WWW Wednesdays: 14th May 2014

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

What are you currently reading?

What did you recently finish reading?

What do you think you'll read next?

 

My answers:

What are you currently reading? I'm reading a couple of books at the moment: The Buried Life by Carrie Patel, a pretty good fantasy set in a world beneath the ground, combining decent worldbuilding with a murder mystery plot; Jackaby, a great historical fantasy described as Sherlock meets Doctor Who and which seems to be living up to that so far (!); and The City of Stairs, the new fantasy epic by Robert Jackson Bennett that I have just started.

 

What did you recently finish reading? The last book I finished was Shield and Crocus, which I received as an e-Arc from Netgalley. A Weird fantasy published by Amazon's 47North, it was nowhere near as good as I had hoped, in part due to quite a large number of mistakes, typos and strange character name shifts, which I hope will be cleared up before it is released. Still, it was a relatively enjoyable fantasy/superhero mixer that unfortunately failed to click with me for large parts of the book.

What do you think you’ll read next? Next couple of books I'll be reading: Starting a Star Wars reread all over again since the announcement of the new Expanded Universe and going back to Heir of the Empire, the book that started it all. After that, probably Flirting with French, a memoir about a man who goes to extremes to try and learn the Gallic language (looking forward to this being an Englishman living in France!)

WWW Wednesdays: 7th May 2014

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

What are you currently reading?

What did you recently finish reading?

What do you think you'll read next?

 

My answers:

 

What are you currently reading? I've been catching up on some Netgalley books I had asked for and received, so am currently reading The Girl in the Road (a great SF epic) and The Red Hot Fix (sequel to one of my favourite thriller novels from earlier this year)

 

 

What did you recently finish reading? Just finished The Lincoln Myth by Steve Berry and The Good Spy, a non-fiction look at CIA agent Robert Ames, by Kai Bird.

 

 

What do you think you’ll read next? Still have a few Netgalley books to finish up before I get back to my usual TBR, so will be reading Shield and Crocus, which I am really looking forward to, and The Buried Life, which looked interesting but is less up my usual alley in terms of fantasy.

What have you/are you/will you be reading at the moment?

WWW Wednesdays: 23rd April 2014

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

What are you currently reading?

What did you recently finish reading?

What do you think you'll read next?

 

My answers:

 

 

What are you currently reading? I'm almost finished with The Midnight Witch by Paula Brackston, which is not as good as I had hoped it would be, and my Netgalley ARC of Fool's Assassin by Robin Hobb, which is a hundred times better!

 

 

What did you recently finish reading? Just finished Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderons. I have been reading and listening to it since the beginning of the month. A fantastic epic fantasy, with great characters, Sanderson's trademark worldbuilding and a tight plot despite the huge page count!

 

 

What do you think you’ll read next? After a fantasy heavy week of reading, I'm going to be reading some sci-fi at the end of the month, including one of the latest Star Wars books, Honor Among Thieves by James S.A. Corey, and Adam Christopher's The Burning Dark.

What have you/are you/will you be reading at the moment?

WWW Wednesdays: 16th April 2014

Found this over at Should Be Reading and thought I would take part, always fun to take stock of what you're reading...

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

What are you currently reading?

What did you recently finish reading?

What do you think you'll read next?

 

My answers:

 

What are you currently reading? I'm just about finished with The Demon's Brood by Desmond Seward, about the Plantaganet Kings of England, and Half Bad by Sally Green.

 

 

What did you recently finish reading? The last book I finished was Missing You by Harlan Coben. Not his greatest, but a solid thriller with a 'surprise' twist at the end that I personally saw coming from miles away. Enjoyed it nevertheless!

 

What do you think you’ll read next? I have recently received my first (!!!)Netgalley books and two of them will be coming out this month so am going to read those so as to get the reviews up as close to the release as possible. They are Ruin Falls by Jenny Milchman and Peacemaker by Marianne de Pierres. Two very different books, but both of them look great!