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scarletwoman

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Sun Dec 14, 2014, 01:25 PM Dec 2014

What are you reading the week of Sunday, December 14, 2014? [View all]

Good morning all! I saw that this week's thread hadn't been started yet, so I figured I may as well do it.

As I've mentioned in previous threads, I decided to re-read Tana French's first 4 books, which I had originally read over a spread of several years, starting in 2007. It's been a marvelous indulgence to read them one after the other in immediate sucession. While I had great memories of each books - bright details here and there, and their general broad outlines - actually diving completely into these books and getting swept away once more into her amazing prose has been even more pleasurable than I expected.

I'm now about 1/3 through the 4th book, Broken Harbor, which was the only one of the four that I hadn't remembered very well, for some reason. But, wow! Once I got going I couldn't imagine why I hadn't remembered it.

Once I've finished Broken Harbor I have no idea what I'm going to get next. Time to check up on my favorite Scandinavians and see if anyone has a new release that I haven't gotten yet.

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Just finished Olive Kitteridge, now on 'Toujours Provence' by Mayle. CurtEastPoint Dec 2014 #1
Volume I in the Chronicles of the Deryni TexasProgresive Dec 2014 #2
Hello, everyone! Thank you for the thread, scarletwoman. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #3
Hi, friend! scarletwoman Dec 2014 #6
Many King fans consider 11 22 63 to be his finest work. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #7
I love the story to film adaptation of all three of those you mentioned and japple Dec 2014 #13
I agree. While many people enjoyed the Shining movie, it isn't a good adaptation of the book. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #15
The Stand tv miniseries should never have been released to the public. japple Dec 2014 #16
scarletwoman, how could you forget Broken Harbor? TexasProgresive Dec 2014 #4
How could I forget? You know, I have no idea! scarletwoman Dec 2014 #5
The King's Deryni, by Katherine Kurtz shenmue Dec 2014 #8
Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I used to read lots of fantasy. scarletwoman Dec 2014 #10
I just finished WCIL Dec 2014 #9
I've come across several glowing reviews of the Doerr book. scarletwoman Dec 2014 #11
I'm going to have the spousal unit request All the Light We Cannot See at the library. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #12
Finally finished The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry and highly recommend it. Have japple Dec 2014 #14
John Sandford's new Virgil Flowers novel, "Deadline." Paladin Dec 2014 #17
I loved it! It was definitely a hoot. scarletwoman Dec 2014 #18
Yeah, somebody could make a good movie out of this latest book. Paladin Dec 2014 #19
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