What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?
Time for another WWW Wednesdays, which is brought to you by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. If you too want to participate, answer the above questions and post that link on Sam’s page.
I completed a full month of reading Stephen King (see full review here). Having only read one short story by Stephen King (just last year), I didn’t know what to expect and am shocked at how much I ended up enjoying his work – though not without some nightmares. I will be moving on to reading Shirley Jackson next as part of my Focus on Authors Challenge.
Currently Reading
Recently Finished
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang – audiobook = ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Focus on Authors Challenge: The Shining by Stephen King – ebook =
*Click on the titles for full reviews. The Shining review is part of a full month of reading Stephen King review.*
Reading Next
What are y’all reading? Any plans to read some creepy novels for October?
HAPPY READING!!!
The Great Morrison Migration 
Sarah, I absolutely loved We Have Always Lived in the Castle, so I hope you read that soon. 😀
Here’s my WWW post: https://thebookwormchronicles.wordpress.com/2019/10/02/www-wednesday-2nd-october-2019/ 🙂
I am so glad to hear that you liked it. While I know so many people who have read it, I know absolutely nothing about it. Is it spooky?
It is a deliciously creepy and unsettling tale 😛
I’ve read both books by Shirley Jackson, very short reads and I loved them.
Interesting titles you’ve got here!👍🙂
So glad you enjoyed them. I’ve never read Shirley Jackson but have wanted to for a while.
I hope you enjoy them, too. 🙂
I’m happy to hear you’ve taken a shine to Stephen King after reading through some of his books. How are you getting on with House of Leaves?
http://musewithmeblog.com/2019/10/02/www-wednesday-october-2-2019/
I feel that “taken a shine to Stephen King” was a bit of a book pun that I thoroughly enjoyed (since The Shining was my favorite). On my lunch break I got to the part of HOL where the footnotes really go crazy. It is definitely the most interesting reading experience I have ever had. I’m also finding darkness and space a bit more creepy now.
I believe you’re referring to the chapter “Labyrinth”? It was quite something. If at any point you feel the strain as I did, know that after coming out the other side of it the footnotes become less labyrinthine.
Also that pun was 100% intended 🙂
I love the Lottery! Possibly my favorite short story of all time! 🖤 happy reading!
You already found my WWW, but posting so others can find it
https://wineteapaper.wordpress.com/2019/10/02/www-wednesday-%e2%80%a2-10-2/
That seems like high praise indeed. I’ll probably start it tomorrow!
I read We Have Always Lived in the Castle last year for Frightening Good Reads and it is creepy! I preferred it to The Haunting of Hill House which I didn’t find scary at all. Popped over and read your review of The Kiss Quotient and I am so glad you enjoyed it! I was surprised by how much fun I had reading it.
Have a wonderful week! https://silverbuttonbooks.com/2019/10/02/www-wednesday-october-2-2019/
Oh I wish I knew about Focus on Author challenge earlier, I would’ve joined. Is it a yearly reading challenge? I’m a new fan of Stephen King, by the way, and it’s in my plan to read all his books if I can, next year. I just can’t do it this year because I don’t have a lot of his books. I want to read physical copies but can’t buy them all in one go, they’re too expensive. Maybe because they’re huge and Stephen King is very well-known.
I heard about a fellow reader focusing on authors that they wanted to read more of and just decided to give that a try and make that a personal challenge for my 2019 reading life. If you have a list of authors you want to read more of, I definitely recommend this challenge. However, it has limited my ability to read other books that I would have liked to read, so I will not be doing the challenge again next year but might pick it up again 2021. I too would love to read more Stephen King. I have a lot of his work on ebook not physical copies. I think it would take me a long time to read his entire collection of work. He is so prolific!
George Elliot used to be one of my favorite authors, though I only read one of her books! I really need to go back and reread her work and see if she’s still a favorite.
Was it Middlemarch that you read? I just finished Adam Bede and did not enjoy it. I am not giving up on finding something else by her I might like better though.
Yes it was! I loved that book. That’s good to know, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to read Adam Bede