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Fiction

SheltieLover

(59,620 posts)

6. They are very well written

Reply to hermetic (Reply #5)

Sun Oct 17, 2021, 12:11 PM

Oct 2021

And, in a sense, a "vacation" for those of us living vicariously.

I didn't like Pollifax at first, but stuck with the book & now thoroughly enjoy them. Great characters, lots of espionage, and little gory details. 👍

I tried Discworld, but just couldn't get into them. They seem disjointed.

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What Fiction are you reading this week, October 17, 2021? [View all] hermetic Oct 2021 OP

"Little Bee" by Chris Cleave bif Oct 2021 #1

Lovely little write up about that one hermetic Oct 2021 #3

Dorothy Gillman's Mrs. Pollifax & Countess Karitska books SheltieLover Oct 2021 #2

It just came out last year hermetic Oct 2021 #5

They are very well written SheltieLover Oct 2021 #6

"Death at the Dolphin" by Ngaio Marsh The King of Prussia Oct 2021 #4

Putting these authors on my list. SheltieLover Oct 2021 #7

Great idea hermetic Oct 2021 #9

The "Bible". Reading again the last four books of old testament. n/t spike jones Oct 2021 #8

Thanks for the weekly thread, hermetic. Love that little library mug! japple Oct 2021 #10

Glad to hear hermetic Oct 2021 #11

Finished "The First Wave" by James R. Benn Number9Dream Oct 2021 #12

Highly acclaimed hermetic Oct 2021 #13

Going through an old classic - Michener's 1974 'Centennial' SeattleVet Oct 2021 #14

I remember that one hermetic Oct 2021 #15

still immersed in "The Sisterhood Series" yellowdogintexas Oct 2021 #16

Ain't that the truth? So many... hermetic Oct 2021 #19

TC Boyle lounge_jam Oct 2021 #17

I just listened hermetic Oct 2021 #18

Indeed lounge_jam Oct 2021 #20

Rereading the Tony Hillerman books. efhmc Oct 2021 #21