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hermetic

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Sun Dec 4, 2016, 02:36 PM Dec 2016

What are you reading this week of December 4, 2016? [View all]

The Ploughmen by Kim Zupan. This had been on my list for a long time and it was worth the wait. Bleak and brilliant. The Montana landscape is like a third character. creating an unusual bond between a brutal murderer and a deputy.

Happy to be listening to The Trespasser, the latest by Tana French. The book just came out this year and I was surprised to see the library had the audio. I must say, it's not easy being the only woman on the Dublin Murder Squad. Hearing it read by someone with a lovely Irish brogue certainly adds to the fun.

Any books cheering you up a little this week?

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"Where They Found Her," Kimberly McCreight shenmue Dec 2016 #1
You always find such interesting books... hermetic Dec 2016 #2
Thank you shenmue Dec 2016 #3
Thanks for the thread. TexasProgresive Dec 2016 #4
No hermetic Dec 2016 #5
Finale by Thomas Mallon. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2016 #6
Henry and Clara hermetic Dec 2016 #8
Henry and Clara is one of my all time favorite books. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2016 #11
Heh, hermetic Dec 2016 #13
Oh, yes! PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2016 #14
The Blue Fox by Sjon Goblinmonger Dec 2016 #7
Lucky you!! hermetic Dec 2016 #10
Hi everyone. Thanks for the thread, hermetic. I'm still deep in 1814 New japple Dec 2016 #9
Hi hermetic Dec 2016 #12
I liked The Ploughmen very much. It is beautifully written. japple Dec 2016 #15
Zupan's writing style hermetic Dec 2016 #16
Yes, I caught that as well. It seems like they had a relationship that japple Dec 2016 #18
Finally read "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy eissa Dec 2016 #17
Not familiar with it hermetic Dec 2016 #20
Yes, the high praise may have affected my expectations eissa Dec 2016 #22
"Beyond the Ice Limit" by Preston & Child Number9Dream Dec 2016 #19
Always happy to see you hermetic Dec 2016 #21
I've actually been reading fairytales and fables ... NTOZamboni Dec 2016 #23
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