It is time for WWW Wednesday, my favorite meme! The gracious Sam from Taking On a World of Words continues to host even when she is on vacation! So, without further adieu, I give you…
What Did I Just Finished Reading?
I had a doozie of a week! Thanks to the Dewey’s 24 Hour (Reverse) Readathon I had a fire lit under me and I made reading a priority all week long. If you want to see how very poorly and erroneously my participation was you can read about it here. The above are the physical fiction books I read this week. The standouts are, hands down, Circe by Madeline Miller which I gushed about here and The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin which I reviewed here. I also enjoyed Surprise Me by Sophie Kinsella and that review will be up on Saturday.
As for audiobooks, I finished Stuff Matters by Mike Miodownik and loved it. If you are looking for a non-fiction book narrated in a crisp British accent that uses everyday objects to explain quantum mechanics this one is for you. I will give this gem a more thorough review in my Non-Fiction Friday segment soon.
I am also on the hunt for more Graphic Novels for my Sunday Comics section. I read The Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell. It was a sweet short story graphic novel about accepting yourself and others through cosplay. I checked out Robot Dreams by Sara Aaron. And, finally, I got my hands on the second in a children’s series I love called Mighty Jack and the Goblin King by Ben Hatke.
What am I Currently Reading?
This week I continue to journey through The Two Towers. I am approximately one-third of the way through the book and still enjoying it. Those Ents, even though they are a favorite of mine from the movies, take forever to make a decision and that passage slowed me down. But, I plan to get back to around 20 pages a day.
I am also in the middle of both the graphic novel The Sandman Vol 1, Preludes and Nocturns by Neil Gaiman and the middle-grade book, Black Panther the Young Prince by Ronald L. Smith. Finally, just this morning I started listening to the audiobook of Homey Don’t Play That: The Story of In Living Color and the Black Comedy Revolution by David Peisner.
What Will I Read Next
I need to read a western for my Read Harder Challenge and instead of a cowboy perspective I thought I would go with the Native American viewpoint. Yesterday I saw a post by Amanda from Literary Weaponry raving about Daughter of the Pirate King and since I have it waiting on my shelf I decided it was up next.
Tell me, please!
How is your reading this week? You can list your books below or, as always, feel free to link to your WWW post.
oooh i hope you love Daughter of the Pirate King, I really enjoyed it!
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I started it this morning and I already love it!
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I can’t believe I ever missed Ready Player One – I really need to add that to the TBR, but know I’ll see the movie first.
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Let me know what you think! I have so many thoughts on the book, I am still sorting them all out.
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I want to read Daughter of the Pirate King. I can’t wait to see what you think about it.
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It is looking promisingly positive! I started this morning and I am already invested in the characters.
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I’m glad to hear you enjoyed Circe, as I recently read it and did not!
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That’s ok – no one book is for everyone. This one was hyped so hard as well which never helps.
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I loved Surprise Me and The Storied Life of A.J.Fikry.
Have a great week, and thanks for visiting my blog.
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I cannot believe I had The Storied Life just sitting there waiting for me all this time! Thank YOU for stopping by!
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Fantastic job this week! Great choices! Looks like I need to do a readathon as well to make a dent in my ever-growing TBR pile. Here is my post if interested: https://greatmorrisonmigration.wordpress.com/2018/08/01/www-wednesdays-august-1-2018/
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I also loved The Storied LIfe of AJ Fikry! If you like books about books, try The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald – if you haven’t read it of course 😉
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Oh, thank you so much for the recommendation! I will put it right on my TBR.
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Wow that’s a ton of books that you read this week! Hope you enjoy your upcoming reads!
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Thank you! I am really excited to get through some of the more fun ones that have just been sitting on my shelf.
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You did awesome this week! I enjoyed Daughter of the Pirate King but I loved the second one!! Have a great week!
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I love when you learn about a new book AND there is a sequel!
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Haha! It’s always such a bonus!
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How did you find Kill the Farm Boy? I’ve been seeing such mixed reviews about that!
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I always want to like spoofs but there are some that just don’t tickle my funny bone. This one had a lot going for it but it wasn’t my style. It could also be that I had built it up so much in my head!
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You had such a great reading week.:)
And I highly recommend Daughter of Pirate King… It was one of my best reads last year and I must say book 2 that was released earlier this year is so much better… So please read book 1.. hehe..
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I’m so thrilled to learn there is a book two!
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Yes. hehe. Hope you love it. 🙂
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Killed it this week! And oh yes, you’re starting Sandman! One of the best comic books series ever written. Can’t wait to hear your thoughts on it.
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The readathon helped but its hard to keep the energy going. Thanks though.
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Oooh, what did you think about Ready Player One? I absolutely loved that book when I read it. Also, congrats on such a productive week! Readathons really get us all going, huh? 😀
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I am still sorting through my feelings on Ready Player One but I can say that I can’t stop thinking about it! And, thank goodness for readathons! I needed that burst of reading energy.
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I personally loved it, but that’s just cause I’m a sucker for vintage and 80’s trivia. And yess, definitely!!
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It had that in spades!!! SO much trivia. It was like, trivia with layers of other trivia. I kinda wanted to make a list.
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What is a reverse readathon? I was trying to find out on their site but I couldn’t see it explained anywhere.
What did you think of Ready Player One in the end? These were my thoughts.
I really need to get on to reading Madeleine Miller’s books!
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I am guessing because I couldn’t see it spelled out anywhere either – but I think it is usually 9 a.m. to 9 a.m. and they went from 9 p.m. – 9 p.m. this time. That is my best guess. I do wish they put it on the site though!
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