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hermetic

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Sun Dec 15, 2019, 02:07 PM Dec 2019

What Fiction are you reading this week, December 15, 2019? [View all]


May your days be merry and bright…

I’ve just started Spill Simmer Falter Wither by Sara Baume. A tale of a man and his dog in Ireland. A very sad and dark story, with gorgeous descriptive writing. VERY Irish. Novelist Joseph O’Connor raved about the “exhilarating strangeness” of this novel, calling it a stunning and wonderful achievement.

I’m back to listening to “The Cat Who…” series of tales by Lilian Jackson Braun. They keep me chuckling while I go about my daily chores and try not to ponder the very sad and dark future that we may soon be facing in this country. So, ho ho ho, right?

Anything merry and bright on your reading list this week?

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Bleak Expectations Miguelito Loveless Dec 2019 #1
Sounds like fun hermetic Dec 2019 #3
The radio show was hysterical Miguelito Loveless Dec 2019 #21
I've got to find this!!! nt yellowdogintexas Dec 2019 #24
I remember when I took Bleak House with me to work Aquaria Dec 2019 #6
I love big books. My mother used to choose books because they yellowdogintexas Dec 2019 #23
Republican talking points LastDemocratInSC Dec 2019 #2
Mmm. hermetic Dec 2019 #4
And yet weirdly amusing Aquaria Dec 2019 #7
I just had to do a major computer "house-cleaning" Aquaria Dec 2019 #5
Nice write ups. Thanks! hermetic Dec 2019 #10
TIMESCAPE dweller Dec 2019 #8
That does sound hermetic Dec 2019 #11
just curious dweller Dec 2019 #13
I do hermetic Dec 2019 #14
"Raider's Wake" by James L. Nelson. dameatball Dec 2019 #9
Adventures indeed hermetic Dec 2019 #12
"Lost Light" Michael Connelly TexasProgresive Dec 2019 #15
Well, then hermetic Dec 2019 #18
It's been a while since I read Lost Light Aquaria Dec 2019 #20
Live and Let Die The King of Prussia Dec 2019 #16
So happy to see you! hermetic Dec 2019 #17
Virgil Wander by Leif Enger pscot Dec 2019 #19
That's 2 votes now hermetic Dec 2019 #25
Cold is a serious quality of life issue pscot Dec 2019 #29
Blood Symbols by Izak Botha yellowdogintexas Dec 2019 #22
I, too, enjoy stories hermetic Dec 2019 #27
OUTLANDER AC_Mem Dec 2019 #26
Absolutely! hermetic Dec 2019 #28
"The Gallery of Lost Species" bif Dec 2019 #30
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