WWW Wednesday is hosted by the lovely Sam, check out her blog here. The requirements are simple, you answer three questions:
- What are you currently reading?What have finished recently?What do you plan to read next?
CURRENTLY READING
I am still pushing through Outlander. I’m currently at 37% and I am hoping by next week I’ll hit like sixty or seventy percent. I know it is a huge book and I am finding it a slow read so I am fine with it taking some time.I also have have started This Mortal Coil, which is my YA book clubs pick for the month. The cover gets a solid 10/10 for me, its is beautiful and ties into the story really well. I didn’t really think this would be for me, but the first couple chapters I have read have been really interesting. Hopefully I will continue to enjoy it!
FINISHED RECENTLY
Audiobooks have been my saviour. I was slumping hard and they have allowed me to actually read and finish some books.First up, we have Heartburn. I got the audiobook from my library, as mentioned in last weeks post. It was super short so I pushed myself to get to it. It turned out to not really be for me, which is a shame but I’m glad I tried it.Audiobooks also allowed me to finish The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, which I definitely rushed. It was enjoyable enough though, just middle of the road for me.I also finished The Colour of Bee Larkham’s Murder, which I didn’t really get into.All these audiobooks also came from my library, so I am very grateful for Overdrive this month! I don’t want to add much more detail or I won’t have anything left for my end of the month wrap up!
READING NEXT
I need some contemporary in my life and next week is the ContemporaryAThon and the next books I have planned to read are for that readathon. So, I think the first book I’ll pick up will be A Very Large Expanse of Sea as it meets a number of the challenges and it is quite short. I also have a three hour journey on the first day so I am hoping to get it all read then.
I’ve been wanting to try Heartburn, since I love Ephron’s rom-coms, but I’m not sure it’d be my thing either. I loved A Very Large Expanse of Sea so much, it’s definitley a perfect one for a readathon. It’s so easy to read and I didn’t want to put it down! I hope you’ll enjoy it 😊
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I hope you like if you do pick it up. It is full of recipes which was unique but strange.
Thank you! Here’s hoping! I don’t see how I couldn’t like it!
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I loved Nora Ephron’s Heartburn…I also have (and love) the movie with Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson. Enjoy your week, and here’s MY WWW POST
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I didn’t know there was a film! I will have to look into this!
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Good luck with next week’s ContemporaryAThon next week! I am feeling a bit of the opposite lately, where I am reading too many contemporary books and need some classic fiction. I’m reading The Odyssey soon to solve that problem. Here’s my WWW post if interested: https://greatmorrisonmigration.wordpress.com/2019/02/06/www-wednesdays-february-6-2019/
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Thank you 🙂 Ooo well that’s interesting! To me classic seems like such work but I’m glad it will pull you back up!
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I loved Heartburn and I tried The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice but I couldn’t get into it. I really wanted to love it! Audiobooks are my discovery of 2018 and they are absolutely my reading slump safety net. Also, my house gets so clean while I listen because I can’t sit still. Here is my WWW: https://silverbuttonbooks.com/2019/02/06/www-wednesday-february-7-2019/
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Well I’m glad you enjoyed one at least! Audiobooks are the same for me, but I often cook when listening, or shower, so still useful!
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Ohh, A Large Expanse of Sea seen to be a popular choice to read this month. It sounds really good. And I from where I am seeing the raves are positive too. Happy readings!
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Thank you, lets hope I join the rave review club!
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You’re a better person than I am, I DNF’d Outlander long ago! I also am in the small minority of people who found Large Expanse forgettable, but I am hoping it was just the audiobook narrator and that you have a good experience with it!
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I kind of wish I could DNF it, but I just keep hoping it’ll get better!
Ooo well that is interesting! I often find I enjoy books less on audio, thankfully I have a paperback for this one!
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A Very Large Expanse of Sea is such a beautiful book and I loved it! I hope you enjoy it too
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Thank you, I’m hoping all the good things I’m hearing don’t get my expectations up too much! But I don’t see how I could be let down by it!
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I’ve heard a lot of good things about This Mortal Coil, so fingers crossed! It’s on my TBR.
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I’m a few chapters in and its pretty good so far! I hope you like it too 🙂
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A Very Large Expanse of Sea has been on my TBR for a while now. I hope you enjoy it!
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Thank you, fingers crossed! 🙂
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i only managed 100pages of outlander :’) so grats
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Thank you, I am 350 pages in and boyyyyyyyy do I want to DNF now haha!
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I have This Mortal Coil and still need to read it! 🙈
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I hope you like it when you get to it! 🙂
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I didn’t think This Mortal Coil was for me and purely purchased it because of the cover but when I read it. . . It was just fantastic. I hope you love it, so then we can talk about it lol
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Thank you for that glowing review! I have been in love with the cover for a long time and convinced I wouldn’t like it, I just had to read it for book club, but so far (50 pages in), I’m pretty gripped!
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I love TGGtVAV audiobook, the narrator made it for me!
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In fairness I did think the narrator was great! 🙂
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How are you liking This Mortal Coil? I’ve been keeping my eye on it since it came out but hasn’t had the chance to get to it yet.
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I’m about 150 pages in, its interesting, I’m just not wow’ed yet!
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I hope you enjoy This Mortal Coil. I didn’t pick it up on release as the blurb didn’t grip me but I heard good things and really enjoyed it.
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I didn’t either, I only have got to it now because someone else picked it for my book club. So far its okay, nothing amazing yet unfortunately!
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Looking forward to reading A Very Large Expanse of Sea! I hope you enjoy it!
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Thank you, I hope so too! 🙂
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Been dying to read a Very Large Expanse of Sea!
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Me too!! I hope you like it when you pick it up!
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