This weekly challenge is hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. All you need to do to participate is to answer these three questions:
- What are you currently reading?
- What have you recently finished reading?
- What will you be reading next?
What I’m currently reading
I’ve started reading a dystopian YA novel by Emily Barr, ‘Things to do Before the End of the World’. I’m teaching ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ to my Year 8 English class at the moment – so far, so good – and it’s a while since I read it myself, so I’m listening to the audiobook as a recap.
What I recently finished reading
I’ve had a great week of reading, and have given both ‘The Night She Disappeared’ by Lisa Jewell and ‘The Stars’ Tennis Balls’ by Stephen Fry five stars. Click on the captions to read my reviews of these two books.
What I’ll be reading next
Next on my TBR pile is an audiobook that so many people were raving about on their WWW post last week that I hunted it down on NetGalley – I can’t wait to listen to ‘Her Last Holiday’. I’m also trying to read some Middle Grade fiction to give me a feel of what works well for my own fledging novel, so I’ll be trying out ‘Skyborn’ by Sinead O’Hart.
Wordy Witterings 
Good luck, I am about to post my post about this right now
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The Picture of Dorian Gray is one of my all time faves! Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Happy Reading!
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Thank you, I’m surprised by how much my Year 8s are getting into it. I think they like all the melodrama!
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I haven’t seen much about Her Last Holiday, but it does look intriguing. I hope it’s a good read!
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Oh a great set of books, Claire! I’m reading the Emily Barr book now as well, and I have to check out The Night She Disappeared as well.
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Great books!!! I love your choice for your year 8’s!!
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I love Lisa Jewell’s books.Her Last Holiday has grabbed me. Enjoy!
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I am looking forward to the newest Lisa Jewell book. I just started listening to Her Last Holiday this afternoon. So far, so good.
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So glad you enjoyed your reads this week! The Stephen Fry book seems a bit outside my normal reading interests, but I think it looks pretty good. Happy reading!
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Oh, i’m adding so many of the books to my tbr, they seem amazing! Please let us know if the audiobook of The Picture of Dorian Gray is as good as the book itself!
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Things to do Before the End of the World sounds good – I’ll take a look at that one later! Happy reading ☺️
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I’ve only read The Picture of Dorian Gray from your list. The rest all look very interesting!
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Never read any of the books you mentioned, but I’m checking out her last holiday.
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I’ve only read Her Last Holiday from this list.
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