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Jilly_in_VA

(12,424 posts)
16. Stayed up too late Saturday night
Mon Sep 11, 2023, 02:24 PM
Sep 2023

finishing Midnight and Bex by Heather Van Fleet. It's billed as a dark YA romance, but quite honestly I am not entirely sure it's totally YA. Well, I do read YA and not ashamed to admit it, but this one handles a lot of pretty adult themes, including cults, dysfunctional families, alcoholism, psychological trauma, abuse of various kinds, etc., so maybe only older teens. Anyway, it was so good I stayed up way too late several nights reading!

Now starting Nefertiti's Sister by Felicia Roche. Not very far in, but it shows promise. Well written, to be sure. On the downstairs Kindle, Im sporadically reading Good Kings, Bad Kings by Susan Nussbaum. This one takes place in a youh home for the disabled and is told in multiple voices. It's kind of fragmented but interesting. It reminds me of the days I worked with disabled kids.

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Life After Life by Kate Atkinson Easterncedar Sep 2023 #1
Aww, that sounds hermetic Sep 2023 #4
"Grey Mask" by Patricia Wentworth The King of Prussia Sep 2023 #2
Gosh, "Grey Mask" hermetic Sep 2023 #5
Not surprising to find it at all ExWhoDoesntCare Sep 2023 #17
Happy beautiful Sunday. Now reading The Appeal by John Grisham, who always tells txwhitedove Sep 2023 #3
Great news hermetic Sep 2023 #6
Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell mentalsolstice Sep 2023 #7
Sounds like a really good story hermetic Sep 2023 #8
That was the last audiobook I listened to ExWhoDoesntCare Sep 2023 #19
Troublesome Creek sounds really good mentalsolstice Sep 2023 #22
She has written a follow up, about the Book woman's daughter. ExWhoDoesntCare Sep 2023 #23
This is one of those books that has stayed with me. yellowdogintexas Sep 2023 #24
My family are all from counties east of Lexington mentalsolstice Sep 2023 #28
Logan and Todd counties here. State line counties, yellowdogintexas Sep 2023 #30
That's true, especially for my dad's family. mentalsolstice Sep 2023 #31
I am just beginning, Desert Star, by Michael Connelly. Polly Hennessey Sep 2023 #9
Always hermetic Sep 2023 #10
I've been a huge Connelly fan since the late 90s. ExWhoDoesntCare Sep 2023 #20
no fiction at the moment, but... mike_c Sep 2023 #11
Any reading is good reading, IMO hermetic Sep 2023 #12
Just cracked open "Small Mercies" by Dennis Lehane. Really looking forward to it. Scrivener7 Sep 2023 #13
Oh, nice. hermetic Sep 2023 #14
I have also been eyeing that book. mentalsolstice Sep 2023 #15
Weird ExWhoDoesntCare Sep 2023 #21
Stayed up too late Saturday night Jilly_in_VA Sep 2023 #16
Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian ExWhoDoesntCare Sep 2023 #18
On Sunday I was reading Black Widow by Daniel Silva yellowdogintexas Sep 2023 #25
It's amazing what losing the internet can do. I read 6 books between the 8th and THursday yellowdogintexas Sep 2023 #26
Currently reading Thief's Honor: A Dak Harper Adventure Relic Runner book #6 Ernest Dempsey yellowdogintexas Sep 2023 #27
6 books in a week is typical for me ExWhoDoesntCare Sep 2023 #29
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