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hermetic

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Sun Aug 19, 2018, 01:37 PM Aug 2018

What Fiction are you reading this week, August 19, 2018? [View all]


Some books feel like a really long climb

Origin by Dan Brown, for example. I got the audio version through my digital library and listened as often as I could but at 2 weeks end I still had a couple hundred pages left and I had to turn it in because someone else wanted it. So, I went to the library and got the actual book. Now I'm trying to get through those last pages because I really do want to find out what it's all about. One thing I found to be better about the physical book is that you can see the symbols which play a part in this story.

I am listening to Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson. It's not fiction but it is hysterically funny, in parts, and it was the only thing on my list that was available at the digital audio library right now. I still do not understand why only one person at a time can hear a digital book. Imagine if only one person at a time could listen to a podcast. SMH.

What books are you climbing through this week?
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Giuliani's BS.... lisa58 Aug 2018 #1
Horns by Joe Hill Runningdawg Aug 2018 #2
Not that old... hermetic Aug 2018 #5
I love Hill. PoorMonger Aug 2018 #21
"The Crossing" by Michael Connelly TexasProgresive Aug 2018 #3
That does sound hermetic Aug 2018 #6
I'm about to start that one... Docreed2003 Aug 2018 #10
fantastic book.... dhill926 Aug 2018 #11
That one was good too TexasProgresive Aug 2018 #28
more Martin Cruz-Smith dweller Aug 2018 #4
Oh, the author hermetic Aug 2018 #7
if you're a newbie dweller Aug 2018 #8
about half way through "Sacre Bleu" by Christopher Moore. dameatball Aug 2018 #9
Okay hermetic Aug 2018 #12
"Lamb" is my favorite so far. "Noir" a close second. dameatball Aug 2018 #15
I may have to re-evaluate. From approximnately page 150 - 225, things start coming together. dameatball Aug 2018 #18
Oh good hermetic Aug 2018 #19
Still reading "The President Is Missing". I'm more than half way through it, but haven't read a sinkingfeeling Aug 2018 #13
I know how that can be hermetic Aug 2018 #17
An old Jonathan Kellerman Bayard Aug 2018 #14
Oooh, creepy hermetic Aug 2018 #16
"Track of the Cat" by Nevada Barr Number9Dream Aug 2018 #20
Hi! hermetic Aug 2018 #24
Only Human by Sylvain Neuvel (Themis Files Vol. 3) PoorMonger Aug 2018 #22
Pops : Fatherhood in Pieces by Michael Chabon PoorMonger Aug 2018 #23
I do love hermetic Aug 2018 #26
Ring World by Larry Niven pscot Aug 2018 #25
Enjoy! hermetic Aug 2018 #27
Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg PoorMonger Aug 2018 #29
That sounds like fun! hermetic Aug 2018 #30
Summerland by Hannu Rajaniemi PoorMonger Aug 2018 #31
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