It’s WWW Wednesday time! So, as always, that’s:
- What have you recently finished reading?
- What are you currently reading?
- What will you read next?
What have you recently finished reading?
I’ve been embarking on a bit of a crusade to finish the books I’ve started, so I returned to Exposed: The Greek and Roman Body, by Caroline Vout. In the end, there was less to surprise me than I’d thought, but maybe I shouldn’t be surprised, since I did study classics at university, and have read a few other books on Greek/Roman customs.
I also finished listening to Fugitive Telemetry (Martha Wells), since I’ve been tearing through the series on Audible. Not my favourite, admittedly; it feels a little inconsequential after the events of Exit Strategy. But still fun!
What are you currently reading?
After my TTT post yesterday mentioning books I’ve been neglecting, I actually picked one of them up: I started on Ross Barnett’s The Missing Lynx, which I’m enjoying so far. Barnett writes in a lively way about the extinct megafauna, and his excitement about the animals (especially sabretooths) comes through.
I’m also partway through the audiobook of Network Effect, by Martha Wells. I’m not entirely sure how I feel about Kevin R. Free as a narrator: sometimes he’s perfect, and sometimes I just… aah. Not quite. The voice he uses for Gurathin is perfect, but of course Gurathin isn’t in this book.
What will you read next?
Not sure! Probably I’ll return to another of the books on my backlog, though. There’s a bunch to choose from, but maybe Doina Ruști’s The Book of Perilous Dishes, because I’d only just started that when I got distracted, and it should be easy to get back into.
How about you? Anything interesting on your bedside table at the moment?
Books on the Americas’ lost megafauna are rare! Will have to look for this one.
I just finished reading The Ransomed Crown, a historical fiction/adventure novel set during the John-Richard drama following the end of the Third Crusade. I’m currently reading The Dangerous Years, a historical fiction naval novel set immediately after the end of the First World War. No idea what is next, but I’ve been binging on HF so it’s a good bet.
It’s about Britain, actually! There were plenty of sabretooths etc in Britain too. 🙂
Hah! Whoops. I hear megafauna and instantly think about the giant sloth, the wooly mammoths, etc. Will definitely look in to this, then.
It has a chapter on mammoths too; we had those as well! And cave bears, aurochs, Irish elk, cave lions, hyaenas, lynxes… anything that roamed mainland Europe could also get to Britain, since Doggerland (now flooded) joined what is now an island to the continent. It was a fun book, I liked it!
The Book of Perlious Dishes has SUCH a gorgeous cover. Curious about Martha Wells’ books, too. I’ve been seeing her name a lot recently!
I really love Martha Wells’ work — at least, the Murderbot books are so fun, but I really ought to read more of her others too.
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