Welcome to WWW Wednesday – September edition. This is a weekly (but I tend to do it monthly) challenge, hosted by Sam 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 put your blog link on Sam’s weekly post in the comments.
/ WHAT ARE YOU READING NOW?
Before We Say Goodbye is the latest in the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series by Japanese author Toshikazu Kawaguchi and follows a similar format to it’s predecessors. People visit the Café Funiculi Funicula in the hopes of time travelling and getting answers to questions they didn’t ask when they should have. I love the lyrical way its written and am bracing myself for an emotional read.
/ WHAT HAVE YOU RECENTLY READ?
The Appeal by Janice Hallett has been on my TBR list for a little while and I’m so glad I finally read it! Just a next-level crime / murder mystery that delivers its plot in such a clever way. I can see why it’s so loved!
/ WHAT WILL YOU READ NEXT?
Inspired by Charles Dicken’s David Copperfield, Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver has had rave reviews and I’m keen to get started on it. Here’s the blurb:
Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, this is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. In a plot that never pauses for breath, relayed in his own unsparing voice, he braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses.
Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favour of cities.
Have you read Demon Copperhead? I’d love to know what you’re reading this week or plan on reading soon – let me know below!
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