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japple

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9. All of James McBride's books are wonderful. I esp. like The Color of Water. I recently

Reply to Lonestarblue (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 3, 2023, 04:54 PM

Dec 2023

read The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store and thought that the main character, Chona, must have been based in-part on his mother. His writing is so fluid and lyrical. I need to listen to some of his books in audio format.

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What Fiction are you reading this week, December 3, 2023? [View all] hermetic Dec 2023 OP

I just finished reading a nonfiction book that was fascinating. Lonestarblue Dec 2023 #1

That tiile is actually hermetic Dec 2023 #2

All of James McBride's books are wonderful. I esp. like The Color of Water. I recently japple Dec 2023 #9

Well, I actually stopped reading an old book of John Saul's Bayard Dec 2023 #3

That is a huge book, 720 pages hermetic Dec 2023 #4

Two new authors cbabe Dec 2023 #5

Heller sounds like someone I should check out Bayard Dec 2023 #13

All the Sinners Bleed ExWhoDoesntCare Dec 2023 #15

Just starting to read The Last Flight ✈️ by Julie Clark mentalsolstice Dec 2023 #6

Just finished that one ExWhoDoesntCare Dec 2023 #16

City of Spirits by Wyatt Thomas #2 in a 12 book series yellowdogintexas Dec 2023 #7

Emergence (I did a lot of reading last week) by Ernest Dempsey (book 1 in series) yellowdogintexas Dec 2023 #11

I definitely need to look into this series! mentalsolstice Dec 2023 #14

I think my fascination with New Orleans began with Anne Rice and Lestat yellowdogintexas Dec 2023 #18

The Spy Coast by Tess Gerrittson (The Martini Club Book 1) yellowdogintexas Dec 2023 #8

Thanks for the weekly thread, hermetic. I love the book tree in the OP. What a lovely idea. japple Dec 2023 #10

Happy to be here, japple hermetic Dec 2023 #12

Busy week for me ExWhoDoesntCare Dec 2023 #17