WWW Wednesday #2

Hello, happy Wednesday! Here is my current reading situation.

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words and how it works is I answer three questions about what I’m currently reading, what I recently finished reading, and what I plan on reading next.

The three W’s:

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

WHAT ARE YOU CURRENTLY READING?

I’m currently reading The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. I’m not very far into it yet, but it’s really good so far and I’m think I’m going to enjoy it.

Summary: “The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night.

But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway—a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love—a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands.

True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus performers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead.

Written in rich, seductive prose, this spell-casting novel is a feast for the senses and the heart.”

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WHAT DID YOU RECENTLY FINISH READING?

I recently finished reading Pax by Sara Pennypacker. (Read my review here). It was a pretty good book, though there were a few things about it that I didn’t really like.

Summary: “Pax was only a kit when his family was killed, and “his boy” Peter rescued him from abandonment and certain death. Now the war front approaches, and when Peter’s father enlists, Peter has to move in with his grandpa. Far worse than being forced to leave home is the fact that Pax can’t go. Peter listens to his stern father—as he usually does—and throws Pax’s favorite toy soldier into the woods. When the fox runs to retrieve it, Peter and his dad get back in the car and leave him there—alone. But before Peter makes it through even one night under his grandfather’s roof, regret and duty spur him to action; he packs for a trek to get his best friend back and sneaks into the night. This is the story of Peter, Pax, and their independent struggles to return to one another against all odds. Told from the alternating viewpoints of Peter and Pax.”

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WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’LL READ NEXT?

I’m planning on reading Elske by Cynthia Vogit next. I know last week I said I was planning to read the first of the Alex Rider series, but I decided to change it and read that later.

Summary: “Two Women
Elske — a girl with no future, until her grandmother’s sacrifice saves her from certain death
Beriel — an imperious princess, determined to claim the kingdom that is her birthright
Fate brings them together, both exiles, one servant to the other. To Beriel, the mistress, Elske offers steadfast loyalty and courage — hard to come by in her dangerous quest to regain the throne she has been denied by treachery. To Elske, the handmaiden, Beriel’s proud example provides a perhaps even more precious gift — the strength to find her true self.”

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HAVE YOU READ ANY OF THE BOOKS I MENTIONED? WHAT ARE YOU CURRENTLY READING? CHAT WITH ME IN THE COMMENTS BELOW!