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Jilly_in_VA

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29. Smack in the middle of

Mon Jul 3, 2023, 12:32 PM

Jul 2023

Years of Rice and Salt, by Kim Stanley Robinson. Slow going, but definitely engrossing, this alternate history (my favorite genre!) is full of physics and other sciences as they might have been discovered had all the Europeans been completely wiped out by the Black Death and civilization been advanced by the Chinese and Muslims. I'm loving it, but I'm going to need some light reading when I'm done! A LOT of light reading.

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What Fiction are you reading this week, July 2, 2023? [View all] hermetic Jul 2023 OP

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Those sound marvelous. hermetic Jul 2023 #2

So welcome. FalloutShelter Jul 2023 #9

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Not an easy read, but worth it. Runningdawg Jul 2023 #4

Awesome hermetic Jul 2023 #8

"Sea of Tranquility" by Emily St. John Mandel Jeebo Jul 2023 #5

I love Mandel's books hermetic Jul 2023 #10

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Oooo, this looks like fun hermetic Jul 2023 #11

The audiobook of Blood Meridian. RobertDevereaux Jul 2023 #7

Ah, Cormac McCarthy hermetic Jul 2023 #12

The Archers Story by Martin Archer (set in Crusader times) yellowdogintexas Jul 2023 #13

That sounds like a good series hermetic Jul 2023 #14

I'm not! The King of Prussia Jul 2023 #15

Oh I do hermetic Jul 2023 #16

The High Window, 1942, by Raymond Chandler Basic LA Jul 2023 #17

Can't beat hermetic Jul 2023 #20

I'm still reading Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea and it is one of the japple Jul 2023 #18

Oh, goodness hermetic Jul 2023 #19

Put it on my TBR list. mentalsolstice Jul 2023 #24

The storm was a doozy, with walls of rain pounding on our skylights and japple Jul 2023 #25

Whew, glad to hear hermetic Jul 2023 #26

The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal mentalsolstice Jul 2023 #22

I'll have to read that one hermetic Jul 2023 #27

More comfort reading: cbabe Jul 2023 #23

Indeed hermetic Jul 2023 #28

Smack in the middle of Jilly_in_VA Jul 2023 #29

I'm struggling with this book. Have you read "Dogtown" by Elyssa East? Paper Roses Jul 2023 #30

No, never heard of it hermetic Jul 2023 #31

A Munich library, beautiful. Just finished The Book Thief by txwhitedove Jul 2023 #32

That is a great book hermetic Jul 2023 #33