WWW Wednesday, June 19, 2019

I have gotten through a few books and wanted to join WWW Wednesday this week!

The Three W’s for WWW Wednesday are:

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

What are you currently reading?

I wasn’t able to decide what to read so I picked up a book at random.  Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline was the winner.  I am only a little way through but think I made a good choice.  From Goodreads:

[Orphan Train is] a captivating story of two very different women who build an unexpected friendship: a 91-year-old woman with a hidden past as an orphan-train rider and the teenage girl whose own troubled adolescence leads her to seek answers to questions no one has ever thought to ask.

What did you recently finish reading?

Before Orphan Train I read Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan.  I really enjoyed this book which was a fast read.  I love the attention paid to the main character and her quirks which were very similar to Eleanor Oliphant.  We meet our main character, we watch our character fall in the face of tragedy and watch as those around her lift her up and bring her in.  This is a Young Adult book, and I have found I really enjoy reading Young Adult books as they wrap up so nicely – as this one does as well.

I also read I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson.  Like Counting by 7s this book is Young Adult – which again I didn’t realize when I picked up the book.  The book had great ratings and that is all I need to see to want to pick it up.  The book is about a set of twins, their special bond, how their special bond breaks after a tragic event and how the bond comes to repair.  The dialogue, the thoughts, the metaphors – all just made me smile.  I would recommend this book.

Before that I read I Was Anastasia by Ariel Lawhon.  Meh.  I didn’t really like this book.  Was Anna Anderson REALLY the heiress Anastasia Romanov – and survived after her entire family faced execution by the Bolsheviks?  Honestly, every chapter that involved Anna Anderson and her quest to gain the identity of Anastasia Romanov – I just grew to care less and less if it were she or not.  I DID enjoy the story of Anastasia Romanov and her family under siege. So, I guess there was that plus going for it – but that’s about all.

I had started The Twelve by Justin Cronin.  I only got a little way into the story when I realized this story was going to follow the same equation most post apocalyptic  stories do.  End of the world, those who survived fight for survival from the germ/zombie/terror out to try for utter destruction of the human race.  Once the survivors have solidified their stance – what do they do?  They begin to turn on each other.  (Honestly this whole equation was why I stopped watching The Walking Dead – how many different groups were going to fight for supremacy?  Who cares?)  So, this book hit a very special shelf only a few of mine have landed – DNF – Did Not Finish (Which is a rare shelf for me – I finished Anna Karenina which has about 500 unnecessary pages in it and TOTALLY should have landed on the DNF shelf!)

Lastly, I finished Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger.  I really enjoyed this story and the characters in this book.  The book is told from a 13 year old boy, the son of a preacher, about the death that surrounded him and his family in the summer of 1961.  The book was a page turner in story, but also in character dynamics.  A very enjoyable read!

What do you think you’ll read next?

To be honest, I dunno!  I was flipping through WWII era fiction, different character stories and nothing felt right until I picked up Orphan Train.  So we will see where that book takes me next!

Thanks to Taking on a World of Words for hosting WWW Wednesday!