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hermetic

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29. Nice. Thanks.

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Reply #28)

Sun Feb 18, 2024, 08:58 PM

Feb 2024

I so appreciate when readers share their thoughts and feelings about what they are reading.

And Pogo? I never noticed your tag line before. I loved Pogo and had several books I read again and again.
"Oh I may be your dish of tea
But baby don't you sugar me.
Don't stir me girl,
or try to spoon.
Don't sugar me
Cause us is thrune."

That little poem has stuck with me for, like, 60 years

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What Fiction are you reading this week, February 18, 2024? [View all] hermetic Feb 2024 OP

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LOL hermetic Feb 2024 #4

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Oh, that's a new one hermetic Feb 2024 #6

I love John Irving's books, esp. A Prayer for Owen Meany. Will also japple Feb 2024 #9

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Another winner hermetic Feb 2024 #8

Crucible of Secrets by S.G. MacLean QED Feb 2024 #5

I, too, am a big fan of Scottish books hermetic Feb 2024 #10

The Bookseller of Inverness QED Feb 2024 #23

Cool hermetic Feb 2024 #24

Yours for the taking/Gabrielle Korn cbabe Feb 2024 #7

So, it's both then hermetic Feb 2024 #13

I am re-reading MARCH by Geraldine Brooks. After finishing her latest work, japple Feb 2024 #11

Nice hermetic Feb 2024 #14

Re-reading "Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir Jeebo Feb 2024 #12

Good reading, hermetic Feb 2024 #16

Hey, thanks hermetic Feb 2024 #15

Hi, Hermetic. Good week. Finished 1st in series by Spencer Quinn, and love the new perspective txwhitedove Feb 2024 #17

Solid 5-star rating for this one, hermetic Feb 2024 #18

Just started reading James Paterson's "Second Chance" Jrose Feb 2024 #19

The good old Women's Murder Club Series hermetic Feb 2024 #21

I have the 22nd and 23rd entries on the stack. Haven't gotten to them yet. rsdsharp Feb 2024 #26

Thank you hermetic for hosting this amazing group! mentalsolstice Feb 2024 #20

Yah, hermetic Feb 2024 #22

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I finished, "The Handyman," by Bentley Little Bayard Feb 2024 #27

I finished Where the Light Enters Jilly_in_VA Feb 2024 #28

Nice. Thanks. hermetic Feb 2024 #29

Fourteen Days... joshdawg Feb 2024 #30

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