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Jilly_in_VA

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20. Would you believe

Sun Jul 9, 2023, 05:12 PM

Jul 2023

I'm still reading Years of Rice and Salt? Not only is it a very long book, but it is a very deep one, delving into many topics that make you think--physics, chemistry, religion, philosophy (lots of that!), and various views on the (alternate) history being told. Reading too much of it at once makes my brain hurt, but it might be Kim Stanley Robinson's best book. I am totally loving it, but I am definitely going to need something pretty light when I am done with it. However, I'm going to be mulling it over for a long time and possibly going back to it later.

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What Fiction are you reading this week, July 9, 2023? [View all] hermetic Jul 2023 OP

My sis in law told me to read Margaret Maron, The Bootleggers Daughter. I have read the whole Srkdqltr Jul 2023 #1

Sounds like hermetic Jul 2023 #4

Maybe not all. At least not all at once. Srkdqltr Jul 2023 #6

Journey to Munich. J. Winspear Joinfortmill Jul 2023 #2

Sounds good hermetic Jul 2023 #3

Winspear's books are always great reads. Srkdqltr Jul 2023 #5

Love Maisie Dobbs! hedda_foil Jul 2023 #14

Mr. Bayard bought a book for me yesterday Bayard Jul 2023 #7

That is great! Lucky you hermetic Jul 2023 #9

at long last, have finally started The Lincoln Highway... bahboo Jul 2023 #8

That's for sure hermetic Jul 2023 #10

Just starting S A Cosby Razorblade Tears. Midnight Writer Jul 2023 #11

A winner hermetic Jul 2023 #12

The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate. hedda_foil Jul 2023 #13

Excellent hermetic Jul 2023 #15

+1, added to my WTR list. nt mentalsolstice Jul 2023 #25

I'm just finishing The Three Body Problem... mike_c Jul 2023 #16

Yeah, I remember hermetic Jul 2023 #17

Fair Land, Fair Land by A. B. Guthrie, Jr. I came over here this morning and japple Jul 2023 #18

How odd hermetic Jul 2023 #19

I understand. A nice group of folks is helping me try to trap Mama kitty and her 5 japple Jul 2023 #24

Would you believe Jilly_in_VA Jul 2023 #20

Nothing wrong with that hermetic Jul 2023 #21

Stilll working on reading the Prime books in my Kindle yellowdogintexas Jul 2023 #22

I ended up with my old dependable Fern Michaels yellowdogintexas Jul 2023 #23

Thanks, again hermetic Jul 2023 #28

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd mentalsolstice Jul 2023 #26

That sounds marvelous hermetic Jul 2023 #27

Bitterroot joshdawg Jul 2023 #29

I want to clarify my earlier post about reading The Invention of Wings. mentalsolstice Jul 2023 #30