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WWW Wednesday – April 2, 2025

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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.

WWW Wednesday – March 26, 2025

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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

Making good on my intentions last week, I started reading Trickster Drift by Eden Robinson, the second novel in the author’s Trickster trilogy. I’m a little over 130 pages in at the moment. Despite it having been nearly three years since I read the first book, it has done a good job of easing me back into where Jared is at in life and the state of his relationships. All the same, I wish it was a little fresher in my mind. Though this is far more magical realism than a typical fantasy, I’m enjoying how this book continues to play with the fantasy trope of secretly having magical parents by having Jared realistically struggle with coming to grips with the otherworldly and sincerely just wanting to get his more mundane life on track. With him striking out on his own more in this book and connecting with extended family he’s never met, I’m curious to see what upheaval might be in store for him.

Recently Finished

Yesterday I read through Berserk Vol. 42 by Studio Gaga with Kōji Mori, the first volume in the series that has not been worked on by creator Kentaro Miura due to his unfortunate passing. Before resolving to wait for this volume, I had tried reading translations online and had worryingly found it to be quite bad. I maintained cautious optimism, however, and decided to just wait for an official publication. I’m happy to report that while it doesn’t feel precisely the same as Miura’s work, this volume was a very worthy continuation, especially in terms of the illustrations, which do not look dramatically different at all. I really liked how this volume finally puts Guts at odds with the reality of his adversary; the methods he’s always relied on simply will not work, at least not conventionally. I’m excited to see how this will develop and eagerly await the next volume. Who knows when that will come.

Reading Next

As it turns out, I have a few library books sitting in the wings waiting for me, so the next few reads will not be from my personal collection. For one, I decided to just go for it and requested Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers, which is currently on its way to my closest library. I’ve been wanting to read it for a while but have balked at the price of it compared to its length, so I think this is the better compromise all around. I also found a random graphic novel at the library which immediately caught my interest, Frogcatcthers by Jeff Lemire, which I will probably read by next week. I really liked Lemire’s graphic novel Essex County and look forward to something a little more surreal.

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