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What are you reading the week of November 3, 2013? (Original Post) DUgosh Nov 2013 OP
"Christian Nation" by Frederic Rich Curmudgeoness Nov 2013 #1
Dance Hall of the Dead by Tony Hillerman. Enthusiast Nov 2013 #2
going to try and start "Mad River" by John Sanford. boston bean Nov 2013 #3
"Conjure Wife", Fritz Leiber. closeupready Nov 2013 #4
The Whole Truth by David Baldacci.... Little Star Nov 2013 #5
A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell pscot Nov 2013 #6
A few matt819 Nov 2013 #7
Still slogging away at Love In The Ruins, by Walker Percy, but... Moe Shinola Nov 2013 #8
Just finished Mz Pip Nov 2013 #9
James Lee Burke's new one, "Light Of The World" Paladin Nov 2013 #10

Little Star

(17,055 posts)
5. The Whole Truth by David Baldacci....
Tue Nov 5, 2013, 05:49 PM
Nov 2013

Just started it so don't yet have an opinion on if it's good or not. But I've never read a Baldacci book that I didn't enjoy.

pscot

(21,024 posts)
6. A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell
Thu Nov 7, 2013, 09:54 PM
Nov 2013

This was published back in the 50's as a 3000 page series of 12 novels. Critics called it Proustian, but Proust is a humorless bore while Powell has an ironic bent and a taste for satire. There's a lot of humor, but it's very British, and therefore sometimes hard to detect. The series follows the lives of 4 men from Public School through late middle age. There's a strong sense of life as it's being lived, seen through the eyes of one of the men, Nick Jenkins. If you like the idea of spending a month or so in another time and place, these may appeal to you. My library only had volume 1 of 4. I bought the rest on line for an average price of about $1.50 plus shipping, for 3 apparently unread and brand new trade paperbacks.

matt819

(10,749 posts)
7. A few
Thu Nov 7, 2013, 11:44 PM
Nov 2013

Just finished Stormfront by John Sandford, his latest (I think) of the Virgil Flowers series. The funniest one yet.

Also, in the middle of listening to The Circle by Dave Eggers. Simultaneously hysterically funny, probably prophetic, and downright scary. It gets a bit tedious - I'm about halfway through - but it is a fun read. Oh, maybe it's also biting satire. A little of everything. Really takes some major swipes at social media and Google-like companies.

Mz Pip

(27,449 posts)
9. Just finished
Sat Nov 9, 2013, 04:23 PM
Nov 2013

Where'd You Go Bernadette. Then read a cute cat mystery, Cat on the Edge.

Just started The new Donna Tartt novel, The Goldfinch.

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