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hermetic

(8,727 posts) Sun Sep 17, 2017, 12:21 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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What are you reading this week of September 17, 2017? [View all] hermetic Sep 2017 OP

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