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hermetic

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Sun Jan 13, 2019, 02:47 PM Jan 2019

What Fiction are you reading this week, January13, 2019? [View all]

Well, isn't this interesting.


I''m reading the wonderfully funny Noir by Christopher Moore, a madcap tale set on the mean streets of post-World War II San Francisco, and featuring a diverse cast of characters, including a hapless bartender; his Chinese sidekick; a doll with sharp angles and dangerous curves; a tight-lipped Air Force general; a wisecracking waif; a black mamba; and many more.

Listening to The Hellfire Club by CNN journalist, Jake Tapper, taking us back to the 1950s DC scene and crammed with high-profile political figures. I got this as it was the only audible available while I wait for the ones I really want. It's entertaining but not really gripping.

What books are you interested in this week?

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Diamonds are for ever -- by Ian Fleming at140 Jan 2019 #1
James Bond stories hermetic Jan 2019 #7
I like the earlier Bond movies such as Gold Ginger and at140 Jan 2019 #11
The Secret Life of Bees violetpastille Jan 2019 #2
Well, gosh hermetic Jan 2019 #4
The Goodread reviews for "Secret Bees" violetpastille Jan 2019 #10
Just started, The Influence Bayard Jan 2019 #3
The Influence, a horror story hermetic Jan 2019 #6
I am reading his short story collection exboyfil Jan 2019 #27
I read Noir murielm99 Jan 2019 #5
I'll be reading hermetic Jan 2019 #8
I don't know much about you, murielm99 Jan 2019 #15
I'm female hermetic Jan 2019 #16
"Tides of War" by Steven Pressfield. A novel of Alcibiades and the Peloponnesian War dameatball Jan 2019 #9
An epic hermetic Jan 2019 #13
Just finished the Dust Lands trilogy... backtoblue Jan 2019 #12
By Moira Young hermetic Jan 2019 #14
I finished Ender's Game last night pscot Jan 2019 #17
Never read Enders' Game hermetic Jan 2019 #19
I had no idea of Card's rep pscot Jan 2019 #22
I thought "Speaker for the Dead" was an amazing story. CrispyQ Jan 2019 #28
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles Ohiya Jan 2019 #18
The Ruin hermetic Jan 2019 #20
Thanks for the tips. Ohiya Jan 2019 #21
My book club absolutely loved this book! Freedomofspeech Jan 2019 #30
Actually, this is our book club selection... Ohiya Jan 2019 #32
Actually one of my favorite books... Freedomofspeech Jan 2019 #35
The Twelve (The Passage book 2) & I'll Be Gone in the Dark (non-fiction) Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2019 #23
The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2019 #24
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh Christopher-81 Jan 2019 #25
George Saunders: CivilWarLand in Bad Decline (short stories) malchickiwick Jan 2019 #26
My only New Year's resolution is to read more fiction. CrispyQ Jan 2019 #29
Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver Freedomofspeech Jan 2019 #31
I have this on reserve at our library Ohiya Jan 2019 #33
I am really enjoying it so far. Freedomofspeech Jan 2019 #34
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