It’s time again to ask ourselves the three W’s:
What’s your zombie plan?
When is World War Z?
Where are all the zombies?
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.
Obisdio by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
★★★★★ || Goodreads
What can I even say? This was perfect. If you haven’t read this yet … what are you waiting for?! I’m so sad this series is over (and I had the biggest book hangover when I finished this in, like, a day and a half). But I can’t even be mad because that ending was just so perfect.
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
★★★★✩ || Goodreads
This was just the cutest book. It was hard not to like Bod. I liked the really cute little glimpses into life in the graveyard and all the different personalities that lived there. The only problems I had with it was it felt a little … choppy? It felt more episodic than anything and like it didn’t quite fit together neatly to me. Also, the Jacks were such a neat idea, but in the end, they felt like super weak villains. I never got a sense that there was really any stakes for Bod, even though the stakes should’ve been incredibly high. But it all felt so blase, and then it ended so easily that I was a bit disappointed that it wasn’t more of a thing.
Lincoln’s Last Days by Bill O’Reilly
★★★✩✩ || Goodreads
This was a book club read, and it was pretty good. I didn’t feel like there was a ton of new information for me, but there was some. I guess I didn’t realize how big the plot was, so that was interesting to read. What I liked most about this book were the images in it. I loved being able to actually see the people they were talking about. It really changes the reading experience. The writing was also pretty engaging, more so than I expected when I realized it was nonfiction about Lincoln’s assassination.
David Mogo, Godhunter by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
Status: 7%
Nigerian God-Punk – a powerful and atmospheric urban fantasy set in Lagos.
Since the Orisha War that rained thousands of deities down on the streets of Lagos, David Mogo, demigod, scours Eko’s dank underbelly for a living wage as a freelance Godhunter. Despite pulling his biggest feat yet by capturing a high god for a renowned Eko wizard, David knows his job’s bad luck. He’s proved right when the wizard conjures a legion of Taboos—feral godling-child hybrids—to seize Lagos for himself. To fix his mistake and keep Lagos standing, David teams up with his foster wizard, the high god’s twin sister and a speech-impaired Muslim teenage girl to defeat the wizard.
This book sounds really good, and I was super excited for it when I found it, but I’m having a really difficult time getting into it. The idea seems great, but so far, there’s a lot of exposition and info dumps in the beginning, which feels like it’s really slowing things down for me. I’m really enjoying the setting of basically a dystopia Lagos, and what I’ve seen so far of the gods and hunting is interesting. I love the dialect, too. It’s so fun to read. It might take a little while to get used to Papa Udi’s pidgin language, but I didn’t really have trouble with it.
I’m so looking forward to The Bookish Life of Nina Hill because Nina and I obviously understand each other. People are terrifying and difficult to deal with, and I relate to her struggle.
I’ve also got an ARC of The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep, which sounds like Inkheart for adults. I just love the idea of characters coming to life, and I will read all the books I can about that.
I’ve so been looking forward to reading Shatter the Sky, and I’ve been trying to hold off closer to release so it’s okay for me to shout about it. And the time has finally come! I mean … lesbian dragon trainer rescuing the damsel in distress. What’s not to love here?
Ooh I also absolutely love obsidio!
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It was such a good series, wasn’t it?! I don’t usually re-read books, but I’ll probably end up re-reading this series. :3
I reread the first two before book three was released!
OMG you finished Obsidio!!! I’ll have to finally read it then. I know I keep putting it off because I’m trying to read some ARCs and stuff first but I may just have to binge it over the weekend or something!
I diiiiiid. In, like, a day and a half because I just could not put the stinking thing down!!! I’ve got tons of ARCs to read still, too, so I know how you feel. xD But it was a library loan, so I squeezed it in. If you read it, let me know. We can scream together about the ending. :3
I’m definitely going to tag you in my review for it so we can scream together <3 I love having people to do that with! I have so many library books I need to get through as well so I need to do those.
Yaaay! I’m always excited when I find people who like or don’t like the same books I do. It’s like I’ve found my people. It’s such a rare thing.
Yes! I totally agree and that’s how I feel about you as well <3 Thanks for everything Sammie!
Gosh I love the idea of the unlikely escape of Uriah Heep inkheart for adults? Yes please!!
I wasn’t a huge fan of Inkheart when I read it because it *felt* too midgrade, if that makes sense? The bad guys felt like cartoons, and for me, at least, having a flimsy bad guy ruins a book for me. So I’m really crossing my fingers, because I loved the idea of Inkheart, and this sounds like it’ll have a bit higher stakes to me!
I look forward to hearing what you think!!
I felt similarly to you when I read The Graveyard Book. I did really like it, but the episodic structure to the book made some parts of it feel more like filler to me than crucial to the plot. Gotta love anything with the Sleer though, that slippery, creepy fella. Have a good week!
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I mean, I guess it did sort of circle back in the end, but to me it felt like a lot of things happened early in the book just so that they could have a place in the end of the book instead of feeling like they belonged there (like the whole ghoul escapade). I also hated that Miss Lupescu ended up just sort of … disappearing. She deserved better than that. I liked her. xD The Sleer was definitely a favorite, though! I actually wanted to know more about that. xD
I totally agree about Miss Lupescu. The chapter involving her seemed to build up Bod’s relationship with her as important, yet she’s barely featured again throughout the rest of the book.
You’ve reminded me I need to find time to pick up Gemina! I read the first book ages ago, but somehow I never continued the series afterwards. Have a wonderful week and happy reading!
Yeeees. Read it! I think the longer gap you leave between them, the harder it’ll be, though. Or re-read the first before reading the last two. Because all the characters/situations are sort of rehashed, and themes/phrases are repeated for effect, etc, and those are easily lost if you don’t remember them from the previous books. :3
Oh yes that does make sense… I’ll have to wait until I have time to read them together then.
Oooh, I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on The Bookish Life of Nina Hill and Shatter the Sky! I read Shatter the Sky last month and really enjoyed it! 🙂
Oooh I’m glad to hear that! I’ve seen a couple really positive reviews, but I’ve been trying to stay away until I read it. xD On the one hand, I enjoy waiting until shortly before release to read it, but on the other … waiting is hard, yo. D:
Waiting is HARD, lol. I’m impressed by your self control! I’m just waiting to post my review until closer to the release date (read “waiting” as “procrastinating on writing said review”).
I know what that’s like. xD I’m not sure it’s so much self-control as, heeeey, I’ve got 1,000 books still to read anyway, so we’ll just squeeze these in first, since I should’ve read them already lol.
Oh, lol, I get that too!
I am eager to read The Bookish Life of Nina Hill. Thanks for sharing, and for visiting my blog.
So glad you enjoyed The Graveyard Book! I love that one. And thanks for visit my blog!
The Graveyard Book was one of the first books my youngest son was excited about back in middle school – and that made me excited. Glad you enjoyed it, Sammie!
Omg I’m so behind on the Illuminae Series, I’m so glad that enjoyed Obsidio!
I so highly recommend it! You should totally catch up. 🙂