This meme is hosted by Sam over at Taking on a World of Words. A similar meme, This Week in Books is hosted by Lipsyy Lost and Found.
Why not join in? Just answer the following three questions in a post and then put a link to that post in the Comments over at Taking on a World of Words.
The questions are:
- What are you currently reading?
- What did you recently finish reading?
- What do you think you’ll read next?
As always, clicking on the cover image will take you to the book’s Goodreads page.
1. What I’m reading at the moment
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows #2) by Leigh Bardugo
I can’t believe I forgot this was coming out. Thankfully many of you featured this book in your WWW posts last week and reminded me. I scrambled to order my copy, it arrived on Sunday and I’m nearly finished! 🙂
The blurb: I’m not going to put a blurb here because it contains spoilers for book 1 of this duology. If you’re interested in finding out more, you can read my review of that amazing book – Six of Crows.
2. The last books I read
Spectacles, a memoir by Sue Perkins
I’d recommend this entertaining memoir to anyone who finds Sue Perkins in the slightest bit amusing. Here’s my full review.
The blurb: “This, my first ever book, will answer questions such as ‘Is Mary Berry real?’, ‘Is it true you wear a surgical truss?’ and ‘Is a non-spherically symmetric gravitational pull from outside the observable universe responsible for some of the observed motion of large objects such as galactic clusters in the universe?’
Most of this book is true. I have, of course, amplified my more positive characteristics in an effort to make you like me. Thank you for reading.”
AND
The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict
If you’re prepared to have your view of Albert Einstein forever changed, read this book. Here’s my full review.
The blurb: In 1896, the extraordinarily gifted Mileva is the only woman studying physics at an elite school in Zürich. There, she falls for charismatic fellow student Albert Einstein, who promises to treat her as an equal in both love and science. But as Albert’s fame grows, so too does Mileva’s worry that her light will be lost in her husband’s shadow forever.
A literary historical in the tradition of The Paris Wife and Mrs. Poe, The Other Einstein reveals a complicated partnership that is as fascinating as it is troubling.
3. What I’ll read next
Poison City by Paul Crilley
I requested this from NetGalley after seeing Drew’s great review. And I mean, come on, who doesn’t want to read a book which features an talking alcoholic dog?!
The blurb: The name’s Gideon Tau, but everyone just calls me London. I work for the Delphic Division, the occult investigative unit of the South African Police Service. My life revolves around two things – finding out who killed my daughter and imagining what I’m going to do to the bastard when I catch him.
I have two friends. The first is my boss, Armitage, a fifty-something DCI from Yorkshire who looks more like someone’s mother than a cop. Don’t let that fool you. The second is the dog, my magical spirit guide. He talks, he watches TV all day, and he’s a mean drunk.
Life is pretty routine – I solve crimes, I search for my daughter’s killer. Wash, rinse, repeat. Until the day I’m called out to the murder of a ramanga – a low-key vampire – basically, the tabloid journalist of the vampire world. It looks like an open and shut case. There’s even CCTV footage of the killer.
Except… the face on the CCTV footage? It’s the face of the man who killed my daughter. I’m about to face a tough choice. Catch her killer or save the world? I can’t do both.
It’s not looking good for the world.
Have you read/are reading any of these? What are you reading? Let me know! 🙂
And elsewhere on the blog…
I made carrot cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. Ideal if you don’t want to make one big carrot cake but are looking for a sweet treat which you can claim is in some way healthy (it contains nuts and carrots… surely that makes it a health food?!)
Claire Huston / Art and Soul
I like the sound of the Other Einstein I just don’t want the rose coloured glasses to come off though lol. Great review
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Thank you!
There will be no rose coloured glasses left after this book. It’s really sad/infuriating how badly he treated her. I don’t honestly know where I got the impression he was rather “cuddly” from!!
