Wednesday 28 October 2015

Wednesday Catch-Up 28th October 2015

Every Wednesday we are linking up with WWW Wednesday, What Are You Reading Wednesday? and Waiting on Wednesday. WWW Wednesday is hosted at Taking on a World of Words and asks 3 questions: What are you currently reading?, What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you'll read next? This is a similar meme to This Week in Books, hosted at Lipsyy Lost & Found.
What Are You Reading Wednesday are hosted on It's a Reading Thing and asks;
1. What's the name of your current read?
2. Go to page 34 or 34% in your e-book and share one complete sentence.
3. Would you like to live in the world that exists within your book? Why or why not?
Waiting on Wednesday is hosted at Breaking the Spine and is a chance to show what upcoming releases you are excited for! Each week we will take it in turns to choose a book for Waiting on Wednesday and this week was Clare's turn!

Ann:
Currently Reading:

Carry On
I am currently reading Carry On by Rainbow Rowell. I had planned on reading Richelle Mead's other series but I really wanted to read Carry On because Clare finished reading it recently and loved it. Her review will be going up tomorrow.
"The Greatest Mage. The Chosen One. The Power of Powers." - Page 34, Carry On
I would absolutely love to live in this world, I would leap at the chance so fast I wouldn't even  bother packing. This is such a fabulous, wonderful book!

Recently Finished:
Little Women (Little Women, #1)Girl Online On Tour (Girl Online, #2)Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1)Frostbite (Vampire Academy, #2)Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3)Blood Promise (Vampire Academy, #4)Spirit Bound (Vampire Academy, #5)Last Sacrifice (Vampire Academy, #6)

Little Women was a really good book and loved it a lot. I also loved Girl Online On Tour because it was such and amazing book and also the ending was really good because it wasn't like typical YA. I will be writing a full review of it soon so if you want to find out more you can read that. Then I read the Vampire Academy book series. I made the mistake of watching the film first and I can honestly say that the books were way better than the film although I would love for there to be another film. I have been ill recently so have had a lot of time to read which is why I have managed to read all of the Vampire Academy books in the space of about 3 days.

Planning to Read Next:
Bloodlines (Bloodlines, #1)The Golden Lily (Bloodlines, #2)The Indigo Spell (Bloodlines, #3)
I am planning on reading Richelle Mead's Bloodlines. series as soon as I finish Carry On which should be soon because I am loving it!

Clare:
Currently Reading:
Binge Signed EditionDelia's Shadow (Delia Martin, #1)
I am still reading Binge by Tyler Oakley which I am enjoying so far and I know Ann wants me to hurry up so she can read it! I am just starting Delia's Shadow by Jaime Lee Moyer, which I am looking forward to because it seems like such a Halloween appropriate book.
"Even if the wind hadn't chilled him to the bone, the bodies lying side by side atop one of the graves would do the job." - Page 34, Delia's Shadow
This quote sounds distinctly creepy and menacing so I think there may be a good chance I wouldn't want to live in this world but it appeals to me somehow anyway so maybe. I will see how I feel by the end of the book. And I guess I am living in the world of Binge. Although whether I'd want to live in the Youtube world I don't know. I am terrible on camera I think but I love all these people so would love to work with them.  

Recently Finished:
Black Widow: Forever RedA Bundle Of LettersSlasher Girls & Monster BoysLife and Death: Twilight ReimaginedCarry OnThe Many Lives of John StoneMore Than a Mistress (Mistress Trilogy #1)No Man's Mistress (Mistress Trilogy #2)The Secret Mistress (Mistress Trilogy #3)Cold-Hearted RakeMistress Of Mellyn

