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Related: About this forumWhat Fiction are you reading this week, Nov. 29, 2020?


Still reading Wolf Hall. This one takes me away to the court of Henry VIII in the 1500s. Great story. Often wildly funny dialogue. A bit confusing sometimes. What I don't understand is why author Mantel spells Henry's first wife with a K, not a C. Everywhere else she is Catharine of Aragon. It's not like there would be concerns about recognizing her...

Listening to the YA/Horror/Fantasy Nightrise by Anthony Horowitz. Scott and Jamie are twins and they can read each other's minds. People have always taken advantage of this. Now it's going to get much, much worse and the fate of the world hinges on their survival.
Tomorrow I will commence listening to Virgil Wander by Leif Enger. Looking forward to seeing where this takes me.
What interesting literary places will you be visiting this week?

58Sunliner
(5,414 posts)Polly Hennessey
(7,733 posts)Booked for Trouble by Eva Gates. Once again at the Bodie Lighthouse Library located on the Outer Banks of North Carolina with its, on loan, Jane Austen Collection of first editions.
cilla4progress
(26,243 posts)Louise Erdrich. A true tour de force. I've read almost all her books. I love her writing and her stories.
This is one of the best, so far.
Every sentence is a story unto itself!
hermetic
(8,781 posts)I've been on the waiting list for this one for a while now. Thanks for the reminder to check on that.
cilla4progress
(26,243 posts)Birchbark Books!
Did I say she's my favorite author?
hermetic
(8,781 posts)I would so love to visit that store. I used to live in that area but I didn't know of her then and I don't think that store had opened yet. For now I'll just have to content myself with visiting it online.
cilla4progress
(26,243 posts)Yes, it's on my bucket list to visit there some day.
murielm99
(31,745 posts)japple
(10,453 posts)Happy reading!
Tracks a few decades ago and loved it. Your post reminds me to put Erdrich back on my reading list.
northoftheborder
(7,619 posts)Very light night-time reading, part of a series.
My daytime listening is still Obama's book. It is interesting to me, but wonder if the average person is as interested in the day to day workings of campaigning and Congressional/Presidential brokering. His values and philosophy of life and governing come through though, and make me an even greater admirer of him as one of the most important figures of the century. He also goes into his mistakes and failures to live up to his own high standards of accomplishment, which is very admirable. I look forward to the next volume, (or volumes).
hermetic
(8,781 posts)I'm so glad that is all in books now so no one can ever really take it away from us, though they may try.
murielm99
(31,745 posts)I read the first book last week.
This is an excellent series. It moves quickly and is intelligently written.
Gideon and his temporary partner are trying to save DC from a nuclear terrorist attack. But that may not be the real threat at all. We will see.
Gideon is an unusual hero. He is terminally ill.
hermetic
(8,781 posts)Someday I'll read this series.
MLAA
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hermetic
(8,781 posts)One of my favorite stories ever. "Hell is other people."
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Polly Hennessey
(7,733 posts)Hell is other people. Forever trapped within them.
murielm99
(31,745 posts)I think it fell apart years ago. I read it because a couple of black people told me it was realistic. It is unforgettable.
I agree with you about "The Age of Reason."
I read "A Clockwork Orange" several years ago. I read a couple of Burgess' other books around the same time. He is still controversial, after all these years. I understand why, after reading his books.
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japple
(10,453 posts)the characters and didn't want the story to end. I'm still dragging through Silas House's book, Clay's Quilt but not making much progress. I do want to find out how the story ends, though and will keep on until I finish.
Ohiogal
(36,217 posts)My first try with this author.
hermetic
(8,781 posts)A heart-pounding thriller about a young woman whose new job is apartment sitting in one of New York's oldest and most glamorous buildings. Is it haunted?
I wonder if this fictional building is loosely based on The Dakota.
PennyK
(2,318 posts)I'm up to the third books...they are charming. Also peeking at the TV show, nicely done.
hermetic
(8,781 posts)Though I have always thought I should. Had no idea it was a TV series but by golly, my library has it on DVD so I'm gonna give that a look. Thanks!
The King of Prussia
(746 posts)It's good, but I have the attention span of a gnat at the moment.
The covid case numbers are at last coming down, but Christmas looks like being a free for all - so no doubt we'll get a third wave before the vaccine arrives. About all that can be said for Johnson is that he's not quite as useless as Trump.
hermetic
(8,781 posts)What? What were we talking about?
Seriously, it's interesting what staying locked away for 8 months will to do one's mind. It's not like being in jail, of course, since we can do pretty much whatever we want. Except go out. I'm not sure that having a vaccine will help much here, since millions still think it's all a hoax. Oh well,,,
As long as I have books, I'm happy.
pscot
(21,044 posts)I finally finished Wars of the Roses and a bleak, violent and depressing read it was.
I read Charcoal Joe by Walter Moseley. Easy Rollins is back from the dead and has gone into the detective business. Moseley flashes his old form. Not his best but still good.
I also read Palm Beach Finland by Antti Tuuomainen. This is Tuuomainen's 6th book. He notes that the first 5 were somewhat dour and offers this one as a change of pace. Finns apparently have a sense of humor. It probably arises from living next door to the Russians.
I'm about halfway through The City We Became by N.K. Jemison. I guess this can be categorized as science fiction, sub-category alien invasion/monsters among us. This is the 1st thing I've read by Jemison and it's quite good. She writes in trilogies so there's lots to explore here. I'm looking forward to it.
Cheers.
hermetic
(8,781 posts)I always enjoyed Walter Mosley's books and I see he has quite a few new ones. I should get caught up on some of those.
Also liked Jemisin's Broken Earth series. She has a lot to offer.
SheltieLover
(64,188 posts)Thank you so much for suggesting this author.
Currently reading "Strip Tease," and just finished "Razor Girl."
hermetic
(8,781 posts)He should keep you entertained for a while, with 30 books. A couple of weeks, anyway.
Oldem
(833 posts)A beautifully written and sometimes extremely funny novel that takes John Henry (Doc) Holliday from his boyhood in Griffin, GA to his days in Dodge City, KA. Holliday was a classically trained scholar in Greek and Latin and an accomplished classical pianist. His bouts with tuberculosis, alcohol, and his prostitute-girlfriend are harrowing, but he--and other--characters can be wonderfully funny in the hell-hole that was Dodge City at the time.