#WWWWednesday – 9th November 2022

WWWWednesdays

Hosted by Taking on a World of Words, this meme is all about the three Ws:

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

Why not join in too?  Leave a comment with your link at Taking on a World of Words and then go blog hopping!


Currently reading

Thea and DeniseThea and Denise by Caroline Bond (Head of Zeus via Readers First)

Two women. An open road. The trip of a lifetime.

Thea is confident, sorted, determined to have fun, but there are sorrows beneath the surface of her life. Denise is struggling under the weight of her many commitments and in desperate need of some excitement.

When these polar opposites meet, and unexpectedly become friends, they realise they’re both looking to escape. So begins a road trip that leads them far from home and yet closer to their true selves.

But they can’t outrun their pasts forever and when things start to become complicated, both women have an important decision to make. Do they give up or keep going? Turn around or drive on?

The Sentence is DeathThe Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz (Cornerstone via NetGalley)

“You shouldn’t be here. It’s too late…”

These, heard over the phone, were the last recorded words of successful celebrity-divorce lawyer. Richard Pryce, found bludgeoned to death in his bachelor pad with a bottle of wine – a 1982 Chateau Lafite worth £3,000, to be precise.

Odd, considering he didn’t drink. Why this bottle? And why those words? And why was a three-digit number painted on the wall by the killer? And, most importantly, which of the man’s many, many enemies did the deed?

Baffled, the police are forced to bring in Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick, the author Anthony, who’s really getting rather good at this murder investigation business.

But as Hawthorne takes on the case with characteristic relish, it becomes clear that he, too, has secrets to hide. As our reluctant narrator becomes ever more embroiled in the case, he realises that these secrets must be exposed – even at the risk of death…


Recently finished

The Coming Darkness by Greg Mosse (Moonflower)

The Weather Woman by Sally Gardner (Head of Zeus)

Death to the Emperor (Eagles of the Empire #21) by Simon Scarrow (Headline)


What Cathy (will) Read Next

The Night ShipThe Night Ship by Jess Kidd (Canongate via Readers First)

1629. Embarking on a journey in search of her father, a young girl called Mayken boards the Batavia, the most impressive sea vessel of the age. During the long voyage, this curious and resourceful child must find her place in the ship’s busy world, and she soon uncovers shadowy secrets above and below deck. As tensions spiral, the fate of the ship and all on board becomes increasingly uncertain.

1989. Gil, a boy mourning the death of his mother, is placed in the care of his irritable and reclusive grandfather. Their home is a shack on a tiny fishing island off the Australian coast, notable only for its reefs and wrecked boats. This is no place for a teenager struggling with a dark past and Gil’s actions soon get him noticed by the wrong people.

My Week in Books – 6th November 2022

MyWeekinBooksOn What Cathy Read Next last week

Monday – I shared my proposed reading list for #NetGalleyNovember and published my review of historical novel The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho by Paterson Joseph.

Tuesday – I shared My Five Favourite October 2022 Reads

WednesdayWWW Wednesday is a weekly opportunity to share what I’ve just read, what I’m currently reading and what I plan to read next… and to take a peek at what others are reading. 

Thursday – I made another trip Down the TBR Hole.

Friday – I published my review of Best of Friends by Kamila Shamsie.

Saturday – I took part in the #6Degreesof Separation meme forging a chain from The Naked Chef by Jamie Oliver to These Days by Lucy Caldwell. (Click on the link to find out how.)


New arrivals

Night-Time StoriesNight-Time Stories edited by Yen-Yen Lu (eARC, The Emma Press)

A child waits for the tooth fairy; a mother spends a night watching a recording of the previous night; two women face the ghosts that haunted their grandmothers. The nights in these ten stories are thick and substantial, ambiguous and alluring.

Eerie, magical, hushed and surprisingly alive, this anthology shows the night as a place where connections are made and daylit lives can be changed.

With stories from Valentine Carter, John Kitchen, Winifred Mok, Leanne Radojkovich, Angela Readman, Jane Roberts, Rebecca Rouillard, Miyuki Tatsuma, Zoë Wells and Sofija Ana Zovko.


On What Cathy Read Next this week

Currently reading

Planned posts

  •  Book Review: The Weather Woman by Sally Gardner
  • Book Review: Mother of Valor by Gary Corbin
  • Blog Tour/Book Review: The Coming Darkness by Greg Mosse
  • Blog Tour/Book Review: Death to the Emperor by Simon Scarrow