Fiction

TexasProgresive

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4. Thanks for the thread.

Sun Dec 4, 2016, 03:32 PM

Dec 2016

As for cheering up; I am just about finished with Bobke II by Bob Roll. It is non-fiction but has been a lot of fun. Bob writes in a stream of consciousness, well one assumes he's conscious, about his time as a pro cyclist. You get to read his take on some of the greats and not so greats of the sport along with the escapades of Bobke (Dutch for Bobby, pronouced Boob Kah).

I'm back to Peter Robinson's Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks. I was hoping to get the one following Bad Boy called Watching the Dark but no such luck. I really want to know what happened to one of the characters who was badly injured in Bad Boy.

So I picked up 2; in a Dry Season #10 and Piece of My Heart # 16.

This DCI Banks reminds me of another Dectective Inspector, maybe Rebus. Something similar in the life and personal struggles.

hermetic, Who's doing the reading of the French novel, is it Ms. French herself?

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

"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