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2017 Weekly Threads > Week 38- What Are You Reading?

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Joanna | 809 comments Mod
Best-selling lawyer-turned-author John Grisham came out of retirement to take a case for an old client. He won.

The opening of Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities"- It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, etc.- is an example of what literary device? Take a guess here.

For some reason I didn't think it was going to rain today but as I sit here, rain is thudding against the roof. My co-worker just pointed out that Jose is supposed to be brushing past us so perhaps this is his way of saying "Hello." As long as he stays far out to sea, I'm good.

What is everyone reading this week? I finished a fun book called Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve which combined statistics and novels to look at various trends. I love numbers so it was right up my alley. Currently working on Wonder Woman: Warbringer and Star Wars: Fatal Alliance. Next in queue, I have Chokshi's A Crown of Wishes. Went to Norfolk and checked out 10 books but I don't know which one I want to read next from that pile.

I asked last week and got a few responses (thank you to those who answered!) but I need some more input- if you were in a book club, would you rather everyone read the same book or read a book by the same author?

Happy reading!

Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve What the Numbers Reveal About the Classics, Bestsellers, and Our Own Writing by Ben Blatt Wonder Woman Warbringer (DC Icons, #1) by Leigh Bardugo Fatal Alliance (Star Wars The Old Republic, #3) by Sean Williams A Crown of Wishes (The Star-Touched Queen, #2) by Roshani Chokshi


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Ingrid Hurst (bookrdr) | 285 comments I just finished listening to The Gingerbread Girl by Stephen King. I was surprised it was only two discs.
For reading, I picked up my first Jonathan Kellerman book. Evidence. It's not as fast paced as I usually like, but it's still good.


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Ann (ann-fracturedfiction) | 516 comments I've finished reading The Mech Who Loved Me by Bec McMaster, and somehow have 4 books going now: Wired to Create, This Old Homicide by Kate Carlisle, Death by Coffee by Alex Erickson, and The Fellowship of the ring.
I think it would make more sense for everyone to read the same book, that way there would be more to discuss, and the discussion could be more detailed.
The Mech Who Loved Me (London Steampunk The Blue Blood Conspiracy #2) by Bec McMaster
Wired to Create Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind by Scott Barry Kaufman This Old Homicide (A Fixer-Upper Mystery, #2) by Kate Carlisle Death by Coffee by Alex Erickson The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) by J.R.R. Tolkien


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