What Fiction are you reading this week, March 10, 2024?

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Does anybody really know what time it is?



I finished reading Resurrection Walk by Michael Connelly. Great courtroom drama. Couldn't put it down. Teared up a bit at the end.

I've just started Chenneville by Paulette Jiles, a novel of murder, loss, and vengeance. I really liked her other books and this one is starting out great.

I just listened to The House of Wolves by James Patterson and Mike Lupica. The Wolf family is the most powerful and ruthless family in California. They own the San Francisco Tribune and a pro-football team, the Wolves. Then someone kills the father and the eldest daughter inherits it all. Her three brothers are not happy about that situation. This book was one nominated for the International Thriller Writers Award for 2024 audio books. I quite enjoyed it.

I am now listening to It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis. I was surprised, but happy, to find it had been released in audio. It's kind of amazing how it lays out exactly what the Repugs are planning for our future. Just goes to show that what's old is new again. Or, some thing never change.
“The novel that foreshadowed Donald Trump's authoritarian appeal.” -- Salon
A cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy, it is an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America. Written during the Great Depression,... it juxtaposes sharp political satire with the chillingly realistic rise of a president who becomes a dictator to save the nation from welfare cheats, sex, crime, and a liberal press." One of the "plans" is that women will only be allowed to work as nurses or hair stylists. Wish there was some way to leave this on park benches for passing strangers to pick up and maybe get a clue. Yeah, a girl can dream, right? Anyway, amazing book.

So, what books will you be finding time for this week?