Hello from my inaugural WWW Wednesday post of 2020! This is a weekly meme hosted by Sam over at Taking on a World of Words. If you’re curious about what other people are reading right now too, join in! All you have to do is answer the three bookish questions below and pop your blog link on Sam’s weekly post in the comments.
So, this week…
/ WHAT ARE YOU READING NOW?
A few years ago I was enchanted by The Girl of Ink and Stars by Kiran Millwood Hargrave and am now reading her new book, The Mercies, her first adult fiction novel. Historical in theme, it’s ‘inspired by the real events of the Vardø storm and the 1621 witch trials, a story about how suspicion can twist its way through a community, and a love that may prove as dangerous as it is powerful.’ So far it’s riveting.
/ WHAT HAVE YOU RECENTLY READ?
I really enjoyed Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid. It’s clever, insightful and tackles race, white privilege and class issues head on. It certainly gave me food for thought, all while being written in such a fresh, engaging tone of voice that I couldn’t stop reading.
/ WHAT WILL YOU READ NEXT?
I have actually picked up and started to read the first few pages of Fleishman in in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner a few times, but for various reasons I get distracted – but not this time! It’s a book that comes with high praise and I do really want to read it. Now (well, straight after my current read) is the time! The blurb:
‘Finally free from his nightmare marriage, Toby Fleishman is ready for a life of online dating and weekend-only parental duties. But as he optimistically looks to a future that is wildly different from the one he imagined, his life turns upside-down as his ex-wife, Rachel, suddenly disappears.
While Toby tries to find out what happened – juggling work, kids and his new, app-assisted sexual popularity – his tidy narrative of a spurned husband is his sole consolation. But if he ever wants to really understand where Rachel went and what really happened to his marriage, he is going to have to consider that he might not have seen it all that clearly in the first place . . .’
What do you think – tempted by the sound of this one?
I’d love to know what you’re reading this week – let me know below!
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What a gorgeous cover The Mercies has and a fascinating story to go with it. I might have to add this to my tbr.
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Yes, I’d really recommend it. It was wonderfully descriptive and a haunting story.
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I hadn’t heard of any of these three before – nice covers though! Unusually for me, I’m on nonfiction at the moment, with David Attenborough’s autobiography “Life on Air”. I’ve a book based on oral histories of the cold war lined up next, so it might be a little while before I make it back to fiction!
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Oh i didn’t realise David Attenborough had an autobiography! Will have to add it to my TBR, if there was an audiobook and he could read it to me, that would be even better!
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I have the 2002 edition, but there are updated versions from 2010 and 2014, and I believe the audiobook is available on Audible (and quite possibly elsewhere) narrated by the man himself.
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WHAT?? I’m downloading it immediately! Thanks for letting me know!
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Such a fun age sounds so good! Starting to see great reviews of it popping up everywhere – definitely one to try and get to soon 🙂
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Yes 100% – hope you enjoy it when you do read it!
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I bought a copy of such a fun age the other day!
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You’re in for a treat – enjoy!
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You have definitely made me curious about The Mercies! That blurb sounds fascinating. Have a wonderful week and happy reading! Here’s my WWW.
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Yes, I’ve just finished it and can confirm it is a fascinating, moving, wonderful story! One to pop on your TBR!
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Fleishman Is In Trouble sounds really interesting. Hope you enjoy it!!
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I’m a few pages in and I’m loving its tone and plot so far – fingers crossed it keeps this up!
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I’m so glad you enjoyed your recent book and are loving tje current one. Nothing better than continuosly picking up good books! That cover for Fleishman is in trouble… somehow upside down images always get me? Dunno what’s up with that. It’s just a bunch of buildings 😂 Have a great week!
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I think it’s New York, where the book is set, so there’s a link!
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That makes sense 😋
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Such a Fun Age sounds really good! I might have to check that out. I’ve been curious about Girl of Ink and Stars for a while too.
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Both brilliant (but different) reads, ones to pop on your TBR for sure!
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Enjoy, I have heard a lot about Fleishman in in Trouble
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Thank you – I’m really enjoying it so far!
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Love the cover of The Mercies, adding that to my list because of it! 😉
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Sometimes it’s perfectly acceptable to judge a book by its cover! Plus, I can tell you the story inside is pretty brilliant too!
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Fleischman does sound like a good book. I have to admit I don’t know any of the books you read, read and will read. But I hope you will like them. 🙂
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Thank you! If you like the genres they’re all worth a read!
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