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55. Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

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Tue Mar 26, 2024, 05:25 PM

Mar 2024

Loved it. we read it for book group. So much discussion of pertinent topics.

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What's the last book you read? How would rate it---5 being great ---1 being it is not a reread. [View all] debm55 Mar 2024 OP

Can't remember. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2024 #1

Thanks, OAITW r.2.0 debm55 Mar 2024 #2

Backatcha. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2024 #3

Wizards First Rule Diraven Mar 2024 #4

TY, Dirvaen. You might want to try the library. You don't have to pay for the books and when you take them back , they debm55 Mar 2024 #5

I read maybe 12 of those. yellowdogintexas Mar 2024 #13

Peter Straub's Shadow Land. limbicnuminousity Mar 2024 #6

thank you very much, ;lim,bicnuminiousity. will give it a chance. debm55 Mar 2024 #8

Jesus in the Talmud - 5. But at my age nothing is a reread. UTUSN Mar 2024 #7

TY, UTUSN. It seems like a unique book. debm55 Mar 2024 #9

I finished Octavia Butler's book 1 "Dawn" of her Xeogenisis/Lilith's Brood Trilogy... electric_blue68 Mar 2024 #10

I have The Patternist series. Caught it on deep discount for my kindle yellowdogintexas Mar 2024 #14

What are you reading? electric_blue68 Mar 2024 #17

TY electric_blue68. Sounds good. debm55 Mar 2024 #38

Thank you Tikki. Sounds like a good read of a good man debm55 Mar 2024 #39

The Key To Justice by Dennis Carstens yellowdogintexas Mar 2024 #12

I read several in that series. rogerashton Mar 2024 #26

Ty yellowdogintexas. I like surprise endings. Thanks for the recommendation. debm55 Mar 2024 #40

The Land of Milk & Honey, by C Pam Zhang. Not for everybody, but 5 stars from me. Hekate Mar 2024 #15

TY Hekate. I sounds interesting. Thank you for the recommendation debm55 Mar 2024 #41

Connie Willis -- The Road to Roswell. hunter Mar 2024 #16

Last one I finished was fiction - Victory City by Salman Rushdie; give it a 4 Backseat Driver Mar 2024 #18

Victory City by Salman Rushdie - 4 star rating, debm55. Backseat Driver Mar 2024 #19

"read" Fact or Fiction 2: 50 (More) Popular Myths Explained Behind the Aegis Mar 2024 #20

"The Guns of August", by Barbara Tuchman. I'd give it a 5. Mister Ed Mar 2024 #21

Been reading some Jeffrey Deaver books maxrandb Mar 2024 #22

Jeffrey Deaver is one of my favorites. yellowdogintexas Mar 2024 #42

I'm Your Huckleberry: A Memoir from Val Kilmer Niagara Mar 2024 #23

I loved that book too! bedazzled Mar 2024 #31

Val certainly put his heart and soul writing his autobiography. Niagara Mar 2024 #43

He is so talented bedazzled Mar 2024 #44

Here's one of his last interviews before he lost his voice. Niagara Mar 2024 #45

AMAZING! THANKS SO MUCH! bedazzled Mar 2024 #46

You're welcome, bedazzled. Niagara Mar 2024 #47

Here's an interesting article back at ya bedazzled Mar 2024 #48

Thank you sharing this article, bedazzled! Niagara Mar 2024 #49

The Children of First Man by James Alexander Thom birdographer Mar 2024 #24

OH good, Thank you birdographer. I will see if I can get it at the library. debm55 Mar 2024 #37

Apartment 16 by Adam Nevill. Elessar Zappa Mar 2024 #25

Ty so much fpr the recommendations, debm55 Mar 2024 #36

Just finished The Family Remains MontanaMama Mar 2024 #27

Thank you MontanaMama. I just think I found my summer reads. debm55 Mar 2024 #35

Two men named Connelly Cartoonist Mar 2024 #28

Oh my, not so good reads. Sorry debm55 Mar 2024 #34

William Manchester's A World Lit Only By Fire... mike_c Mar 2024 #29

TY mike_c . It spunds like some excellent reading. debm55 Mar 2024 #33

"The Manicurist's Daughter" by Susan Lieu bedazzled Mar 2024 #30

Ty. bedazzled. I will try to locate. debm55 Mar 2024 #32

Chronicle Of The Pharaohs. Aristus Mar 2024 #50

Been reading James Patterson's mystery series... Jrose Mar 2024 #51

For me this is a funny question bucolic_frolic Mar 2024 #52

Charlotte's Web Charlie Chapulin Mar 2024 #53

Am in the middle of The Ghost Orchid by MOMFUDSKI Mar 2024 #54

Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride rainy Mar 2024 #55

Life, Keith Richards' autobiography. Mr.Bill Mar 2024 #56