What Fiction are you reading this week, August 27, 2023?

[hermetic]

Spare time? Ha! And they said retirement would be boring.

So, I'm still reading and listening to the same books as last week. The Great Darkness and Deacon King Kong. Fortunately they are both really good so I am enjoying the few minutes I get to spend with them each day.

What are you finding time for this week?

[LizBeth]

1. What Fiction are you reading this week? Trump 6'3" 215.

[louslobbs]

9. lol 😆

🎱 it is decidedly so….that is fiction at its finest!

[Wonder Why]

12. That was my first thought! +10

[txwhitedove]

15. Yes, and that he never heard of a mugshot before!

[RSherman]

2. The Paris Apartment

and Tom Lake by Ann Patchett. I just finished Beware the Woman by Megan Abbott. It was pretty disappointing. I felt as though nothing happened the entire book, then the ending did not leave anything resolved. Did you read it? If so, why did they keep mentioning the caul on the baby's face? What was the significance of the photos fluttering out of the cabin at the end?

[hermetic]

6. I did read The Paris Apt.

and quite enjoyed it. Didn't read that other one. I did just read a couple of reviews on Good Reads where others said the book needed another chapter at the end to explain what happened. So, you're not alone.

[RSherman]

14. Oh, good, thank you!

Maybe the author is setting up Beware the Woman for a sequel?

[cbabe]

3. Rogue Justice/Stacey Abrams

A thriller. Impeached president, governmental corruption, deep fake videos, bitcoins. Supreme Court troubles. Serious underpinnings of military sexual abuse.

Super smart Avery and her friends unravel the plot to destroy America.

Well done. Yea Stacey!

[hermetic]

4. Yes, indeed

That is a great one!

[japple]

5. Thank you for the weekly thread, hermetic. I, too, am still reading the same book

as last week: James McBride's The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store. It is one of those books you wish would never end. Not that I'm getting a lot of reading done, either. I transported cats to rescue every day last week and more came in to take their place. Every rescue is full to overflowing and the stray/abandoned cat population has skyrocketed. It is a horrible, terrible, awful, no-good year for felines.

[hermetic]

7. That's for sure.

Everywhere, it seems. Then there's all the animals needing rescues from the horrid fires, adding to the problem. So, so sad.

I do look forward to reading that book, though. Some day. My best to you and the babies. (Babies are making it difficult for me to type right now. Stretched out across my desk.)

[yellowdogintexas]

8. House of Spies by Daniel Silva actually started it Friday

and posted it on last week's entry by mistake

I needed a good Gabriel Allon fix.

I needed a Gabriel Allon adventure. Excellent as always.

A heart-stopping tale of suspense, Daniel Silva’s runaway bestseller, The Black Widow, was one of 2016’s biggest novels. Now, in House of Spies, Gabriel Allon is back and out for revenge – determined to hunt down the world’s most dangerous terrorist, a shadowy ISIS mastermind known only as Saladin.

Four months after the deadliest attack on the American homeland since 9/11, terrorists leave a trail of carnage through London’s glittering West End. The attack is a brilliant feat of planning and secrecy, but with one loose thread.

The thread leads Gabriel Allon and his team of operatives to the south of France and to the gilded doorstep of Jean-Luc Martel and Olivia Watson. A beautiful former British fashion model, Olivia pretends not to know that the true source of Martel’s enormous wealth is drugs. And Martel, likewise, turns a blind eye to the fact he is doing business with a man whose objective is the very destruction of the West. Together, under Gabriel’s skilled hand, they will become an unlikely pair of heroes in the global war on terror.

Written in seductive and elegant prose, the story moves swiftly from the glamour of Saint-Tropez to the grit of Casablanca and, finally, to an electrifying climax that will leave readers breathless long after they turn the final page.

But House of Spies is more than just riveting entertainment; it is a dazzling tale of avarice and redemption, set against the backdrop of the great conflict of our times. And it proves once again why Daniel Silva is “quite simply the best”
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[hermetic]

10. That does sound terrific

Looking forward to finding the first one at the library soon.

[mentalsolstice]

11. Hurricane Summer by Asha Ashanti Bromfield

Oh well, what else are you going to read while keeping your eye on a tropical storm 🌀? This looks like a good one, the book, not Idalia. It’s a YA book about identity and parents. Surprised it’s not yet a member of the banned.

Right now we’re one county outside of the cone of Idalia. I so hate keeping my fingers crossed for me and mine, while knowing it’s going to land somewhere. Not my first rodeo, hopefully not my last.

[hermetic]

13. Yikes

Hoping you and yours stay safe. Good to have a book to distract you, at least somewhat.

[txwhitedove]

16. Love reading the suggestions, good or not so much. Busy

week, house repairs and pest control for carpenter ants drilling through large oak 5 ft from my bedroom. Yikes. So I am also still reading Lost Horizen. Love books that make me look up words or people, like this one. New age, with Spotify I can search for and listen to unknown composers, Massinet and Rambeau.

[hermetic]

19. You might want to read

The Great Darkness It is full of new (old) words. Takes place in 1939 England. I am constantly finding one and thinking, "so what does that mean?".

Hope your pest problem gets resolved soon. That's no fun at all.

[txwhitedove]

20. I put The Great Darkness on my list. Eco friendly pest co sprayed tree, perimeter

of house, and said tree should be fine. Also said this is a big year for carpenter ants.

[Polly Hennessey]

21. I keep The Indispensable Dictionary of Unusual Words

by my side when I read.

[hermetic]

22. That sounds like a good

thing to have on hand. Thanks!!

[Number9Dream]

17. Finished "Dead Mountain" by Preston & Child

This is the newest Nora Kelly / Corrine Swanson novel. It is the usual can't put it down, page-turner by these guys. If you're a fan of Preston & Child, by all means check this one out. The one uninteresting sub-plot does not detract from the story.

[hermetic]

18. Oh yay

I've been wanting to hear from someone who has read this. I did assume it was going to be great, but it's nice to get an opinion from people I respect. So, thanks.