Fiction

murielm99

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15. The Book of M,

Sun Jul 15, 2018, 03:03 PM

Jul 2018

by Peng Shepherd. It is a first novel. It is dystopian fiction. (Maybe I should not be reading this type of fiction at this particular time)?

In the book, people start losing their shadows and losing all their memories and all sense of self. Chaos ensues. The shadowless become dangerous. In the section I am reading now, it looks like the shadowed are organizing, and the shadowless may be able to find a cure, or at least an imperfect remedy for their condition.

I am not sure about this book. At first, I was going to give it fifty pages, then discard it. I am continuing, because it got better and it is an interesting idea for a plot.

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What Fiction are you reading this week, July 15, 2018? [View all] hermetic Jul 2018 OP

Le Carre's Call for the Dead. Squinch Jul 2018 #1

Maybe because hermetic Jul 2018 #3

I'm about 2/3rds of the way through le Carre's new one, "A Legacy Of Spies." Paladin Jul 2018 #38

I think his writing totally elevates the genre to q new place. Squinch Jul 2018 #39

Have you seen the "Tinker, Tailor" movie? Paladin Jul 2018 #41

I did, but I have to say I liked the Alec Guiness version better. I think that might have been Squinch Jul 2018 #42

Believe me, I was fully prepared to like Sir Alec's version more. Paladin Jul 2018 #43

Sorry to hear of your computer problems, hermetic! Ohiogal Jul 2018 #2

Thanks, yeah hermetic Jul 2018 #5

She has definitely taken hold of ME. Ohiogal Jul 2018 #11

Trump's Tweets. Oh...wait...that's not what you mean. :-) n/t CincyDem Jul 2018 #4

You beat me to it. yonder Jul 2018 #7

Uh huh, hermetic Jul 2018 #8

ya know, since you mentioned it, I'm actually have a great day... CincyDem Jul 2018 #10

Whiskey Sea, by Ann Howard Creel northoftheborder Jul 2018 #6

Sounds good hermetic Jul 2018 #9

A few, as usual matt819 Jul 2018 #12

I recently put hermetic Jul 2018 #14

All that and more matt819 Jul 2018 #18

Just finished "The Outsider," Stephen King's latest Glorfindel Jul 2018 #13

The Outsider hermetic Jul 2018 #16

The Book of M, murielm99 Jul 2018 #15

I dunno hermetic Jul 2018 #17

I love dystopian novels. And for some reason your description of PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2018 #27

Varina by Charles Frazier peggysue2 Jul 2018 #19

Nice write up! hermetic Jul 2018 #21

That sounds fascinating. murielm99 Jul 2018 #24

Thanks, hermetic peggysue2 Jul 2018 #25

This one is on my list. Glad to read that you liked the book. I've read all of Frazier's japple Jul 2018 #29

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That Lee hermetic Jul 2018 #22

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Current novel is The Wrong Stars by Tim Pratt. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2018 #28

Sounds like a winner hermetic Jul 2018 #34

So far I'm really liking it. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2018 #35

Thank you for the thread, hermetic. I've been reading japple Jul 2018 #30

That sounds lovely hermetic Jul 2018 #32

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