Welcome to WWW Wednesday which is currently being hosted by Sam @ Taking On A World of Words. It’s really just a place to do little update on what all you’ve been reading lately. Anyone is welcome to join, just leave a link to your post in the comments and be sure to give the appropriate credit to Sam!
The Three W’s 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?
- Artemis Awakening (Artemis Awakening, #1) by Jane Lindskold – physical book
- A Face Like Glass by France Hardinge – audiobook
I just realized that I had 2 credits available on Audible, so I decided to start up listening to audiobooks again. I loved Hardinge’s The Lie Tree, when I first read it last year, so when I saw that they had another one of her whimsical fantasies available, I jumped at the chance. I’m really enjoying it so far too, if it is a little strange (which I’ve realized is Hardinge’s M.O.).
Artemis Awakening is fairly interesting so far. It’s very easy to read and I’m really enjoying the characters so far. The story is a little predictable so far, but I’m hoping that’s only the case because it’s still very early on in the book.
What did you recently finish reading?
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2) by Leigh Bardugo – 5/5 stars
I don’t think I’ll be writing a review for this book, as I never did write one for Six of Crows. However, I will say that I had a bit of an interesting relationship with it. Mostly, this book put me into the worst reading slump when I was about 75 pages into it. The beginning just took too long to really engage me and I finally just had to toss it aside. But once I made it through my slump, I was able to dive back into it and really ended up loving it. I do think I may end up docking a star from this one, just because the pacing was really rough there for a while.
What do you think you’ll read next?
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
I read the first 20 pages of this book for the Try a Chapter post I did yesterday, and it has really left me wanting more. I honestly can’t believe I’ve had this book for about a year now and am just now finally picking it up. The last few books that I’ve read from Book of the Month Club have really been amazing, so maybe I should stop being such a procrastinator and actually read them when I get them! Here’s hoping, right?!
What are you currently reading? Did you finish any good books this week? What do you have next on your TBR? Leave a link to your WWW Wednesday post in the comments below!
Wonderfilled Reads 
That’s interesting to hear about the pacing for Crooked Kingdom being slow at the start- cos I’m yet to read it- I’ll bear that in mind going in. I’m glad you ended up enjoying it though!
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Yeah, I think I’m one of the very few who had problems with the pacing that way. But it did get a lot better after a bit though!
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Ah well it’s fair enough. That’s great!
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I can definitely understand your struggle with Crooked Kingdom. I think I’ve felt the same about every one of her books. It either takes a while to get into or there’s a bit in the middle. I do always end up loving though.
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Yes! I think it just takes her a while to build up to the actual story. I didn’t have as much trouble with the Grisha trilogy, but I think both books in this duology suffered from it.
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I’m glad you loved Crooked Kingdom despite struggling with the slow pacing at the beginning.
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Thanks! Yeah, it finally picked up after a while and didn’t stop from there!
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I’m glad to hear you still enjoyed Crooked Kingdom despite the pace! The covers of your current reads are gorgeous by the way. Happy reading!
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I can understand what you’re saying about Crooked Kingdom. It feels a lot slower than the first book.
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Yeah, it took about 100 pages before it got going for me. But luckily, it doesn’t stop once it gets going!
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I admit I found Crooked Kingdom a bit slow in the beginning too. But, but! I’m glad you decided to finish it because look, it was worth it! Happy reading. 🙂
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Haha yes, it was! I think I just need to accept that Bardugo’s stories take a little time to really build up.
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