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hermetic

(8,727 posts) Sun Apr 8, 2018, 12:26 PM Apr 2018

What are you reading this week of April 8, 2018? [View all]

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Gradually working my way down my bookshelf pile and reading the sci fi classic, To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis. My paperback version is 500 pages so I guess this will take a few weeks. It's really good so far, though. Really funny.

What's on your bookshelf this week?

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What are you reading this week of April 8, 2018? [View all] hermetic Apr 2018 OP

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Heinlein. WheelWalker Apr 2018 #1

Good choice hermetic Apr 2018 #3

Been reading it again and again every few years since about 1967. WheelWalker Apr 2018 #7

Poison by John Lescroart Ohiogal Apr 2018 #2

Prolific writer hermetic Apr 2018 #5

I've read every single one of his books. Ohiogal Apr 2018 #14

Is it a Dismas Hardy, or one of the surrounding characters? getting old in mke Apr 2018 #22

Everybodys Fool by Richard Russo. democrank Apr 2018 #4

Followup to Nobody's Fool hermetic Apr 2018 #6

Hmmm ... read his "Empire Falls" and really enjoyed it after a rather slow start. KPN Apr 2018 #8

Not fiction, but what the heck, it's what I'm reading. "Hacked" by Donna Brazille. KPN Apr 2018 #9

Rules? hermetic Apr 2018 #10

Haha. Thanks for the pardon. I'll try not to do it again. KPN Apr 2018 #12

To Say Nothing of the Dog PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #11

How cool hermetic Apr 2018 #13

Fabulous book. Fabulous author. getting old in mke Apr 2018 #23

Fabulous woman, also. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #25

I am reading Black Book by murielm99 Apr 2018 #15

I love Rankin hermetic Apr 2018 #16

I don't think my library has all of them, either. murielm99 Apr 2018 #17

Well, this is crazy PennyK Apr 2018 #18

Oh, gosh hermetic Apr 2018 #20

Thanks, hermetic! PennyK Apr 2018 #21

Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2018 #19

Two going regularly at the moment getting old in mke Apr 2018 #24

Somehow I missed the revelations of child abuse by PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #28

Oh wow hermetic Apr 2018 #31

I just finished "A Closed Eye" by Anita Brookner. LisaM Apr 2018 #26

Thanks hermetic Apr 2018 #32

Game of Ghosts by John Connolly matt819 Apr 2018 #27

Oh boy oh boy! hermetic Apr 2018 #33

I've read only a few matt819 Apr 2018 #36

Just finished "The Terror" Dan Simmons, starting "Agincourt 1415" Matthew Bennett dameatball Apr 2018 #29

Did you enjoy The Terror? hermetic Apr 2018 #34

Yes, it was quite an adventure. dameatball Apr 2018 #37

Dark Assassin by Anne Perry Skittles Apr 2018 #30

Ahh, hermetic Apr 2018 #35

I started by accident Skittles Apr 2018 #38