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PoindexterOglethorpe

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3. Working on Farthing by Jo Walton.

Sun Mar 5, 2017, 02:06 PM

Mar 2017

Alternate history in which England surrendered to Germany very early on in WWII. It's now 1947, and a man has been murdered at one of those country weekends the upper classes were so fond of, and it looks like the Jewish husband of one character is being framed for the murder. So far it's quite good.

However, that's a book that I own, so it currently lives inside my purse so I have something to read if I get stuck waiting somewhere. Meanwhile, I have 13 books checked out of the library, two of which are due back on the 14th and are on hold by others so I won't be able to renew them. I have started Why Time Flies by Alan Burdick, which is fairly short and will only take a couple of days to finish up. Next will be The Unbanking of America by Lisa Servon, also not very long.

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What are you reading this week of March 5, 2017? [View all] hermetic Mar 2017 OP

I am reading an epic novel the Journeyer by Gary Jennings kimbutgar Mar 2017 #1

Handmaids Tale hermetic Mar 2017 #4

I finished "Telempath" and am 1/3 through his "Stardance" TexasProgresive Mar 2017 #2

Totally understand hermetic Mar 2017 #6

Working on Farthing by Jo Walton. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2017 #3

You sound like me hermetic Mar 2017 #7

I used to buy vastly more books than I currently do. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2017 #9

Beneath The Rock by Tommy Birk Chipper Chat Mar 2017 #5

So, non-fiction then? hermetic Mar 2017 #8

Just looked that one up hermetic Mar 2017 #11

It is his first book. He is from Indiana Chipper Chat Mar 2017 #13

Bloomington, IN was a cool town hermetic Mar 2017 #14

It has changed a lot since those days (for the better). Chipper Chat Mar 2017 #15

Beyond the Truth by Anne Holt shenmue Mar 2017 #10

A couple of Holt's hermetic Mar 2017 #12

FINALLY finished Louise Erdrich's book, LaRose and I discovered why it took me so long to read japple Mar 2017 #16

There you are! hermetic Mar 2017 #17

LaRose a finalist for PEN Award hermetic Mar 2017 #18

Happy to read this, and the press statement by the judges is perfect! japple Mar 2017 #19