WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking On A World of Words, and to take part, all you need to do is answer three questions:
What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?
What are you currently reading?
Progress is slow-going with Milkman. I mentioned in my last weekly wrap up that while the story is interesting, the narrative style is very different from what I usually read- which in itself isn’t a bad thing, since it’s always nice to try something new- and so I’m finding myself reading no more than four or five pages at a time.
I didn’t think I would become attached to any of the characters when I started reading Wolf Hall, but I’m more than two thirds of the way through the second book in the trilogy and I almost don’t want it to end.
Of course, I still have The Mirror and The Light to read when I finish Bring Up The Bodies, but it’s been an incredibly addictive and vivid story, and although I knew going into the first book what happened historically, the cast of characters have been brought to life by Hilary Mantel, and I think reading the final page is going to be bittersweet.
Fair Warning is the first book I’ve ever read by Michael Connelly, so I’m trying to refrain from judging it before I get to the end.
The plot featuring DNA and the world of genetics is one I’ve come across before a few years ago in a book by Michael Crichton (he of the Jurassic Park series) and I was left feeling creeped out by the questions he asked throughout the story, so I’m hoping this one ends better.
What did you recently finish reading?
Eight Detectives was a Netgalley arc I didn’t feel it would have been fair to review since I couldn’t decide how I felt about it.
It had an interesting premise behind it, and I enjoyed that we got to read the short stories written by one of the characters who is an author (hence the eight detectives mentioned in the title) but there was a LOT of mathematical talk that resulted in me skipping paragraphs, which I felt made the idea of the two characters (the author and the literary agent) discussing the formulas which can be applied to mystery novels redundant.
But that might just be me, as I’ve seen plenty of positive reviews on Netgalley and on Goodreads.
The fourth Inspector McLean novel was a little bit different from the rest of the series in its tone (and the obvious lack of the supernatural, which is a key part of the books) but I enjoyed it from first page till last and I’m looking forward to getting on with Book 5.
What do you think you’ll read next?
The sequel to The Way Of All Flesh has been on my shelf since January, so I thought it was time I got round to it. I’ve only seen one review of The Art Of Dying, and it was a positive one, so my fingers are crossed that Book 2 lives up to the standard set by Book 1.
It’s been a few weeks since I finished the 4th Inspector McLean book, so I’d like to move on to Book 5.
