Fiction

Trueblue Texan

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15. Reading non-fiction and fiction.

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 05:24 PM

Dec 21

Fiction is The World We Knew by Alice Hoffman, set in Nazi Germany. Non-fiction reading The Diary of Anne Frank. Also reading fiction, The Tin Can Tree by Anne Tyler--Anne Tyler is probably my favorite novelist, but this was early in her career and I just can't figure out what it's about--I think she was having trouble as an author figuring out what her book was about. I have picked it up and put it down a half dozen times in the last 30 years, but I think it is important to finish it as one of the many books in her body of work. Finally, I just finished reading Day After Night by Anita Diamante about post war confinement of Jews in Palestine by the British.

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What Fiction are you reading this week, December 21, 2025? [View all] hermetic Dec 21 OP

Queen Esther by John Irving. NoRethugFriends Dec 21 #1

From Fiction Data Base hermetic Dec 21 #3

Yup. Never disappoints NoRethugFriends Dec 21 #6

"After Midnight", a collection of stories by PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 21 #2

That sounds interesting hermetic Dec 21 #4

I've so far read three of the thirteen stories, PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 21 #11

When I saw "Lunch with Connie" right under the post about... Trueblue Texan Dec 21 #16

YES! I should try to write that story. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 21 #19

Just finished "Don't Let Him In" by Lisa Jewell. I brought back 4 books since it's hard to find novels in English here. sinkingfeeling Dec 21 #5

Yeah hermetic Dec 21 #7

"The Trees" Percival Everett. nt Laffy Kat Dec 21 #8

That's on my TBR list hermetic Dec 21 #9

I grabbed a copy of "The Trees" after reading "James". Laffy Kat Dec 22 #20

The government economic reports relayerbob Dec 21 #10

My gift to myself: Black Wolf/Louise Penny. Trying to savor. I cbabe Dec 21 #12

All Happy Holidays to you! txwhitedove Dec 21 #13

Amsterdam is currently on my virtual WTR shelf mentalsolstice Dec 21 #14

Reading non-fiction and fiction. Trueblue Texan Dec 21 #15

I will probably finish, "Brimstone," tonight Bayard Dec 21 #17

You can get them for free hermetic Dec 21 #18

Still reading Daniel Silva's Portrait of a Spy. Or actually returned to reading ..... yellowdogintexas Dec 22 #21

From my latest trip to the library, I got MIButterfly Dec 22 #22