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cbabe

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3. Burning Questions

Reply to hermetic (Original post)

Sun Jul 3, 2022, 12:42 PM

Jul 2022

Essays by Margaret Atwood

Nonfiction but she talks about lots of fiction books in depth.

Interested in the creation of Handmaid’s Tale?

Plus she’s so smart and perceptive she makes the essays flow like fiction.

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What Fiction are you reading this week, July 3, 2022? [View all] hermetic Jul 2022 OP

Rebus! murielm99 Jul 2022 #1

Big books! hermetic Jul 2022 #2

Yes. murielm99 Jul 2022 #4

Thanks hermetic Jul 2022 #9

I am getting ready to talk to someone murielm99 Jul 2022 #11

Burning Questions cbabe Jul 2022 #3

Nice hermetic Jul 2022 #7

Antonina by Wilkie Collins 50 Shades Of Blue Jul 2022 #5

Oh wow. hermetic Jul 2022 #10

It has an interesting Pagan vs. Christian subplot that reminds me of religious extremism today. 50 Shades Of Blue Jul 2022 #14

I just started Astonish Me by Maggie Shipstead. MontanaMama Jul 2022 #6

Hi. Likewise hermetic Jul 2022 #12

"Legacy of the Dead" by Charles Todd (Rutledge 4)(Spoiler Alert) Number9Dream Jul 2022 #8

Oh my hermetic Jul 2022 #13

Fern Michaels' Godmothers series SheltieLover Jul 2022 #15

She's amazing hermetic Jul 2022 #16

Yes, very versatile & prolific SheltieLover Jul 2022 #17

No hermetic Jul 2022 #18

Good for her! SheltieLover Jul 2022 #19

Definitely not: The Sisterhood novels are definitely not cozy yellowdogintexas Jul 2022 #22

Ty! SheltieLover Jul 2022 #24

I just read the first one and really enjoyed it. yellowdogintexas Jul 2022 #23

Found all of them in one e-book book through library SheltieLover Jul 2022 #25

Still reading Louise Erdrich's THE SENTENCE and loving it. I just can't make the time japple Jul 2022 #20

Thanks hermetic Jul 2022 #21

I finished The Marrying of Chani Kaufman yellowdogintexas Jul 2022 #26

I just finished a collection of short stories, Afro-Bougie Blues, by a fellow DUer. CrispyQ Jul 2022 #27

Excellent, thank you! hermetic Jul 2022 #28