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:
This is a good, old-fashioned murder mystery with multiple suspects with a twist. Some of the characters are going through each day in a different person's body (a host), trying to figure out if they are the murderer or which of the others it might be. To leave the remote manor house where they are all gathered, the mystery must be solved within eight days. If they somehow figure out how to change to another host before midnight of any particular day, they will be doomed to repeat the day in the host they abandoned.
Turton's writing makes this much clearer than I am able to here but it is very entertaining and I already have definite ideas on the identity of the murderer although I am less than halfway through the book at the moment.
Recently Finished:
Peter de Bolla's book follows the facts and myths surrounding the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. I learned a lot such as details surrounding the deaths of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams on the fiftieth anniversary of the July 4th committee session, Jefferson's supposedly in the same hour that the completed document was first read to the assembled Founding Fathers. If you ever wondered who the "real" Uncle Sam was, there are a number of pages devoted to revealing his identity and how this came to be associated with the nation and the various portrayals of the image.
The works of Anne Hillerman (and her late father, Tony) always take me back to the decade that I lived in New Mexico although this particular installment is set entirely in Utah. Amidst interesting crimes to solve, the novels evoke the spirit of the land -- not only geographically but spiritually as well. I have learned more about Navajo symbolism and beliefs from the Hillermans than any of the courses I took at the University of New Mexico.
Reading Next:
In the end, I could not choose which book to read for this month's Crossing Continents challenge of a book set in Australia so I narrowed the choices down to Kate Grenville's The Secret River and Richard Flanagan's World War II novel. The latter seems to be set largely in Thailand during the construction of the Death Railway to Burma by the Japanese Imperial Army utilizing forced labor by Allied prisoners, including Australians.
I have wanted to read Printer's Error since watching Rebecca Romney's segments on The History Channel's Pawn Stars. I really think this will be my next book before starting another work of fiction.
Amazingly enough, I have never read Anne Frank's Diary. I recently got a copy of this "definitive edition" so I added it to July's list of must-read books.
Happy Reading!
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