WWW Wednesday 6 – March – 2019

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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?

29751398[1]I am currently reading, The Power by Naomi Alderman.  Here’s the thing – I was pretty excited to read this book.  I thought the concept of a gender power shift was intriguing – women would no longer have to feel the possible threat of being overpowered by a man.  The book isn’t all that, though.  I am kind of disappointed.  The use and misuse of this power isn’t my thing.  I am ready for this one to be over.

 

 

 

 

What did you recently finish reading?

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Recently I finished reading the Tattooist of Auschwitz by, Heather Morris.  For a while, I thought the book was just okay – that the main character really did have nine lives, so to speak, which made it a little unbelievable because he was still a prisoner in a concentration camp.  I really enjoyed the end, and when I read the family account of this character realizing the book was based on a true story – well it made me appreciate the book more.

 

 

 

31434883[1]Before that I read Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman.  This book was a delight to read.  Eleanor’s character made you laugh out loud with her matter of fact ways.  From Eleanor:

“Free-form jigging, communal shapes in the air; Dancing was easy!…YMCA! YMCA! Arms in the air, mimicking the letters – what a marvelous idea! Who knew that dancing could be so logical? …From my limited exposure to popular music, people did seem to sing about umbrellas and fire starting and Emily Bronte novels, so, I supposed, why not a gender-and faith-based youth organization?”

Or

“No thank you,” I said. “I don’t want to accept a drink from you, because then I would be obliged to purchase one for you in return, and I’m afraid I’m simply not interested in spending two drinks’ worth of time with you.”

It is not stated that Eleanor is on the autism spectrum, but you can certainly feel a lot of autism traits in her mannerisms, thought and speech.  Eleanor was a delightful character, and the book was very enjoyable as you continue to read and learn more Eleanor Oliphant and why she tries to be completely fine.

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Before that I read where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens.  I also really enjoyed this book.  This book was special because I had hours to read one day and just tore right through this one.  It was a story you wanted to keep reading about a main character you wanted to see survive and thrive.

 

 

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Before that I read The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra.  I also really enjoyed this book.  The book was set up like a mixed tape – the first chapters of the book were side A and told separate stories of individuals during war-time.  In the middle there was an interlude – a chapter separated into different parts and of change to our characters stories.  The last chapters of the book were side B and gave us the outcomes of the previous stories through different characters.  How the characters and stories intertwined was truly remarkable and thoroughly enjoyable.

 

 

 

What do you think you’ll read next?

I’m not really sure, to be honest.  The Power is taxing me so I guess it will depend on how negative I will feel when it was done and what kid of book I will want to read next.  Keep you posted!

Thank you guys at Taking on a World of Words for hosting WWW Wednesday!

22 thoughts on “WWW Wednesday 6 – March – 2019

  1. Hi Robyn, it’s Mel from Swimming wit Goldfish. I wondered if you might drop me a line at my attached email address. I wasn’t sure how to get hold of you other than leaving a comment on one of your posts Haha, sorry! I just wanted to to ask you a quick question 🙂

  2. Currently reading Under the Net by Iris Murdoch. Just finished The Ugly Duckling (an action spy drama).

    Now, quit checking on me!

    1. I hear ya – I am always tentative when I start a book with a ton of hype. I hope you enjoy it! I’ll check it out!

  3. Hi. We have an old Red Telephone Box which has been turned into the village mini library. Was in there yesterday and it had the Heather Morris book in, will brave the rain and go and borrow it. Just finished Eat, Shoots & Leaves. Reading Toad of Toad Hall. Next book was going to be Barack Obama’s one.

    1. Awesome! That is really neat about the mini library – I would love one of those near me! Hope you like it!

  4. Hi Robyn – I’m currently reading Steven King’s “On Writing” (as well as a novel by King’s son Joe Hill–maybe too much King). I’ve just gotten past King’s biographical synopsis and into the meat of his writing guidance. He hasn’t said anything I haven’t heard before, but he certainly says it stronger than I’ve heard it in the past. Hopefully some of it will stick.

    Eleanor Oliphant sounds a lot like me. I once debuted a short-story at a writers group. Everyone thought the main character was on the spectrum, but I didn’t intentionally write it that way. It was just the way I envisioned my character interacting with others. Regardless, everyone thought the story was much more powerful because I didn’t mention autism but I so clearly wrote it. Gail Honeyman may be on to something.

    1. I have heard about the book On Writing – be interested in what your final takeaway is.
      Wow, that is cool! I really liked her character, Eleanor – I think you are right. She was so interesting, and so laughable because you could never imagine what she was going to say next – which made her very loveable. But she was never identified as on the spectrum. I think you are on to something! Great job!

  5. I’m ALWAYS reading something. Thank goodness for public libraries because I couldn’t afford to buy all the books and I definitely don’t have room to store them.
    I’ve been reading a lot of YA fantasy books. I didn’t even realize they were YA books.
    Another blogger I follow does a thing on Fridays where we talk about what we’ve been reading. It’s more of a “comments discussion”. Maybe illI do this WWW next week.

    1. I like a lot of YA books – there are a couple on my “to read” list too.
      I have to say, I really like the WWW Wednesday – you meet a lot of new bloggers and learn about a lot of different books. And it is easy to do! Just a lot of cut and paste like the others 🙂

  6. Great to get a view of a range of different books. I’m always reading too, although at the moment, it’s all Roman epic poetry and Latin grammar, as I’m doing an intense university module on Latin and Roman literature and culture. So that’s all I’m getting time to read – Virgil’s Aeneid and Livy’s History of Rome!. Still, I’m enjoying the course and the set books, so at least I’m reading – something’s better than nothing! Thanks for the insight into more modern reads, Robyn.

  7. Okay…The Power. Can I admit I gave it up after an hour because it was so poorly written? Honestly…all my friends at the book store recommended it to me and now I feel like “I don’t even know who you are anymore!” 😂😂😂😂😂

    1. Hahahaaaa…..that is great! That is totally how I feel about the book. I think I have a hundred pages left and I just want to finish it so I can marked it “read” and then “hated.” 🙂

      1. 😂😂😂 hahahah! I couldn’t make it to putting it on the Hated list. It directly right into the hatchback to DONATE! Lollllll. From now on I take no recommendations!!

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