WWW Wednesday: march 19, 2025
Hello again, friends! I hope you’re all having a wonderful week. 🥰 This past week was a bit of a mental health rollercoaster tbh, but I’m hoping the rest of this week is kinder (and more productive)! I have a 3-day weekend coming up and a lot I’d like to get done during it, including hopefully a 2024 faves post for you all! 👀 What are you working on today?
1. What did you read last?
I read SO MUCH over the past week and I didn’t even realize it until sitting down to write this post!
✨ Onyx Storm ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✨ The Nightmare Before Kissmas ⭐⭐⭐⭐✨
✨ The Hunger Games (reread) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✨ The Wild ⭐
✨ The Lamb ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✨ Grim Portraits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I’m in this mix of reading moods lately where I’m craving rom-coms and weird, sad horror, which feels like opposite ends of the spectrum, but what can you do? 😅 Also, The Wild is something I picked up because of how controversial it is (one of those rare books too taboo for Amazon’s stores, so I had to buy it from the author directly), and let me tell y’all, sometimes you should just let the curiosity go instead of finding out for yourself. I fucked around and found out and it was a terrible experience. That’s $5 and a couple hours of my life I’ll never get back. 💀
2. What are you currently reading?
Right now, I have one self-help book and three buddy reads on the table (including a reread of an old favorite)…
✨ Unfuck Your Brain: Getting Over Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-Outs, and Triggers with Science
✨ Go Luck Yourself
✨ Lights Out
Malli and I buddy read The Nightmare Before Kissmas and loved it so much that we instantly jumped into the sequel! I’m also buddy reading Lights Out with Misty and we’re both loving it, too. It’s hilarious! I’m at the 60% mark and I think it’ll be a new favorite!
3. What will you read next?
I ended up reading one of the books from last week’s “up next” list and loved it! I’m going to leave the rest of the list alone because they’re all still really high on my TBR, and The Woman in Black is due back at the library soon.
✨ We Used to Live Here (group read)
✨ Where I End (overdue group read)
✨ The Woman in Black (library mood borrow)
WWW Wednesday is a weekly blog meme hosted by Sam @ Taking On a World of Words.
— destiny ♥
Leslie
March 19, 2025So many great books!! I am hoping to read Lights Out soon!! <3
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
March 26, 2025Lights Out was SO much fun! I hope you like it! ♥️
Leslie
March 31, 2025Thank you!! <3
Red-Haired Ash Reads
March 19, 2025Is Unfuck your brain a good read. I have seen it everywhere but I haven’t picked it up.
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
March 26, 2025I’ve really enjoyed it so far! I’m not very far into it, but it starts off explaining WHY your brain does certain things – like what part of your brain connects emotions to memories, and how that creates triggers because your brain goes, “Oh, last time this happened, it was scary, so now it’s scary again” and panicking. It’s really fascinating! But it’s all explained really well, too.
Red-Haired Ash Reads
March 26, 2025Oh that does sound fascinating. I will have to add it to my TBR now.
Reg @ BookishInBed
March 19, 2025I’m looking up The Wild because what you wrote peaked my interest. I won’t be buying it though. We Used to Live Here ins on my TBR. I really want to read that.
Reg @ BookishInBed
March 19, 2025Jesus, I just looked at your review & wowww.
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
March 26, 2025Omg The Wild was INSANE. Like… I think it’s the first time I’ve ever read a book and understood why it was banned from the kindle store. 🤣 Because I’ve read some other books that got taken down from Kindle and they weren’t as taboo and wild as that one is. And it’s a whole series! I can’t. 💀 I think the second book contains full-blown ped0 stuff.
Reg @ BookishInBed
April 3, 2025OH boy that is absolutely insane. No thank you. I will stay far away from that.
Teri Polen
March 19, 2025I read We Used to Live Here on the beach last summer – hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
March 26, 2025Ooooh, I love a good beach reading session! 🥰 I haven’t been in too long! I’m glad you enjoyed it. I can’t wait to start it!
mistysbookspace
March 20, 2025I love that all of the books you have finished are all mostly 5 stars with a 4 star thrown it. We’re pretending the 1 star doesn’t exist!! 😂 I flew through the last half of Lights Out yesterday. I just couldn’t stop reading it. I love the title “Go Luck Yourself”.
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
March 26, 2025Haha we are totally pretending that 1 star doesn’t exist! 🤣 But I’ve had such good luck with books lately! I think part of it is because most of my reading lately has been buddy reads with you or Malli and we all tend to luck up on good books together a lot! ♥️ Misty I think you would really like Go Luck Yourself, it was so good!
mistysbookspace
March 26, 2025Yay for successful buddy read picks. I’m adding it to my TBR now!!