Welcome to WWW Wednesday! This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived on Taking on a World of Words. Just answer the three questions below and leave a link to your post in the comments for others to look at. No blog? No problem! Just leave a comment with your responses. Please take some time to visit the other participants and see what others are reading. So, let’s get to it!
- What am I currently reading?
- What did I just finish?
- What am I reading next?
Currently Reading
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday just didn’t happen, so I thought I’d do a WWW Wednesday post instead. I’m enjoying You Will Never Be Me by Jesse Sutanto right now. You want to talk about compelling. It’s been so hard for me to stop reading when I need to.
- Genre: Thriller
- Pages: 352
- Publisher: Berkley
- Publication Date: Aug 20, 2024
When cracks start forming in an influencer’s curated life, she finds out that jealousy is just as viral as a video in this riveting suspense novel by bestselling author Jesse Q. Sutanto.
Influencer Meredith Lee didn’t teach Aspen Palmer how to blossom on social media just to be ditched as soon as Aspen became big. So can anyone really blame Mer for doing a little stalking? Nothing serious, more like Stalking Lite. Then, Mer gets lucky; she finds one of Aspen’s kids’ iPads and swipes it. Now, she has access to everything: the family calendar and Aspen’s social media accounts. Would anyone else be able to resist tweaking things a little here and there, showing up in Aspen’s place for meetings with potential sponsors? Mer’s only taking back what she deserves—what should have been hers.
Meanwhile, Aspen doesn’t understand why her perfectly filtered life is falling apart. Sponsors are dropping her, fellow influencers are ghosting her, and even her own husband seems to find her repulsive. If she doesn’t find out who’s behind everything, she might just lose it all. What everyone seems to forget is that Aspen didn’t become one of TikTok’s biggest momfluencers by being naive. When Meredith suddenly goes missing, Aspen’s world is upended and mysterious threats begin to arrive—but she won’t let anything get in the way of her perfect life again.
Just Finished
I found the best Pride and Prejudice contemporary retelling that I’ve ever read. It totally honored the spirit of the original and I just loved it! I’ll post my review next week.
- Genre: Retelling of Pride and Prejudice
- Pages: 384
- Publisher: Gallery Books
- Publication Date: Aug 6, 2023
This fresh and whip-smart modern retelling of Jane Austen’s classic Pride and Prejudice—from the authors of the “great beach read” (Bookreporter) Emma of 83rd Street—transports you to summer in the Hamptons, where classes clash, rumors run wild, and love has a frustrating habit of popping up where you least expect it.
It’s a truth universally acknowledged—well, by Elizabeth Bennet anyway—that there’s nothing worse than summer in the Hamptons. She should know: she’s lived out there her whole life. Every June, her hometown on the edge of Long Island is inundated with rich Manhattanites who party until dawn and then disappear by September. And after twenty-five years, Lizzy wants to leave, too.
But after putting her own dreams on hold to help save her family’s failing bakery, she’s still surfing the same beach every morning and waiting for something, anything, to change. She’s not holding her breath though, not even when her sister starts flirting with the hot new bachelor in town, Charlie Pierce, and he introduces Lizzy to his even hotter friend.
Will Darcy is everything Lizzy Bennet is not. Aloof, arrogant…and rich. Of course, he’s never cared about money. In fact, it’s number one on his long list of things that irk him. Number two? His friend Charlie’s insistence on setting him up with his new girlfriend’s sharp-tongued sister. Lizzy Bennet is all wrong for him, from her money-hungry family to her uncanny ability to speak to him as bluntly as he does everyone else. But then maybe that’s why he can’t stop thinking about her.
Lizzy is sure Will hates everybody. He thinks she willfully misunderstands them. Yet, just as they strike an uneasy truce, mistakes threaten Charlie and Jane’s romance, with Will and Lizzy caught in the undertow. Between a hurricane and a hypocritical aunt, a drunken voicemail and a deceptive party promoter, the two must sift through the gossip and lies to protect the happiness of everyone they love—even if it means sacrificing their own. But when the truth also forces them to see each other in an entirely new light, they must swallow their pride to learn that love is a lot like surfing: sometimes the only way to survive is to let yourself fall.
