WWW Wednesday: July 8, 2020

WWW Wednesday was last hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and has found a new home with Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. Just answer the three questions below about how your reading is going this week and leave a link to your post in the comments for others to look at. Don’t forget to check all the other participants. It is the #1 way I keep my TBR overflowing!

The Three Ws are:

What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?

WHAT AM I CURRENTLY READING?

A yellow cover that looks like an old newspaper features the title “The Poison Squad, One Chemist’s Single-Minded Crusad for Food Safety and the Turn of the Twentieth Century.”

A drawing of a man who is Jim Thorpe looks out to the distance from the cover. He is wearing a red jersey with a large C on it and holding a football.

This weekend I looked at my toppling pile of currently reading and vowed to not add more until at least one was completed! I managed to finish two books this week so, of course, I reached onto my shelf and immediately replaced them.

I loved Wayside School when I was a kid. I started the new book in the series a few weeks ago until I lost it in the abyss that is my current book “organization”. I started it back up this morning and I will finish it quickly. It is just as silly and humorous as the originals and I’m glad to be back in the sideways school.

I am also still working through The Pen Commandments and The Poison Squad. Both are great and I’m loving having so much nonfiction in my life right now.

I also started Undefeated by Steve Sheinkin. Jim Thorpe’s biography was the first one I ever read as a child and I cannot wait to read more about this amazing athlete.

WHAT DID I RECENTLY FINISH READING?

Cover of book shows a half cracked empty eggshell and the title.

Aurora Rising: A teenage girl with chin-length black hair with a silver white stripe stares out to the reader. One of her eyes glow red. Constellations twinkle around and behind her.

I finished two books this week. That doesn’t sound like much but I also managed to write reviews for them both. That’s right! I have been so terrible about reviewing books for weeks (months) now and I vowed to get myself organized this week.

If At Birth You Don’t Succeed: My Adventures with Disaster and Destiny by Zach Anner was a hilarious memoire but one of my favorite comedians. My full review will be up Friday for nonfiction Friday but let me just say, I laughed so hard I choked.

I also finished Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff and thoroughly enjoyed it. My full review is here.

WHAT WILL I READ NEXT?

A young, human-like alien with purple eyes and long silver braids stares out.

I will certainly start reading the next in the Aurora Cycle series with Aurora Burning. I’m really enjoying sci-fi right now and so The Razor is looking promising. Similarly, I need all the nonfiction in my life that I can so I have Thank You for Arguing cued up.

Tell me, please!

What’s on your WWW?