WWW Wednesday
Hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading
To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…
• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?
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What are you currently reading?
Night Realm is a Paranormal Detective novel set on Australia‘s Gold Coast. It is the story of private detective, Ryan Fox. When he meets the beautiful Selena Thorne, Ryan’s life takes a detour into a dark world he thought only existed in folklore and in the minds of movie producers. Selena hires Ryan to acquire the unusual research of scientist, Doctor Marlon Becker. Becker is a hematologist and an expert in blood disorders. When Ryan discovers what the focus of Becker’s research is, it puts a whole new spin on things.
Chelsea, Ryan’s teenage sister, meets Travis and she soon realizes there is something very different about this attractive and mysterious new boy in town. A relationship quickly develops .No sooner has Chelsea fallen for Travis when she learns he’s not actually what he seems.
Meanwhile, Homicide Detective David Marks investigates a spate of strange murders, where victims appear to have had every drop of blood drained from their bodies, with the only apparent injuries being two puncture wounds on the throat. With no solid leads on a suspect and more people dying every few days, Marks is getting nowhere fast in his quest to apprehend the killer.
As the story unfolds the lives of the characters – both human and vampire – come together in a gripping climax where not everyone comes out alive, and not everything goes as planned.
Great beginning. Let you know more when I’m done!
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What did you recently finish reading?
College student Christy Brewer lives in a personal hell at home with an increasingly unreasonable and violent father while balancing school and a love life. Meanwhile, over a hundred miles away, in a small ski resort town, Police Chief Wayne Marski is suddenly dealing with a serial killer who is dispatching people in a particularly grisly manner. Worse, the few clues indicate that he is dealing with a human adversary.
Or is he?
Their stories coincide in a suspenseful and action-filled climax as a centuries-old curse comes home.
I’ll be doing my review next week!
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What do you think you’ll read next?
A secret lies buried beneath the haunting statuary in Old Willow Cemetery. In Concord, Massachusetts, the surrounding woods are alive with the spirits of transcendentalists Emerson, Thoreau, and Alcott. Elias Hatch, the cemetery keeper, is the last of modern-day transcendentalists. Does he know the secret power buried in Old Willow Cemetery? Would he ever reveal it?
Next door to this cemetery is a lovely gabled house. When the Brooke family moves in, the secret of Old Willow strikes. On a cold afternoon in March, five-year-old Henry Brooke does not arrive home from the school bus stop. Antonia Brooke is frantic her child is missing, or—the unspeakable—stolen. Adam Brooke spends a harrowing night searching the Concord woods, fear gripping him as hours pass with no leads.
Finally, a police dog tracks Henry’s scent inside Old Willow Cemetery. Detective Mike Balducci suspects that Elias Hatch knows the truth about what happened to Henry. Balducci knows Hatch’s metaphysical beliefs. What Balducci discovers buried in the cemetery is beyond the grave, beyond apparitions or shadowy drifts rushing through the pine trees.
There are the dazzled faces in the darkened air … and their secret.
The Dazzling Darkness is a supernatural mystery that parallels science with spirituality by exploring consciousness, death, and the afterlife.
This promises to be very good.
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So, whatcha readin?
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I am currently reading Virginia Woolf, A Writer’s Diary (this is a slow read that will take a long time but fascinating about how Woolf wrote her stories). I have just finished reading The Man in the Picture by Susan Hill (loved it! Very astmospheric and satisfying). I plan to read M.J. Rose’s new novel Seduction. And because it’s National Short Story Month for May, I’m reading a short story a day. Today for lunch I’m reading The Screaming Skull by F. Marion Crawford.
That’s a diverse selection of novels. I’m going to have to look them up.
You gave me an idea. I love short stories and I think I’ll do a monday posfor National Short Story Month. That will be fun. I may continue doing it as a regular weekly meme. I just hope to find enough time!
I peeked in your book. Couldn’t resist! I’ll be reading it this weekend! Just finished Night Realm.
I’ll be reading and reviewing Paula’s book later this summer.
Great minds read alike:) lol Can’t wait to read your thoughts about it Emma.
I’m starting to read it this weekend and will probably read the book straight through while sittin by the pool:) From the sneak peek, I can tell it will suck me in!
Again, I am so jealous you have a pool. We just don’t have pools over here. 🙁
It’s an above ground pool. I go to my sisters a lot in the summer. You walk out the back and step right down into her yummy pool! So refreshing!
The water is 70 and the pool is open.
Some nice covers on all those books.
I know. I’m almost done with The Dazzling Darkness. All of these are great!
70! Sounds like swimming in Lake Huron! I love cool water! Waiting on new hose to arrive and mine will be ready soon:)