WWW Wednesday: November 18, 2015

Welcome to WWW Wednesday! This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at Should be Reading and revived here on Taking on a World of Words. Just answer the three W’s!

The Three Ws are:

What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?


Currently Reading: Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken
I know, I know, you can’t believe I’m still on this one. I keep trying to finish it, but something keeps getting in the way every day. And when I can finally read my brain just cannot get into it like I did with The Darkest Minds (book 1 in the series). Things are starting to quite literally “heat up” and the important characters are finally coming together so hopefully I’ll be able to finish it tonight or tomorrow morning!

Recently Finished: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
Last week I happened to realize I had two (2) days to get this one back to the library so I sat down and read it at top speed, putting off Never Fade again. [Please fake shock now.] Of course it was so good I had to get the other two (2) books in the trilogy from the library right away. I’m so glad Mary from Books and Cookies convinced me to put this on my TBR! My only complaint is that none of the reviews I read happened to mention there was a paranormal aspect so I went into this expecting it to be just like ‘Don’t Look Back’ by Jennifer L. Armentrout. (That is: girl witnesses murder, girl barely escapes with her life, now suffering from amnesia, must figure out who in her life is a bad guy…) So when things got blatantly paranormal I was really confused for a bit and actually had to go back and read a few select paragraphs to clear things up! Also as much as I hate to admit it, I didn’t enjoy the romance at all, love interest boy was 2-dimensional and annoying. There were times when she was clearly saying he should back off and he would just go for more because supposedly he can sens her emotions and knows that she really wants more. And I think it’s supposed to not be creepy because her inner-monologue shows us she really does like his attentions, but it still bothers me, you know? If she says no, no it should be. Period. The End. Amen.
But honestly, overall I enjoyed the novel and plot and look forward to the sequels and the cliffhanger definitely sank it’s hooks into me!

Reading Next: The Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine
This will be at least my third time reading this one. I know technically it’s marketed to younger teens, but the story is so good it holds up again and again. The braver, more adventurous of the sisters catches a sort of plague going through their kingdom and in order to save her the timid, shyer sister sets out on a crazy adventure for a cure. On her way she encounters ogres, spectres, even a dragon and faeries! For a book that only takes a matter of hours to finish, it’s remarkably good and interesting.

Top Ten Tuesday: November 17, 2015

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. Each week will feature a new Top Ten list. Everyone is welcome to join. All that’s asked is that you link back to The Broke and the Bookish on your own Top Ten Tuesday post. Don’t worry if you can’t come up with ten every time…just post what you can!

This week’s topic is: Top Ten Quotes I Loved From Books I Read In The Past Year Or So!


(I know I’m posting this a bit late, try to forgive me, I’m ill yet again…)

  1. Her wrath became a song in her blood as she ended them.
    Queen of Shadows, Sarah J. Maas
  2. Thinking something does not make it true. Wanting something does not make it real.
    The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, Michelle Hodkin
  3. “Oh, I’m sorry,” Chubs said, “apparently the middle of my sentence interrupted the beginning of yours. Do continue.”
    Never Fade, Alexandra Bracken
    (Let’s face it y’all, I can’t wait to use this line on somebody!)
  4. Tomorrow belongs to betrayal. Today is mine and I don’t want to waste it being afraid.
    Such A Pretty Girl, Laura Wiess
  5. No matter what happens, no matter who turns on me, no matter what pompous swine thinks he has power over me, I am still me. I will always be me.
    Snow Like Ashes, Sara Raasch
  6. I’m not sure this is a world I belong in anymore. I’m not sure that I want to wake up.
    If I Stay, Gayle Forman
  7. He had been willing to die because he refused to take a life.
    But me, I contemplated shooting everyone.

    Reboot, Amy Tintera
  8. Libraries were full of ideas–perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons.
    Throne of Glass, Sarah J. Maas
  9. The problem with alienating, self-destructive behavior is people get it into their heads it’s a cry for help. It wasn’t.
    Cracked Up to Be, Courtney Summers
  10. Once you read something, you can’t erase it from your brain.
    Wake, Lisa McMann