The three āWās areĀ what are you reading now,Ā what have you recently finished reading, andĀ what are you going to read next, and you can find this weekās post at the hostās blogĀ hereĀ if you want to check out other posts.
What are you currently reading?
The Zoo,Ā by Isobel Charman: it’s not exactly “wild and wonderful”, as the subtitle goes, but it’s still quite an interesting reconstruction of history. It probably takes too many liberties in imagining what the real people it follows thought and felt, but it’s entertaining enough.
I’m also partway through rereadingĀ The Burning Page, by Genevieve Cogman. That’s as entertaining as you’d expect, and I’m looking forward to finally getting onto the fourth book,Ā The Lost Plot.
What have you recently finished reading?
The last thing I finished wasĀ Crooked Kingdom. Everyone who told me it picks up halfway through was right — yeesh, I barely put it down after I got just past 50%. At first it felt like Kaz’s team just weren’t coming together properly to pull things off, but once they figured things out… Also, ouch, that ending. Ouch.
What will you be reading next?
Record of a SpacebornĀ FewĀ is out, so I’m thinking of rereadingĀ The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet andĀ A Closed and Common OrbitĀ first, because that’s how I roll.Ā Dreadful Company by Vivian Shaw is also about to come out, so I want to rereadĀ Strange Practice as well, but I’ll probably readĀ Small Angry Planet again first.
What about you?
I read a bit more of Saul Tanpepper’s Gameland. It is going to take a while to get through this and time is running out for the month! I have a few other books I want to get to before August begins.
chucklesthescot recently posted…Book Review: Titanoboa by PK Hawkins
Haven’t heard of that one before, but it looks like fun! Enjoy!
Recently finished: The Tea Master and the Detective (Aliette Bodard)
Currently reading: Hannah Green and Her Unfeasibly Mundane Existence (Michael Marshall Smith)
Reading next: Probably something else from your blog. It’s proving useful!
I live to serve! I need to read The Tea Master and the Detective, actually; I meant to read it soon after I read On A Red Station, Drifting, but then got distracted…
Interesting looking books! I am curious about The Zoo. Enjoy…and thanks for sharing. Here’s
MY WWW POST
Thanks for dropping by!
Maybe I should pick Crooked Kingdom back up again! I just couldn’t get into it and quite approximately 1/3 of a way through. Here is my WWW: https://silverbuttonbooks.com/2018/07/25/www-wednesday-july-25-2018/
Yeah, I had the same problem! And uh, sorry I missed replying, it’s been a busy week!
I’m still smarting that my copy of Record of a Spaceborn Few is sat on my doorstep at home waiting for me to get back (well, to be fair, my beloved will have taken it indoors. He doesn’t resent my reading that much) and I won’t get back to it for another 2 weeks. AGH.
In the meantime, I’m finally read The Goblin Emperor, which is very sweet. I’m not sure it’s what I’m in the mood for, but I can see why it is so well-loved.
imyril recently posted…Bite-size Books: The Citadel of Weeping Pearls
I don’t want to buy it in hardback, so I’m still waiting. I’ve bought an ebook copy, of course, but I’d rather read the paperback. The UK edition is nicely floppy in my hand… (I know, I know, I’m weird.)
The Goblin Emperor is just so… nice. Also, the worldbuilding is clever. Stuff like the formality levels in language is really well thought out.