I meant to do WWW Wednesday last week, but I was traveling and sick, not a good combination. So, here goes today. What is WWW Wednesday (not my original idea)? It is simply a post about what I just read, what I’m reading now, and what I think I’ll be reading next. If you would like to join in, leave a comment about your recent reading experience.
What Am I Reading Now?
I am reading The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng and finding it very interesting. It’s so far about a visit that Somerset Maugham made to Penang in the 1920s, but I think it’s going to change soon to be about Sun Yat Sen. I am reading it for my Walter Scott Prize project, but I so much enjoyed The Garden of Evening Mists that I probably would read it anyway.
What Did I Just Finish Reading?
I just finished rereading Their Eyes Were Watching God for my Literary Wives club. I found that I felt pretty much the same about it as I did last time, but I found that reading almost the whole book in dialect was really tiring. Maybe that’s because I haven’t totally recovered yet, but it’s true that dialect is hard on the reader.
What Will I Read Next?
If it arrives before I start another book, I will read The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky for the 2024 Dostoevsky Read-a-Thon hosted by Russophile Reads. I thought I had a copy, but I seem to have almost all Dostoevsky except that. Then I thought the public library would have it, but no, although in general it is a much better library than the one in Austin was while we lived there. (They finally have a new one after talking about it forever.) If it doesn’t arrive before I finish The House of Doors, then I will probably give myself a break from literary books and read Broken by Karin Slaughter, the next in her Will Trent detective series.
What about you? What are you reading?
What? Me Read? 
Hi Kay!
I just finished “The Lost Letters of Aisling” by Cynthia Ellingson. A well structured read that bounces between the past years in Ireland as Grandmother relives the past, and present day as Granddaughter seeks to find the truth about her heritage while helping Grandmother return one last time. It was part of the Kindle First Reads program and one that I enjoyed very much.
Currently reading “Gunning For Secrets” by Renee Pawlish. Seventh in a series about retired army vet Jo Gunning. One of a series of action mysteries that I read for pure escape.
What’s next? Probably “The House of Lost Secrets” by Anstey Harris, another First Reads selection. Either that or the latest in the “assassin with a heart” Tanner series by Remington Kane. Pure pulp fiction!
Dave, you are always reading things I haven’t heard of before. I’ll check into some of those books. Who doesn’t enjoy pulp fiction?
Have you read “A Girl Called Samson” by Amy Harmon? Nice piece of historical fiction based on a true story.
Nope!
I loved The Garden of Evening Mist and wanted to read something else by this author. Although it was ages since I read it, I have not got around to read anything else by him.
For the time being I am reading The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig. An interesting take on the first half of the 20th century. I am also reading Faust by Goethe, which is also a wonderful read. Much easier, and less darker, than I expected.