Welcome to WWW Wednesday! This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived here on Taking on a World of Words. Just answer the three questions below and leave a link to your post in the comments for others to look at. No blog? No problem! Just leave a comment with your responses. Please, take some time to visit the other participants and see what others are reading. So, let’s get to it!
The Three Ws are:
What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?
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Currently reading: I read very little of In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson. I’m hoping I can find a little time to read it this week, but it’s really not looking good for me. I knew this one would be a long, slow read, but I didn’t think it would take this long.
I’ve made decent progress in World Without End by Ken Follett. It’s a long book to be sure, but I’ve been going on some long runs and getting through good chunks of it on each one. It will be a while, but I’ll make it through.
I just started Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi so I can’t say too certainly what I think of it so far. I’m hoping to finish this one quickly but we’ll see what happens.
Recently finished: I made it through In One Person by John Irving a day faster than I thought I would! I finished it Saturday afternoon and I was so excited. It was a good read with some small disappointments toward the end. It had all the classic John Irving elements to it that I love so I can’t say I’m too upset with it. My book club met to talk about it on Monday so I’ll have a reflection up soon. My book review went up on Monday.
Reading Next: It will be another book club book I suspect. We’re picking up The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot for our next selection. This book caught my eye when I was working at a textbook store in college and had to rent it to the entire freshman class of the university across town. I thought it had been out forever because of that but it was probably the year after it was published, in 2011, that this happened. I’m excited to finally see what it’s about!
Leave a comment with your link and a comment (if you’re so inclined). Take a look at the other participant links in the comments and look at what others are reading.
Have any opinions on these choices?
Until next time, write on.
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Taking On a World of Words 
I love the sound of the Henrietta Lacks book! I think I have actually come across it before but I didn’t note it down. Enjoy it!
Here’s my post for this week: https://keysandopenmind.wordpress.com/2016/08/31/www-wednesday-august-31-2016/
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I’ve come across it several times so I’m really excited to finally read it. Happy Wednesday!
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Hope you have a good reading week, here’s my link 🙂 https://theadventuresofafangirlblog.wordpress.com/2016/08/31/www-wednesday-31-august-2016/
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https://caroljforrester.com/2016/08/31/confessions-of-a-bookworm-august/
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I’m afraid I haven’t really heard of any of your books this week but a couple of them do look interesting. I hope you manage to make some progress and, more importantly, that you enjoy them.
Here my WWW: https://iwuvbooks.wordpress.com/2016/08/31/www-wednesday-31st-august-2016/
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Thank you. Happy Wednesday!
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I love the cover of Boy Snow Bird! Enjoy your books.
http://aggiesbooks.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/www-wednesday-31st-august.html
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Thanks, I think it’s beautiful. Happy Wednesday!
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Happy reading, Sam! I hope you can finish In the Garden of Beasts soon, it sounds like you’ve been on it for a while.
Here’s my WWW: https://sarinalangerwriter.com/2016/08/31/www-wednesday-31st-august-2016/ I won’t be around much today (day off! woo!) but will reply to everything tomorrow 🙂
Happy reading, everyone! 🙂
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Enjoy the day off! I’ve been trying to pick away at it slowly. It might take a bit still. Happy Wednesday!
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I love this meme 💜.Happy to share my answers.
https://juhidwivedi.wordpress.com/2016/08/31/www-wednesday-31-august-2016/
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Great! Happy to have you. Happy Wednesday!
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Happy reading. Hope you enjoy the Henrietta Lacks Book. Here’s my Wednesday post https://t.co/znXZk64cWJ
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I’m looking forward to it. Happy Wednesday!
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Good luck getting through World Without End. Small chunks is a smart way to go — sometimes reading is like sprinting. Short bursts help for the long haul 😉
Sitting this week out, but I’ll be posting again next week for sure!
Happy Reading ❤
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I enjoy coming back to books if I read them in bursts. It’s like seeing an old friend. Happy reading!
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Boy Snow Bird has a gorgeous cover and sounds very very good 😀 Happy reading! http://www.curious-daisy.com/www-wednesdays/www-wednesday-august-31-2016/
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I’m liking it a lot so far and loving the cover. Happy Wednesday!
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I added the Irving book to my TBR. I love his works!
http://www.kwizgiver.com/2016/08/www-wednesday_31.html
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Same! He’s had another one come out since this. Happy Wednesday!
