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Kablooie

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26. Fear by Bob Woodward.

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Thu Mar 28, 2019, 03:54 AM

Mar 2019

You can forget about today and live in the glorious past of last year.

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Books to escape today's world? What would you suggest? [View all] bobbieinok Mar 2019 OP

The Nancy Drew Mysteries. madaboutharry Mar 2019 #1

Calvin and Hobbes...... fNord Mar 2019 #2

Actually, RAW is all-too-relevant to today's world... First Speaker Mar 2019 #6

I've a copy if "Illuminautas!" On audio.....I like to listen to it on random..... fNord Mar 2019 #7

Ever read the "Cosmic Trigger" trilogy? That's more relevant than ever, too... First Speaker Mar 2019 #8

Oh yes..... fNord Mar 2019 #9

Sedaris eyeofnewt Mar 2019 #3

After devouring the two most recent film versions, I listened to the audio book fierywoman Mar 2019 #4

Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie, Jane Austen, Georgette Heyer First Speaker Mar 2019 #5

Jane Austen is one of my go-to's, too. lilactime Mar 2019 #17

Elizabeth Peters, the Amelia Peabody series. Read in order. ms liberty Mar 2019 #10

Love E Peters. Also the books she wrote under the name Barbara Michaels bobbieinok Mar 2019 #11

I've read the entire series twice. Once before I visited Egypt and sinkingfeeling Mar 2019 #49

My all time favorite for that is L.M. Montgomery's books. lilactime Mar 2019 #12

2 most favorite LMA books--Little Men and Eight Cousins bobbieinok Mar 2019 #15

I've read both of those - when I was a kid I couldn't get past Jo's friendship lilactime Mar 2019 #16

Didn't see 90s film but heard in that the prof was Italian. Totally WRONG bobbieinok Mar 2019 #18

He was played by Gabriel Byrne, who is Irish. In the 1949 version he was lilactime Mar 2019 #19

I loved Eight Cousins and the sequel Rose In BLoom yellowdogintexas Mar 2019 #23

L. M. Montgomery! CharleyDog Mar 2019 #31

I didn't discover that series until I came across EONM at a used book sale lilactime Mar 2019 #35

... Major Nikon Mar 2019 #13

I love LMA and GH! Right now I'm on a Dickens kick. 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2019 #14

Water for Elephants Auggie Mar 2019 #20

Swiss Family Robinson Luvapottamus Mar 2019 #21

The Aunt Dimity series by Nancy Atherton backtoblue Mar 2019 #22

I love cozy mysteries. There are so many series avebury Mar 2019 #28

two little known Shirley Jackson novels: yellowdogintexas Mar 2019 #24

A favorite Shirley Jackson: CharleyDog Mar 2019 #32

Oh yes! Those 2 are real winners! bobbieinok Mar 2019 #38

Another fan! I first read Life Among the Savages when I was maybe 12 yellowdogintexas Mar 2019 #54

anything by Sir Terry Prachett; Cold Comfort Farm nt yellowdogintexas Mar 2019 #25

Fear by Bob Woodward. Kablooie Mar 2019 #26

I tried reading that, but then thought, CharleyDog Mar 2019 #33

Silverlock, John Myers shenmue Mar 2019 #27

Welllll......how escapist do you want to get? DFW Mar 2019 #29

The Time Cellar! That is a neat little book. yellowdogintexas Mar 2019 #53

Glad you agree with my suggestion! DFW Mar 2019 #57

Time and Again by Jack Finney iamateacher Mar 2019 #30

Hey! MY book got a great favorable review comparing it to Time And Again! DFW Mar 2019 #46

Gulf Coast/Creole/Cajun cookbooks DinahMoeHum Mar 2019 #34

I used to love Lulu's down on the Floribama Coast. nolabear Mar 2019 #56

The Ginger Man, Treasure Island Cicada Mar 2019 #36

I have never been more emotionally involved... quickesst Mar 2019 #37

I'd heartily recommend John Muir's (1838-1914) Harker Mar 2019 #39

The Jalna series. About the Whiteoak family saga. Highly recommend. nt UniteFightBack Mar 2019 #40

I loved those books. irisblue Mar 2019 #42

So did I. Never read them all though yellowdogintexas Mar 2019 #55

New books or old? Or does it make a difference? ProudLib72 Mar 2019 #41

...And Ladies of the Club" 1982 irisblue Mar 2019 #43

Any Ian Rankin book. British detective stories are much less zooks Mar 2019 #44

"The Agony and the Ecstasy" will transport you to Tuscany Coventina Mar 2019 #45

Any thing by PG Wodehouse, his stories reside in a dimly but pleasant Edwardian time, even the more mulsh Mar 2019 #47

Have you read his short story Uncle Fred Flits By? Hysterically funny bobbieinok Mar 2019 #48

Hope Never Dies by Andrew Shaffer. sinkingfeeling Mar 2019 #50

I loved Georgette Heyer leftieNanner Mar 2019 #51

The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins flyingfysh Mar 2019 #52