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hermetic

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Sun May 12, 2024, 10:30 AM May 2024

What Fiction are you reading this week, May 12, 2024? [View all]

Happy Mothers' Day, to those who participate.

A family owned bookshop in the heart of St Andrews, with over 50,000 titles, rolling ladders and complimentary tea and coffee.

I'm reading the amazing I Cheerfully Refuse by Lief Enger. Set in a not-too-distant future America, the tale of a bereaved and pursued musician embarking under sail on Lake Superior in search of his departed, deeply loved, bookselling wife. "A rollicking narrative in the most evocative of settings, this latest novel is a symphony against despair and a rallying cry for the future," dystopian as it appears to be.

Listening to The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal. Just started this novel of family, Midwestern values, hard work, fate and the secrets of making a world-class beer. "Drink lots, it's Blotz!" Fun story.

Read any good family books lately?

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The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu LuvLoogie May 2024 #1
Dresden Files series Diraven May 2024 #2
5th Element AKwannabe May 2024 #3
A Man in Full. Exquisitely hysterical. MOMFUDSKI May 2024 #4
Tom Wolfe? hermetic May 2024 #10
Finished "The Winter Orphans" by Kristen Beck mentalsolstice May 2024 #5
Nice! hermetic May 2024 #11
Finished, "First Family," by David Baldacci Bayard May 2024 #6
Alright! hermetic May 2024 #8
I didn't know it was a series, Bayard May 2024 #14
Other-Worldly week NanaCat May 2024 #7
I read the Enger NanaCat May 2024 #9
Seriously hermetic May 2024 #12
Indeed NanaCat May 2024 #13
I just finished the 14th Issac Bell novel entitled rsdsharp May 2024 #15
Good eye hermetic May 2024 #16
It's way more than 27; I own more than that myself. By my count it's currently 99. rsdsharp May 2024 #18
I remember reading The Lager Queen of Minnesota many years ago. It was a fun book. japple May 2024 #17
Cheers!! hermetic May 2024 #19
I just started One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin yellowdogintexas May 2024 #20
eBooks are real books NanaCat May 2024 #21
"actual" book refers to the physical format. Of course ebooks are real yellowdogintexas May 2024 #22
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