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Thanks for the shout out to my Poison City review, I really enjoyed it and thought it was a awesome read so I hope you enjoy it. 😀
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I’m really looking forward to it 🙂
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Don’t typically read memoirs but I do like the sound of Spectacles. I really like Sue and it always sounds like she’s had an interesting life with a lot of problems.
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She’s had more ups and down that I’d imagined! And her memoir is great because her voice comes through so clearly. It would be a nice one to listen to with audiobook 🙂
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I’ve been keeping my eyes peeled on Overdrive for the audio for that reason. Fingers x’d
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I really like the sound of The Poison City. I read the description of the book here and immediately rushed to NetGalley to request it. I see its marked as Sci-Fi though, a genre I have never read. Enjoy your books this week Claire.Happy reading:-)
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I wouldn’t say Poison City is sci-fi. It’s closer to fantasy fiction or action adventure. But really it’s a good detective mystery with some supernatural bits! 🙂
Thank you and you too!
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I’ve added The Other Einstein to my wishlist – definitely sounds like something I want to read! Glad to see you’re reading Crooked Kingdom! I absolutely loved it, I thought it was fantastic!
Here’s my WWW
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Great! 🙂 It’s certainly worth reading just so you feel better informed at the end.
Nearly finished Crooked Kingdom… reviewing it without spoilers will probably be a bit tricky!
I’ll check out your WWW now…
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I really need to get on reading Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom! I keep hearing so many amazing things about them and yet they continue to sit on my bookshelf unread! Hopefully soon!
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They are both excellent! I’d recommend them to everyone 🙂
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Maybe I’ll get on them before I jump into the Throne of Glass series since there’s only two of them!
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I like the sound of Poison City… I hope you enjoy all of your current reads. Have a great week!
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Thank you!
Me too 🙂 Drew’s review was excellent. And this will be the first book I’ve read which features a grumpy talking dog!
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You’re already reading Crooked Kingdom? I want to but it’s hard to find time these days.. Ughhh 😰😰
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I know what you mean 😦
I’d forgotten it was being published until I saw everyone’s posts last week. I had other things to read but they’ll have to wait 🙂
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I started it too last night 😂😂
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I love Sue Perkins, so her memoir sounds great!
Thanks for visiting my WWW earlier 🙂
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If you like her, then you’ll love the book. It’s so funny and honest 🙂
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Spectacles looks tempting, and I’ve been seeing Crooked Kingdom all over the blogosphere. Enjoy! Thanks for sharing…and for visiting my blog.
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Rats! My comment disappeared (to spam, I’m sure. It’s been happening just often enough to really annoy me). Trying FB sign in.
I am curious about Crooked Kingdom, and Spectacles looks tempting. Enjoy your week, and thanks for visiting my blog.
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You were right! I just rescued it from spam 😦 That happened to someone else who commented here last week. It’s odd how it only seems to happen every now and again!
The Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom duology is excellent, particularly if you like multiple viewpoint stories (it’s told in third person but with chapters alternating between the viewpoints of the 6 main characters).
Thank you! Enjoy your reading too 🙂
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I sent an e-mail to WP Support…but haven’t heard back yet. It does only happen now and then, and I’m wondering if this comment will go through!
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Got it! I hope they can sort it out for you 🙂
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Ooh! Poison City has caught my interest! I’ve made a note!
Enjoy the rest of Crooked Kingdom! Meanwhile, I’m avoiding all spoilers of the Duology until I can get started on it in November ;P
Happy Reading 🙂
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I can’t wait to read Poison City. I would have already got to it, but then I remembered Crooked Kingdom was coming out. It would be brilliant to read the 2 books back-to-back. I skim re-read book 1 and was really pleased I did because I’d forgotten so much important stuff 🙂
I’ll check out your post now…
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I will argue til the end of my days that carrot cake is totally healthy 😉 What did you think of Crooked Kingdom?
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I’m just finishing it, but unless it all goes horribly wrong in the last few chapters (can’t imagine that happening), it’s very very good. I’m not sure it’s quite as brilliant as Six of Crows, but it’s still great fun. I don’t know how Bardugo keeps all the bits of the plot straight. She must have some sort of huge whiteboard with loads of diagrams!