Reading Next
I loved the first two book in Barbara Josselsohn’s trilogy about three sisters during WWII and I’m looking forward to The Forgotten Italian Restaurant which is the last book.
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- Pages: 268
- Publisher: Bookouture
- Publication Date: Aug 21, 2024
Italy, 1943. The girl rushes down the winding streets, tucking the handwritten menu into the wicker basket and thinking only of the code hidden on the delicate paper. Will anyone forgive her for what she’s about to do to save the man she loves?
Present day. Arriving in sun-drenched Caccipulia, Callie grips the faded restaurant menu in trembling hands. Found hidden in her family home, she is certain it will lead her to the truth about her grandmother’s life in Italy during World War Two. Why did her Nonna run away from this beautiful small town, never to return? Lost and alone in the world, could it help Callie understand who she is?
Local café owner Oliver’s dark brown eyes light up when he sees the menu. During the war, one brave family secretly fed desperate Jewish families hidden in safe houses through the village. Callie’s heart soars at the thought that her own dear grandmother was involved.
Diving into the town’s history during long walks down cobbled streets, Callie begins to feel at home under Oliver’s soft gaze. She wonders if she could build a life here with him. Until they push aside magenta flowers on a monument at the heart of the village, and uncover a secret that changes everything…
A grave mistake was made one dark night as the Nazis stalked the village, putting the whole town in terrible danger. When Callie finds out what her grandmother did, will it change the way Oliver feels about her? Will she stay and right the wrongs of the past, or be forced to leave Italy too, just like her Nonna?
A heartbreaking love story that will sweep you away to sun-drenched Italian vineyards to watch hope and bravery prevail in the darkest days of war. For fans of Kristin Hannah, Victoria Hislop and Fiona Valpy.
What are you reading? Do you love it?
15 responses to “WWW Wednesday | Books I Am Reading This Week – August 7, 2024 #wwwwednesday #ReadersCommunity #BookCommunity #BookLover”
I’m listening to A Happier Life and loving it. Needed something lighter after that creepy House of Glass. Enjoy your reading, Tessa💜
A Happier Life should have done the trick 🩷
Ooh, a Pride & Prejudice retelling!? Sign me up! 😍 I hadn’t heard of this book until now but it sounds great and I’m excited to hear you loved it. I still haven’t read one of Sutanto’s mysteries but at least when I eventually get to it I’ll have a long backlist to explore 😂 I hope you continue enjoying your reads, Tessa! Have a great week ahead.
I’ve enjoyed all of Sutanto’s books. She’s such a versatile writer.
The forgotten Italian Restaurant sounds good to me, Tessa. I like historical fiction. 🙂 I’ve been on a Holly Black binge lately and am loving it. Happy Reading!
I thought I had read at least one Holly Black book but looking through the list of them – I don’t see any that I’ve read. I definitely want to though!
Oh! You are in for a treat! I love her lyrical prose and her world-building is amazing. Start with The Cruel Prince when you’re ready to dive in. 🙂
Some brilliant books, I am reading a book about a woman who lives forever, but the downside is nobody remembers her. It is good so far.
Sounds intriguing!
I could get behind a Pride and Prejudice retelling with a beach setting. Hope you enjoy it, Tessa!
It was so good! The best contemporary retelling I’ve read by far
Oh yay! I’m so glad to hear Elizabeth of East Hampton was good 😀 I thoroughly enjoyed Emma of 83rd Street, and the way the authors updated it to fit modernity, and now I’m jonesing to get my paws on Elizabeth! haha
You’re going to love Elizabeth of East Hampton!
Elizabeth of East Hampton sounds good. I haven’t read Pride and Prejudice retelling yet.
I hope to finish Mixed Signals by B.K. Borison today and read Business casual this weekend.
Elizabeth of East Hampton is excellent!