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hermetic

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Sun Sep 23, 2018, 01:16 PM Sep 2018

What Fiction are you reading this week, September 23, 2018? [View all]


So much to read, so little zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

Still reading Lamb by Christopher Moore and listening to The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins.

Almost done with both, though, so next up will be the audio version of Nobody's Fool by Richard Russo. A slyly funny, moving novel about a blue-collar town in upstate New York, and the life of Sully, of one of its unluckiest citizens, who has been doing the wrong thing triumphantly for fifty years.

I will also, finally, read Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Part quest novel, part love story, and part virtual space opera set in a universe where spell-slinging mages battle giant Japanese robots, entire planets are inspired by Blade Runner, and flying DeLoreans achieve light speed. At just over 500 pages, that should keep me entertained for a few months.

What's up next for you?
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NYT Sneederbunk Sep 2018 #1
Aw, poor tired kitty! Ohiogal Sep 2018 #2
Thanks. Hibernating sounds hermetic Sep 2018 #6
Sounds good, I may check that one out. iamateacher Sep 2018 #8
Lord of the Flies violetpastille Sep 2018 #3
Yeah, hermetic Sep 2018 #7
Thank you! violetpastille Sep 2018 #17
Nonfiction this week. murielm99 Sep 2018 #4
Interesting hermetic Sep 2018 #5
You're going to love Richard Russo. I'm reading The Dry by Jane Harper. Squinch Sep 2018 #9
Yeah, I think so hermetic Sep 2018 #10
Also read The Dry and it was quite good. hostalover Sep 2018 #18
The Richmond Thief iamateacher Sep 2018 #11
Sounds like enjoyable reading hermetic Sep 2018 #13
While fighting off iamateacher Sep 2018 #23
London Bradshaw3 Sep 2018 #12
Wow hermetic Sep 2018 #14
I highly recommend it Bradshaw3 Sep 2018 #15
Still reading Charles Frazier's book, Varina. There is so much going on with the mid-terms japple Sep 2018 #16
I know, right hermetic Sep 2018 #20
I just finished Splinter in the Blood by Ashley Dyer. hostalover Sep 2018 #19
I love how people here hermetic Sep 2018 #21
I agree! I've gotten many excellent recommendations from our group here. hostalover Sep 2018 #22
"Still Life" by Louise Penny The King of Prussia Sep 2018 #24
Louise Penny's hermetic Sep 2018 #25
Chrisopher Moore- rzemanfl Sep 2018 #26
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