so many little Easter eggs to look for where stories meet and overlap, and characters are constantly brought up in different contexts. Also, the titular short story is the very last one, and I loved the reasoning! I hadn’t thought of it. In fact, I thought 2065 referred to a future year, perhaps (which is not the case, fyi).
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
Status: 27/398
According to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (the world’s only completely accurate book of prophecies, written in 1655, before she exploded), the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. Just before dinner.
So the armies of Good and Evil are amassing, Atlantis is rising, frogs are falling, tempers are flaring. Everything appears to be going according to Divine Plan. Except a somewhat fussy angel and a fast-living demon—both of whom have lived amongst Earth’s mortals since The Beginning and have grown rather fond of the lifestyle—are not actually looking forward to the coming Rapture.
And someone seems to have misplaced the Antichrist . . .
Only a few more days before Good Omens hits Netflix, and I am soooo ready for it! Ahhhh! I can hardly contain my fangirl at this point. I waited until the last minute to read this so that not only would it be done before the series releases, but I also wouldn’t have to wait too long before said series. It’s a fine balance, really.
I love Neil Gaiman. I especially love Terry Pratchett. Together? Well, so far the book is absolutely brilliant, and I can definitely see both of them in it. I’m not very far into the book, but I’m loving it. Not that I expected anything less, of course.
My library finally got Kingsbane, and I promptly grabbed it. You know, like you do. I’ve been eager to find out the next step of this journey, and I’m so looking forward to reading it. Which means, probably, I won’t read all three books in the next week, because Kingsbane is sooo long.
The Luster of Lost Things is my book club book for the month, and we meet up next week, so I really need to pick that up next. We’ve had a series of real duds as far as book club books, and this book was one of my choices, so … here’s to hoping it’s not a dud. xD It sounds great, though. There’s magic and desserts and a good old pupper. How can you go wrong with that?
I’ve also got one ARC, The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t With Her Mind, which releases in mid-June, and I’ve been looking forward to reading it. Look, with a title like that, I just couldn’t pass it up. I also haven’t had a good adventure story in a while, and this sounds like a mystery/comedy/adventure, which means it has all the good things rolled into one.
Oh I’m so tempted to crack out Good Omens before Friday!!
And that teahouse book sounds like an indulgent mansplaining book, not my cup of tea!!
Do itttttt. You know you wanna join meeee. 😉 Having seen the trailer, just the little bit that I’ve read already, I can totally see the lead actors being perfect in those roles, so that gives me a lot of hope. :3
I don’t know that it was so much mansplaining. It’s more like … when you visit your grandfather with dementia and the only thing he can recall are his great exploits in the past, in vivid detail, and you should know about them, even though you’ve heard them a hundred times before. I may have personal experience with that one, and considering I deal with that almost every day of my life, I really didn’t want to read about it, even though solving mysteries sounds so much more interesting than what my grandfather did/does.
Oh gosh an Uncle Albert Book then!!! There used to be a tv series called Only Fools and Horses in the UK where they had an uncle who would constantly try to tell stories about his amazing escapades in the war, ‘Well, during the war..’ but they would cut him off as a ‘yarnspinner’ kinda like a WWII twist on the movie Big Fish!
Oh yes I will have to go and emancipate Good Omens from the shelves upstairs for an outing!
I’ve never heard of that, but yes, it sounds like that. xD That’s funny.
Yay! My work here is done. *flips cape dramatically and runs away*
I still need to read Furyborn!
I’m very tempted by Good Omens. I’ve checked Goodreads for The Lustre of Lost Things – it sounds really good.
Yes, be tempted! You know you wanna! My goal this week is just to convince everyone to read the book before the show comes out lol.
I sure hope so! I mean, I peaked, and there’s even a character named Sammie, so, I mean, how can you go wrong with that?! I’m going to be so disappointed if it’s a flop. xD
I still haven’t read Good Omens! I really need to though!
I’m not very far in, but it’s great so far! You can definitely tell Pratchett had a hand in it. xD
Ohhhh, Good Omens is one of my all time favorite books! It’s just so so good! I can’t wait to see the series – from the trailers, it looks like they are trying to do the book justice.
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Yaaay! I’m glad to hear it. 😀 I’m not very far still (about 50 pages), but I can already definitely see these characters matching the ones from the trailers pretty nicely, so I’m really hoping! I’ve already planned to have Friday evening free so I’ll be all ready. 😀
Oh my, your books loos so good. I have Good Omens in my to read list. Must get to it. Happy Reading.
Ha, thanks! I’m excited. This’ll hopefully be a good reading week. I mean, not that they’re not usually, but it’s hard to go wrong any time you throw in Gaiman or Pratchett into the mix. 😉
I hadn’t come across The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t With Her Mind, but now I think I need to go seek it out. the title would have caught my attention, too, but also the plot sounds really good on top of that.
I hope you do! I’m looking forward to getting into it. 😀
Haha, I love your intro! I also like how you have laid out your thoughts and written mini reviews on the books you have reently finished.
My husband is really looking forward to the Good Omens adaption. I feel a bit left out as the book never grabbed me. Maybe it is time for a reread?
Thanks! I think I’m running out of W questions a lot sooner than I thought I would. xD
Yes, just a quick little re-read! I do see what you mean, though. It’s a bit … skippy. And all over the board. xD In some scenes, I feel like I’ve missed something, but I apparently haven’t. So that’s fun. Or, if the book doesn’t work for you, you could just join your hubby and enjoy the series. 😉 But shhh, you didn’t hear that from me.
So many new and fun sounding titles — especially The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t with Her Mind! I really need to get cracking on with Good Omens. I’ve been “reading” it for a while now… I thought I’d be loving it but I’ve really been struggling to get into it (my head has been all over the place though)! 🙈
I can sort of see that. There are elements that I’m loving, but then there are parts where I’m like … wait, did I miss something? It’s a bit jumpy and a little all over the place at times. I’m still enjoying it, but not as much as I did at first. I can see it being a struggle for some people to get through.
I really need to get to reading Good Omens as well. It’s a dream team of authors and I’m kind of ashamed that I’ve yet to pick it up.
Yeah, that’s what I’ve been saying for years, too. xD This series releasing really just gave me a good reason to finally pick it up.
I had thought about reading Good Omens before the show, but it’s a little too late now. But I do hope to read it soon.
What? Pffft. Never too late. 😛 You’ve got almost a whole day. Who needs sleep, anyway? Sleep is for the weak! (I’m on page 165/400 and feeling that maybe I might have cut it a bit short, too LOL).
Lol best of luck with your reading! 🙂