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hermetic

(8,687 posts) Sun Jan 24, 2016, 02:58 PM Jan 2016

What are you reading this week of January 24, 2016? [View all]

I'm about halfway through Drums of Autumn. I am getting a little weary of it. I pretty much skim through the detailed descriptions now since I've read them all before. And really, a bear? I still love the characters, though, and will see it through to the end.

When I wake up in the middle of the night and need to read for a while, I've started The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers. I have a collection of her novels in one book. I'm not sure why I've never read any of her works before though the titles are quite familiar. Glad to have the opportunity now.

What are you reading now, if you're not outside shoveling? Warm thoughts to all our friends out East.

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What are you reading this week of January 24, 2016? [View all] hermetic Jan 2016 OP

There was very little (snow) to shovel in Georgia, though it has been cold, japple Jan 2016 #1

Hi! hermetic Jan 2016 #2

Wow! Thanks for sharing the link to fictiondb.com japple Jan 2016 #10

Hi, japple. Girl Waits With Gun sounds fabulous. We will put in our order at the library. Enthusiast Jan 2016 #6

REBUS #20!!!!!!! Woohoo! I've been waiting for months for this one! scarletwoman Jan 2016 #3

You are really on the ball with the new John Rebus book, scarletwoman! #1 hold! Enthusiast Jan 2016 #5

I guess I'm sort of OCD when it comes to authors I like. scarletwoman Jan 2016 #7

It's a wonderful "thing". I look forward to hearing about the books you are reading each week. Enthusiast Jan 2016 #8

Rebus addict here! hermetic Jan 2016 #13

I stayed up all night reading it all the way through to the end. I just couldn't set it down! scarletwoman Jan 2016 #17

Hello, everyone! Thank you for the thread, hermetic. Enthusiast Jan 2016 #4

Reading this week Fatemah2774 Jan 2016 #9

Welcome to DU Number9Dream Jan 2016 #12

Welcome to DU! hermetic Jan 2016 #14

Hermetic - Thanks for the warm thoughts - 30" of snow here in the Lehigh Valley, PA Number9Dream Jan 2016 #11

Wow, 30" hermetic Jan 2016 #15

I spent most of the last week & a half reading all three "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" series. CrispyQ Jan 2016 #16

It's been years since I read the "The Millennium Trilogy" ("Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", et al), scarletwoman Jan 2016 #18

I love long books if they're good! CrispyQ Jan 2016 #20

I strongly recommend that you read the three in order if you're interested in taking them on. scarletwoman Jan 2016 #22

An XMass present, "Truth or Die" by James Patterson & Howard Roughan TexasProgresive Jan 2016 #19

The Girl on the Train hibbing Jan 2016 #21

As I Lay Dying Goblinmonger Jan 2016 #23