What Fiction are you reading this week, July 5, 2026?

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Still reading Dead Mountain. The hits just keep on coming. There's police corruption, FBI secrets, and courtroom drama. All brought about by the continuing mystery of the missing hikers.

Listened to The Queen of Poisons by Robert Thorogood, a Marlow Murder Club mystery. Veddy British, clever and amusing. I'll be looking for more of these.
Now listening to The Financial Lives of the Poets by Jess Walter, a comic and heartfelt novel. During the financial crisis of 2008 Matt Prior, who’s losing his job, his wife, his house, and his mind "all of a sudden discovers a way that he might just possibly be able to save it all, and have a pretty damn great time doing it." Quite enjoyable.

Hope everyone survived the "festivities." I felt like I was living in a war zone. It started Wednesday night and went on every night since. Can't help but wonder how so many people came up with hundreds of dollars for explosives to aggravate the neighbors and terrorize their animals.

Stay hydrated.