What Fiction are you reading this week, September 29, 2019?

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A view of the Salt Lake City Public Library immediately after walking in the front door.


I finally finished Atwood’s The Heart Goes Last. I tell ya, all the while I was reading I kept thinking, “This really isn’t my favorite of hers.” Then there was the ending. O. M. G. Yep, totally made that whole ordeal worthwhile.

Now I am reading Ian Rankin’s Resurrection Men. Excellent, as expected.

Listening to She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb. Really enjoying it and plan to get more of her books. In this one, some are concerned that the ghost of a young lady from long ago is roaming the hills. Even more frightening, a convicted murderer has escaped prison and is heading their way, seeking revenge. Two local women find themselves tasked with resolving these issues.

What’s excellent in your reading this week? (You know, besides the fact MF45 is going down! )

[PBC_Democrat]

1. Origin by Dan Brown

a novel about religion and the origin of life.

[hermetic]

5. That's a good one

And long.

[northoftheborder]

2. Last fiction I read: The Help. Thoroughly enjoyed, hilarious! Didn't see movie.

Currently reading non-fiction: The Seamstress (excellent, but heart-rending story of survival in WWII in Germany) Just started listening to Just Mercy, by Stevenson: excellent so far.

[hermetic]

6. Loved THE HELP

Great story.

Just Mercy just out as a movie: "world-renowned civil rights defense attorney Bryan Stevenson recounts his experiences and details the case of a condemned death row prisoner whom he fought to free." Must see.

[Ohiogal]

3. I am enjoying

Lab Girl by Hope Jahren.

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7. Looking forward

to reading this one.

[CrispyQ]

4. I felt sort of that way with "Contact" by Carl Sagan.

There were two reveals in the story that really made it worthwhile. And the movie, which sucked big time, wrote out both of them.

I just started "The Swallows" by Lisa Lutz. I'm only about 25 pages into it, but it's already hooked me, so we'll see.

Nice library! Check out this old craftsman style library for sale: Forgotten library for sale

[hermetic]

9. That's gorgeous!

I do hope someone who cares buys it and maintains its specialness and doesn't just tear it down.

This sounds really fun: "Told by four narrators, none of whom inspires total confidence, THE SWALLOWS unfolds with brilliant timing, puzzle-like plotting, and riveting storytelling that will shock and delight readers everywhere." I just added it to my list. Thanks!

[murielm99]

8. I have read the Sharyn McCrumb and Rankin

books that you mention. Excellent choices.

I am reading Vermilion Drift, by William Kent Krueger. It is a Cork O'Connor mystery. O'Connor lives in the Iron Range in Northern Minnesota. He is part Ojibwa and part Irish. My husband and I share a liking for this series.

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10. That sounds excellent, as well

Having lived in St. Paul for 15 yrs, I had a few journeys around the Iron Range. And I love reading mysteries that take place in areas I am familiar with.

[PennyK]

11. I'm tearing through Christopher Brookmyre's works

Very Scottish and loads of fun! There's the Jack Parlabane series -- he's a journalist whose career careens from highs to lows, and the Jasmine Sharp/ Catherine McLeod series, in which a novice PI and a Detective Sargeant approach the same case from different angles.
We've also just finished watching "Shetland," so it's been a bonnie wee immersion.

[hermetic]

13. Bonnie, indeed!

Thanks for all the fun new stories to look for.

[The King of Prussia]

12. "Where Old Bones Lie" by Ann Granger

A detective story set in the Cotswolds, set around an archaeological dig searching for the remains of an Anglo-Saxon chieftain. Entertaining, but essentially trivial.

It's not fiction, but I also read this week "Don't You Leave Me Here", an autobiography by the renowned songwriter, guitarist (and defeater of cancer) Wilko Johnson. It's a wonderful book - and made me cry - and I can't remember when, if ever, a book made me do that. Highly recommended.

Next up I have to finish "Surfeit of Lampreys" by Ngaio Marsh.

[hermetic]

18. Wilko, what a cool guy

Used to play with Dr. Feelgood

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[Cuthbert Allgood]

14. The Testaments by Atwood and Harry Potter: Sorcerer's Stone

I read a solid summary of Handmaid's Tale last night so that I could make sure I remembered what was book and what was TV show since I read the book before the show (and again after the first season).

I have a group of people that are Potter fans and we are going to reread the books and fan geek over them.

[hermetic]

17. I look forward

to hearing what you think of The Testaments.

[TexasProgresive]

15. Hiya! I haven't shuffled off this mortal coil yet.

Been more busy than I like. I am reading Jonathan Kellerman's Heartbreak Hotel. It's quite good.
Yesterday my eldest son and I removed an old tank water heater and replaced it with a tankless unit. That was a real chore as the water connections for the old are on top and the new on the bottom. Got to use some fancy new plumbing stuff, Sharkbite connectors and PEK pipe.

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16. Howdy!

Always liked Kellerman so I'll have to get that one.

That must have been quite an adventure in plumbing. Let me know how you're liking that tankless. I figure someday I might go that route myself. Just replaced my kitchen faucet and got to use some of those fancy new connectors, too. They sure have made plumbing a lot easier than it used to be.

[TexasProgresive]

19. Will do

We're having a bit of trouble with mixed hot and cold. I fixtures are low flow. The unit requires.5 gallons per minute to come on, but is dropping out at .6 gym. Will be contacting OC Smith tomorrow.

[bif]

20. "Washington Black" by Esi Edugyan

Just started it.

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21. Sounds good

From the author of Half-Blood Blues comes a dazzling new novel about a boy who rises from the ashes of slavery to become a free man of the world.

[bif]

22. My wife loved it and the NYT recommended it as well

I'm only about 100 pages in but it's very good so far.