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Fiction

PoindexterOglethorpe

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50. Right now I'm reading

Reply to hermetic (Original post)

Thu Dec 20, 2018, 12:00 PM

Dec 2018

The Long Weekend by Adrian Tinniswood which is non fiction, about English country houses between the world wars. It's reasonably interesting, but is filled with names of architects and decorators and nobility and landed gentry I've never heard of. Still, it's a window into a long gone way of life.

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What Fiction are you reading this week, December 16, 2018? [View all] hermetic Dec 2018 OP

I'm reading violetpastille Dec 2018 #1

I like this quote hermetic Dec 2018 #6

That's a pretty good summation of the book! n/t violetpastille Dec 2018 #25

"The Wheels of Darkness" by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child dameatball Dec 2018 #2

I'm not reading it yet but.... Little Star Dec 2018 #4

For no real reason I have never read any of the Delaware series. I probably should. dameatball Dec 2018 #7

He is a great character hermetic Dec 2018 #8

Ha! That is the same setting of the Pendergast book I am reading. Murder, robbery, terror and some dameatball Dec 2018 #9

Got a few on the go matt819 Dec 2018 #3

Was that Deck the Hounds? hermetic Dec 2018 #10

Yes- (nt) matt819 Dec 2018 #13

No fiction right now RainCaster Dec 2018 #5

Yeah, hermetic Dec 2018 #11

If Stephen King had wrote it as fiction exboyfil Dec 2018 #26

High Window (Hi Hermetic) pscot Dec 2018 #12

That's good hermetic Dec 2018 #15

Branch Library pscot Dec 2018 #23

Just finished Sense & Sensibility. Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2018 #14

I suspect hermetic Dec 2018 #16

almost the same. i finished all of austin. read emma last. time for pride & p. pansypoo53219 Dec 2018 #35

Audio book this week Wawannabe Dec 2018 #17

From a nice review I read hermetic Dec 2018 #18

It is my first Fforde Wawannabe Dec 2018 #22

The Hangman ( Baxter & Fawkes # 2) by Daniel Cole PoorMonger Dec 2018 #19

Pretty grim stuff... hermetic Dec 2018 #20

anything Stephen King wrote. New book and old ones. any one I can get my hands on. demigoddess Dec 2018 #21

Well, hermetic Dec 2018 #45

"Hidden Depths" a Vera novel by Ann Cleeves TexasProgresive Dec 2018 #24

My library hermetic Dec 2018 #37

Brother by Ania Ahlborn exboyfil Dec 2018 #27

Yeah, hermetic Dec 2018 #38

Actually it turned out to be pretty disappointing exboyfil Dec 2018 #43

Just finished The Late Show, Jane Austin Dec 2018 #28

I'm halfway into Connelly's latest,Dark Sacred Night. argyl Dec 2018 #34

Is Detective Ballard in that one? Jane Austin Dec 2018 #36

Yes I started it exboyfil Dec 2018 #42

Yep, she is. Her and Bosch are partnering on a particular case. argyl Dec 2018 #48

Hope you got some good leftovers hermetic Dec 2018 #39

I cant read any fiction since 2016 AlexSFCA Dec 2018 #29

That's too bad hermetic Dec 2018 #47

Dead Souls lordsummerisle Dec 2018 #30

Ian ranks hermetic Dec 2018 #44

Do the editorials in the local republicon paper count? nt doc03 Dec 2018 #31

Nah hermetic Dec 2018 #46

Very deep read. Srkdqltr Dec 2018 #32

Because this happens? hermetic Dec 2018 #41

Because there is no way to explain why I am Laughing. Srkdqltr Dec 2018 #52

The Fourth Hand - John Irving AdamGG Dec 2018 #33

Sounds like a good choice hermetic Dec 2018 #40

"Wishin' and Hopin'" by Wally Lamb Number9Dream Dec 2018 #49

Yeah, hermetic Dec 2018 #53

Right now I'm reading PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2018 #50

Just finished The Wednesday Sisters and now reading A Well Behaved Woman trixie2 Dec 2018 #51