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2. "Fifty Words for Rain" by Asha Lemmie

Sun Sep 12, 2021, 12:04 PM

Sep 2021

Beautiful, sweeping novel that takes place in post WWII Japan. One of those "can't put down" books.

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What Fiction are you reading this week, September 12, 2021? [View all] hermetic Sep 2021 OP

"The Judas Sheep" by Stuart Pawson The King of Prussia Sep 2021 #1

Keeps getting harder hermetic Sep 2021 #4

It's holding up pretty well The King of Prussia Sep 2021 #7

That one's lost on me hermetic Sep 2021 #9

boot is the car trunk IbogaProject Sep 2021 #12

Thanks, yes, I know hermetic Sep 2021 #14

I lived in Cornwall for 18 years The King of Prussia Sep 2021 #17

Thanks for the reply! hermetic Sep 2021 #18

You have certainly lived hermetic Sep 2021 #21

Compared to the US The King of Prussia Sep 2021 #24

"Fifty Words for Rain" by Asha Lemmie bif Sep 2021 #2

That sounds lovely hermetic Sep 2021 #5

I've been re-reading the Foundation series by Asimov IrishAfricanAmerican Sep 2021 #3

Good stuff, indeed hermetic Sep 2021 #6

Just started, The Stolen Angel Polly Hennessey Sep 2021 #8

Please do hermetic Sep 2021 #10

"Warriors of the Storm" by Bernard Cornwell Number9Dream Sep 2021 #11

That's A LOT of reading hermetic Sep 2021 #13

Good enough, thanks hermetic Sep 2021 #16

"A Master of Djinn" by P Djeli Clark LearnedHand Sep 2021 #19

Wow, so much fun hermetic Sep 2021 #22

The ku kluxes is bustin' out all over LearnedHand Sep 2021 #27

I'm reliving Murderbot as you read the series, Hermetic LearnedHand Sep 2021 #20

Cool hermetic Sep 2021 #23

Obvs LearnedHand Sep 2021 #26

Yesterday I finished "An Ambush of Widows" by Jeff Abbott. CrispyQ Sep 2021 #25

Just finished "Billy Summers," Stephen King's latest. Paladin Sep 2021 #28