WWW Wednesday | April 24th

Here I am, back with another WWW Wednesday. Read the full post to see what I’m reading, and don’t hesitate to participate!

This format was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived by Sam at Taking on a World of Words.

To participate, you just have to answer these questions:

  • What are you currently reading?
  • What did you recently finish reading?
  • What do you think youโ€™ll read next?

What are you currently reading

I am currently reading ‘Late Bloomer’ by Mazey Eddings.

Synopsis

Winning the lottery has ruined Opal Devlin’s life. After quitting her dead-end job where sheโ€™d earned minimum wage and even less respect, sheโ€™s bombarded by people knocking at her door for a handout the second they found out her bank account was overflowing with cash. And Opal canโ€™t seem to stop saying yes.

With her tender heart thoroughly abused, Opal decides to protect herself by any means necessary, which to her translates to putting almost all her new money to buying a failing flower farm in Asheville, North Carolina to let the flowers live out their plant destiny while she uses the cabin on the property to start her painting business.

But her plans for isolation and self-preservation go hopelessly awry when an angry (albeit gorgeous) Pepper Smith is waiting for her at her new farm. Pepper states sheโ€™s the rightful owner of Thistle and Bloom Farms, and isnโ€™t moving out. The unlikely pair strike up an agreement of co-habitation, and butt-heads at every turn. Can these opposites both live out their dreams and plant roots? Or will their combustible arguing (and growing attraction) burn the whole place down?


What did you recently finish reading

I recently finished ‘The Alchemist‘ by Paulo Koehlo.

Synopsis

Combining magic, mysticism, wisdom, and wonder into an inspiring tale of self-discovery, The Alchemist has become a modern classic, selling millions of copies around the world and transforming the lives of countless readers across generations.

Paulo Coelho’s masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure. His quest will lead him to riches far differentโ€”and far more satisfyingโ€”than he ever imagined. Santiago’s journey teaches us about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, recognizing opportunity and learning to read the omens strewn along life’s path, and, most importantly, following our dreams.


I’ll be reading ‘Song of the Six Realms‘ by Judy I. Lin.

Synopsis

Xue, a talented young musician, has no past and probably no future. Orphaned at a young age, her kindly poet uncle took her in and arranged for an apprenticeship at one of the most esteemed entertainment houses in the kingdom. She doesnโ€™t remember much from before entering the House of Flowing Water, and when her uncle is suddenly killed in a bandit attack, she is devastated to lose her last connection to a life outside of her indenture contract.

With no family and no patron, Xue is facing the possibility of a lifetime of servitude playing the qin for nobles that praise her talent with one breath and sneer at her lowly social status with the next. Then one night she is unexpectedly called to the garden to put on a private performance for the enigmatic Duke Meng. The young man is strangely kind and awkward for nobility, and surprises Xue further with an irresistible offer: serve as a musician in residence at his manor for one year, and heโ€™ll set her free of her indenture.

But the Dukeโ€™s motives become increasingly more suspect when he and Xue barely survive an attack by a nightmarish monster, and when he whisks her away to his estate, she discovers heโ€™s not just some country noble: Heโ€™s the Duke of Dreams, one of the divine rulers of the Celestial Realm. There she learns the Six Realms are on the brink of disaster, and incursions by demonic beasts are growing more frequent.

The Duke needs Xueโ€™s help to unlock memories from her past that could hold the answers to how to stop the impending warโ€ฆ but first Xue will need to survive being the target of every monster and deity in the Six Realms.


What book are you currently enjoying? Share your favorite reads with me in the comments!

With love,

1 thought on “WWW Wednesday | April 24th

  1. tasya @ the literary huntress's avatar

    I recently finished Song of the Six Realms and really love it!

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