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violetpastille

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8. The Secret Life of Bees

Reply to hermetic (Original post)

Sun Jan 20, 2019, 01:32 PM

Jan 2019

I'm somewhere around Chapter 5. It's really tropey. But my daughter is enjoying it, so I have to keep quiet about the telegraphing the author did in the initial chapters.

For pleasure I'm reading two non-fiction books about dying.
A memoir "The Bright Hour" about a woman with terminal breast cancer and the other an audiobook "Die Wise".

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What Fiction are you reading this week, January 20, 2019? [View all] hermetic Jan 2019 OP

Thanks for the thread. TexasProgresive Jan 2019 #1

Oh wow hermetic Jan 2019 #5

Death by Hollywood by Steven Bochco at140 Jan 2019 #2

This sounds hermetic Jan 2019 #6

Full disclosure: I listen to audio books these days instead of actually reading. Arkansas Granny Jan 2019 #3

That's cool hermetic Jan 2019 #7

I recently learned that my granddaughter had never read any Terry Pratchett books so Arkansas Granny Jan 2019 #11

I should think so hermetic Jan 2019 #14

Not many authors can make you laugh out loud like he could. Arkansas Granny Jan 2019 #15

Good Omens was a great read n/t yellowdogintexas Jan 2019 #23

Awesome sign and good for you joining the local march! Ohiogal Jan 2019 #4

Thanks! hermetic Jan 2019 #10

I read that a few years ago. Ohiya Jan 2019 #18

Thanks for the recommendation, Ohiya! Ohiogal Jan 2019 #31

You're welcome! Ohiya Jan 2019 #33

The Secret Life of Bees violetpastille Jan 2019 #8

Highly hermetic Jan 2019 #13

I just finished "The Plague of Doves," murielm99 Jan 2019 #9

Yes! hermetic Jan 2019 #12

Love both Erdrich and Hill. Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2019 #24

I'm meandering my way through.... Little Star Jan 2019 #16

I really enjoyed the Stephanie Plumb series. TwistedTinkerbelle Jan 2019 #17

I read the first twelve.. Ohiya Jan 2019 #19

I'm embarrassed to say hermetic Jan 2019 #22

I'm going to Japan! Ohiya Jan 2019 #20

Thanks hermetic Jan 2019 #21

for a different take on Japan, try these" yellowdogintexas Jan 2019 #25

Thanks for the tips. Ohiya Jan 2019 #34

currently reading Royal Institute of Magic - Elizabeth's Legacy yellowdogintexas Jan 2019 #26

before that one, I read The Game of Shadows one in a long series by Ernest Dempsey yellowdogintexas Jan 2019 #29

Those do hermetic Jan 2019 #37

Still working on The Twelve (The Passage book #2) Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2019 #27

You can do it! hermetic Jan 2019 #38

I have not seen the movie. The book is fantastic. Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2019 #43

Kristin Lavransdatter. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #28

That sounds great hermetic Jan 2019 #39

Finished "Ancients" by David Golemon Number9Dream Jan 2019 #30

I was just thinking of Japanese fiction... Ohiya Jan 2019 #35

Glad you stopped by today! hermetic Jan 2019 #40

I just got home from the library Runningdawg Jan 2019 #32

That hermetic Jan 2019 #36

Still reading Timewas Jan 2019 #41

re-reading jane eyre. pansypoo53219 Jan 2019 #42

Thanks for what you do, Hermetic pscot Jan 2019 #44

Aw, thanks hermetic Jan 2019 #45