Black Widow Forever Red by Margaret Stohl was an interesting read. I loved the characters and there was a good plot but I wasn't hugely engaged. I would definitely read more Black Widow books by Margaret Stohl though. I also finished my last Classic of October which was A Bundle of Letters by Henry James. I enjoyed this, although there wasn't a great deal of plot. I also finished the short story anthology Slasher Girls & Monster Boys which I really liked, the stories were very mixed and although a couple fell flat I did enjoy them on the whole. I will have a full review for this up on Saturday! I then took the plunge and read Life and Death by Stephenie Meyer to interesting results. To see my full thoughts on this you can read my review. Having finished Life and Death I really needed something I knew would be great and I got that in Carry On by Rainbow Rowell. This is probably my favourite book of the year! I loved it so much and I wrote (or tried to write - I can't promise it wasn't just rambling praise) a review which will be posted tomorrow! I then read The Many Lives of John Stone by Linda Buckley-Archer which I liked. It was a very interesting concept but I did enjoy the present day sections more than the past ones. I was still feeling the book hangover from Carry On then so I decided to read some regency and read More Than a Mistress, No Man's Mistress and The Secret Mistress by Mary Balogh. I thoroughly enjoyed all of these, Mary Balogh isn't my absolute favourite romance writer but I do keep returning to her. I then read Cold-Hearted Rake by Lisa Kleypas which I really liked. I love how she always has a very eclectic cast of characters - it always makes me look forward to the future novels in the series. I finally read Mistress of Mellyn by Victoria Holt which I had accidentally managed to spoil the ending for myself but I nonetheless enjoyed.

Planning to Read Next:
This Monstrous ThingNever NeverA Thousand Nights
Apparently I am going for a re-telling theme next. This Monstrous Thing is a Frankenstein re-telling that I am super excited for, Never Never is of course Peter Pan. I put this in last week's planning to read but this time I mean it I swear! And then A Thousand Nights is an Arabian Nights re-telling. I love The Wrath and the Dawn. And this is easily the most beautiful book I have ever seen. Not even sure how I am going to read it when I am so incredibly distracted by the beautiful cover!


Waiting on Wednesday:
The Steep and Thorny Way
A thrilling reimagining of Shakespeare’s HamletThe Steep and Thorny Way tells the story of a murder most foul and the mighty power of love and acceptance in a state gone terribly rotten.
1920s Oregon is not a welcoming place for Hanalee Denney, the daughter of a white woman and an African-American man. She has almost no rights by law, and the Ku Klux Klan breeds fear and hatred in even Hanalee’s oldest friendships. Plus, her father, Hank Denney, died a year ago, hit by a drunk-driving teenager. Now her father’s killer is out of jail and back in town, and he claims that Hanalee’s father wasn’t killed by the accident at all but, instead, was poisoned by the doctor who looked after him—who happens to be Hanalee’s new stepfather.
The only way for Hanalee to get the answers she needs is to ask Hank himself, a “haint” wandering the roads at night.

Clare: I read all of Cat Winters' books recently and loved them so I am definitely excited for this! Plus, I always get excited for retellings!


You can also find us on Goodreads (Ann and Clare) to keep up with what we are reading

26 comments:

  1. I can't believe I didn't have Carry On on my TBR. Just heading over to Goodreads to fix that! I so happy you enjoyed it so much. As a big Fangirl and Harry Potter fan, I can't imagine I won't like it :-)
    Here's my WWW: https://clairehuston.wordpress.com/2015/10/28/www-wednesday-28th-october-2015/

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    1. I really hope you enjoy it! It's one of those books I've become crazy passionate about now!

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  2. I have Carry On sitting in my room, but got distracted by Throne of Glass series. Can't wait to hear what you think of it!
    http://hollykerr.ca/this-week-in-books-what-im-reading-4/

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    1. Throne of Glass is a worthy thing to get distracted by! I hope you enjoy Carry On when you can read it!

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  3. Great post! You've written about a lot of books that I've not heard about before, or not known much about, so I'm keen to read more about them. It's always good to find new books and authors. :)

    Thanks for visiting my WWW: https://rathertoofondofbooks.wordpress.com/2015/10/28/www-wednesdays-28-october/

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    1. A number of my favourite books this year have been ones I found through other bloggers and had never heard of before so I totally agree!

