Today I’m participating in WWW Wednesdays, at Taking on a World of Words. Here’s how it works:
The Three Ws are:
What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next, and/or what are you eagerly awaiting?
CURRENTLY READING: The Push, by Claire McGowan
From the bestselling author of What You Did comes a stunning psychological thriller. One party. Thirteen people. By 3.02 p.m., one of them will be dead.
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BOOKS READ & REVIEWED SINCE LAST POST OF 2/2/21:
The Book of Two Ways, by Jodi Picoult
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The Turn of the Key, by Ruth Ware
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Pretty Little Wife, by Darby Kane
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EAGERLY ANTICIPATING: Dream Girl, by Laura Lippman – Release Date: June 22, 2021
Synopsis: Following up on her acclaimed and wildly successful New York Times bestseller Lady in the Lake, Laura Lippman returns with a dark, complex tale of psychological suspense with echoes of Misery involving a novelist, incapacitated by injury, who is plagued by mysterious phone calls.
In the end, has anyone really led a blameless life?
Injured in a freak fall, novelist Gerry Andersen is confined to a hospital bed in his glamorous high-rise apartment, dependent on two women he barely knows: his incurious young assistant, and a dull, slow-witted night nurse.
Then late one night, the phone rings. The caller claims to be the “real” Aubrey, the alluring title character from his most successful novel, Dream Girl. But there is no real Aubrey. She’s a figment born of a writer’s imagination, despite what many believe or claim to know. Could the cryptic caller be one of his three ex-wives playing a vindictive trick after all these years? Or is she Margot, an ex-girlfriend who keeps trying to insinuate her way back into Gerry’s life?
And why does no one believe that the call even happened?
Isolated from the world, drowsy from medication, Gerry slips between reality and a dreamlike state in which he is haunted by his own past: his faithless father, his devoted mother; the women who loved him, the women he loved.
And now here is Aubrey, threatening to visit him, suggesting that she is owed something. Is the threat real or is it a sign of dementia? Which scenario would he prefer? Gerry has never been so alone, so confused – and so terrified.
Chilling and compulsively readable, touching on timely issues that include power, agency, appropriation, and creation, Dream Girl is a superb blend of psychological suspense and horror that reveals the mind and soul of a writer.
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That was my week. What did yours look like?
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I hope you enjoy The Push, I found it really gripping and hard to put down. I’m pleased you enjoyed The Book of Two Ways – I found it really hard to get into but once it clicked for me I didn’t want to put it down. I hope you enjoy your reading in the coming week. 🙂
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I had the same initial reactions to The Book of Two Ways…and I am glad it finally clicked for me, too. Thanks for visiting, Hayley, and I hope to love The Push.
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I read my first book by Jodi Picoult (Small Great Things) only recently and I have another, Nineteen Minutes, as an audiobook waiting to start so I was interested to read your thoughts on The Book of Two Ways.
Here’s my WWW https://whatcathyreadnext.wordpress.com/2021/02/10/wwwwednesday-10th-february-2021/
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Thanks, Cathy, I loved Nineteen Minutes! Picoult has written several books I have enjoyed, and even though I wasn’t that sure about The Book of Two Ways at first, I did eventually connect with it. Enjoy your week.
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Those covers are striking! Enjoy! Here’s my post: https://suelbavey.wordpress.com/2021/02/10/www-wednesdays-10th-february-2021/
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Thanks, Sue, I am a fan of great covers, lol. Enjoy your week!
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I have yet to read any Ruth Ware. From what I’ve seen from other readers each book is extremely different in its execution, which I find very interesting. Enjoy your week!
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Thanks, Julie Anna….I like how Ware’s books are unique. They all captivate me, however, which is a winning feature of them. Enjoy!
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I have never read a Ware book but really wanted to try Turn of the Key! I’m glad you enjoyed it!! Have a great week!
My WWW!
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Thanks, Leslie, Ware’s books always “hold me captive” until the end. Enjoy!
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Good to know!! 😊 Have a great week!
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The cover of Dream Girl is definitely intriguing!
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I love it, too, Nicki. Enjoy your week and your books!
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It looks like you’ve been having a great reading week. I hope the next one is just as good!
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Thanks, Deanna, I hope so, too!
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The Push sounds very good, I enjoy McGowan’s psyc thrillers. Happy reading!
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I am looking forward to it, Tessa. Enjoy your reading.
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Ah, The Push sounds intriguing. I hope the party is somewhere isolated. Shiver!
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Thanks, Gal, I recently read another book with the exact same title, so I am curious as to how this particular book will unfold.
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I am looking forward to reading Pretty Little wife. Enjoy your reading!
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Thanks, Priya, I hope you enjoy it…and all of your books.
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This week, I finished a thoroughly enjoyable re-read of the classic, chivalric-romance, Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott and then I started reading the romantic suspense, Madam, Will You Talk? by Mary Stewart. Happy reading to you, Laurel-Rain! 😃
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Thanks, Jessica, I am intrigued by your books. Thanks for visiting.
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