What Fiction are you reading this week, February 2, 2025?

[hermetic]

Just started reading The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich, "a story of love, natural forces, spiritual yearnings, and the tragic impact of uncontrollable circumstances on ordinary people's lives." The Red refers to the river.

Listening to Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King, from 1999. A collection of three novellas and two short stories, all connected. I was searching the library catalog for an available audio book and they suggested this. I had never heard of it so I looked it up and saw that it takes place in the 60s. "King mesmerizes readers with fiction deeply rooted in the Sixties." I had just read a discussion here on DU about being a teenager during that era, which I was, and had just had a chat here about King, so I figured it was a sign I should get this one. I'm glad I did. It's big, 21 hours. The beginning has many amusing events and great discussions about the importance of books. "Full of danger, full of suspense, and most of all full of heart." Also full of 60's tunes, in discussions and as background music.