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?
Currently Reading
I’m really close to finishing Trickster Drift by Eden Robinson, the second book in her Trickster trilogy. In fact, I expect I’ll be finishing it later today when I make some time to read. I’ve really been enjoying this book, which hasn’t felt its length at all. Part of me wishes it was a little more plot-driven, but I’m really enjoying its continued focus on Jared figuring his life out and becoming part of a community with his extended family, as well as him embracing the supernatural forces that surround him, despite his best efforts to ignore them. Slowly but surely, they’ve become commonplace for him, despite his resistance, and I’m curious what that’ll mean for him going forward, as so often he is warned about such spirits, but they seem benign and even friendly, at least to him. Things have reached a fever pitch from more human threats where I left off, and I’m eager to see how it all concludes.
Recently Finished
The other day I read Frogcatchers by Jeff Lemire, a graphic novel about a man who wakes up trapped in a surreal hotel. Though I thought there were some really good creative choices made with the illustrations, utilizing colour and sketchy abstraction to signify the difference between reality and dreamlike spaces, I thought the story overall was fairly pedestrian. I certainly don’t regret reading it, and I’d be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge how its depiction of catching frogs in a creek resonated with me and reminded me of my own childhood, but overall it felt like a sort of story I’ve read/seen many times before. Though it’s Lemire’s own spin on the idea, it all felt too stereotypical and lacked a little something more to elevate it beyond that.
Reading Next
I’ve received my reserved copy of A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers from the library finally, so I expect I’ll be starting that later this week.
Until next time, thank you for reading! Feel free to share your own post down below.
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