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
Instead of continuing on with books in series I’ve planned to finish up, on Monday I started reading Strange Houses, a Japanese mystery/horror novel by the enigmatic author Uketsu. I was in the mood to read something more horror related and suspected this book would be a swifter read, so I went with my feelings instead of grander plans. I was right about it being a quick read, as I’m already over 60% of the way through it after just a couple of reading sessions. So far, it’s definitely more of a mystery than horror, though the inclusion of floor plans and the strangeness of their designs definitely has a creepy effect. A lot of it feels a bit too much like rampant speculation on the part of the characters, however, and I’m wondering whether that will factor back into the story or if their active imaginations will inexplicably ring true.
Recently Finished
Since last week, I’ve read two graphic novels that I borrowed from the library. The first was Medea by Blandine Le Callet and Nancy Peña, a retelling of the life of the fearsome sorceress from Greek mythology. Overall, I enjoyed it very much, especially the efforts it made to ground mythologized settings into a plausible historical context. Personally, I do prefer when the mythology is fully and unambiguously embraced, but I do like the presentation of it as something that actually happened, especially in how Medea, though obviously not an impartial narrator, mush reckon with the myths that have grown around her notoriety, juxtaposed with what she claims really happened.
I also read Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 1, which is a collection of short stories by Haruki Murakami adapted into comic book form by Jean-Christophe Deveney and PMGL. Though the title refers to it as manga, I will call this a graphic novel because, as far as I can tell, it was adapted by a Western team. Though Murakami is a well-regarded novelist and I’ve heard of many of his books over the years, for some reason (big frog) this was the first book with his name on it to ever grab my attention. None the stories blew me away, but I have found myself ruminating on them a little over the past week. I enjoyed their unabashed strangeness and meditative atmosphere. I’m certainly more curious about Murakami’s work now too, though I don’t think I’ll rush out to pick any up.
Reading Next
I’ve not entirely made up my mind on what I want to read next. I’m still being weirdly moody about it.
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