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hermetic

(8,663 posts)
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 10:10 AM Oct 20

What Fiction are you reading this week, October 20, 2024?




I'm reading The Cabinet of Dr. Leng by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child. There's a whole lot going on in this 21st Pendergast novel. I'm finding it hard to put down.

Listening to The Dark Wind by Tony Hillerman. Great story from 1982 and I hear it's become a quite popular TV show.

These great books are helping me cope with this very messed up world right now.

What books are helping make the world right for you?

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What Fiction are you reading this week, October 20, 2024? (Original Post) hermetic Oct 20 OP
Every Last Lie by murielm99 Oct 20 #1
Oh, dear hermetic Oct 20 #5
I have been reading books by D.B. Elrogg. Cosy murder mysteries. They are what i call popcorn stories. Srkdqltr Oct 20 #2
Those do sound like fun hermetic Oct 20 #7
Also started Terry Pratchett 's A Stroke of the Pen:The Lost Stories. His early short stories. Very good. Srkdqltr Oct 20 #3
Rereading Dracula for Halloween displacedvermoter Oct 20 #4
Yesterday is Tomorrow 40RatRod Oct 20 #6
You are the author? Bayard Oct 20 #8
I found that title hermetic Oct 20 #13
Thats not me. 40RatRod Oct 20 #34
Yesterday is tomorrow 40RatRod Oct 21 #36
I finished, "The Killing Hour," by Lisa Gardener Bayard Oct 20 #9
Ah, Tana French hermetic Oct 20 #17
I'm reading The Witch Elm right now too bbrady42 Oct 20 #32
Eruption: the unfinished Michael Crichton, finished cbabe Oct 20 #10
Love Hillerman Dear_Prudence Oct 20 #15
I liked Eruption Bayard Oct 20 #23
Yes, would make a good action movie. Lots of derringer do and fire. Contrasted to surfing moments and ocean waves. cbabe Oct 20 #25
I'm reading The Fuhrer's Reserve by Paul Lindsay. brer cat Oct 20 #11
Sounds good hermetic Oct 20 #19
I just finished theiry follow-up novel Angel of Vengeance LogDog75 Oct 20 #12
For sure hermetic Oct 20 #20
So stressed out... Dear_Prudence Oct 20 #14
I hear ya hermetic Oct 20 #21
I just got hermetic Oct 20 #35
Sarah J Maas- The Court of Thorn and Roses series CANADIANBEAVER69 Oct 20 #16
Oh my hermetic Oct 20 #22
I did not know that CANADIANBEAVER69 Oct 20 #24
I'll Be Waiting by Kelly Armstrong LogDog75 Oct 20 #18
I couldn't find that hermetic Oct 20 #26
New to me series. Put a couple on library hold. Thanks for the tip. cbabe Oct 20 #27
Honey by Victor Lodoto mentalsolstice Oct 20 #28
That sounds wonderful hermetic Oct 20 #29
I'm rereading The Corps series by W. E. B (William Edmund Butterworth III) Griffin. rsdsharp Oct 20 #30
"A Case of Conscience" by James Blish Jeebo Oct 20 #31
Nice! hermetic Oct 20 #33

murielm99

(31,520 posts)
1. Every Last Lie by
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 10:14 AM
Oct 20

Mary Kubica. I am reading much more slowly these days. Post-covid symptoms are taking a toll on me.

hermetic

(8,663 posts)
5. Oh, dear
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 10:49 AM
Oct 20

Do take care. I had the damn disease a couple of years ago and food still doesn't taste the same. And I think I'm more tired. Hang in there.

Book sounds good, though. Told in alternating perspectives, master of suspense Mary Kubica weaves a chilling thriller -- "one that explores the dark recesses of a mind plagued by grief and shows that some secrets might be better left buried."

Srkdqltr

(7,773 posts)
2. I have been reading books by D.B. Elrogg. Cosy murder mysteries. They are what i call popcorn stories.
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 10:22 AM
Oct 20

Easy to read. Interesting situations. The people are easy to read about. Just fun. There are 6 now I'm hoping for more.

Srkdqltr

(7,773 posts)
3. Also started Terry Pratchett 's A Stroke of the Pen:The Lost Stories. His early short stories. Very good.
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 10:27 AM
Oct 20

The first story is about the invention of fire. The peoples reaction to it is predictable. People are people no matter what age.

displacedvermoter

(3,226 posts)
4. Rereading Dracula for Halloween
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 10:30 AM
Oct 20

Hound of the Baskervilles and Frankenstein next two weeks!

Movie versions to follow.

hermetic

(8,663 posts)
13. I found that title
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 11:12 AM
Oct 20

on GoodReads. Says author is: "writing as tracy." Is that you? 968 pages, ebook, Published November 21, 2021. Interesting.

Bayard

(24,145 posts)
9. I finished, "The Killing Hour," by Lisa Gardener
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 11:04 AM
Oct 20

Engrossing, as usual.

Just started, "The Witch Elm," based on recommendations here. Haven't made up my mind about it yet.

hermetic

(8,663 posts)
17. Ah, Tana French
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 11:20 AM
Oct 20

I remember the plot points but can't recall how much I liked it. Reviews are mixed.

cbabe

(4,308 posts)
10. Eruption: the unfinished Michael Crichton, finished
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 11:08 AM
Oct 20

by James Patterson.

