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cbabe

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1. All those books sound great. I dipped into

Reply to hermetic (Original post)

Sun May 24, 2026, 12:20 PM

19 hrs ago

two Jess Walter’s titles. Way too noir for me. I also tried Blood Trail by Query and Query. Supernatural noir horror thriller in Montana mountains. Yep, nitty gritty cowboy heroes. Not for me, either.

Got my happy back with Sandford’s Holy Ghost. Virgil and potpies and a great Lego heist.

Finally, du’er danascot is wondering what books made you laugh out loud?

The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com › books › 2026 › may › 23 › i-laughed-out-loud-dozens-of-times-authors-choose-books-to-make-you-fall-back-in-love-with-reading

'I laughed out loud dozens of times': authors choose books to make you ...
1 day agoI think we're often rightly sceptical of reviews that say a book is "laugh-out-loud funny" because, when we read them, they're often, at best,

https://www.democraticunderground.com/119325706

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What Fiction are you reading this week, May 24, 2026? [View all] hermetic 19 hrs ago OP

All those books sound great. I dipped into cbabe 19 hrs ago #1

The Proving Ground by Michael Connelly MIButterfly 17 hrs ago #2

The Lincoln Lawyer hermetic 17 hrs ago #3

I read "Extinction", but didn't know of existence of "Paradox" Number9Dream 16 hrs ago #4

Yeah, that hermetic 15 hrs ago #5