What Fiction are you reading this week, March 8, 2026?

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I'm still reading The Wreckage by Michael Crummey. It's hard to read more than a few pages every day as it's about war and POW camps. Too real.

I listened to The Last Odyssey by James Rollins. "To save the world and our future, Sigma Force must embark on a dangerous odyssey into an ancient past whose horrors are all too present in this page-turning thriller combining cutting-edge science, historical mystery, mythology, and pulse-pounding action." Fascinating tale. Lots of magic and monsters.
Then...in chapter 25 they start talking about how a war the bad guys are trying to start is supposed to bring about Armageddon. And it was word for word the same discussion I read here on Tuesday. Rollins wrote it before 2020. Creepy/crazy.

Now I'm listening to Holy Ghost by John Sandford. Virgil Flowers investigates a murder--and a miracle--in this wickedly entertaining thriller from the master of "pure reading pleasure." Great escapism.

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1. Robogenesis by Daniel H. Wilson...

Robogenesis is a 2014 novel and the sequel to Robopocalypse, written by Daniel H. Wilson. It follows the survivors of the first novel in their struggles against a new, more dangerous, AI threat.

….add info about Robopocalypse…

Robopocalypse is a 2011 science fiction novel by Daniel H. Wilson. The book portrays AI out of control when a researcher in robotics explores the capacity of robots. It is written in present tense. Writer Robert Crais and Booklist have compared the novel to the works of Michael Crichton and Robert A. Heinlein. It was a bestseller on the New York Times list.

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2. Those sound good

Once again, fiction becomes reality.

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5. You will never look at the 'Internet of Things' the same way...

[cbabe]

3. Nick Petrie/The Price You Pay

Peter Ash, combat marine with serious ptsd, buddies up with ex gangster to fight crime as ghost killers.

Until the bad guys find their identities. Chaos and lots of gun play in frozen winter Midwest.

Petrie’s first two Ash books are much better.

This one could be a video game.

[PittBlue]

4. Theo of Golden by Allen Levi

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6. That sounds pretty amazing

"A story of giving and receiving, of seeing and being seen, Theo of Golden is a beautifully crafted novel about the power of creative generosity, the importance of wonder to a purposeful life, and the invisible threads of kindness that bind us to one another."
Lots of 5-star reviews.

[txwhitedove]

7. Happy IWD to you too. Read Google and Apple deleted this from calendar, but kept Donut Day??

This week read West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge. Historical literary fiction, awesome, exciting, and moving. "It’s 1938. The Great Depression lingers. Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. They find it in two giraffes who miraculously survive a hurricane while crossing the Atlantic. What follows is a twelve-day road trip in a custom truck to deliver Southern California’s first giraffes to the San Diego Zoo. Behind the wheel is the young Dust Bowl rowdy Woodrow. Inspired by true events, the tale weaves real-life figures with fictional ones, including the world’s first female zoo director, a crusty old man with a past, a young female photographer with a secret, and assorted reprobates as spotty as the giraffes. Part adventure, part historical saga, and part coming-of-age love story, West with Giraffes explores what it means to be changed by the grace of animals, the kindness of strangers, the passing of time, and a story told before it’s too late."

Highest Recommendation for everyone.

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8. That sounds lovely

On my list.

Thought I'd add that it was published in 2021 so it should be pretty widely available.

Thanks!

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9. I finished the seven Mickey Rawlings mysteries by Troy Soos,

as well as two of his baseball related short stories.

In doing so, I discovered that he wrote a second mystery series featuring writer Marshall Webb as protagonist. Webb actually had a cameo in the last Mickey Rawlings book. The Webb series is set in the 1890s in New York City, and feels a little like Caleb Carr’s books, but not as dark. I read Island of Tears, and just started the second book in the series, The Guilded Cage.

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10. Finished, "First Eagle," by Tony Hillerman

One of the first novels after Lt. Leaphorn has retired, and doing some private detective work.

Now on, "Blood and Bone," by Nora Roberts. Another, "Oops," on my part. I guess this is Volume II of a series. I'll have to go back and find the first. Its reading like a cross between, "The Stand," (Stephen King,) and, "The Matrix," movies.

"Holy Ghost," is a good one. I really like the Virgil Flowers character. I think I've read all those books now.

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11. Holy cats!

Nora has written over 200 books. Easy enough to get a little out of order. Oh well, it's always nice to know you have somewhere to go.

[Bayard]

12. This is the first one of her's I've picked up

$1.50 for a hardback.