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hermetic

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Sun May 3, 2020, 12:28 PM May 2020

What Fiction are you reading this week, May 3, 2020? [View all]

In quarantine, people are inadvertently exposing their reading habits — embarrassing, surprising and impressive. What Do Famous People’s Bookshelves Reveal?

Cate Blanchett
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/30/books/celebrity-bookshelves-tv-coronavirus.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab

I'm not famous but I’m reading Jeeves and the King of Clubs by Ben Schott. “The misadventures of P.G. Wodehouse's Bertie Wooster and his incomparable valet, Jeeves, have delighted audiences for nearly a century. Now, bestselling author Ben Schott brings this odd couple back to life in a madcap new adventure that is full of the hijinks, entanglements, imbroglios, and Wodehousian wordplay that readers love. And, by Jove, there's a hook!” This is a most delightful tale. Pure escapism and so much fun with words.

My library has wisely decided not to follow the rest of the state in opening up right now. So, instead of novels I’m listening to old radio shows of Twilight Zone, found on Youtube. I am on the list to get Barbara Kingsolver’s audiobook Unsheltered, though. Looking forward to it.

What does your bookshelf reveal this week? Inquiring minds want to know.

Stay healthy, friends.

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"My Brother's Destroyer" by Clayton Lindemuth. This is the first in a series and also the first dameatball May 2020 #1
Must read! hermetic May 2020 #3
I already ordered the second book in the series. Have a good day. dameatball May 2020 #5
Cool! hermetic May 2020 #6
"Death in a White Tie" by Ngaio Marsh The King of Prussia May 2020 #2
From 1938, that one hermetic May 2020 #4
Ah thanks. Here we are then... The King of Prussia May 2020 #7
Bravo! hermetic May 2020 #8
I am reading Sense and Sensibility, murielm99 May 2020 #9
The classics The King of Prussia May 2020 #11
Nearly finished with "Wizard's First Rule" TexasProgresive May 2020 #10
I like her books. murielm99 May 2020 #12
Barbara Kingsolver is head and shoulders above a whole lot of writers. TexasProgresive May 2020 #14
A plague of fools, indeed hermetic May 2020 #13
I spent yesterday binge watching season 6 "Bosch." TexasProgresive May 2020 #15
I had forgotten hermetic May 2020 #16
It's good I've a few episodes left. TexasProgresive May 2020 #17
Robin Hobb's Farseer Trilogy OxQQme May 2020 #18
High praise from Mr. Martin hermetic May 2020 #21
Many thanks for the weekly thread, hermetic. There are tons of books downloaded on my two japple May 2020 #19
Can't go wrong hermetic May 2020 #22
I used to have a nap every single Sunday after preparing dinner for the family. Since we aren't japple May 2020 #24
P.G. Wodehouse & John O'Hara bif May 2020 #20
I do that, as well hermetic May 2020 #23
Not familiar with Schott bif May 2020 #25
Good morning hermetic May 2020 #26
Thanks. I'll have to look for it. bif May 2020 #27
A short, but challenging novel. "There,There" by Tommy Orange... SinisterPants May 2020 #28
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