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WWW Wednesday – October 18, 2023

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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

Alien 3 First-DraftI’m still in the middle of reading Alien 3 by Pat Cadigan; though I’m only about halfway through, I feel I’ve made decent progress over the last couple of weeks, all things considered. I didn’t get much reading done last week though, hence the absence of a post, due in large part to me going out of town to visit family and friends for my birthday and Thanksgiving. At any rate, I’m enjoying this book quite a lot, as I feel it follows up on the lore really well, expanding on it in some ways better than the film we got. There is one caveat that makes me happy this screenplay didn’t end up getting made, however, as for some reason Gibson’s creative choice with Ripley has been to stick her in a coma; nobody puts Ripley in the corner. Besides that, I’m enjoying its focus on Bishop and Hicks, who otherwise meet an abrupt end in the films, making the focus on them a nice AU treat.

Recently Finished

TombsI postponed getting this post written today because I was determined to finish reading Tombs by Junji Ito. I was hoping to do so this morning, but sleepiness got the better of me (I work nights, so it was bedtime). It does not come as much of a surprise that I quite liked this collection; the VIZ collections with the tag “Junji Ito Story Collection” on the spine have tended to be my favourite, and this one was actually better as a whole than the last couple. This collection had some stories I’d actually gone out of my way to read before, but I did so for a reason, as they’re quite good ones, like “Washed Ashore”. What I found best about this collection was how much its weirder stories were left unexplained, as explaining too much has been a problem with a lot of his other (I believe more recent) stories.

Reading Next

My Halloween reading plans are progressing nicely, though I’m a little worried about getting Alien 3 done on time. I’m also hoping I can get through all or most of The Haar by David Sodergren on Monday when I have a longer stretch of reading time. Even though we’re getting into late October, I still have plenty of time overall, so I’m optimistic.

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

WWW Wednesday – October 4, 2023

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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

Alien 3 First-DraftSince last week, I’ve started to read a couple of new books. First is Alien³ by Pat Cadigan (I don’t want to use the longer title that specifies what it is every time), one of the books I’ve chosen to read for the Halloween season. Right off the bat, I’m enjoying this a lot as an alternative third installment in the Alien film series, most especially because of a scene where a character behaves more sensibly in response to somebody getting a facehugger on their head than anybody else in the franchise; she essentially says “Damn, an alien ate Boris’s face,” and then shoots the facehugger and disposes of the man’s body through the airlock. I’m looking forward to seeing how this story develops.

on-a-sunbeamI also started reading On a Sunbeam, a graphic novel by Tillie Walden. I’ve had this book on my to-read list for a while now, though my interest hadn’t been piqued quite enough to actually pick up a copy. While I was picking something else up at the library a few weeks ago, I noticed they had a copy, so I decided this was the perfect opportunity to make myself read it. So far it’s been an interesting enough coming-of-age story, telling two plot lines about a young woman’s present working with a restoration crew and past at a boarding school. I really like the stylistic depiction of space structures and vehicles, such as many ships resembling large goldfish.

Recently Finished

Nothing this week.

Reading Next

WitchavenI actually have a lot of more immediate reading plans on the go right now for October. The next book I want to make sure I read is The Haar by David Sodergren; I’m really curious about this author and it’s short enough that I think I can squeeze it into my reading schedule this month if I spend my time right. I really love the cover too, so part of me weirdly needs it to be good to coincide with that. I also intend to finally read Tombs by Junji Ito, a story collection that I’ve owned for many months now. I’ve been tentatively planning to read it for a while now but haven’t felt motivated. Now, it is at least on theme with the season.

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

WWW Wednesday – April 12, 2023

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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

American PsychoI’ve made only a small amount of progress on American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis since last week, and it honestly felt like not a lot remarkable has happened, except for an attempt on taking the life of an associate whose girlfriend he’d been sleeping with, which ended up taking a homoerotic turn that left Bateman bewildered and pathetically seething and his would-be victim not murdered. It seems to me that a lot of this is establishing how he does pretty much whatever he likes in life without consequences, which is not really surprising, but I’m hoping the emphasis means I get to see some good squirming on his part as they start to catch up with him. It’s hard not to assume snippets of the film that I’ve come across won’t come into play, which is fueling some of this speculation.

Recently Finished

Twistwood TalesLast night I decided to read through Twistwood Tales by A.C. MacDonald, which is a recently released book of comic strips. I first came across the author/illustrator online, as these were originally web comics, and I’ve been following them for a while now. This collection appears to include original work as well, though the book only collecting work that already exists online would not have deterred me from picking it up. I’ve got a soft spot for creepy yet endearing in worlds that follow weird fairy tale logic, and this world appeals to that perfectly. Though many are short strips, included is a fairly lengthy story as well, which has me hopeful that perhaps we can expect to see more longer tales set in this world in the future.

Reading Next

TombsThe other day I picked up a new Junji Ito story collection that I had pre-ordered called Tombs, so I’ll probably be reading that soon. Collections of this binding style have appealed to me more often than others, so I’m hopeful that I’ll like this one. My fervor for Ito’s work has diminished a lot as I’ve read more and more, so I’m honestly not nearly as excited to read this one as I would have been in the past. Though I maintain that some of his work is legitimately brilliant, it bums me out a little that my enthusiasm has become so subdued. I can’t help but wonder if it would be different if I had moderated myself more.

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