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#WWWWednesday: 15 April

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Hello, hello and welcome back to another episode of WWW Wednesday, a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Taking On A World of Words, which means I’ll be answering these questions:

  1. What did you read last?
  2. What are you currently reading?
  3. What will you read next?

Oh-em-goodness, can you believe?! Ya girl finished THREE books since last Wednesday! Although gaming is still taking up a lot of my waking hours outside of work, I’m chuffed that I can *finally* say I finished more than one book 😍 Happy tears for sure, fam!

They Went Left by Monica Hesse ★★★★★
This was a blog tour read and ugh, this book! This had me silently crying with tears constantly flowing down my face, punctuated by the occasional sob. It was so emotional and I don’t know what kinda crazy I was in thinking that a story on the aftermath of the Holocaust would be less emotional 🤦🏻‍♀️ I recommend it to those lovers of historical fiction set in this period and for masochists such as myself! Check out my full review.

Donut Disturb (Donut Disturb #1) by Melissa Williams ★★☆☆☆
After reading the above book, I needed something light and this one sounded perfect! Unfortunately… I felt like I was reading a half-finished novel. No mistake, this was a very light read because all the things concerning character and plot development happened off page. We were shown nothing and told everything. Plus, there were so many tenses (past/present) used in one paragraph it was frustrating because I felt like I was getting whiplash trying to follow the writing. The characters weren’t bad but I also just didn’t feel for any of them. This was definitely not a win! Review coming soon.

Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits by Laila Lalami ★★★½
This is another blog tour read and while I enjoyed it, I didn’t fully connect with the stories or characters. I’ve always struggled to really enjoy short stories and this one was sadly no different. These stories were more like character portraits, and they were very short and easy reads, but I was also left wanting more. Still, I thought it was a good exploration of immigrants and the reasons why people would risk their lives to cross the unpredictable sea in search of a better life; because of hope. I liked how Lalami brought twists to some of these stories as well, but I think I just prefer full-length novels over short stories. My full review is going up tomorrow!

Yep, Ruthless Gods is still on this list! Welp, I’m really not making much progress with it… Not that I’m not enjoying it but the blog tour reads have taken priority. I’m hoping to make more progress with it tonight since I’ve finished my blog tour read for tomorrow, and The Silence of Bones is due for Monday! I’ve also got Two Can Keep A Secret which I started around the same time as Silence of Bones last week to get myself in a good mystery loving mood. I think it’s working? I’m hoping to finish these reads by THIS WEEK or by early next week at the latest! Let’s do this 💞

I have so many freaking blog tour reads that are top priority but also ALL THE ARCs! Slow but steady wins the race, right? 🤣

How is your reading week going and what are you currently reading?

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    • Hope is the kind of read that I think works its way under your skin without you realising it. Or at least that’s what happened with me. It’s not a favourite but I’m still thinking about it days after reading it? And I think it grew on me more during that period as well. It’s just that I struggle with short stories… I think if I loved short stories this might be a fave!

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    • It’s so good! I hope you do get the chance to read it and I hope that you enjoy it too when you do 🙂 It’s definitely emotionally heavy (and of course the topic itself) but it’s well worth the read! Great idea to have something cheery waiting for you after! Lol

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