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hermetic

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Sun Jun 21, 2020, 12:36 PM Jun 2020

What Fiction are you reading this week, June 21, 2020? [View all]




Oh noes! I ran out of books (fiction) to read. Good thing I was planning to go to our just-reopened library tomorrow. I put a couple of novels on reserve so I can just pop in, grab them, and pop right back out. Masked and gloved, of course.

I do still have Antifragile (NF), a treatise on how some systems actually benefit from disorder, by Nassim Taleb. The book covers innovation, health, biology, medicine, life decisions, politics, foreign policy, urban planning, war, personal finance, and economic systems. As you might imagine, it’s pretty heady stuff.

I am listening to Downtown by Ed McBain. From 1991. Interesting story. Sometimes people just aren’t who you think they are. Fun fact: born Salvatore Albert Lombino, he wrote around 120 books under at least 6 different pen names.

What do you anticipate reading this week?
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Still rereading SheltieLover Jun 2020 #1
Transcription, by Kate Atkinson northoftheborder Jun 2020 #2
One of the benefits hermetic Jun 2020 #3
"The Word" by Irving Wallace Jeebo Jun 2020 #4
Yeah, hermetic Jun 2020 #8
Inland by Tea Obreht MadLinguist Jun 2020 #5
That sounds terrific hermetic Jun 2020 #6
The Night Watchman, by Louise Erdrich. murielm99 Jun 2020 #7
Oh yes hermetic Jun 2020 #9
I just recently finished The Night Watchman. As with all of her books, I relish the time spent japple Jun 2020 #14
"The Crime at Black Dudley" by Margery Allingham The King of Prussia Jun 2020 #10
Overture to Death hermetic Jun 2020 #11
Elly Griffith's, Crossing Places Polly Hennessey Jun 2020 #12
That souns pretty good hermetic Jun 2020 #13
It is. Polly Hennessey Jun 2020 #18
More Myself: A Journey by Alicia Keys Ohiogal Jun 2020 #15
Done with Ruth Rendell- she drags so many red herrings it makes my head spin TexasProgresive Jun 2020 #16
All right! hermetic Jun 2020 #17
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