WWW Wednesday is a tag currently hosted at Taking on A World of Words. The three W’s are:

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

Happy Wednesday, everyone!

This week has been a bit of a diversion from the TBR that I planned this month, but I’m still on track! Right now I’m primarily reading some buddy reads as well as the last of my library holds for this month (I think), and then after that, I’ll be finishing out the month with my book club reads and the last of my TBR picks from my physical TBR. Here’s what it looks like now: 

Currently Reading:

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

Klara and the Sun is a story that follows Klara, an Artificial Friend. She spends her days in the store watching those who browse, as well as observing those who pass on the streets outside. She hopes that someday, someone will choose her.

I think I will be close to finishing this book either today or tomorrow! I’m enjoying the setup of this book so far, although I do wish there were more explanations to the society that was founded. But at the same time, I’m liking being able to see everything from Klara’s perspective.

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Last Call by Elon Green

Last Call tells the true story of The Last Call killer, a serial killer in New York City in the 80’s and 90’s whose victims were gay men. He had all of the traits resembling even the most notorious serial killers, but because of the sexual orientation of his victims and the high murder rates at the time, the crimes he committed were nearly forgotten. Last Call details both the decades-long search for the killer, and tells the story of the victims and the community that surrounded them.

I’m not too far into this book yet, so I can’t really say much on it so far. This is a recent release and I believe I’ve heard about this in the past, so I wanted to learn more.

Recently Read:

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

This story follows Adeleine LaRue, who makes a bargain with the devil in order to flee her arranged marriage. As a result, she will live forever, and she is immediately forgotten by everyone she meets. But one day, 300 years later, she finds a man in a New York City bookstore that remembers her name.

I really, really enjoyed this book and the writing was stunning throughout. I had some issues with it regarding the setup of Addie’s story as well as some of the historical context in general, which has made this kind of difficult to rate given how much I enjoyed the story. I didn’t think I was going to read this when it came out but then the hype got me, and I’m really happy I read it. 

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Marketing Automation Unleashed by Casey Cheshire

Marketing Automation Unleashed provides strategy to marketing automation and its heavy impact on business today. Using the “Cheshire Success Index,” Cheshire shows how to build a successful marketing automation strategy under Foundational, Growth, Alignment, and Optimization phases.

This book was very kindly gifted to me (thank you!) from someone in my network. I’m going through a bit of a career pivot at the moment, and this book was really helpful to understand what that might look like in the near future. 

Up Next:

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