WWW Wednesdays #36

Mark Joseph Jochim

February 14

WWW Wednesdays is a bookish meme that was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived by "fledgling writer" Sam A. Stevens on Taking on a World of Words. To participate, you just answer the Three W's:

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

Currently Reading:

^{The Poisonwood Bible}^{by Barbara Kingslover (published September 24, 1998)}

I chose this one to fulfill the "book set in Africa" February prompt for the Crossing Continents Reading Challenge due to the many praises I have heard about it. However, its length (more than a thousand pages in my epub version) and a somewhat dense start may keep me from finishing it this month. I only managed 20 pages on my first evening reading it last night before I was too tired to continue. I hope it becomes an easier read soon or I may have to switch to another book.

^{Thai Children's Favorite Stories: Fables, Myths, Legends and Fairy Tales}^{by Marian D. Toth (published August 13, 2019)}

This collection of translated fairy tales well-known by Thai children should be a quick read and my thirteenth to finish in 2024.

^{The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living}^{by Ryan Holiday (published October 18, 2016)}

Recently Finished:

^{The Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson (published on May 3, 2022)}

^{The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler (published January 16, 2024)}

The Tusks of Extinction was short but I found it a bit confusing. Mammoths are brought back from extinction. To relearn how to behave as mammoths once again, the digitized consciousness of an elephant behavior expert is uploaded into the brain of a mammoth. The scientist is murdered and the mammoths are struggling to survive. Sometimes, the story is told through the viewpoint of humans and sometimes of mammoths and I often could not figure out which was which.

Reading Next:

^{When the Devil Doesn't Show}^{by Christine Barber (published March 5, 2013)}

^{On Earth As It Is On Television}^{by Emily Jane (published June 13, 2023)}

These are the final two books on my February TBR but I am having doubts about whether or not I will finish these in the next 15 days along with The Poisonwood Bible and compilation of Thai fairy tales. I will try to start one of these within the next couple of days.

Happy Reading!