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I’ve heard good things about The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Hope you enjoy it!
http://dualreads.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/wednesday-catch-up-31st-august-2016.html
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Everyone has had great things to say. Happy Wednesday!
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is an excellent book! Happy Reading!
Here’s my first WWW Wednesday post: https://4thhouseontheleft.wordpress.com/2016/08/31/www-wednesday-31-august-2016/
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I’ve heard only good things about it. I’m so excited to dive in. Happy Wednesday!
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I hope you enjoy The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks! I only recently found out about this book (maybe last week or the week before), but it sounds incredibly interesting and I really want to read it now.
Here’s my WWW: https://kourtnireads.wordpress.com/2016/08/31/www-wednesday-831/
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Everyone has said great things about it so I’m excited to read it myself. Happy Wednesday!
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That’s too bad that the Irving book was a little disappointing, but it sounds like it was still good at least.
Here’s my WWW Wednesday.
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It was good, but I have such high expectations for Irving! Oh well. Happy Wednesday!
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I am curious about the Henrietta Lacks book. Enjoy! Here’s MY WWW POST
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My book club hasn’t done a non-fiction for a while so we’re all looking forward to it. Happy Wednesday!
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I’ve heard great things about Henrietta Lacks! I’ve never read it yet but I have it on my bookshelf 🙂 Hope you enjoy it.
Here’s my WWW:
https://youngatheart1blog.wordpress.com/2016/08/31/www-wednesday-5/
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I’ve had my eye on it for ages so I’m really excited to have a reason to push it to the front of my list. Happy Wednesday!
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Here’s my WWW post, an eclectic mix of books for me: https://thetattooedbookgeek.wordpress.com/2016/08/31/www-wednesday-31st-august-2016/
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Here’s today’s post! http://ilayreading.com/2016/08/31/www-wednesday-8312016/
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Hey Sam, you sound like me. Reading multiple books at a time, putting one down forEVER until you feel like you can pick it up again haha. If a book is too long in the beginning, it’s difficult for me to get into. If it’s long in the middle, I will usually forgive it. Here’s my WWW post! https://authorswilliams.wordpress.com/2016/08/31/www-wednesday-august-wrap-up/
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Haha, I try to finish everything I start, even if it takes ages to do it! The case with my ebooks is that I don’t prioritize them, I’d rather get through the physical books. Happy Wednesday!
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‘World Without End’ sounds good to me! Did you say you were listening to this while running? I’ve tried that before but realized my pace slowed down. I may try it again sometime, but I think I like listening to music a little better. 🙂
Here’s my post: http://candy-m.blogspot.com/2016/08/what-are-you-reading-august-31-2016.html
Have a wonderful week, and thanks for hosting!
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I’ve found no difference in my pace between books and music. My husband insisted on music for the same reason for years but I converted him recently, haha. Happy Wednesday!
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That is a great list of books! I haven’t read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and look forward to hearing what you think of it. 🙂
Here is my list: http://sallyallenbooks.com/2016/08/unabridged-list-books-read-august/
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I hope to start it within a week if I’m lucky. Happy Wednesday!
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All good picks this week. I really liked In One Person. https://worthgettinginbedfor.wordpress.com/2016/08/31/www-wednesday-3/
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Glad you liked it, too! My book club had one dissenter, but most of us really enjoyed it. Happy Wednesday!
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Enjoy. Have a great week.
https://staceyschneller06.wordpress.com/2016/08/31/www-wednesday-9/
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I’m always late to the party! But, I’m hoping to start Boy, Snow, Bird soon so I can’t wait to see what you think of it. Have a great week!
https://thedesertbibliophile.wordpress.com/2016/08/31/www-wednesday-august-31st/
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Awesome! So far it’s really enjoyable. I’m hoping to have time this weekend to dive further into it. Happy reading!
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Sorry you’re still not getting time for Larsen’s In the Garden of Beasts. Better luck next week!
Here’s my WWW Post: https://siderealday.wordpress.com/2016/08/31/www-wednesday-831/
Thanks for hosting, and happy reading!
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I’m hoping to make time soon. Happy reading!
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Rebecca Skloot’s book looks interesting! I’m glad you got to do some good reading this week 🙂
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