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hermetic

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Sun Dec 31, 2023, 02:29 PM Dec 2023

What Fiction are you reading this week, December 31, 2023? [View all]

Goodbye, adios, adieu, sayonara 2023

So long, and thanks for all the books

Reading With No One As Witness by Elizabeth George.
"The police never suspected a serial killer was at large until they found the fourth murdered boy--the first white victim--his body draped over a tomb in a London graveyard. Suddenly a series of crimes and a potential public relations disaster have Scotland Yard on the defensive, scrambling to apprehend a maniac while avoiding accusations of racism." Good story. At 630 pages this will see me well on the way into 2024.

I just read Sleeping Beauties Part 1 of the graphic novel. This is certainly an intriguing tale, and pretty gruesome. The art work is odd at times but adds to the story's weirdness. The pictures of animals, though, can be quite stunning. I'm glad I decided to read this instead of King's 720-page novel.

Listening to The Last Devil to Die By Richard Osman, #4 in the Thursday Murder Club series.
"It's rarely a quiet day for the Thursday Murder Club. Shocking news reaches them -- an old friend has been killed, and a dangerous package he was protecting has gone missing."

What books will you be reading on your trek into 2024?

Happy New Year!! Stay safe out there.

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"The Art of French Murder" by Colleen Cambridge. Paris, 1949. Julia Child niyad Dec 2023 #1
Nice! hermetic Dec 2023 #2
"Resurrection Walk" by Michael Connelly....&..."Nordic visions : the best of Nordic speculative fiction" albacore Dec 2023 #3
I am on hermetic Dec 2023 #5
Resurrection Walk: cbabe Dec 2023 #13
My Good Man Easterncedar Dec 2023 #4
An author to check out... hermetic Dec 2023 #6
The Book Corner in Niagara Falls Easterncedar Dec 2023 #9
Read his Give Me Some Truth ExWhoDoesntCare Dec 2023 #20
It felt very true to me Easterncedar Dec 2023 #21
I had a reading challenge prompt ExWhoDoesntCare Jan 2024 #22
I'm rereading Time to Hunt by Stephen Hunter rsdsharp Dec 2023 #7
Hunter has written a lot of books hermetic Dec 2023 #8
Still on my 19th C kick-- Thomas Hardy. viva la Dec 2023 #10
Hardy can be quite challenging ExWhoDoesntCare Jan 2024 #23
I think it's interesting how both he and the very different Trollope often have women protagonists viva la Jan 2024 #24
He did write some strong women ExWhoDoesntCare Jan 2024 #25
Oh--and even his pet dog was mean, LOL ExWhoDoesntCare Jan 2024 #26
A mean pet dog-- viva la Jan 2024 #27
"The Art of the Deal" By Donald J. Trump COL Mustard Dec 2023 #11
Not in favor of book burning hermetic Dec 2023 #12
With No One As Witness by Elizabeth George cbabe Dec 2023 #14
Lots of interesting titles listed here this week to add the my WTR list! mentalsolstice Dec 2023 #15
I have been quite busy so am winding up the year with Baby Ganesh yellowdogintexas Dec 2023 #16
Oooooh! ExWhoDoesntCare Jan 2024 #28
Happy New Year Fiction Group. Thank you, hermetic, for hosting this weekly japple Dec 2023 #17
I have added "Chenneville" to my WTR list. mentalsolstice Dec 2023 #18
I'm starting the new year by reading ExWhoDoesntCare Dec 2023 #19
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