Fiction

cbabe

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1. Three books:

Sun Apr 26, 2026, 12:16 PM

Apr 26

Nick Petrie/The Dark Time

Latest in the Ash series. Retired Marine with ptsd fights bad guys. Cult leader wants to blow up all electrical power. Funding from tech bros who want to own it all. Ash and friends race against time though rain and snowy mountains in the Pacific Northwest following threats and clues.

I like the earlier titles better but this is an ok page turner.

Just beginning Louise Erdrich/The Mighty Red

North Dakota working class families trying to survive 2008 economic collapse. I don’t care for family drama books but good gravy Erdrich can write. Every sentence is a telling haunting detail.

And Dick Francis/Proof for old friend palate cleanser.

Wine merchant teams with investigator tracking counterfeit wine. And horses. And murder.

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What Fiction are you reading this week, April 26, 2026? [View all] hermetic Apr 26 OP

Three books: cbabe Apr 26 #1

I totally agree hermetic Apr 26 #5

Still stuck on "The Girls in the Garden" by Lisa Jewel. I just can't get into it and I've read several of her others. sinkingfeeling Apr 26 #2

Looks like hermetic Apr 26 #6

Love the book tower. Overcast humid Sunday, saw daddy birds faceoff at txwhitedove Apr 26 #3

Stephen King liked that one hermetic Apr 26 #7

I enjoyed the first Mrs. Planky book. Glad that the author decided to follow with a second. Will be looking forward question everything Apr 27 #16

As clumsy as I am, I would not need to be anywhere near that tower! mentalsolstice Apr 26 #4

I think they are hermetic Apr 26 #8

Got it! hermetic Apr 26 #11

I've been reading the lesser known Robert Heinlein short stories. rsdsharp Apr 26 #9

Nice, hermetic Apr 26 #10

Starting Blackout by David Rosenfelt. Polly Hennessey Apr 26 #12

Good to hear hermetic Apr 26 #13

The Crichton book sounds good Bayard Apr 26 #14

Finished the Seven Sisters so I am out of Mobile for a while yellowdogintexas Apr 27 #15

Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear question everything Apr 27 #17

John Sandford's latest in the Lucas Davenport series. "Revenge Prey." Just started it, so no opinion yet. Vinca Apr 28 #18