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hermetic

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Sun Jan 31, 2021, 12:39 PM Jan 2021

What Fiction are you reading this week, Jan. 31, 2021? [View all]



Hope all you storm-hit folks are doing okay. At least now we're all used to being stuck inside.

Reading Palm Beach, Finland, a darkly comic romp by the ‘King of Helsinki Noir,’ Antti Tuomainen. Welcome to Palm Beach, the hottest beach in Finland, where everything is bright neon colors. It’s cold, the beaches are mostly empty and the palm trees are made of plastic. Not exactly paradise but some people think they can turn it into one, if just a certain few things could happen. Putting those things in the hands of a couple of inept, wannabe criminals may not be the best idea, though, and the results are laughingly disastrous.

Still listening to Ruth Ware's The Lying Game. It's a good story for audio, holds your interest.

You reading any good books this week? Stay warm. Stay safe.

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I am somewhat embarrassed to say I am reading a Jack Reacher novel- rzemanfl Jan 2021 #1
Don't be embarrassed to read a Jack Reacher novel! yellowdogintexas Jan 2021 #2
What yellowdog said hermetic Jan 2021 #8
I love Jack Reacher booos! SheltieLover Jan 2021 #10
I understand I read all of CJ Box's books about the Park Ranger- Joe Pickett...and they Demsrule86 Feb 2021 #28
Not fiction - which I pine for - cilla4progress Jan 2021 #3
That does sound like a lovely book hermetic Jan 2021 #11
I am reading murielm99 Jan 2021 #4
I liked that one hermetic Jan 2021 #9
Oh no. He has COPD now! I am behind. Demsrule86 Feb 2021 #29
Asylum buy Patrick McGrath. broiles Jan 2021 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author hermetic Jan 2021 #12
Not reading much currently. Mostly due to the healing cataracts. yellowdogintexas Jan 2021 #6
Yikes hermetic Jan 2021 #15
Hope you heal quickly. As one who has had multiple eye surgeries (for retinal detachment japple Jan 2021 #25
Asylum by Patrick McGrath. broiles Jan 2021 #7
Ooops, I see what we did there hermetic Jan 2021 #13
Just finished Connelly's "The Law of Innocence' - excellent! SheltieLover Jan 2021 #14
The Palm Beach is hermetic Jan 2021 #17
Ty! SheltieLover Jan 2021 #18
"Double Whammy" is circa 1987. I'm not positive I read it. rzemanfl Jan 2021 #20
My library ecopy says 2011 SheltieLover Jan 2021 #22
My library lets me read a sample of the digital copy. rzemanfl Jan 2021 #24
"Keep your friends close" by Paula Daly The King of Prussia Jan 2021 #16
Hopefully hermetic Jan 2021 #19
Rereading Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy The Blue Flower Jan 2021 #21
One of my all-time favorites hermetic Jan 2021 #23
Still reading The Glass Hotel. Not sure if I like these people well enough to continue japple Jan 2021 #26
Well then hermetic Feb 2021 #27
Capriati's Blood by Lawrence De Maria Oldem Feb 2021 #30
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