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Bayard

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7. Finished, "A Calamity of Souls", by David Balducci

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Sun Feb 8, 2026, 12:23 PM

Yesterday

Its a wowzer. Recommend. "Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially charged murder case sets a duo of white and Black lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they work to defend their wrongfully accused Black defendants in this courtroom drama."

Reading, "Thief Of Time," by Tony Hillerman. Leaphorn and Chee investigating an anthropologist's disappearance in Anasazi ruins.

"Road to Roswell," sounds like fun. Will look for it.

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What Fiction are you reading this week, February 8, 2026? [View all] hermetic Yesterday OP

James NoRethugFriends Yesterday #1

That is hermetic Yesterday #2

I also highly recommend My Jim by Nancy Rawles. cbabe Yesterday #4

That does sound good hermetic Yesterday #6

Jack Higgins - The Eagle Has Landed bucolic_frolic Yesterday #3

From 1975 hermetic Yesterday #8

Boy, I must have read that more than 40 years ago. rsdsharp 14 hrs ago #15

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Finished, "A Calamity of Souls", by David Balducci Bayard Yesterday #7

Just got on the waiting list for hermetic Yesterday #9

Comfort re-reading a stack of Lee Child's Jack Reacher. Enjoying the depth and detail. cbabe Yesterday #10

Finished re-reading "Lords of the North" by Bernard Cornwell. Number9Dream 22 hrs ago #11

Hi!! hermetic 21 hrs ago #12

The Director- Daniel Kehlmann duckworth969 20 hrs ago #13

This is brand new hermetic 20 hrs ago #14

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