WWW Wednesday is a book meme run by Taking on a World of Words.
The Three Ws are:
What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?
Currently Reading
Progress has slowed a little on 45 Master Characters by Victoria Lynn Schmidt, but I have finished reading through all of the female archetypes. It’s certainly been a valuable resource, giving me a lot to think about as well as some new ideas. I will likely ramp up my progress on the book soon so that I’m not taking too long getting through it. The archetypes are interesting, but I especially want to get to plotting character journeys and their differences.
I’m a little over halfway through Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach. I had wanted to have the book finished by now, but as it turns out scientific nonfiction isn’t as easy to digest as quickly as fiction for me. Regardless, I’m enjoying the book a lot. At first the sense of humour didn’t really work for me, but I have come to enjoy it as I’ve gotten further along. Roach’s work is quite thorough and really insightful. It’s astounding what science used to take seriously.
I’ve also been reading Shiver by Junji Ito, collecting nine of the author’s best short stories, as selected by the man himself, spanning his entire career as a manga creator. The art is harrowing as expected, while the stories themselves have a very Tales from the Crypt feeling that I’m enjoying a lot, though not as much as his longer stuff.
Recently Finished
Nothing for this week, though I’ve got a good feeling at least two of the three books above will be included here next week.
Reading Next
It’s hard to say what I’ll be getting to next. I definitely want to read Godzilla in Hell soon, which is a conceptually delightful comic book that I came across recently. The title says it all. Hopefully the actual book lives up to how in love I am with the idea. Otherwise, I’m considering starting one of the longer books I added to my physical to-read list for the year. One possibility is The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. I’ve had all three books collected into one for many years, but have never touched the series. Maybe I’ll get a start on that finally, since I could put it down guilt free while I’m between “books” within the collection. We’ll see.
I love Roach! Her books Stiff was the same – at first the humor was difficult but then I realized she was using it to diffuse an unpleasant situation. She is one of my favorite non-fiction authors. Great WWW list! Here is mine https://wordpress.com/post/silverbuttonbooks.com/4602
Thanks! And yeah, especially as she’s gotten deeper into Western society’s past with studying the afterlife amd Spiritualism the more the humour has landed for me.
The books are unfamiliar to me Have a good week reading. My link is
https://idahobluebird50.com/2018/01/31/wwws-wednesday-january-31-2018/
I’m a huge fan of LOTR movies, but I gave up on the books after ten pages describing a hobbit’s house. Good luck! https://teripolen.com/2018/01/31/www-wednesday-what-am-i-reading-amreading/comment-page-1/#comment-11919
Yeah, I’ve heard some of the issues with how Tolkien writes. Hopefully I don’t have too hard a time with it.
Great set of books you got here! I really want to read Lord of the Rings someday!
Here’s my WWW Wednesday:
https://rabbitearsblog.wordpress.com/2018/01/31/www-wednesdays-12-january-31-2018/
Thank you! I’ve read the Hobbit a few times, but I’ve never set out to try with LOTR. This has always bugged me a little because it’s one of those books, especially as a fan of Fantasy, that people just assume you’ve read before.
Oh yeah!
I meant to say that I also have LOTRs on my list as well. I have also read the Hobbit but for whatever reason I can’t seem to get started on LOTR. I need to just suck it up.
Yeah, I’m in the same boat. I’ve actually read The Hobbit a few times without touching LOTR at all.