WWW Wednesdays: What Am I Reading? #amreading

On By Teri PolenIn WWW Wednesdays

WWW Wednesday is a meme from Sam at Taking On A World Of Words

The Three Ws are:

What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?

I’ve been so excited to get to this last book in the Lifelike trilogy, and it’s looking like it’s eveything I’d hoped it would be.  This YA sci-fi series has taken turns and thrown in surprises I never saw coming.  And Lemon Fresh will steal your heart and every scene she’s in.

Best friends have become enemies. Lovers have become strangers. And deciding whose side you’re on could be the difference between life and death. For Eve and Lemon, discovering the truth about themselves–and each other–was too much for their friendship to take. But with the country on the brink of a new world war–this time between the BioMaas swarm at CityHive and Daedalus’s army at Megopolis, loyalties will be pushed to the brink, unlikely alliances will form and with them, betrayals. But the threat doesn’t stop there, because the lifelikes are determined to access the program that will set every robot free, a task requiring both Eve and Ana, the girl she was created to replace. In the end, violent clashes and heartbreaking choices reveal the true heroes . . . and they may not be who you think they are. 

Take Me With You has low ratings on Goodreads.  From what I could tell, many readers expected this to be a mystery/thriller, but it’s absolutely a sci-fi/thriller, and that’s the category it’s in on Amazon.  For me, it was a gripping, 4-star read that I plowed through in two days.

Eden, Eli, Marwan, and Ilanka barely know each other beyond having a class or two together. But when they are all summoned via messaging app to an empty classroom after school, they find a small cube sitting on a desk. Its sides light up with rules for them:

Do not tell anyone about the device. Never leave the device unattended.
And then, Take me with you . . . or else.

At first they think it’s some kind of prank or a social experiment orchestrated by the school administration. Still, they follow its instructions until the newly-formed group starts to splinter. Nobody has time for these games–their lives are complicated enough. But the device seems increasingly invested in the private details of their lives. And disobeying its rules has scary–even life-threatening–consequences . . .

I didn’t read Wilder Girls by this author, but friends in my book club raved about it.  I’m hoping Burn Our Bodies Down is just as compelling.  The description sure makes me want to know what’s going on in that town.

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Wilder Girls comes a new twisty thriller about a girl whose past has always been a mystery—until she decides to return to her mother’s hometown . . . where history has a tendency to repeat itself.

Ever since Margot was born, it’s been just her and her mother. No answers to Margot’s questions about what came before. No history to hold on to. No relative to speak of. Just the two of them, stuck in their run-down apartment, struggling to get along.

But that’s not enough for Margot. She wants family. She wants a past. And she just found the key she needs to get it: A photograph, pointing her to a town called Phalene. Pointing her home. Only, when Margot gets there, it’s not what she bargained for.

Margot’s mother left for a reason. But was it to hide her past? Or was it to protect Margot from what’s still there?

The only thing Margot knows for sure is there’s poison in their family tree, and their roots are dug so deeply into Phalene that now that she’s there, she might never escape. 

37 thoughts on “WWW Wednesdays: What Am I Reading? #amreading”

    1. I’d love to do buddy reads with my hubby, but he’s not much of a reader – and there’s no way we’d find something we both want to read. I’m not familiar with Hook, but glad you’re enjoying it, Priscilla!

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  9. I definitely need to try and find time to read the Lifelike books some time soon! They sound excellent… I hope you will enjoy your books this week and happy reading! Here’s my WWW. xx

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  13. Well, they all sound great. And I liked all the covers, too. The last one really caught my eye, Might be because my favorite color is orange, but I think it’s just a really cool piece of art. Thanks, Teri.

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    1. I hope you give Lif3lik3 another chance. I read the first book in Kristoff’s Nevernight series, but it wasn’t for me. With this series and Aurora Rising, I’ve devoured the books – love them. Funny how that can happen with the same author.

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