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  4. I liked your review of Life & Death. Although I enjoyed the original series I'm not in a rush to go out and buy this one. In all honesty, it just smacks of the author trying to make a bit more money out of the franhcise. That's the cynic in me...
    Thanks for stopping by my post today http://bookboodle.co.uk/2015/10/28/www-wednesday-october-28th :)

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    1. Yeah, it did feel a bit unnecessary. I mostly read it because I just felt so curious about it but I don't think it needed to be written!

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  5. I started Carry On last night. I hadn't planned on reading it so soon, but it came in early from my library's Overdrive system and I couldn't resist starting.

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    1. I had to bump it to the top of my TBR list because I just wanted to read it now! Even if it didn't remotely fit my Halloween theme! I hope you are enjoying it!

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  6. Unpopular opinion, but Fangirl wasn't my favorite by Rainbow Rowell. I just couldn't connect with Cath at all. Add to that the fact that the Simon Snow fan fic chapters were parts I read but was tempted to skim over, I decided to take a pass on Carry On. I'm hearing good things, though, so it's one of those "it's not you, it's me" kind of things. LOL

    Tanya @ Girl Plus Books

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    1. Yeah, if you didn't like Fangirl, especially the Simon Snow bits, then Carry On probably wouldn't be your kind of thing. I really connected with Cath which I think helps and the whole Harry Potter link really got me because I grew up reading it - its such a big part of my reading life! But no book can be for everyone!

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    2. As much as I love YA and NA, I think this was one of those rare occurrences where age did play a factor. With Fangirl, I felt so far removed from Cath. I *tried* to relate to her and what she was going through but just couldn't. I kind of wanted to smack her most of the time. LOL And with the Simon Snow/Harry Potter link, again, I think it's an age thing. I feel like so many people connected to that aspect of the story because they can relate so strongly to Cath's feelings for SS. And that's because there's a whole generation that grew up with HP. HP is a huge part of so many people's childhood and there's that connection and that nostalgia. For me, I was almost 30 when the *first* HP book came out and almost 40 when Deathly Hallows was released. So it doesn't hold the same childhood connection for me that it does to so many others. I love the series but it doesn't compare to those who read it in childhood. Sorry for the novel! But you know... book talk... can't help it. :)

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    3. That does make sense. For me I related to Cath because I have anxiety and it has presented me from going to University like anyone else my age and so I have to study from home! So I get that side of her. And I definitely agree with the HP thing. I think I read the first book when I was about 5 or 6 so it's taken up almost the whole of my childhood! Thats probably why I love Carry On so much as well, whilst its not a carbon copy of Harry Potter it does read as a sort of tribute to it which I appreciate from a nostalgic point of view!

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    4. I'm sorry to hear that anxiety has such an impact on your life. I hope it gets better for you.

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    5. Thank you! And thanks for the book talk!

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  7. I absolutely loved Little Women and reckon I could probably still quote chunks of it, I read it that often! Great selection of books as always!

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    1. I feel about the same about Little Women, I read it so much when I was younger and I am so glad Ann enjoyed it as well!

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  8. Glad you're both enjoying/enjoyed 'Carry On!' I'm looking forward to reading that one. Happy reading and thanks for participating in WWW Wednesday!

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    1. I really loved it! Definitely my favourite book of this month and possibly my favourite this year as well!

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  9. Oooh a Peter Pan re-telling! I should add Never Never to my tbr.

    Thanks for sharing :)

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    1. I will be reading it next! It's my first Peter Pan re-telling so I am super excited!

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  10. It looks like you both cover a great selection of books with multiple genres. Hope you are both enjoying your current reads.

    I read Little Women for the first time this year and loved it. Such a classic.
    Happy reading.

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    1. I loved Little Women when I read it too! I recently re-read it and found the moral message much stronger than I did as a child, I guess it sort of passed me by then! Thanks for visiting

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    2. I'm enjoying reading children's literature as an adult for that reason: being mature enough to understand the moral message. You are never too old to enjoy a good book, no matter its intended age range. :)

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    3. You're so right! There are so many books that I appreciate in a whole different way now as an adult (or more or less an adult) than I did as a child.

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