HUMP DAY READING: WHAT’S ON YOUR LIST?

Today I’m participating in Sam’s WWW Wednesdays.  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?

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Currently Reading:

I See You, by Clare Mackintosh (Amazon Vine Review)

 

 

The author of the New York Times bestseller I Let You Go propels readers into a dark and claustrophobic thriller, in which a normal, everyday woman becomes trapped in the confines of her normal, everyday world…

I am enjoying it!  The characters reeled me in, as did the situations, and I loved the alternating narrators.  I find my favorites often use this writing tool.

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White Trash, by Nancy Isenberg

(This one sits on my nightstand and I pick it up to read now and then.  It will be a slow read).

 

 

 

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JUST FINISHED:

On Sunday, I finished reading Scandal in Skibbereen, by Sheila Connolly, Book 2 of the County Cork series. (Click title for my review).

 

 

In Book Two of the County Cork series, Scandal in Skibbereen, we connect with Maura Donovan again, as she runs the pub in Leap. The very pub she inherited from an old friend of her grandmother’s. The characters from the first book rejoin us, from Bridget Nolan to Old Willie. Rose, the teenage daughter of Jimmy, still helps out in the pub, and Jimmy has not lost his attitude.

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Last night I finished my NetGalley review book, to be released on 1/10/17:  The Sleepwalker, by Chris Bohjalian.  Loved it! (Click title for my review).

 

 

 

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Guest Room comes a spine-tingling novel of lies, loss, and buried desire—the mesmerizing story of a wife and mother who vanishes from her bed late one night.

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WHAT AM I EAGERLY ANTICIPATING?

The Mother’s Promise, by Sally Hepworth, will be released on 2/21/17.  I loved a recent book by this author, The Things We Keep, so I had to add this one to my list.

 

 

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All their lives, Alice Stanhope and her daughter Zoe have been a family of two, living quietly in northern California. Zoe has always struggled with crippling social anxiety and her mother has been her constant and fierce protector. With no family to speak of, and the identity of Zoe s father shrouded in mystery, their team of two works until it doesn t. Until Alice gets sick and needs to fight for her life.

Desperate to find stability for Zoe, Alice reaches out to two women who are practically strangers, but who are her only hope: Kate, a nurse, and Sonja, a social worker. As the four of them come together, a chain of events is set into motion and all four of them must confront their sharpest fears and secrets secrets about abandonment, abuse, estrangement, and the deepest longing for family. Imbued with heart and humor in even the darkest moments, The Mother s Promise is an unforgettable novel about the unbreakable bonds between mothers and daughters, and the new ways in which families are forged.

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So….that’s my week.  What did yours look like?  Check out a Christmas snack I had while reading today.

 

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