Welcome to WWW Wednesday! This is my first time participating so let's dive right in!
1. What are you currently reading?
Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth - In the time of Louis XIU, novelist Charlotte-Rose de la Force has been banished from court of Versailles as a result of scandalous affairs. She must spend the rest of her days at a dreary, miserable convent, but she is comforted by an old nun who tells her the tale of a girl who is sold by her parents for a handful of greens. Flashing back to a hundred years earlier, Margherita's father steals a handful of bitter greens from a rumored witch who threatens to cut off his hands unless he relinquishes his little girl. Margherita is locked in a tower and sings in the hope that someone will hear. One day, a young man does. 2. What did you recently finish?
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng - Celeste Ng is an expert at crafting slow-burning, character-driven novels. Little Fires Everywhere is set in a progressive suburb in Ohio in which perfection is the name of the game - everything is planned right down to the color of the homes. Elena Richardson is the face of this life: her entire existence has been meritoriously planned out... that is, of course, until Mia Warren rents her duplex. Mia, along with her daughter, have never stayed in one place too long and she lives an uncertain life as an artist. However, Mia also has a dark secret that threatens to shatter the picture perfect image Elena has worked so hard for. My rating: ★★★★
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon - An ancient enemy is awakening and the lives of three people - Ead, a young woman posing a chambermaid tasked with guarding Queen Sabran; Tane, who has trained her entire life to be a dragonrider; and Niclays, an exiled alchemist unravel then come together in this stand-alone, epic fantasy. Click here for my full review. My rating: ★★★★★
Parkland: Birth of a Movement by Dave Cullen - On Valentine's Day in 2018, 17 people were killed and several others injured during a shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School. Faced with a terrible tragedy, surviving students at the school stand up to gun violence and beg our leaders, and fellow voters, to take action. This book is a fantastic. My rating: ★★★★★
3. What do you think you'll read next?
I've had quite a few books on my TBR list that I plan on tackling next. I've been wanting to read Daughters of the Lake since I saw it on Amazon a while ago. I got an email that the price dropped to $1.99 so I just had to get it. One Second After has been on my TBR practically since I started my Goodreads account. I picked it up at Barnes and Noble last week so I'll definitely be reading it soon!
Let me know what your WWW Wednesday looks like!
I read Little Fires Everywhere and really enjoyed it, and I'm putting The Priory of an Orange Tree on my TBR- so thank you! You might like White Oleander, Little Fires reminded me of it because of the artist mom/daughter relatuonship (it's a much older book but it's in print). The descriptions of making art (which I think are really hard to do) are handled well in both.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the recommendation! :)
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