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hermetic

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Sun Jun 9, 2024, 10:28 AM Jun 2024

What Fiction are you reading this week, June 9, 2024? [View all]


The library aboard the MS Queen Victoria spans two decks and is linked by a spiral staircase. It is home to around 6,000 books and periodicals.

Still reading Demon Copperhead. Still listening to Last Bus to Wisdom. Turns out, these are pretty much the same story. Kingsolver supposedly based her book on Dickens' famous work but I get the feeling she may have read and been influenced by Doig's as well. Boys growing up in foster or relatives' homes and all the similar problems. Both excellent but Doig's is a lot funnier.

Wishing everyone smooth sailing this week. What do you have on board for your reading enjoyment?

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Three Inch Teeth, another in the Joe Pickett series. Diamond_Dog Jun 2024 #1
Mmmm hermetic Jun 2024 #8
Unfortunately reading "The Falls" Easterncedar Jun 2024 #2
The Falls hermetic Jun 2024 #5
Funny description Easterncedar Jun 2024 #18
And thank you hermetic Jun 2024 #20
I read 1or2 of Oates books a very long time ago. I remember they were strange. I did not like them. Srkdqltr Jun 2024 #26
I am re-reading "Paths of Glory" GarColga Jun 2024 #3
Geez hermetic Jun 2024 #6
Just started "Burma Sahib" by Paul Theroux last night. A fictional account of George Orwell's KPN Jun 2024 #4
Interesting hermetic Jun 2024 #7
I love it when I come across a new word! The older you get, the more rare the occurrence. The last 2 I encountered were Native Jun 2024 #32
The Appeal/Grisham cbabe Jun 2024 #9
Happy reading! hermetic Jun 2024 #11
Reading the last Mazie Dobbs " the comfort of ghosts" Srkdqltr Jun 2024 #10
Oh yes, indeed hermetic Jun 2024 #12
Just finished reading Lief Erickson's, I Cheerfully Refuse last night japple Jun 2024 #13
That is one heckova book, for sure hermetic Jun 2024 #16
Re-reading the plays of George Bernard Shaw. Midnight Writer Jun 2024 #14
Well, now hermetic Jun 2024 #17
Beautiful library photo. Wouldn't it be a wonderful cruise, a Library Cruise for us bookworms? txwhitedove Jun 2024 #15
Ah, Extinction hermetic Jun 2024 #19
I do, #9 Chet... txwhitedove Jun 2024 #21
Oh, man, I love books about illegal cactus smuggling! Native Jun 2024 #31
I slogged through Robert Heinlein's first novel, For Us the Living: A Comedy of Manners. rsdsharp Jun 2024 #22
Thanks for the honest review hermetic Jun 2024 #23
This week... NanaCat Jun 2024 #24
I read 3 books week before last, but missed the thread Bayard Jun 2024 #25
still on Twisted by Jonathan Kellerman Skittles Jun 2024 #27
The Medici Manuscript by C.J. Archer BlueKota Jun 2024 #28
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe books LoisB Jun 2024 #29
Just finished reading The Others, by Jeremy Robinson, today, and... Native Jun 2024 #30
I think you will really love this 5 minute interview with Kingsolver about that book....did you know that she actually Native Jun 2024 #33
Fascinating! Thanks. txwhitedove Jun 2024 #34
Thank you so much! hermetic Jun 2024 #36
"Christmas Crime" another Kat Makris Greek Mafia novel (by Alex King) yellowdogintexas Jun 2024 #35
Neverwhere hermetic Jun 2024 #37
the first book in the series is Disorganized Crime. nt yellowdogintexas Jun 2024 #38
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