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
I’m still reading Aftermath: Life Debt by Chuck Wendig, though I’m about two thirds of the way through now. In some ways I’m finding I like this book a lot more than the first one. The amount of development and motion in the story has really made me realize even more in retrospect just how much the first book was spinning its wheels where plot was concerned. There are other hiccups in Wendig’s writing style that recur in this book as well, making them stand out worse. Nevertheless, I am enjoying it, and I’m especially happy to see core Star Wars characters like Han and Leia play significant roles in the story, rather than being more background figures.
Recently Finished
Over the weekend I finished reading Ed the Happy Clown by Chester Brown. While a big talking point about the book for me going in was just how weird things looked without any context, I must say that by the end I was thoroughly over it. Exhaustion was bound to set in, as I expected, especially reading it all at once (rather than serially, as it was originally published). That’s not to say that I think it is bad, however, just that that particular shtick stopped affecting me by the end. The story had grown out in a more coherent direction too, ending things on a surprisingly downer note for certain characters. I should have a review posted soon.
Reading Next
Like I said last week, with October a mere couple of weeks away I’ve been thinking a lot about the horror books I may want to start reading for the season. One that I’ve decided upon, and likely my next book, is The Troop by Nick Cutter. I’ve made to sure to limit my knowledge of the story to the back cover, so all that I can glean from that is it’s about a troop of scouts on a camping trip in the Canadian wilderness who encounter some sort of zombie-like threat. Nick Cutter is actually a pseudonym for a Canadian author I really like who typically writes fiction, so I’m especially intrigued to see what he comes up with as Cutter.
Until next week, thank you for reading! What did you read this week?
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I really want to get into the new Star Wars books. What kind of reader would I be if I only ever watched the movie franchise?? Blasphemy.
I just did WWW for the first time here: http://litlistening.com/2018/09/19/www-wednesday-weekly-wrap-up/
There’s still a manageable number of them too, which is why I started getting into them. I know there are a lot of good books in the old expanded media, now called “Legends,” but there were far too many of those for me to want to dive in.
The Troop sounds amazing and a great way to start off your October reads. What is the author’s real name and other books?
Yeah, I’ve been excited to read it for a while. The author’s real name is Craig Davidson. Books of his I’ve read are Rust & Bone, The Fighter, and Sarah Court.
I’ve definitely heard of Rust & Bone but haven’t read it or anything else by that author, so I’m adding him to my TBR right now. Thanks!
Like you, I’ve started planning my Autumn/Winter reads. I have a new ghostly type read that I’m saving especially for the darker wintry nights 🙂
Can’t wait to see what it is 🙂