WWW Wednesday is a weekly book meme run by Sam over at Taking on a World of Words. Check out her post and others over on her blog!

The Three Ws are:

What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?

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Currently Reading

I’m still working my way through Authority by Jeff VanderMeer, and it’s unfortunately at a slower pace than I would like, though I’m nearly 100 pages further than I was last week. I’m continuing to enjoy the atmosphere of this book, for the most part, especially in how lost and ineffectual the Southern Reach reach is as an institute. It’s becoming more and more clear that Area X has been infecting them in subtle ways over the years, though how and how much isn’t quite clear, as the entire situation is terribly nebulous and hard for any of the characters to wrap their heads around. I am finding I like this novel less than Annihilation thanks to the resulting slow pace, however. It does feel immersive with Control’s struggles to get a handle on things, but the stagnating and obtuse atmosphere is ultimately having a double-edged effect.

I also decided to start reading Dead Mountain by Donnie Eichar, a nonfiction book from 2013 about the Dyatlov Pass Incident where a group of nine hikers in Soviet-era Siberia when missing and were subsequently found dead under mysterious circumstances. Though I’m not inclined to believe anything paranormal was involved, it’s still a captivating mystery, and I’ve seen a few book recommendation videos list it among good nonfiction reads. So far, at about 50 pages in, I am enjoying it quite well. I will unfortunately struggle to keep the Russian names straight, which I hope I will come around on by the time I’m done, but otherwise the readability is very good. I’m looking forward to seeing if there’s any new or compelling information presented here that paints a different picture than other sources I’ve seen talk about this incident.

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Recently Finished

Since last week I’ve read the two volumes of The Flintstones Mark Russell and Steve Pugh, which I found a lot more enjoyable than I was even expecting to, and already I had good hopes for it. It turned out be a really amusing, satirical spin on the old cartoon while still maintaining the spirit of what I remember from watching the show when I was younger. Standout details for me include the fact that Bedrock was founded after committing a genocide, which Fred and Barney participated in, and the fact that the animal appliances, which only we as the reader can understand, suffer under their plight of being treated like household objects instead of living things. Despite how heavy that might sound, there’s enough levity throughout these stories to balance things out and an absence of heavy-handedness in how they’re presented that it really hits the mark.

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Reading Next

Not sure what I’ll be reading next, I’ve got a lot on the go right now. Rest assured, it will probably be a comic of some kind; I’ve still got to keep up getting through those.

Until next time, thank you for reading! Feel free to share your own post down below.