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Phentex

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16. A Man Called Ove...

Reply to hermetic (Original post)

Thu Oct 6, 2016, 09:52 AM

Oct 2016

I know I'm late to the party for this book but I just got around to it. Very good so far with a very memorable character named Ove. Reminds me of my husband a little bit. Old fashioned, principled, & a bit Asperger perhaps

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What are you reading this week of October 2, 2016? [View all] hermetic Oct 2016 OP

Still reading "Gone" by Jonathan Kellerman. TexasProgresive Oct 2016 #1

Bravo!! hermetic Oct 2016 #2

Maybe it was all the good energy around me, but no. TexasProgresive Oct 2016 #3

Sure is quiet in here... hermetic Oct 2016 #4

Finished The Girls by Cline; starting March Book 2 by John Lewis Goblinmonger Oct 2016 #5

That sounds amazing! hermetic Oct 2016 #8

It is fantastic. I'm a big comic book guy--so filter through that-- Goblinmonger Oct 2016 #11

And I am a big hermetic Oct 2016 #13

Hi all! Thanks for the thread, as usual, hermetic. I finally finished the great japple Oct 2016 #6

Thanks, Happy days to you, too. hermetic Oct 2016 #9

The Heart is one of my all time favorites... Phentex Oct 2016 #17

Started "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Murder" by Karen Swee Number9Dream Oct 2016 #7

That sounds good hermetic Oct 2016 #10

It's surprisingly good... Number9Dream Oct 2016 #12

Welllll..... hermetic Oct 2016 #14

Just finished "Delicate Edible Birds" eissa Oct 2016 #15

Thanks for sharing this hermetic Oct 2016 #20

A Man Called Ove... Phentex Oct 2016 #16

That was a good one. I enjoyed it very much. Have you read any of japple Oct 2016 #18

No but I will be adding to my list as well... Phentex Oct 2016 #19