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zanana1

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30. It isn't a new book.

Reply to hermetic (Original post)

Wed Sep 20, 2023, 10:59 AM

Sep 2023

State of Wonder by Ann Patchett. There are very few books that can take me out of my own life and transport me to a time and place I never dreamed of going. If you like the idea of jungle life, get this book!

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What Fiction are you reading this week, September 17, 2023? [View all] hermetic Sep 2023 OP

Joyland roscoeroscoe Sep 2023 #1

Opinions vary on this one hermetic Sep 2023 #2

Yes indeed Hermetic roscoeroscoe Sep 2023 #7

I hadn't seen that one Bayard Sep 2023 #22

Alias Emma/Ava Glass as recd here. cbabe Sep 2023 #3

Thanks for the honest appraisal hermetic Sep 2023 #8

Google Maps helps find my way around London and elsewhere unc70 Sep 2023 #9

Tom Lake, by Ann Patchett northoftheborder Sep 2023 #4

Sounds lovely hermetic Sep 2023 #6

My mom just called me after reading this mentalsolstice Sep 2023 #18

Just finished #19 in Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James series unc70 Sep 2023 #5

Lists! I love lists! cbabe Sep 2023 #10

Thanks! hermetic Sep 2023 #21

You're in the right place hermetic Sep 2023 #12

For all of your mystery needs... ExWhoDoesntCare Sep 2023 #33

I'm reading "Curious Toys" by Elizabeth Hand. Takes us into the world of a 1915 carnival troupe in Martin68 Sep 2023 #11

That sounds quite awesome. hermetic Sep 2023 #13

I am reading Jilly_in_VA Sep 2023 #14

That was nice of you. hermetic Sep 2023 #17

Still on "Grey Mask" by Patricia Wentworth The King of Prussia Sep 2023 #15

So you will not be attending hermetic Sep 2023 #19

We mostly hate the selected books The King of Prussia Sep 2023 #26

Just finished James Lee Burke's Every Cloak Rolled in Blood. rsdsharp Sep 2023 #16

Gosh, heavy stuff hermetic Sep 2023 #20

Not all, but a couple. rsdsharp Sep 2023 #25

Double Delight by Rosamond Smith aka Joyce Carol Oates mentalsolstice Sep 2023 #23

Hey, thanks hermetic Sep 2023 #24

After finishing David Joy's excellent (though depressing) book, japple Sep 2023 #27

The Judge's List by John Grisham. Paper Roses Sep 2023 #28

Grisham's most surprising, chilling novel yet. hermetic Sep 2023 #29

It isn't a new book. zanana1 Sep 2023 #30

Still reading Thief's Honor (A Dak Harper thriller) yellowdogintexas Sep 2023 #31

Hope all is well hermetic Sep 2023 #34

all is well. We were out of power from Friday night at yellowdogintexas Sep 2023 #36

Just got to Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, at long last. ExWhoDoesntCare Sep 2023 #32

That is a really good book hermetic Sep 2023 #35