Hi everyone! I thought I would participate in WWW Wednesday today. This meme is hosted by Sam over at Taking on a World of Words. You can link your blog post to Sam’s website that way we can interact and find other bloggers =)
The questions are:
1. What are you currently reading?
2. What did you recently finish reading?
3. What do you think you’ll read next?
I am currently reading Wild Beauty by Anna Marie McLemore. I just started this beauty of a book last night (Tuesday) and omg the beautiful lyrical writing, the setting, and the characters so far have me swooning. The world is rich and detailed. I really cannot wait to read more! synopsis:
Love grows such strange things.
For nearly a century, the Nomeolvides women have tended the grounds of La Pradera, the lush estate gardens that enchant guests from around the world. They’ve also hidden a tragic legacy: if they fall in love too deeply, their lovers vanish. But then, after generations of vanishings, a strange boy appears in the gardens.
The boy is a mystery to Estrella, the Nomeolvides girl who finds him, and to her family, but he’s even more a mystery to himself; he knows nothing more about who he is or where he came from than his first name. As Estrella tries to help Fel piece together his unknown past, La Pradera leads them to secrets as dangerous as they are magical in this stunning exploration of love, loss, and family.
I recently finished two poetry books, them being (titles will take you to goodreads): the sun and her flowers by rupi kaur and Pillow Thoughts by Courtney Peppernell, both with ratings of 5 stars. These poetry books are amazing and I will be doing mini reviews for them. I cannot wait to tell you about them! They both are filled with raw emotions and I related to the both of them very well.
You would think for someone who recently did a september book haul, I would pretty much know what I’m going to read next right? Wrong. I’ve been in the biggest book slump when it comes to reading anything other than poetry and it sucks. I miss reading fictional books but I’ve had a lot going on this year as well. Here is what I’ll try to read next:
Ringer by Lauren Oliver is the second installment in the Replica Trilogy. This is one of my highly anticipated books of 2017. Lauren Oliver is a favorite author of mine and with the way things left off in Replica, I really want to know what is going to happen in Ringer. I have a full spoiler free review of Replica here if you would like to check it out. I am purposely leaving out the synopsis for Ringer =)
Mortician’s Daughter: One Foot in the Grave by C.C. Hunter is the first in a trilogy. This one releases on the day of Halloween and I seriously cannot wait to read it. C.C. Hunter is another favorite author of mine. She wrote my favorite series, Shadow Falls. I cannot believe that the time is already here and Mortician’s Daughter will be out in less than a week! synopsis:
Her dad’s an alcoholic. Her mom passed away when she was young. She sees dead people. Can seventeen-year-old Riley Smith’s life get any crazier? Yes it can.
When Riley’s attempt to help a spirit leads her to the discovery that the young woman’s death wasn’t an accident, she finds herself face-to-face with the killer. And just when things seem like they couldn’t get any more complicated, she’s visited by another ghost, a boy her age, whose smile makes her melt. Her job is to convince him to pass over, but her heart doesn’t want to let him go.
have you read any of these books or plan too? what’s on your www? let’s chat in the comments below!
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Oh I really hope you continue to love Wild Beauty Gretchen. I started that as soon as I had it in my hands (it was one of my most anticipated releases of the year and by one of my favourite magical realism authors so really I had to start it as soon as possible) and I LOVED it. I’ll be looking forwards to your review for that one.
Also I hope you enjoy Ringer too, I have that on my to-read list still (and the book waiting on my shelves). Here’s hoping it’s as good as you hope it will be given it’s one of your most anticipated releases of 2017! 😀
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I read more today of Wild Beauty and I really look forward to reading more tonight! This is my first time reading Anna Marie McLemore, however I have heard that she is hailed queen of Magical Realism lol. I hope you enjoy Ringer as well!!! Here’s hoping we both enjoy it very much =)
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For me she really is the queen of magical realism, and any book she writes will immediately go to the top of my to-read list. Once you’ve finished Wild Beauty I’d highly recommend When the Moon Was Ours which is my favourite by her. 😀
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I have When the Moon Was Ours on my shelf as well!! Depending on how I feel after I finish Wild Beauty, then lets see if it moves up lol. Which is already happening because I am really enjoying Wild Beauty.
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I’m keeping my fingers crossed it does move up once you’ve finished Wild Beauty then! 😀
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Not sure when but I’m planning on reading Wild Beauty. I’ve heard such great things about it and the writing sounds so lovely ❤
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It’s amazing so far!!! Hope you enjoy it if you get to it ❤
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I absolutely love the cover for Wild Beauty! It and Pillow Thoughts are both on my tbr. I discovered Pillow Thoughts on Amazon the other day while picking up a few poetry books 🖤
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OMG what did you pick up?!?! and Pillow Thoughts was amazing!
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This week I snagged Uncaged Wallflower and Milk and Honey (I know, late to the game haha) ❤
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eeeeK! Cannot wait to hear your thoughts on Wild Beauty, Anna-Marie is a fave author of mine & I just can’t wait!!!! Mortician’s Daughter is just in time for Halloween! I’m gonna need to hear your thoughts on that one as well. Pillow Thoughts-added to TBR & I really neeed to read Milk & Honey before I consider her newest but your word is GOLDEN twin & I bet it’s just as AMAZING. Happy read & lets do away with book slumps that suck! too many great books out 🙂
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I am loving Wild Beauty and I cannot wait to read more tonight lol. I honestly loved The Sun and Her Flowers more than Milk and Honey but that’s because it hit more to home. These reading slumps are the pure devil, I need to pray to our taino ancestors so they can take these demonic forces of reading slumps away!!!
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TWIN! WordPress is really messing with me & my notifications, things are popping up that are days old *sobs* I’m so glad you are still enjoying Wild Beauty, can’t wait to get to it in November *insert excited emoji* & yes! do a little chant girl! 😉
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Great answers Gretchen!!!! I love your posts!
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