WWW Wednesdays (6)

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading.  Click the image to be taken to MizB’s WWW post for today.  To play along, answer the following three questions.

• What are you currently reading? 

I’m currently reading 4ish different books.  Two of them were mentioned in last week’s WWW. I say 4ish because one of them,  F nish Th s B   k by Keri Smith, isn’t your traditional read. It’s definitely a leisure activity, just working on it as I feel like.  Where I am right now is not really a story, just some “training” (different activities to “prepare” me for more of the story, I guess).  We’re not supposed to skip ahead to see what’s next, so I haven’t.

I’ve slowed down with The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, because I wasn’t in the mood to read it over the weekend and decided to start another book.  I’ve reached the point where Dantes has been arrested, so not very far into it at all.

When I wasn’t feeling The Count, I started The Twelfth Enchantment by David Liss. I had heard good things about it, bought it on my Kindle months ago, and I’m using it to fulfill a couple of challenges, so I figured I could start on it.  I’ve only read a few pages into it because I obtained the fourth book that I started reading…

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline.  I’ve had it on my TBE list for a few months now and during the Dewey Read-a-Thon a few blogger friends were talking about it and I just couldn’t wait to read it.  I finally bought it on Saturday and have been reading nothing else when I’ve had the chance to read.  I’m only about 100 pages into it, but I’m completely sucked into it and it’s really good so far.  The attention to detail is great!

• What did you recently finish reading? 

So because I just keep starting books and not finishing them, the last book I read was still The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club by Gil McNeil.  And I still haven’t written a review on it…I’ll get there, I promise!  It was a pretty decent light and quick read.

• What do you think you’ll read next?

Well, I should probably work on finishing these books (with the exception of Smith’s book) before choosing another one!  But who knows?

Book Beginnings on Friday (5)

Book Beginnings on Fridays is a weekly meme hosted by Gilion over at Rose City Reader.  She recently took over this weekly meme.  Basically, we post the opening sentence for whatever book we are reading and what we think about it.  I’ve never really done anything like that, and only occasionally pay attention to the first sentence of book…usually only if it really appeals to me. Clicking the image above will take you to Gilion’s Book Beginning for today.

I’m still reading The Count of Monte Cristo and I posted that first sentence last week.

But I have started F nish  Th s B   k by Keri Smith since last week, so here’s the first line of that one:

“INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Complete this book in order. Do not skip ahead (unless instructed to). You will be presented with assignments as you need to learn them.”

There is actually a quote from If On a Winter’s Night A Traveler, but I wanted to put the first words from the book itself.  It’s a pretty interesting book, very interactive.  There are actually 3 steps to the instructions.  But you’ll have to get a copy yourself to see the rest!

Happy Friday everyone!

WWW Wednesday (5)

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading.  Each week, we’ll answer three questions about books. Click the image to be taken to MizB’s WWW post for today.

• What are you currently reading? 

Still reading The Count of Monte Cristo.  I kind of put this aside to read another book.  Now I’m really going to focus on it.  Especially after writing that I started it in last week’s WWW and got some good comments about it.

Also reading F nish Th s B  k by Keri Smith.  It’s an interactive paperback book where you get to “write the book”.  I’ve only just begun it, so I’m hoping it’s fun to do.  It appeals to the kid in me that likes mysteries, fill-in-the-blanks, become-part-of-the-story type stuff.  Check it out on Amazon.

• What did you recently finish reading? 

I finished reading The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club by Gil McNeil.  (I’m not sure if that’s pronounced “gill” or “jill”…but the author is female).  Anywho, I’ll have a review posted on it probably tomorrow.

• What do you think you’ll read next?

Random.org generator to the rescue!

[I'm posting before MizB, so I'll link up to her page later!]