WWW Wednesday: a Book Blog
Happy Wednesday!
I know, Friday is better, but we can take some of the sting out of it not being Friday by talking about books, right? I thought so. :)
WWW Wednesday
What are you currently reading?
I'm about three quarters of the way done with my re-read of "A Discovery of Witches." Have I mentioned at all how much I adore this book? I'm counting down the days until July, when book two will be released!
What did you just recently finish reading?
"Pride and Prescience" by Carrie Bebris
What do you think you'll read next?
It'll either be "I Beat the Odds" by Michael Oher, "Suspense and Sensibility" by Carrie Bebris or "A Month of Summer" by Lisa Wingate. Or I may throw caution to the wind and choose something else! (I have to keep you guessing, after all.)
Waiting on Wednesday
"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:
Aside from my afore-mentioned impatience for book two in Deborah Harkness's All Souls trilogy, I'm also looking forward to the latest from Jen Lancaster, "Jeneration X: One Reluctant Adult's Attempt to Unarrest Her Arrested Development; Or, Why It's Never Too Late for Her Dumb Ass to Learn Why Froot Loops Are Not for Dinner." Now that, my friends, is a title!
Your turn - what are your WWW Wednesday and Waiting on Wednesday reads?
St. Swithin
3:55 pm on Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Carrie Bebris seems high on your list. I will have to look into her.
I just finished reading _Reading Lolita in Tehran_. That was a fascinating book. It made me re-evaluate _Lolita_ and several other 'classic' books.
I don't know what I will read next.
Jenna Czaplewski
4:07 pm on Wednesday, March 28, 2012
I've only read one of her books thus far, but I was really surprised at how much I liked it. I've read a few other books that supposedly pick up the thread of Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet after "Pride and Prejudice" and found most (if not all) of them disappointing or lacking. But Carrie Bebris really sticks close to Jane Austen. Her writing style, her characterizations, all of them really seem spot on. The book I have read is the first in the "Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mystery" series and I'm actually excited to read more. I think she is up to six books published in the series and is working on the seventh. I also think it's cool that she's a Wisconsin native!
Randy1949
12:43 pm on Thursday, March 29, 2012
On Austen, let me recommend 'Pride & Prejudice and Zombies'. It's a very funny sendup of Austen, zombie fiction, and the Asian martial arts genres.
Heather in Caledonia
12:16 pm on Thursday, March 29, 2012
Have you read the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon? Very good. I'm waiting (impatiently) for her next one... maybe next year! I've been trying to read Stephen King's 11/23/63, but it's so long and I can't renew it at the library because there's a hold. I'm waiting to get The Hunger Games from a friend and read those before I see the movies.
Jenna Czaplewski
1:02 pm on Thursday, March 29, 2012
I read the first two (three?) of the Outlander books and then I stopped. I think I was on Outlander overload. :) But that was several years ago - perhaps I should revisit them. I've heard many good things about Diana Gabaldon and I did enjoy the books the first time I read them. How many is she up to in the Outlander series now?
I haven't really ever been a fan of Stephen King's, though I do want to read "Under the Dome." That's been on my to-read list for a while now!
Randy1949
12:41 pm on Thursday, March 29, 2012
I've read extracts, and find them to be overwrought bodice-rippers with a disturbing gay theme. They are more literate than the average romance novel, but that's all that can be said. I've interacted online with Ms. Gabaldon, and she's a bit of an arrogant person who has let the adulation of her writers' group go to her head.
Steven King's 11/23/63 is excellent. I ripped through it in about four days. Very bittersweet. I won't spoil it. I'm currently re-reading King and Straub's 'The Talisman'.
Jenna Czaplewski
1:07 pm on Thursday, March 29, 2012
Have you read "Under the Dome"? What did you think of that one?
Jenna Czaplewski
1:08 pm on Thursday, March 29, 2012
I have been so hesitant to read "Zombies"! Everyone and their great-grandmother tells me how good it is but I'm fearful that it's somehow disrespectful of Austen's work. Perhaps I need to just cave and read the book already! :)
Randy1949
6:06 pm on Friday, March 30, 2012
Yes, I read Under the Dome year before last. It was okay -- not really as good as Duma Key or 11/22/63. Still worth the read.
I don't know about 'disrespectful' to Austen. Is a good satire ever truly disrespectful? You need to love your source material to make it really funny. I think you need to cave in and read it. The scene with Elizabeth and Lady Catherine De Bourgh in the dojo is worth the price of admission.