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10. Thanks, hermetic, for the thread. I'm late to the party which is becoming

Tue Oct 25, 2016, 06:30 PM

Oct 2016

a bad habit. I finished Paulette Jiles' The Color of Lightning and have her next book on this subject, News of the World. I cannot get enough of these works of historical fiction where the author does the research. I think it's the same with Michael Crummey. I will probably have to pay for a download of this book as it is not readily available in this area of the country. Will keep looking for library copies.

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What are you reading this week of October 23, 2016? [View all] hermetic Oct 2016 OP

Just finished "Horse Soldiers" bu Doug Stanton Paper Roses Oct 2016 #1

Goodness knows, hermetic Oct 2016 #4

The Pope's Daughter by Dario Fo pscot Oct 2016 #2

Set the Wayback Machine, Sherman! hermetic Oct 2016 #5

Fo got me interested in her pscot Oct 2016 #7

"Strange Bird," Anna Janssen shenmue Oct 2016 #3

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Giving David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest a second try. sotheyclaimDem Oct 2016 #8

Welcome to DU! hermetic Oct 2016 #11

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen Goblinmonger Oct 2016 #9

Someone else here hermetic Oct 2016 #13

My library pulls from all regional libraries for holds Goblinmonger Oct 2016 #16

Thanks, hermetic, for the thread. I'm late to the party which is becoming japple Oct 2016 #10

Hey, better late hermetic Oct 2016 #14

I need large print. Have had 5 surgical procedures on my eyes to re- japple Oct 2016 #17

Sorry, I didn't know that hermetic Oct 2016 #19

A BIG AMEN to that. Audio books saved my sanity right after surgery when I had japple Oct 2016 #20

Version Control by Dexter Palmer. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2016 #12

I must say... hermetic Oct 2016 #15

Also reading the 2nd Miss Peregrine's book Goblinmonger Oct 2016 #18