Just like in May, I’m off to a slow start with my reading! June is another busy month between gardening, ballet classes, my mom’s birthday, Father’s Day, and I have a short trip planned. I’m enjoying my current eyeball read, but it isn’t a “fast” one. Nevertheless, here’s my latest WWW Wednesday.

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 BLACKTONGUE THIEF by Christopher Buehlman: This is my current audiobook from the library. I’m not minding it, but I’m just not finding enough time for audiobooks recently. I like the dry sarcasm of the main character, who’s also the narrator. “Set in a world of goblin wars, stag-sized battle ravens, and assassins who kill with deadly tattoos, Christopher Buehlman’s The Blacktongue Thief begins a ‘dazzling’ (Robin Hobb) fantasy adventure unlike any other.“

A LETTER TO MY TRANSGENDER DAUGHTER by Carolyn Hays: I’m over halfway through this memoir of a mother whose child (assigned male at birth) vocalized from an early age that they’re a girl. The turning point is when someone calls Child Protection Services on them, which is a catalyst to moving out of the south. I appreciate this memoir because it’s told from a different perspective rather than from (also valid) perspective of the trans person. It’s not a long book (maybe 250 pages), but it’s a slower read for me because of the content (so I can take it in) and because the author writes rather poetically sometimes.

Just Finished

THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND by Beverly Gage: Technically, I DNF this book, as I explained in my review. I took a break from it and found myself not wanting to read it, which I think is a pretty obvious sign to move on.

THE MAD WOMEN’S BALL by Victoria Mas: I finished this last week and thought it was a ‘good read. I’m not going to do a formal review for it, but pick this one up if you like French historical fiction set in the late 19th century that focuses on where society puts women who are labeled burdens.

TILT by Emma Pattee: This was a lucky find at a used bookstore near me. I’ve been lowkey curious about this because I like, for better or worse, disaster stories. I wrote a review for this one, which will go live on Monday. Overall, I liked it, but I didn’t like the ending. “Set over the course of a single day, an electrifying debut novel from “a powerful new literary voice” (Vogue) following one woman’s journey across a transformed city, carrying the weight of her past and a fervent hope for the future.“

Reading Next

While I intend to read mostly from my June Pride Month TBR, I have to take a slight detour. I’d been suspending my hold for THIS BOOK MADE ME THINK OF YOU by Libby Page and completely forgot to shift it again to activate at the end of June. Instead, it activated on June 1 and, well, now I have it.