WWW WEDNESDAYS is a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Taking On A World Of Words and is all about answering the three questions below.
- WHAT ARE YOU CURRENTLY READING?
I’ve only just started When We Collided by Emery Lord, but I have heard so many great things about it that I can’t wait to continue reading! I won’t be having a lot of spare time this week, but hopefully I will be able to finish it before the weekend.
- WHAT DID YOU RECENTLY FINISH READING?
* The first book I was able to finally finish was The Neverland Wars by Audrey Greathouse. I can’t say I really enjoyed it. The first part was quite slow and I had problems with the prose. I also wish the story would have focused on the war itself… The Neverland descriptions were really entertaining to read though.
* I then read the Dorothy Must Die novella Ruler Of Beasts by Danielle Paige. This one was probably one of my favorite novellas of the bunch… Mostly because Ozma played a big role in the story and a new interesting character (the Nome King) was introduced.
* Next up was The Summer That Melted Everything by Tiffany McDaniel, which made it to my list of favorite 2016 reads. Such a powerful and well written story! I can definitely recommend this one.
* I then finally finished The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz, a book I didn’t enjoy as much as I thought I would. I normally love historical fiction, but I didn’t like the main character Joan and there was too much ‘strong’ religious dialogue and cheesy romance in the last part of the story.
* Next up was the supershort, but action-packed story Environmentally Friendly by Elias Zanbaka. Without doubt an interesting and fast-paced read!
* I then read Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry for free at Riveted. Check out the website if you haven’t already; each two weeks or so they offer four new free titles to read online! (This one is available until August 1st). Rot & Ruin turned out to be a very good read, which I’m still surprised about because I normally don’t really like stories with zombies… But it’s well written and I like that there’s almost no romance (at least in the first book).
* The last book I finished is The Fire Child by S.K. Tremayne, which turned out to be even better than her first novel. Well written prose, great descriptions that set a spooky atmosphere and many many plot twists… Recommended!
- WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’LL READ NEXT?
I will probably read my last pending ARC first: the Jamie Quinn Mystery Collection by Barbara Venkataraman. It definitely sounds like an entertaining read! I also want to read The Bird And The Sword by Amy Harmon, but I might try Thunderlight by Adrienne Woods first. I really enjoyed the first book and since I’m in the mood for a dragon story this one sounds like a great choice. Secret Letters by Leah Scheier is still my newest TBR jar pick.
Based on your review I requested The Summer That Melted Everything on NetGalley and was delighted when I was approved yesterday!! It’ll take me a little while to get to it but I’m really excited 🙂
Here’s my WWW: https://clairehuston.wordpress.com/2016/07/27/www-wednesday-27th-july-2016/
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I’m glad you were approved for The Summer That Melted Everything! It’s such an excellent read; I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did. 🙂
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The Fire Child was even better than The Ice Twins?! Wow, you are making it hard for me not to grab it right away, haha. I’ve behaved and it’s been nicely sitting on my shelf until I get rid of my ARCs but now that I know Tremayne outdid herself with her second book, I am not sure I can’t stay away much longer, haha.
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Haha I can understand the temptation! I had the excuse that it was an ARC so I could read it right away… And I definitely liked it even better than The Ice Twins! Mostly because of the main characters and setting, because the descriptions are just as excellent. She is definitely one of my favorite newly discovered authors. 🙂
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I’m so happy to hear that, I was afraid it might be a one time thing, and her next stories would not live up to the expectations.
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So far they are only improving. 😉
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Those are a lot of wonderful books up there. I totally loved The Summer that Melted Everything too.
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I’m glad you enjoyed The Summer That Melted Everything! It was such an excellent read…
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Also, let me know what you think about When we collided. I read it a few weeks ago, and it was good! 🙂
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So far I can definitely understand why so many people seem to love When We Collided! 🙂
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*ears prick up* Dragons you say? I’ve just marked the first Adrienne Woods book as to read, as there don’t seem to be enough dragon books about, and I’ve been craving another good one since Seraphina. I need to check out the Sumer that Melted Everything.
Here’s my WWW Post
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Yes, dragons! I love dragon stories as well and I really enjoyed Firebolt last year, so I’m looking forward to the sequel. In short it’s about a magic school where dragons are actually some sort of ‘shapeshifters’ and attend school along with humans. Very entertaining even though some of the plot was quite predictable! 🙂 And The Summer That Melted Everything is SO good; definitely recommended as well.
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The Summer That Melted Everything sounds good and I’m hoping to have a copy soon! 🙂
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I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did! It truly is a brilliant read. 🙂
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Awesome set of books you got! Too bad the Hired Girl didn’t turn out good.
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It was a shame The Hired Girl didn’t turn out to be as good as I thought I would, but luckily I had a lot of other great reads to make up for it. 😉
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Yeah, it’s a good thing to have other books to replace the bad book you’ve read!
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Oh wow, so many books I don’t even know where to start, hope you’re enjoying them though! I posted here: https://lipsyy.wordpress.com/2016/07/27/this-week-in-books-27-07-16-twib/
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Haha I definitely managed to read a lot since last week… Although two of them were novellas. 😉
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I’ve seen. Lot of good thing things about The Summer that Melted Everything. Glad you liked it. Happy reading and thanks for participating in WWW Wednesday!
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The Summer That Melted Everything is such an excellent read! Definitely worth reading. 🙂 Happy reading and thanks for hosting!
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I hope you enjoy When We Collided as much as I did! 🙂
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So far it’s definitely a great read! 🙂
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I felt similar about The Neverland Wars. The plot was a bit much at times, and the war was confusion.
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I’m glad to hear I wasn’t the only one… I still kind of wish there will be a story about the actual war because that’s the most interesting part.
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Looks like you’ve been reading some great books! 🙂 I can’t wait to see what you think of When We Collided. I have it on my TBR but haven’t gotten around to it (what else is new).
Thanks for stopping by my WWW Wednesday!
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So far When We Collided is definitely an interesting contemporary romance… A bit cheesy but the main characters are adorable. I kind of want to kick myself for forgetting to get my kindle, because now I won’t be able to continue it until Sunday evening when I’m back home. xD
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Haha that’s the worst! Glad to hear you’re enjoying it though 🙂
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When We Collided and The Bird & The Sword both look great — not that I’m judging books by their covers 😛
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Haha I guess most of us are guilty of that. 😉 When We Collided is a cute contemporary romance so far and The Bird And The Sword has been recommended to me by various bloggers, so I’m looking forward to it. 🙂
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When We Collided is very well loved right now. Hope you’ll enjoy it 😀 Happy reading! http://www.curious-daisy.com/www-wednesdays/www-wednesday-july-27-2016/
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So far it’s good, even though it is a bit cheesy at some points. 😉 Happy reading!
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Another great selection of books Yvo especially The Summer That Melted Everything if it made one of your top reads of the year so far.
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The Summer That Melted Everything is such a well written debut; without doubt worth reading. 🙂
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I’m a zombie fan, but hadn’t gotten into the Rot & Ruin series yet, but my son kept nagging me to start it – just finished the 3rd book a couple of months ago. Completely hooked!
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Good to hear you are enjoying the series! I’m definitely going to try and get a copy of the sequel soon.
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