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hermetic

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Sun Sep 22, 2019, 12:40 PM Sep 2019

What Fiction are you reading this week, September 22, 2019? [View all]


So many to choose from

Atwood’s The Heart Goes Last is one heck of a story. I felt like the first 100 pages could have been cut down to 50. Makes me wonder if certain authors DO end up getting paid by the word, though it seems like writers are always being told by publishers to trim their writings down. I just don’t know, but there I was, thinking I’d heard all I ever want to of this affair, then suddenly the story takes a radical turn. And now it’s a total page-turner. I guess that’s one reason she wins all the awards.

Still enjoying The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield, another book that sometimes seems overly long. There are parts of this that are really enjoyable and it has all the makings of a good Gothic tale, but the overall experience is becoming somewhat tedious. Yes, I did notice similarities to Jane Eyre, something the author seems to REALLY want you to do.

What have you chosen to read this week?

Today there is a huge art festival and the weather is perfect so I’ll be away for most of the day.
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I was given Ohiogal Sep 2019 #1
You just reminded me that I want to read "Lab Girl"! Laffy Kat Sep 2019 #2
Lab Girl sounds great hermetic Sep 2019 #5
That's a heckofa library! Bayard Sep 2019 #3
Nah hermetic Sep 2019 #4
Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell Cuthbert Allgood Sep 2019 #6
Is it set in Kansas? The King of Prussia Sep 2019 #8
I wish it were; that would be hilarious Cuthbert Allgood Sep 2019 #9
Just started The King of Prussia Sep 2019 #7
A new series to check out hermetic Sep 2019 #11
my current fiction book is PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2019 #10
Yes, indeed. hermetic Sep 2019 #16
King's Mountain, murielm99 Sep 2019 #12
Thanks. Sure sounds worth reading. hermetic Sep 2019 #15
Still reading Richard Powers' book The Overstory, though I haven't been able to japple Sep 2019 #13
Awww hermetic Sep 2019 #14
I just adore tuxies!!! Yours is gorgeous. How can they sleep in some of those crazy japple Sep 2019 #17
I know, right hermetic Sep 2019 #19
I am trying to tame a feral EricaGriswoldAuthor Sep 2019 #21
If you feed them hermetic Sep 2019 #22
thank you! EricaGriswoldAuthor Sep 2019 #24
Are you a kitty foster mom? murielm99 Sep 2019 #18
She is hermetic Sep 2019 #23
Karolina's Twins bif Sep 2019 #20
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