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Fiction

jmbar2

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2. Just started "The Mandibles: A family 2029-47"

Reply to hermetic (Original post)

Sun Sep 4, 2022, 11:34 AM

Sep 2022

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/000756077X/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_4?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

It was written in 2016 about a future economic and environmental collapse in the world, and how it affects a particular extended family. The "future" described is very close to what is happening now. I'm not too far along in the book yet, but it gives an unsettling vision of what daily life could be like as we continue down our current perilous path.

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What Fiction are you reading this week, September 4, 2022? [View all] hermetic Sep 2022 OP

"Writing All the Wrongs," by Ellery Adams SheltieLover Sep 2022 #1

Yeah, thanks hermetic Sep 2022 #3

So glad you're feeling better! SheltieLover Sep 2022 #7

Just started "The Mandibles: A family 2029-47" jmbar2 Sep 2022 #2

That sounds pretty grim hermetic Sep 2022 #4

The Forbidden Door by Dean Koontz quaint Sep 2022 #5

Oh good hermetic Sep 2022 #6

Starting William Kent Krueger's Cork O'Connor series cbabe Sep 2022 #8

We aim to please hermetic Sep 2022 #11

You might consider a kindle or any android phone or tablet works too...Libby is the easiest. In Demsrule86 Sep 2022 #23

Thanks for the tip. But screen reading is not for me. I like turning pages. cbabe Sep 2022 #24

"Death At Whitewater Church" by Andrea Carter TexLaProgressive Sep 2022 #9

That sounds a lot hermetic Sep 2022 #10

I've read one of hers The King of Prussia Sep 2022 #12

The Shetland Sea Murders by Marsali Taylor The King of Prussia Sep 2022 #13

Oh, must get... hermetic Sep 2022 #14

Finally finished Gangsters vs. Nazis: How Jewish Mobsters Battled Nazis in WW2 Era America yellowdogintexas Sep 2022 #15

That sounds pretty exciting hermetic Sep 2022 #16

Still (slowly) re-reading Anne Tyler's book japple Sep 2022 #17

Body in the Transept by Jeanne Dams question everything Sep 2022 #18

My first thought hermetic Sep 2022 #21

The Murder Rule PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2022 #19

I hope it ends well, too hermetic Sep 2022 #20

A bit of a plot spoiler. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2022 #22