Fiction

hermetic

(8,671 posts) Sun Aug 20, 2023, 11:15 AM Aug 2023

What Fiction are you reading this week, August 20, 2023? [View all]

Reading in the rain...

I am reading The Great Darkness by Jim Kelly. Cambridge, 1939. The opening weeks of WWII and the first blackout (The Great Darkness) covers southern England. A lot goes on in that darkness. Val McDermid calls this "Intelligent crime fiction -- leaving the reader hungry for more." I'm sure liking it.

Listening to Deacon King Kong by James McBride. This is a heck of a story. 1969, New York. A wise and witty tale about what happens to the witnesses of a shooting. Involving and honest, with a huge cast of characters. Good listening.

What are you liking this week?

I am enjoying the rain in this normally dry, dusty part of the country but there are warnings that it could get out of hand. Stay safe out there

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What Fiction are you reading this week, August 20, 2023? [View all] hermetic Aug 2023 OP

Does The Bible count? no_hypocrisy Aug 2023 #1

It does qualify hermetic Aug 2023 #2

Old Testament. no_hypocrisy Aug 2023 #28

The Chef's Secret (a guilty pleasure read) BlueGreenLady Aug 2023 #3

Yum hermetic Aug 2023 #6

Thanks for The Great Darkness review, sounds great and I enjoy stories from that txwhitedove Aug 2023 #4

Ooh, Shangri-La hermetic Aug 2023 #7

I too recommend the Jim Kelly books The King of Prussia Aug 2023 #33

Bohemian Girl by Terese Svobada 1WorldHope Aug 2023 #5

That sounds like fun hermetic Aug 2023 #8

Thanks for posting that for me. My father's family came over from Czechoslovakia 1WorldHope Aug 2023 #9

This sounds great. Putting it on my list! eom japple Aug 2023 #20

The K Team/David Rosenfelt cbabe Aug 2023 #10

Oh, ick hermetic Aug 2023 #12

The Dog Stars by Peter Heller roscoeroscoe Aug 2023 #11

Siounds like a good trip hermetic Aug 2023 #14

Sounds great. Also a couple more cbabe Aug 2023 #18

The Dog Stars is an excellent book. I loved it. japple Aug 2023 #21

"The Underground Railroad" by Colson Whitehead Jeebo Aug 2023 #13

A classic hermetic Aug 2023 #15

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver democrank Aug 2023 #16

Cool hermetic Aug 2023 #17

"Lloth's Warrior" by R.A. Salvatore BlueTsunami2018 Aug 2023 #19

Fun. Thanks hermetic Aug 2023 #24

Still Reading James McBride's latest, japple Aug 2023 #22

Yeah, it's a relief hermetic Aug 2023 #25

about a third of the way thru Hula by Jasmin Iolani Hakes... bahboo Aug 2023 #23

Nice hermetic Aug 2023 #26

When These Mountains Burn, David Joy. brer cat Aug 2023 #27

Thanks for sharing hermetic Aug 2023 #30

Thank you! I lived in WNC for many years and still have a strong attachment to japple Aug 2023 #34

Thank you! brer cat Aug 2023 #35

A lot of great titles on here this week. My wishlist continues to grow! mentalsolstice Aug 2023 #29

Good for you! hermetic Aug 2023 #31

I did not like it at all nt yellowdogintexas Aug 2023 #37

thought it was fiction, but turns out it isn't mike_c Aug 2023 #32

still reading Echos of Atlantis, which I had just started yellowdogintexas Aug 2023 #36

i did see hermetic Aug 2023 #39

the whole series is great. Start with the first one yellowdogintexas Aug 2023 #44

Had an overly full week TexLaProgressive Aug 2023 #38

That is a good one hermetic Aug 2023 #40

He writes really short sentences. TexLaProgressive Aug 2023 #41

My library has the audio hermetic Aug 2023 #42

I really like audiobooks TexLaProgressive Aug 2023 #43

House of Spies by Daniel Silva yellowdogintexas Aug 2023 #45