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scarletwoman

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2. Thank you for posting this!
Tue May 26, 2015, 05:26 PM
May 2015

I looked it up and it sounds like a very intense read! I'm glad you brought it up, I don't think I would have ever heard about this book otherwise.

Preparation for the Next Life by Atticus Lish. (nt) enough May 2015 #1
Thank you for posting this! scarletwoman May 2015 #2
Okay.. Enthusiast May 2015 #3
Thank you, Enthusiast! scarletwoman May 2015 #5
I just ordered used copies of The Long-Shining Waters and Safe From the Sea. Enthusiast May 2015 #4
I hope you'll enjoy them! scarletwoman May 2015 #6
Ah...just read a review about Sweetland and immediately wanted Laura PourMeADrink May 2015 #7
Thank you. "The Confession" sounds intense. scarletwoman May 2015 #10
You could probably get it at a used book store now. Highly recommended. BTW Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2015 #18
I stopped buying books years and years ago. I get my books exclusively from the library. scarletwoman Jun 2015 #19
Top mystery nominees from Strand Magazine Critics Awards mainer May 2015 #8
Thank you for the lists. I've only read one of the books listed, "The Secret Place" by Tana French. scarletwoman May 2015 #9
I just got done reading "The Kind Worth Killing' SheilaT May 2015 #11
We enjoyed The Girl With A Clock for a Heart. I haven't read The Kind Worth Killing yet. Enthusiast May 2015 #12
The Kind Worth Killing SheilaT May 2015 #13
I will add that one to my list, Sheila. Thanks. Enthusiast May 2015 #14
Not necessarily in rank order japple May 2015 #15
Thanks! I'm going to have to look most of them up - except for "The High Divide" & "Wilderness". scarletwoman May 2015 #16
I'm adding to my list, too. Thanks everyone for these japple Jun 2015 #17
New to me this year Hula Popper Sep 2015 #29
In no particular order..... eissa Jun 2015 #20
Thank you for adding to this thread! scarletwoman Jun 2015 #21
Vargas Llosa was a late discovery for me eissa Jun 2015 #22
I must confess, I've never read any South American authors. scarletwoman Jun 2015 #23
They're new to me as well eissa Jun 2015 #24
Try the poetry of Pablo Neruda. mackerel Jul 2015 #25
I became interested in him after reading Salvador Allende's biography eissa Jul 2015 #27
Two books come to mind. ZombieHorde Jul 2015 #26
"The Cartel" by Don Winslow. argyl Aug 2015 #28
Hello, argyl! Enthusiast Sep 2015 #30
The best novel this year pscot Nov 2015 #31
Thank you, pscot. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #32
Did you read the trilogy? hermetic Nov 2015 #33
I did pscot Nov 2015 #34
Since it is still 2015 I thought I should update. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #35
Thanks, Enthusiast! I'm really going to have to read some more Michael Crummey books, too. scarletwoman Nov 2015 #36
Hi scarletwoman! I do know exactly what you mean. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #37
Out of all the scores of books I've read since I started this thread, there's one in particular scarletwoman Nov 2015 #38
I believe we have In Bitter Chill on order. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #39
Time to unpin this thread and move on into 2016. scarletwoman Jan 2016 #40
WOW - found this and must tell you about the one I'm loving now Mira Jan 2016 #41
My very favorite!n/t Dalai_1 Jan 2016 #42
Hi Mira, hermetic Jan 2016 #43
Happy to see this book has found another admirer. It's one of my favorites japple Jan 2016 #44
Kim Stanley Robinson SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 #45
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