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PoindexterOglethorpe

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16. So far my best book is

Reply to hermetic (Original post)

Wed Feb 19, 2020, 01:24 AM

Feb 2020

The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz. A couple of weeks ago one of the librarians at my local library was reading it at the desk and highly recommended it. There was another copy on the shelf.

I've now got his book Magpie Murders checked out and in the stack of books I need to read.

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What are the BEST BOOKS you've read in 2020? [View all] hermetic Jan 2020 OP

It's only the 8th of January. I haven't finished one yet. Did you mean 2019 CurtEastPoint Jan 2020 #1

No no hermetic Jan 2020 #3

Oh, apologies. I get it. CurtEastPoint Jan 2020 #4

i started 1 during holidays dweller Jan 2020 #2

Yeah hermetic Jan 2020 #6

Don't laugh, OK? I finished my first Harry Potter book (Sorcerer's Stone) and am watching CurtEastPoint Jan 2020 #5

That IS totally cool hermetic Jan 2020 #7

At age 69.75! CurtEastPoint Jan 2020 #8

I've been meaning to check them out Cartoonist Jan 2020 #9

I'm almost 72 and have read the entire series 3 times. They sinkingfeeling Jan 2020 #10

"Behind theBeautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity is a non-fiction book applegrove Jan 2020 #11

I started reading Virgil Wander by Leif Enger in December 2019. It is japple Jan 2020 #12

The Liar's Club by Mary Karr dixiegrrrrl Jan 2020 #13

i've really enjoyed elton john's book 'Me' HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #14

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett... Ohiya Feb 2020 #15

So far my best book is PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 #16

A Great Deliverance Oldem Mar 2020 #17

Sacre Bleu by Christopher Moore hermetic Apr 2020 #18

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2020 #21

No hermetic Aug 2020 #22

Beneath A Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan yellowdogintexas Apr 2020 #19

Very good book. I read it last year. n/t japple Nov 2020 #25

Thanks kelly97 May 2020 #20

"American Dirt" llmart Oct 2020 #23

I loved it, but could not recommend it to my wife, due to the violence. Ohiya Nov 2020 #27

The Alan Gregory Karma13612 Oct 2020 #24

Adding to my list. Southernmost by Silas House. japple Nov 2020 #26

So many, as the year winds down.. birdographer Nov 2020 #28

Follow the River TuxedoKat Nov 2020 #29

LOVED this book!! birdographer Dec 2020 #36

Memorial Drive by Natasha Tretheway japple Nov 2020 #30

The Shipping News Oldem Dec 2020 #31

The Overstory by Richard Powers nt Chalco Dec 2020 #32

Curfew by Phil Rickman. An oldie but a goodie! Squinch Dec 2020 #33

"The Last Odyssey" by James Rollins Number9Dream Dec 2020 #34

Hey thanks hermetic Dec 2020 #35

My four top-rated books of 2020 are... The King of Prussia Jan 2021 #37

Hi, Happy New Year! hermetic Jan 2021 #38

Happy New Year to you too Hermetic The King of Prussia Jan 2021 #39