I’ve had…a day, and I was exhausted last night, so hello WWW Wednesday evening blog post!

WWW Wednesday was revived and hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. The idea is to answer the three questions below and leave a link to your post in the comments for others to look at. No blog? No problem! Just leave a comment with your responses.

What are you currently reading?

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

Currently Reading

THE ENTANGLEMENT OF RIVAL WIZARDS by Sara Raasch: I’m almost finished with this and really hope to read the last 70 pages tonight. Overall, I have mixed feelings about this book. I appreciate the mental health representation and acknowledgment of toxic families. But I feel like I was plopped into a rivalry that didn’t have much build up and therefore I’m left unconvinced by their supposed chemistry. I plan to write a full review with more thoughts once I finish this book.

Just Finished

THE SERVICEBERRY by Robin Wall Kemmerer: I also had mixed feelings about this book, which I listened to via audiobook. I thought this would include more information about the actual plant. But it’s mostly musings about how the serviceberry is a metaphor for the gift economy. I appreciate learning about the gift economy, but I don’t know…it was a little too touchy feely for me (or my mood, I guess). I think I might’ve enjoyed it more as an eyeball read. So if I ever read BRAIDING SWEETGRASS, that’s what I’ll do.

DEMON IN THE WOOD by Leigh Bardugo: I didn’t know this graphic novel existed until I was scrolling through audiobooks on Libby. I like the audiobook production. This was an interesting slice of life into the Darkling’s childhood. Overall, it was fine–it wasn’t a five-star read for me nor did I hate it. It was simply a little clip about the Darkling that I don’t know what I’m supposed to do with, lol.

SPELLS FOR FORGETTING by Adrienne Young: This is another audiobook I finished over the last week! I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. I don’t regret selling my Fairyloot edition because I don’t think I would’ve enjoyed it as much as an eyeball read. But the narrators were fantastic and kept me interested in what otherwise would’ve felt like a slow-moving, small town, atmospheric mystery if I’d read a physical copy. One aspect didn’t seem to resolve, though, so I stuck with a solid 4-star rating. “A deeply atmospheric story about ancestral magic, an unsolved murder, and a second chance at true love.”

Reading Next

THE ZORG by Siddharth Kara: I don’t usually read nonfiction about ships. In fact, I’m not really ever interested in them! But I spotted this as a potential gift for a family member and wanted to see if it was good. However, I already bought them a different book, so the point is kind of moot, lol! Now I just think it’ll be a good piece of history to learn about. This will be an audiobook read for me, which my library just got in.

WATER MOON by Samantha Sotto Yambao: Aaaand this is my next cozy fantasy read I’m picking up from my November TBR! Always nice to pick up on of my book sub books! “A woman inherits a pawnshop where you can sell your regrets, and then embarks on a magical quest when a charming young physicist wanders into the shop, in this dreamlike fantasy novel.“