WWW Wednesday, September 25, 2019

After it gets dark, while we wait for all the sports practices to end, we huddle in the car.  Declan on my phone and I with my book.  Here’s what I have read since my last WWW Wednesday post.

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?

Right now, I am reading Far From the Tree by Robin Benway.  I am really enjoying this story which is about three teenagers who all have the same birth mother.  The two girls were adopted to separate families immediately following their birth.  The boy remained in the foster care system for seventeen years.  Reading their thoughts on being adopted, meeting each other and deciding on whether or not to search for their birth mom – all from their different perspectives and experiences is really making for a good read.  Stay tuned!

What did you recently finish reading?

Before that I read The Perfecet Mother by Aimee Molloy.  This one turned out to be different than what I expected.  It is a mystery/thriller book, but for a while I didn’t find it very thrilling.  I thought the “hooks” to make the reader bite their nails in expectation were a little juvenille.  I was prepared to give this book a 2 out of 5 stars until I got to the end, caught the “woah” and gave the book 3 out of 5 stars.  So, I liked it.

Before that I read the play, Proof by David Auburn.  I really liked this one.  Granted I think actors performing the play on stage would really give the words so much more, but the words got me all alone.  I felt the drama, the frustration, the wonder and the suspense in this.  Very enjoyable, and if you are into plays, I would recommend this one.

I was prepared to read the drama of Proof after reading the hilarity of Augusten Burroughs in his book, Lust and Wonder.  I’m not sure how many other books of his I have read, but I know there have been a few.  Each is as fun as the next.  So if you have read Burroughs before, you know what you are getting into and this one does not disappoint.

When I first started Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda, a YA book by Becky Albertalli I was a little underwhelmed.  I felt like it was a storyline I had read before that was told better.  This book did end up having its differences and I did end up enjoying the book.

What do you think you’ll read next?

I have two I am vacillating over in wonder as to what to read next.  On one side I have A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab or In The Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner.  I had picked up A Darker Shade of Magic once before, but was turned off with all the different names and names of places while reading the excerpt on the back.  I have a hard time remembering names in real life, but it seems like, if I can sort all the names and places out, the book will be enjoyable.  But if I am just not up for the name challenge, then I will probably just read In the Shadow of the Banyan.  We’ll see!

Until next time!

Thank you, Sam for hosting WWW Wednesday!