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hermetic

(8,604 posts)
Sun Jul 17, 2016, 12:43 PM Jul 2016

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

I was browsing the recent arrivals at the library and found a new Louise Erdrich, LaRose. Since I just read Love Medicine, her first novel, I was curious to see what this one would be like after 32 years and some 16 books later. It's really good. Great even. Fascinating premise.

I also picked up The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub, on cd. It's 28 hours long! I shall delve into this adventure after I am done here. Really looking forward to it.

What are you delving into this week?

( I just saw the LBN. I don't have TV or listen to the radio on Sunday so I hadn't heard. Fuck. )

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What are you reading this week of July 17, 2016? (Original Post) hermetic Jul 2016 OP
"Portrait of a Spy," Daniel Silva shenmue Jul 2016 #1
The e-book I was slogging through for the last two weeks has japple Jul 2016 #2
That is a drawback hermetic Jul 2016 #3
The book was 700 pages and at 375 pages, I was still wondering when something japple Jul 2016 #4
Finished Dance of Death by Preston & Child. Number9Dream Jul 2016 #5

japple

(10,292 posts)
2. The e-book I was slogging through for the last two weeks has
Sun Jul 17, 2016, 06:23 PM
Jul 2016

expired, so it disappeared from my kindle and I had to go on to a new one. I am now reading Heidi Durrow's book, The Girl Who Fell From the Sky. Have not made too much headway, but the story is interesting and the characters are very nicely drawn.

Will have to check out LaRose as Louise Erdrich is a favorite writer. Will put my name on the waiting list at the library.

hermetic

(8,604 posts)
3. That is a drawback
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 10:01 AM
Jul 2016

to the kindle, I guess. Sometimes it's gonna take more than 2 weeks to read a book.

I think you will love LaRose. No need to draw a family tree, either. While it does go back to some ancestral stories, it's pretty much centered around two families who are neighbors. So far, anyway. Only about half way through it.

japple

(10,292 posts)
4. The book was 700 pages and at 375 pages, I was still wondering when something
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 12:26 PM
Jul 2016

was going to happen, so it wasn't a real disappointment. I can check out for 21 days. This book was just so boring that I wasn't making much progress. That, and other things have been keeping me busy.

Number9Dream

(1,639 posts)
5. Finished Dance of Death by Preston & Child.
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 01:32 PM
Jul 2016

Now, started The Book of the Dead by Preston & Child. The third book in the "Diogenes" trilogy. So far, so good.

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