Wednesday, July 6, 2011

WWW: Wednesdays

WWW: Wednesdays which is hosted by MizB ofver at Should Be Reading. This is a weekly meme that I have been participating in for over a year now.

To play along just answer the following three questions....

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

Current:
Robert Kennedy in His Own Words: The Unpublished Recollections of the Kennedy Years by Edwin O. Guthman & Jeffrey Shulman (eds): In these never-before-published transcripts of lively, extensive interviews originally recorded in the mid-1960s for the John F. Kennedy Library, Robert Kennedy explains his own role in his brother's administration, from the Bay of Pigs to the civil rights campaign to the early years of American involvement in Vietnam. This is a crucial document for understanding a turbulent and dramatic period of American history.

The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón: In an abandoned mansion at the heart of Barcelona, a young man, David Martín, makes his living by writing sensationalist novels under a pseudonym. The survivor of a troubled childhood, he has taken refuge in the world of books and spends his nights spinning baroque tales about the city’s underworld. But perhaps his dark imaginings are not as strange as they seem, for in a locked room deep within the house lie photographs and letters hinting at the mysterious death of the previous owner.

Like a slow poison, the history of the place seeps into his bones as he struggles with an impossible love. Close to despair, David receives a letter from a reclusive French editor, Andreas Corelli, who makes him the offer of a lifetime. He is to write a book unlike anything that has ever existed—a book with the power to change hearts and minds. In return, he will receive a fortune, and perhaps more. But as David begins the work, he realizes that there is a connection between his haunting book and the shadows that surround his home. (Random House, Inc)

Read Since the Last WWW: Wednesday (click titles for reviews):
Triumphs of FDR's Great Supreme Court Justices by Noah Feldman
The Last Matryoshka by Joyce Yarrow
Therapy by David Lodge
The Herring in the Library by L. C. Tyler
The Unfinished Clue by Georgette Heyer

Up Next:
Seven Gothic Tales by Isak Dinesen
The Affair of the 39 Cufflinks by James Anderson
Curious Death of Peter Artedi: A Mystery in the History of Science by Theodor W. Pietsch
The Ghost of Greenwich Village by Lorna Graham
The Bones of Avalon by Phil Rickman


4 comments:

Unknown said...

The Angel's Game sounds really good :)

Here's mine:
http://carabosseslibrary.blogspot.com/2011/07/www-wednesdays.html

Grace at Feeding My Book Addiction said...

I love anything by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. Happy reading!

Here’s my WWW Wednesday This Week

Confuzzled Shannon said...

Seven Gothic Tales sounds promising.

Tea said...

I like titles with the word "ghost" in there.:)

http://readwithtea.blogspot.com/2011/07/wwwwednesdays.html