Volcanoe explodes. World ending secret toxic waste dump at risk. Light romance. Clashing egos and fiery deaths.

Don’t expect too much. Simple enjoyment.

I also read a couple Tony Hillerman books! Thief of Time and Listening Woman. Special and satisfying and ageless.

Dear_Prudence

(838 posts)
15. Love Hillerman
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 11:19 AM
Oct 20

I have a poor memory for book plots, but I remember book characters very well. So I have enjoyed re-reading Hillerman because I it is like I am visiting old friends, while the mystery part, well, I can't remember who-done- it. 😄

cbabe

(4,308 posts)
25. Yes, would make a good action movie. Lots of derringer do and fire. Contrasted to surfing moments and ocean waves.
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 11:45 AM
Oct 20

Daring do not derringer. Darn auto correct.

brer cat

(26,493 posts)
11. I'm reading The Fuhrer's Reserve by Paul Lindsay.
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 11:11 AM
Oct 20

This is a new author to me, and was published in 2000. Good so far.

hermetic

(8,663 posts)
19. Sounds good
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 11:26 AM
Oct 20

Agent is charged with locating Hitler's priceless, missing art treasures before a band of neo-Nazis can sell them to benefit a neofascist regime.

LogDog75

(162 posts)
12. I just finished theiry follow-up novel Angel of Vengeance
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 11:11 AM
Oct 20

I enjoy the Aloysius Pendergast novels by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child but the one criticism I have is they use obscure or antiquated words and Latin phrases (without translation) causing me to look them up in the dictionary or online.

hermetic

(8,663 posts)
20. For sure
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 11:28 AM
Oct 20

Lots of that Latin verbiage in this book. I do wish they'd include the translations.

Dear_Prudence

(838 posts)
14. So stressed out...
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 11:15 AM
Oct 20

I am audiobooking a couple of cozy mysteries: 'Granny's Got a Gun' (the snoop is an old retired lady, like me) & Witchy Whiskers (snoop is a cat lady, like me). Also I am listening to an old (2011) non-fiction course, 'Astronomy II, Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe', which takes me about as far away from election news as I can get.

hermetic

(8,663 posts)
21. I hear ya
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 11:31 AM
Oct 20

This retired granny, cat lady loves cozies. I will check those out. Hang in there.

hermetic

(8,663 posts)
35. I just got
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 06:22 PM
Oct 20
Witchy Whiskers!. Been listening to it while I feed all my critters.

Quite entertaining. I've always enjoyed stories with talking cats.

CANADIANBEAVER69

(567 posts)
16. Sarah J Maas- The Court of Thorn and Roses series
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 11:19 AM
Oct 20

I love fantasy, so I am enjoying this series tremendously. I started with Sarah's Crescent City series and was hooked. I still have the third book to read in that one, but in the meantime I started her Court series books.

Robert McCammon - Swan Song. I have read this book multiple times. I go back to it every couple of years.

hermetic

(8,663 posts)
22. Oh my
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 11:38 AM
Oct 20

AN EPIC JOURNEY OF TERROR ACROSS A LAND SEETHING WITH UNSPEAKABLE HORRORS. AMERICA!-HAUNTED BY AN EVIL WHOSE TIME HAS FINALLY COME.

Did you know there's almost 90 books with that or similar title?

CANADIANBEAVER69

(567 posts)
24. I did not know that
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 11:43 AM
Oct 20

It was given to me by my mom, who had received it from a friend. I read it and kept it with me all these years.

LogDog75

(162 posts)
18. I'll Be Waiting by Kelly Armstrong
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 11:26 AM
Oct 20

Kelly Armstrong is a Canadian author who wrote the Rockton novels, which I enjoyed. I

hermetic

(8,663 posts)
26. I couldn't find that
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 11:46 AM
Oct 20

Then I found her name is spelled Kelley and this book was just published Oct 1. "a spellbinding new tale of supernatural horror involving a haunted-house, seances, lost loved ones, and a sinister spirit out for blood." Perfect Halloween fare.

mentalsolstice

(4,522 posts)
28. Honey by Victor Lodoto
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 12:24 PM
Oct 20

It’s about an 82 year old woman who moves from Los Angeles back to her childhood home in NJ where she grew up in a crime family. So far, so good.

Have a great week everyone!

hermetic

(8,663 posts)
29. That sounds wonderful
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 12:38 PM
Oct 20

"Utterly enchanting. A deeply human novel that sings the song of life itself. What a brilliant feat of empathy, style, and transcendent beauty"

rsdsharp

(10,287 posts)
30. I'm rereading The Corps series by W. E. B (William Edmund Butterworth III) Griffin.
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 12:53 PM
Oct 20

I’ve read the first two, Semper Fi and Call to Arms, and am now working on Counterattack.

I’ll probably take a break on Tuesday when the new Reacher book comes out.

Jeebo

(2,315 posts)
31. "A Case of Conscience" by James Blish
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 01:16 PM
Oct 20

Won a Hugo award. I have a nice leather-bound Easton Press copy that they sent me as part of their Masterpieces of Science Fiction series 35 years ago, and that's when I read it for the first time. Blish wrote some good stuff; I also read his "Cities in Flight" novels.

— Ron

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