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2. Reading this week . . .

Sun Nov 26, 2023, 01:38 PM

Nov 2023

I'm reading The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish, a story that alternates between London in the early 2000's and London in the late 1600's. Scholars find a text hidden in a wall of a very old mansion. The text was written in the 1660's and they are trying to understand who wrote it and what happened to her, while also contending with their own lives in modern day London. Also reading The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese. This is a story about 3 generations of a family in India. In each generation one male drowns and this is experienced as a curse on the family. Novel deals with love and development of science over time.

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What Fiction are you reading this week, November 26, 2023? [View all] hermetic Nov 2023 OP

What the Dead Know is on my list. Polly Hennessey Nov 2023 #1

Reading this week . . . people Nov 2023 #2

Louisa Luna/Alice Vega series cbabe Nov 2023 #3

Will have to give hermetic Nov 2023 #6

A few years ago, I read Colson Whitehead's THE NICKEL BOYS and I was naturally drawn to japple Nov 2023 #4

That does sound riveting hermetic Nov 2023 #5

Older, but I've never read it before NewLarry Nov 2023 #7

Welcome to DU! hermetic Nov 2023 #8

Daughter of Damascus: Her secret life will shock the world yellowdogintexas Nov 2023 #9

"Julia" by Sandra Newman Jeebo Nov 2023 #10

During a time warp waiting for next library txwhitedove Nov 2023 #11

Ministry for the Future WestMichRad Nov 2023 #12

Oh gosh hermetic Nov 2023 #13

"... most powerful..." Indeed! WestMichRad Nov 2023 #14

I'm dual-reading ExWhoDoesntCare Nov 2023 #15