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Fiction

northoftheborder

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5. The Enlightenment of Bees, Rachel Linden

Reply to hermetic (Original post)

Sun Oct 27, 2019, 01:33 PM

Oct 2019

Pretty good. A "discovering one's place in the world" story. The narrator is terribly raspy. Not sure if autobiographical or just based on real life. 3 stars.

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What Fiction are you reading this week, October 27, 2019? [View all] hermetic Oct 2019 OP

Great cat pic for Halloween week! Ohiogal Oct 2019 #1

Excellent hermetic Oct 2019 #2

Just started William Kent Krueger's "Iron Lake." TexasProgresive Oct 2019 #3

I have read all the Cork O'Connor books Ohiogal Oct 2019 #4

If you remember Ohiogal it's all your fault that I went looking for them, Thanks. TexasProgresive Oct 2019 #6

IIRC Ohiogal Oct 2019 #10

Ooh, nice picture. Thanks. hermetic Oct 2019 #7

Before I saw all the titles I thought about you and took the picture. TexasProgresive Oct 2019 #11

Thanks, pal hermetic Oct 2019 #13

I just looked them up and will order one 😊 MLAA Oct 2019 #17

The Enlightenment of Bees, Rachel Linden northoftheborder Oct 2019 #5

General Fiction, Romance but... hermetic Oct 2019 #8

Thanks for clarifying whether fiction or not. Fictionalized true experiences. northoftheborder Oct 2019 #20

Sadly I've had very little time for fiction these days FakeNoose Oct 2019 #9

That is a great book hermetic Oct 2019 #14

Just the headlines RainCaster Oct 2019 #12

Stocking up is good hermetic Oct 2019 #15

The Testaments. Sequel to The Handmaid's Tale MLAA Oct 2019 #16

I'm reading Trickster's Point, murielm99 Oct 2019 #18

Indeed hermetic Oct 2019 #19

Lovely kitty picture, hermetic. Thanks for the thread. Still reading japple Oct 2019 #21

Just finished Vox PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #22