Fiction

peggysue2

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9. Thanks, hermetic!

Sun Mar 4, 2018, 02:10 PM

Mar 2018

For the welcome. Do you have a particular day per week when discussions get started? Or do people just jump in after a topic is proposed?

Should be fun. I love talking books and writing. I'm primarily a fiction fan though I do read nonfiction.

Btw, the topic header on literary fiction = more empathic readers/people. I think the conclusions are absolutely true for character-driven fiction. The ability to slide behind the eyes and into the mind of an 'other' is where empathy starts. In fact, I would suggest all political types be required to read at least 3 literary novels a year to increase their empathy quotient.

We might see a difference in governing

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What are the BEST BOOKS you've read in 2018? [View all] hermetic Jan 2018 OP

the only book that matters is F&F AlexSFCA Jan 2018 #1

Lincoln in the Bardo iamateacher Jan 2018 #2

Paul Theroux's Deep South and Franken's Giant of the Senate. mahina Jan 2018 #3

No hermetic Jan 2018 #5

Reading "Fire and Fury" on audiobook shenmue Jan 2018 #4

Hag-Seed hermetic Feb 2018 #6

Atwood lounge_jam Oct 2018 #17

That sounds great hermetic Oct 2018 #18

They did a series of Shakespeare "re-writes" by current authors. CrispyQ Jan 2019 #25

Just finished . . . peggysue2 Mar 2018 #7

Hi to you hermetic Mar 2018 #8

Thanks, hermetic! peggysue2 Mar 2018 #9

Every Sunday hermetic Mar 2018 #10

Good to know peggysue2 Mar 2018 #11

Lincoln in the Bardo peggysue2 Mar 2018 #12

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn sueh Aug 2018 #13

The Guest Room mainstreetonce Sep 2018 #14

So far "Stickleback" by Mark Connors The King of Prussia Sep 2018 #15

Sounds good hermetic Oct 2018 #20

My best of 2018 lounge_jam Oct 2018 #16

Hi!! hermetic Oct 2018 #19

Thank you! lounge_jam Oct 2018 #21

My top three... Ohiya Dec 2018 #22

Prairie Fires, The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2019 #23

It was fun hermetic Jan 2019 #24

My two favorites from last year's reading were Ohiogal Jan 2019 #26

Becoming by Michele Obama. redstatebluegirl Jan 2019 #27

The Hare with Amber Eyes by Edmund DeWaal Tanuki Jan 2019 #28

House of Trump House of Putin by Craig Unger Nevermypresident Jan 2019 #29