What Fiction are you reading this week, May 11, 2025?

[hermetic]

Happy Mother's Day.

I have to take the day off. Not because it's Mother's Day but because I am horribly ill. It came on me Friday afternoon and I went to bed and slept, fitfully, for 37 hours. Now my eyes are all blurry, making reading difficult.

Hoping you all have a nice day and that this bug will pass sooner than later.

[Lochloosa]

1. The Art of the Deal.

[cbabe]

2. Rob Phillips/Luke McCain Cascades series

Luke is a fish and wildlife officer hiking and fishing and catching bad guys in the mountains.

Deer and elk and ducks and trout and plus wilderness craft.

Plus a good dog.

For lovers of Nevada Barr or C. J. Box.

Not great writing but read for fun.

Seven titles:
https://www.fictiondb.com/author/rob-phillips~57791.htm

[Trueblue Texan]

3. Get tested for flu and get tamflu ASAP!!!

go to one of the urgent care clinics. If it’s the flu you DON’T want to fool around with it. I am still trying to recover after 9 weeks of this!

[Goonch]

4. The Pope's Butcher: Based on the True Story of a Serial Killer in the Medieval Vatican

"An astonishing story that has never been revealed to the public, The Pope's Butcher recounts the life of Father Heinrich Institoris, the Grand Inquisitor, a visionary man driven to cleanse the world of Eve's original sin by eradicating any woman he suspects of witchcraft. As Inquisition courts bloom across Europe, he vows to leave no stone unturned, no hovel unexamined, and no woman alive, in his search of his own perverse version of justice.

At a time when women had no power or voice, only one man seeks to stop him. The reader follows the life of Sebastian, a young seminarian who was abandoned as a child but carries with him an innate sense of morality that drives him to stand up for even the most vulnerable victims against his own Church. Will such a humble man be able to stop this powerful murderer, a killer even the Pope admires?"

About the author (2021)
Joseph C. Gioconda is a former Catholic seminarian who went on to graduate from Yale Law School and become a trial lawyer.

[people]

5. Hope you go to the doctor!

Please go to the MD and see if you have the flu and can get tamiflu or other medication. Hope you feel better very soon.

Just finished reading James by Percival Everett. One of the best books I have read. Retells Huckleberry Finn from "Jim's" perspective.

Reading Orhan's Inheritance by Aline Ohanesian. Novel about Armenian genocide in Turkey.

[txwhitedove]

6. Sending you hugs and good wishes to take care of yourself.

I'll share my joy of birth of 1st great grandchild this week. Beautiful boy Jaxson Dylan.

This week read Last of the Moon Girls by Barbara Davis. Part magic, part murder mystery, page turner and just lovely. I saw comparisons to Practical Magic. Lizzy Moon "returns to her family's farm to uncover the truth about her grandmother's past and her own legacy."

Trying to read non-fiction these days is hard with daily news being harsh enough. And, granny's eyes aren't getting better. EBooks seem to work best now.

[Polly Hennessey]

7. Feel better 💐 soon. Your description sounds terrible.

I have always said if I can’t read I am seriously 😒 feeling bad. You need to see a doctor. Hugs and get better wishes.

[mentalsolstice]

8. I hope you feel better soon! 🤒💐

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[yellowdogintexas]

9. I am almost finished with The Gator Did It and will move on to The Women

I need to finish it up before Saturday afternoon, which is the book club meeting.

The Women is not as much fun as The Gator Did it though

[Sequoia]

10. Those Opulent Days

By Jacquie Pham, 2024 Four wealthy young men, friends growing up in 1928 French controlled Vietnam. Secrets, cruelty, and the simmering angst of powerless servants and elites pleasing their French rulers whose word is law.