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hermetic

(8,604 posts) Sun Apr 17, 2016, 02:15 PM Apr 2016

What are you reading this week of April 17, 2016?

I have just started Elizabeth George's Deception on his Mind. Barbara Havers, Scotland Yard, is recovering from the injuries she sustained in the previous novel and decides to get away to the coast for a little vacation. I'm really becoming a fan of Ms. Havers. She's quite likeable.

That's all I've got to report this week. It's been a rough one. So, cheer me up by telling me all about what you're reading now.

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What are you reading this week of April 17, 2016? (Original Post) hermetic Apr 2016 OP

finally started Fanny Hill by John Cleland. Been meaning to read it ever since I saw it mentioned in Hiraeth Apr 2016 #1

I read that hermetic Apr 2016 #3

yeah. and For some :perverse: reason I have decided to call it a Classic and so I am able Hiraeth Apr 2016 #6

Reading another Lee Child "Reacher" book. Have collected all (20) of them as of this week. Paper Roses Apr 2016 #2

There are lots of Lee Child hermetic Apr 2016 #4

Now ya gotta start on Barry Eisler's books...... dixiegrrrrl Apr 2016 #5

Hello everyone! Thank you for the thread hermetic! Enthusiast Apr 2016 #7

Finders Keepers Mz Pip Apr 2016 #8

I've got to read Finders Keepers. I read Mr. Mercedes earlier. Thanks, Mz Pip. Enthusiast Apr 2016 #9

Hiraeth

(4,805 posts)

1. finally started Fanny Hill by John Cleland. Been meaning to read it ever since I saw it mentioned in

Reply to hermetic (Original post)

Sun Apr 17, 2016, 02:23 PM

Apr 2016

a film: The Impossible Years. Both daughters read it as I recall.

Fanny Hill
Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure is an erotic novel by English novelist John Cleland first published in London in 1748. Written while the author was in debtors' prison in London, it is considered "the first original English prose pornography, and the first pornography to use the form of the novel". One of the most prosecuted and banned books in history, it has become a synonym for obscenity.

First published: 1897
Author: John Cleland
Adaptations: Fanny Hill (2007) · Fanny Hill (1983) · Fanny Hill
Illustrator: Édouard-Henri Avril
Genres: Erotic literature · Fiction
Characters: Fanny Hill

hermetic

(8,604 posts)

3. I read that

Reply to Hiraeth (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 17, 2016, 02:50 PM

Apr 2016

so many years ago. I recall it being rather amusing. I believe I was shocked only by the fact that it was banned. It's probably what aroused my interest in banned books. I always seek them out now.

Hiraeth

(4,805 posts)

6. yeah. and For some :perverse: reason I have decided to call it a Classic and so I am able

Reply to hermetic (Reply #3)

Sun Apr 17, 2016, 03:00 PM

Apr 2016

to check it off My Classics I Have Read list

Paper Roses

(7,504 posts)

2. Reading another Lee Child "Reacher" book. Have collected all (20) of them as of this week.

Reply to hermetic (Original post)

Sun Apr 17, 2016, 02:41 PM

Apr 2016

Still looking for some of the "Reacher" short stories so I can join the "Reacher" 100% club.
These books are great. They keep this old timer glued to the book, start to finish.(I think I have a crush on Reacher!)

hermetic

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4. There are lots of Lee Child

Reply to Paper Roses (Reply #2)

Sun Apr 17, 2016, 02:54 PM

Apr 2016

books at my library. Right now I'm going through Preston - Child novels. Then I will eventually get around to the Child ones. A whole lot of good reading in my future, it seems. Thanks for the rec.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,011 posts)

5. Now ya gotta start on Barry Eisler's books......

Reply to Paper Roses (Reply #2)

Sun Apr 17, 2016, 02:55 PM

Apr 2016

The John Rain series plus his latest 2 non-Rain thrillers.

Trust me......

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)

7. Hello everyone! Thank you for the thread hermetic!

Reply to hermetic (Original post)

Sun Apr 17, 2016, 06:17 PM

Apr 2016

I'm still reading Death At La Fenice by Donna Leon. I'm a bit slow.

Last week Mrs. Enthusiast read The Ploughmen by Kim Zupan. She really enjoyed that one. Now she is reading Over the Edge by Jonathan Kellerman.

Mz Pip

(27,884 posts)

8. Finders Keepers

Reply to hermetic (Original post)

Mon Apr 18, 2016, 09:32 AM

Apr 2016

By Stephen King.

I've never read Stephen King before and am really enjoying this trilogy. Mr. Mercedes was the first.

The final book is coming out in June.

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)

9. I've got to read Finders Keepers. I read Mr. Mercedes earlier. Thanks, Mz Pip.

Reply to Mz Pip (Reply #8)

Mon Apr 18, 2016, 10:11 AM

Apr 2016

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