Fiction

mantis49

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13. I finished a few days ago.

Sat Sep 10, 2016, 02:09 PM

Sep 2016

The ending saddened me. It seems that there is always someone who is only looking out for themselves for the short term and does not want to improve things for others in the long term. I hope that doesn't give too much away.

The overall premise of the book -- the likelihood of coming water wars in the west -- is disheartening and bleak. I see us headed there and it really angers me that the press is being complicit with the energy industry and the right wing in not reporting on climate change that we are seeing in our time now. It scares me for my children and my grandchildren. I am of an age where I will not be around to see conditions in 20-30 years.

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What are you reading this week of September 4, 2016? [View all] hermetic Sep 2016 OP

Deep into "A Banquet of Consequences" by Elizabeth George TexasProgresive Sep 2016 #1

Hey, better late than never hermetic Sep 2016 #2

The first part is complex. TexasProgresive Sep 2016 #3

The Company, by Robert Littel, only in the first third so far, a 39 hour listen! northoftheborder Sep 2016 #4

39 hours! hermetic Sep 2016 #7

The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi mantis49 Sep 2016 #5

Thanks for posting hermetic Sep 2016 #6

I finished a few days ago. mantis49 Sep 2016 #13

I forgot to ask... mantis49 Sep 2016 #14

No, not yet hermetic Sep 2016 #22

I also have this book on my reading list and would japple Sep 2016 #10

I may take a break from fiction for a while pscot Sep 2016 #8

Hi all! Thanks for the thread, hermetic. I had a few weeks of food japple Sep 2016 #9

The next two are also fun matt819 Sep 2016 #15

My Grandmother Told Me to Say She's Sorry is on my list, too. Thanks japple Sep 2016 #17

And my list keeps growing hermetic Sep 2016 #21

Ove sounds great hermetic Sep 2016 #20

Finished "The Ice Limit" by Preston & Child (spoiler alert) Number9Dream Sep 2016 #11

Hope you had/ hermetic Sep 2016 #19

'Out Stealing Horses' by Per Petterson panader0 Sep 2016 #12

A few, as usual matt819 Sep 2016 #16

Charmaine Harris hermetic Sep 2016 #18