WWW Wednesday | 19th March 2019

WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words! All you have to do is answers the following three questions:

What are you currently reading/playing?
What did you recently finish reading/playing?
What do you think you’ll read/play next?

Currently Reading/Playing

 

I started reading The Luminous Dead today and am about 15% of the way through my e-ARC. I’m really enjoying it so far and loving the mixture of sci-fi with the thriller aspects. So far it hasn’t been too creepy but we’ve got the perfect combination = caving in a deep, dark cave + a mysterious employer + evidence of lots of dead bodies! I can’t wait to read more tonight.

 

I’ve recently been spending a lot more time reading and looking into classic Queer texts. We’ve had a copy of Alison Bechdel’s The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For for years but I never picked it up so thought it would be the perfect time to get acquainted with this important piece of Queer history.

 

 
Nothing has changed for the past few weeks. I am still in a Sims 4 hole but will hopefully get out of it soon so I can actually play some of my other games!

 

 

 

Recently Finished

 

Because of everything that’s been going on these past few weeks and how stressed out I’ve been, I allowed myself to go back to the library and actually pick up some new books. I read Fun Home basically in one sitting as I enjoyed it so much – it’s such a great combination of Bechdel’s witty humour, great illustrations and autobiographical narrative style.

 

 

More Happy Than Not was one of the books on my Down the TBR Hole March deadline. I wasn’t sure I was going to pick it up but made a split second decision when I saw it at the library. Although I really struggled with it at first due to the prominence of suicide in the story, I’m glad I persevered with this as it ended up being such a cathartic read for me.

 

 

Oh. My. God. This. Book. IT WAS SO GREAT. I wasn’t sure what to expect from Heartstopper as I hadn’t paid much attention to it during all the hype around it, but I enjoyed it so much. Charlie & Nick have completely stolen my heart and I can’t wait to see what the next volume brings for them. Also, the copy I got was a special signed copy from Forbidden Planet which makes me super happy!

 

 

Next Read/Play

 

I’m on the blog tour for Wicked Saints at the end of the month so it will be my next ARC read. I wasn’t aware of the book until I was approached by the publisher and its something a little outside of the type of book I would normally request so I’m looking forward to giving it a go! My day is the 29th March ❤

 

 

 

This is another book that I picked up at the library so I can read something that is both fun but also related to my studies as I haven’t read anything relevant to my research for so long. I also have the Artificial Intelligence: A Very Short Introduction to read as well which I’m really looking forward to reading.

 

 

I’m honestly shocked at how much reading I managed to get done this past week as I’ve ended up having a really awful time of it. I was ill last week and got bad news yesterday about my PhD funding application being unsuccessful which has really thrown a spanner in the works. However, being ill allowed me to take a step back, rest and actually make time for my reading without feeling guilty or so stressed out I can’t concentrate!
As always let me know what you’ve been reading and/or playing this week ❤

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