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hermetic

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Sun Jan 3, 2021, 01:39 PM Jan 2021

What Fiction are you reading this week, Jan. 3, 2021? [View all]




Starting off the year with Bleeding Hearts, by Ian Rankin writing under the pseudonym Jack Harvey. I'm really enjoying this tale of a professional assassin who's being pursued by a private detective, with some personal issues, while he, the assassin, tries to figure out and locate whoever has just put a contract out on him. This chase leads everyone to the U.S. Author Rankin had received an award that allowed him and his family to spend some time here and I love getting his take on areas I am quite familiar with. I don't want this story to end.

I just finished The Last Odyssey and wanted to say that it was a fantastic read. I laughed, I cried. That's a movie I definitely want to see. Incredible visuals. But the best part was the Author's Note to Readers at the end. It was amazing. Brilliant. Even if you don't read the book, read that Note. You won't be disappointed.

Today I will start listening to Peace Like a River a best-selling novel by Leif Enger.

So, what's your reading pleasure now? Stay safe out there, friends. Just a few more days now and hopefully all the evil bs will be shut down for a while.
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Detectives everywhere PennyK Jan 2021 #1
Ooh, nice hermetic Jan 2021 #9
If you like those VA_Jill Jan 2021 #16
Sounds good PennyK Jan 2021 #18
Just watching Republicans make up and then repeat fictional stories every day, duforsure Jan 2021 #2
You beat me to it relayerbob Jan 2021 #7
The last book rzemanfl Jan 2021 #3
Yeah, me too hermetic Jan 2021 #10
So far it has. I am a bit less than halfway through it. rzemanfl Jan 2021 #12
Just finished VA_Jill Jan 2021 #4
The Beekeeper: Love. Trust. Betrayal. Honey. Autism. hermetic Jan 2021 #8
"Murder at Honeychurch Hall" by Hannah Dennison The King of Prussia Jan 2021 #5
I hear you hermetic Jan 2021 #6
Music & books are keeping me sane The King of Prussia Jan 2021 #11
Hermetic - glad you liked The Last Odyssey (since I recommended it) Number9Dream Jan 2021 #13
Cool hermetic Jan 2021 #14
"Sisters" by Daisy Johnson. bif Jan 2021 #15
Sounds good hermetic Jan 2021 #20
It was meh. bif Jan 2021 #23
My Dear Hamilton, by Stephanie Dray northoftheborder Jan 2021 #17
Politicians, eh? hermetic Jan 2021 #22
I think I read something like that decades ago. Worried2020 Jan 2021 #28
Question about this forum bif Jan 2021 #19
Hi bif hermetic Jan 2021 #21
Thanks! bif Jan 2021 #24
Thank you! hermetic Jan 2021 #25
Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaasen central scrutinizer Jan 2021 #26
I just took a bunch of his books out of the library! bif Jan 2021 #27
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