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hermetic

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Sun Sep 17, 2017, 01:21 PM Sep 2017

What are you reading this week of September 17, 2017? [View all]


I am still enjoying Henry and Clara by Thomas Mallon. Quite interesting learning about the beginnings of the Republican party. Great characters, too.

I'm listening to The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde, a wonderfully whimsical tale of murder and mayhem in classic English Literature. Quite a delight. Love the dodos and the book worms. Lots of Bacon. Strong anti-war message. Thank you, Poindexter!

As I said I would do a few weeks back, I found the DVD of Prime Suspect, Lynda La Plante's story of Jane Tennison, the remarkable, no-nonsense police woman who laid the groundwork for all the rest who followed. It is most excellent. Thanks, Shenmu.

What most excellent books are you reading this week?
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I am reading murielm99 Sep 2017 #1
Well... hermetic Sep 2017 #4
The first thing I ever read by her was a short story murielm99 Sep 2017 #8
My husband's birthday is 9/23. murielm99 Sep 2017 #9
Might as well be partying hermetic Sep 2017 #10
I finished the Parable of the Sower. murielm99 Sep 2017 #42
Whoa!! hermetic Sep 2017 #43
love Jasper Fforde's books.... dhill926 Sep 2017 #2
And I love Lee Child hermetic Sep 2017 #5
We are on the list for that murielm99 Sep 2017 #7
I was going to start Roddy Doyle's The Barrytown Trilogy TexasProgresive Sep 2017 #3
I LOVE hermetic Sep 2017 #6
Here's totally non-spoiler descriptions TexasProgresive Sep 2017 #13
The Van and The Snapper Ohiya Sep 2017 #20
Oh, nice! hermetic Sep 2017 #22
I haven't started reading these yet but..... Little Star Sep 2017 #11
Janet is pretty awesome hermetic Sep 2017 #14
Grandma Mazur gives her lots to work with. Little Star Sep 2017 #16
I'm a big fan of the "classics" aschnackenberg Sep 2017 #12
I believe that hermetic Sep 2017 #15
Pretty Shield by Frank Linderman PoorMonger Sep 2017 #17
Sounds wonderful. hermetic Sep 2017 #23
Ethnic Studies PoorMonger Sep 2017 #35
What Happened by Hillary Clinton shenmue Sep 2017 #18
Just started Tornado Weather PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #19
Sounds impressive hermetic Sep 2017 #24
So far it's quite good, and I'm PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #26
A Man Called Ove Ohiya Sep 2017 #21
Right hermetic Sep 2017 #25
No. There's a new one that aired on PBS earlier this year bbrady42 Sep 2017 #30
1973... Ohiya Sep 2017 #34
I read A Man Called Ove PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #27
Yes! Ohiya Sep 2017 #31
I saw the movie first and loved it. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #32
Britt-Marie Ohiya Sep 2017 #33
Hmmm. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #36
Home by Harlan Coben Mz Pip Sep 2017 #28
Cobe is truly hermetic Sep 2017 #37
Slogging through "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius. nt Atticus Sep 2017 #29
Slogging, hermetic Sep 2017 #38
The Amalgamation Polka MuseRider Sep 2017 #39
Hey there hermetic Sep 2017 #40
Different Stephen Wright. MuseRider Sep 2017 #41
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