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hermetic

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Sun Feb 11, 2018, 01:10 PM Feb 2018

What are you reading this week of February 12, 2018? [View all]



Finished Hag-Seed which I absolutely loved. Even the Acknowledgments chapter was fascinating.

Now I have started The Children of Men by P. D. James. "2021, a world where all human males have become sterile and no child can ever be born again. Civilization is giving way to strange faiths and cruelties, mass suicides, and despair." Yet, somehow this all sounds more enjoyable than spending the rest of our lives living under the fascist regime we see rising. I'll bet P. D. never imagined such a thing back in '92 when this book was published. I sure didn't.

Well, keep in mind: We are such things as dreams are made of, and have a Happy Valentines Day.

What books are you loving this week?
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The Case Against Education - Bryan Caplan exboyfil Feb 2018 #1
Ignorance is bliss? hermetic Feb 2018 #4
I'm reading Dean Koontz's "Ashley Bell." yallerdawg Feb 2018 #2
Yes, so true hermetic Feb 2018 #5
Two Kinds of Truth by Michael Connelly Ohiogal Feb 2018 #3
Oh yeah hermetic Feb 2018 #6
I totally missed Connelly had another Bosch book out exboyfil Feb 2018 #7
So great Ohiogal Feb 2018 #8
So glad you said this hermetic Feb 2018 #17
Falling into the other camp non-fiction this week TexasProgresive Feb 2018 #9
Truly hermetic Feb 2018 #10
I did Friday about 30 miles TexasProgresive Feb 2018 #14
Cool hermetic Feb 2018 #15
About to finish "The Fourth Monkey," by J.D. Barker shenmue Feb 2018 #11
Thanks hermetic Feb 2018 #12
Haven't read him before. Might give another one a chance. shenmue Feb 2018 #13
The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt Ohiya Feb 2018 #16
Hey, thanks hermetic Feb 2018 #18
The Great Halifax Explosion PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #19
Yikes hermetic Feb 2018 #22
It is riveting. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #23
Just finished Laurie R. King's Lockdown PennyK Feb 2018 #20
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society PennyK Feb 2018 #21
Love that title hermetic Feb 2018 #24
Right now I'm reading the Tom Hanks short story collection PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #25
Cool! hermetic Feb 2018 #28
I had not yet yeard of PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #30
Library love here, too hermetic Feb 2018 #34
Replay getting old in mke Feb 2018 #31
That would be beyond cool. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #32
Golden Hill hibbing Feb 2018 #26
I found 3 books with that title. hermetic Feb 2018 #29
Just finished Lincoln in the Bardo.. Laffy Kat Feb 2018 #27
Yeah, hermetic Feb 2018 #33
Oh, I didn't know about You Laugh But It's True. Laffy Kat Feb 2018 #35
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