WWW Wednesday

So it’s clearly obvious that I have completely disappeared from the bookish sphere for the last year and a half. For a lot of different reasons; but mostly because life was just kind of kicking my ass last year. And while I was reading and did miss this space;  I kept feeling like blogging was a chore and I wouldn’t have been able to put my best foot forward for it. 

Going forward, I’m still not sure just how much time I’m going to spend blogging; but I still want to have this place where I can talk about books – without all the drama that book Twitter seems to have. To ease back into blogging, I thought I would start with a What I’m reading post and just go from there. 

This meme is hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words and considers of answering these three questions. 

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

Currently Reading

Well, I’m currently reading two books; an audiobook and an e-book.

Recently Finished

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Stars 

Every Time You Hear that Song definitely gave me if The Seven Husband’s of Evelyn Hugo met Dolly Parton and I immensely enjoyed my time with it.

Everyone in Family Has Killed Someone was definitely different and kind of slow at times but an interesting experience and the writer broke the fourth wall…. A lot. 

⭐⭐⭐ Stars

Leather and Lark is not a book I recommend lightly. It is very much a dark comedy romance, heavy on the dark. Check your trigger warnings first; but I had the time of my life and was cackling (so I’m not sure what that says about me). 

Where We Started was one I picked up because I just needed a kind of pallete cleanser and in truth was kind of in a slump; but I flew through this one. And Wes at times, kind of gave me Jax Teller vibes – so I was living for that. 

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Reading Next

Honestly, I have no idea what I’m going to pick up next; however, Sisters of the Snakes is at the top of the stack of books I currently have sitting on my desk and it’s a library due which I believe is due first – so I might try and prioritize that one if my brain allows me. 

WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT READ? ARE YOU LOVING IT? HAVE YOU READ OR WANT TO READ ANY THAT I HAVE LISTED? LET ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS!

Carrie Soto is Back Book Review

I will admit that when Carrie Soto was introduced back in Malibu Rising, I never would have imagined she’d ever get her own book. And I ended up loving it way more than I thought I would. This was Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones level riveting for me and I could not put it down.

Reid pulled me right inside the mind of Carrie Soto and right into each heart-pounding game of tennis. I am not a tennis person, I don’t watch tennis, never have; but something about this gripped me by the throat and yanked me in. Need I mention the audiobook was wonderful? I can’t speak for how it’s written in the physical copy; but the sports castors in the audiobook felt like I was listening to a sports radio and it was such a unique experience and is one I would highly recommend.

Not only is this novel comprised of all things tennis, but a touching father-daughter relationship over the years, and an assessment of the media’s treatment of women in sports; i.e the sexism and the double standards – it’s is wonderful and I applaud TJR for touching on it immensely in this novel. Carrie herself is not a likable sports personality; but if we’re being honest, that made me like her more. She’s sassy, she’s kind of spiteful and she says exactly what’s on her mind – she doesn’t sugar coat shit and I love that.

There is also another very important story arc in this novel, that broke my heart clean in two – because in that moment, I knew exactly what Carrie Soto was feeling.  The storyline was so well down and so damn realistic and I had to try so hard not to just start bawling at work while listening to the audiobook.

Overall, this was such a gripping story and riveting story and if you’ve been a fan of other Taylor Jenkins Reid books (especially the Evelyn Hugo, Daisy Jones and Malibu Rising) – I’m sure you’ll love this one.

January Book Releases

A new month, means new releases to look forward to! Now I haven’t done one of these since like July of last year. So here’s to me hopefully staying a little more on track with these posts this year. I make no promises though. There are definitely two on this list that have been on my radar for a long damn time now as they’ve either been pushed back, or we never really have news.

December Wrap Up

Holy shit, we’re really at the end of 2022! I swear I blinked and we went from December 1st to the 31st. Started the New Year thinking I was dying after being awoken out of a deep ass sleep because my neighbors thought it would be a good idea to illegally shoot off guns at midnight; but I guess that means we can only go up from here, right? Anyway, let’s just mention all of the things that I read/listened to/watched in December. 

Wintery Drinks Book Tag

From 8pm last night to like 2am this morning; we casually went from a nice 40F to a whopping -2F, with a windchill of -25 with a crap ton (for this state) of snow and ice. Since it seems to be the frozen tundra here in Kentucky today, I made the decision to call into work and I have not left my bed, nor my room. I saw wordsaboutwords do this book tag and thought, why not just do it too since the weather is frightful. 

I’m telling y’all, I am not built for this kind of weather…. Even if my husky has so many other plans that I am not a fan of. 

November Wrap Up

One of these days, I will get better at getting wrap up posts written and posted in a timely matter. Though, that probably depends on whether or not time will slow down. I swear I’ve blinked and this year is almost over. I typically use December as a month of “rest” or for any rereading that I decide to do; so I’m not sure how much more reading I’ll get done by the end of the year; so let’s just talk about the three books that I did read this month. 

October Wrap Up

I sit here, typing out this post, mourning Halloween and October. Because that just means we’re about to come into the worst time of year…. I’m just gonna keep grasping at the holiday by still watching Horror movies because I just refuse to let it go. Anyway, let’s just talk about all of the four books I’ve read this month.

September Wrap Up

One of these days, I will not lose track of time; in order to get a wrap up post up in a somewhat decent time. It’s getting closer to the end of the year, so that means work is gonna be picking up like crazy because Holiday shopping season is upon us. I’m so not ready honestly. We’re already getting Christmas stuff in and I’m sick of it. But right now, let’s just chat about the five books that I read last month. 

What I’ve Watched this Week

This is sure gearing up to be a fantastic television show season – I’m not sure about anyone else but I have been so enjoying almost everything I’ve watched. As someone who loves stories and characters, in whatever format, this is wonderful news for me. 

Television Wrap Up

Well, another week means more television shows to yell about.