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I had a really similar thought. It would be interesting to see her notes and how she plots her stories
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I’m going to have to bump Spectacles up the list as it was about this time last year I bought it! As with the Mary Berry that I’ve just read I quite like reading about the celebrity when they’re on TV at the same time so you can tie the two in….make sense? 😉
Thanks for visiting my WWW earlier – https://bookboodle.co.uk/2016/10/05/www-wednesday-october5th
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That makes perfect sense 🙂 I only got Spectacles because I stumbled across it in the charity shop and I remember you getting to meet Sue at the literary festival last year. I didn’t know Bake Off would be such a big deal this year. I’m trying to savour it while it’s still in its current format on the BBC. Who knows what they’ll do to it when it goes to C4?!
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That’s awesome that you enjoyed Crooked Kingdom! It was kind of a shock that it was released last week because I felt like there had been such build up and I wasn’t quite ready for it yet!
Thanks for stopping by My WWW Wednesday!
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I know! I had it on my list of “releases I must read 2016” and then I managed to forget about it. I think I’d convinced myself it was coming out in November!
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Everyone is reading either Six of Crows or Crooked Kingdom, I am jealous! 🙂 I can’t find a single bad review for Six of Crows, which makes me very curious about it. Happy reading!
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I’ve very nearly finished Crooked Kingdom and I’d say that Six of Crows is ever so slightly better, but both books are brilliant and a masterclass of plotting. I don’t know how Leigh Bardugo does it 🙂
Happy reading!
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I will be looking forward to read your Crooked Kingdom review! I completely forgot it was coming out as well haha. I just got my copy and hopefully I will be able to squeeze it in in between ARCs some time this month. Poison City sounds great as well.
Happy reading! Here’s my WWW.
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I don’t know what happened… I think I convinced myself that Crooked Kingdom was coming out in November?! 🙂
I can’t wait to read Poison City. I was supposed to get to it sooner, but with the “surprise” of Crooked Kingdom it’s been pushed back.
I’ll check out your WWW now…
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I have been seeing so much great buzz about Crooked Kingdom! I wasn’t even familiar with the first book so clearly I have some catching up to do!
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Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom are brilliant! I don’t know how Leigh Bardugo keeps all the plot strands straight – it’s all so complicated 🙂
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I’m definitely interested in the Sue Perkins book – love her! I don’t really know anything about her though so that would be interesting. Not quite as interesting as those cakes though. They are obviously extremely healthy 😉
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I didn’t know much about her either. But the person you see on TV is definitely the one who comes over through her book 🙂
Carrot cake is definitely one of the healthier cakes! 🙂
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I still need to read Six of Crows! I love the cover for Crooked Kingdom so much! The Other Einstein sounds pretty interesting.
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Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom are both brilliant!
The Other Einstein was very good. If nothing else, I now feel I know about a person I should have known about before 🙂
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I want to read 6 of crows now so I can read Crooked Kingdom tho pretty sure if I don ‘t order them right away I’ll forgot about them completely haha. …..http://www.curious-daisy.com/www-wednesdays/www-wednesday-october-5-2016/
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I managed to forget that Crooked Kingdom was coming out! I think I convinced myself it was out in November. They are both excellent books though 🙂
I’ll check out your post now…
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I’m reading Six of Crows right now and loving it. Happy reading! 🙂
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Yay! Such a good book. And I’ve just finished Crooked Kingdom and can tell you there’s more goodness to come 🙂
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Enjoy alcoholic talking dogs! Sounds like a good one and I know another reader (I think it’s Drew) liked it a lot. Happy reading and thanks for participating in WWW Wednesday!
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Thank you! I’m really looking forward to it 🙂 Happy reading!
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Amazing book covers!!
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Thank you! I’ve had another good run of covers 🙂 And they’re not all blue!
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You’re welcome! You sure did 🙂 Lol that’s true.
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