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cbabe

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10. Thanks. The mom is not likeable which keeps me from

Sun Oct 19, 2025, 11:56 AM

Oct 2025

liking the book much. I also wanted more of the FEMA camp captain and her daughter.

Mom trying to enroll kids in local school and being denied brought up thoughts of Japanese camps. Not real Americans.

Also realize not everything can be included but no bugs, no disease, no real crime.

You?

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What Fiction are you reading this week, October 19, 2025? [View all] hermetic Oct 2025 OP

The Displacements/Bruce Holsinger cbabe Oct 2025 #1

Yes indeed hermetic Oct 2025 #2

Finished it yesterday mentalsolstice Oct 2025 #5

Thanks. The mom is not likeable which keeps me from cbabe Oct 2025 #10

I agree about the FEMA Captain mentalsolstice Oct 2025 #13

Maybe a few mentions of rattlesnakes and tarantulas to set the scene. cbabe Oct 2025 #15

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Agreed hermetic Oct 2025 #9

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I'm stuck Jilly_in_VA Oct 2025 #7

"Handle With Care" by Jodi Picoult mentalsolstice Oct 2025 #8

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Sounds good hermetic Oct 2025 #12

After you've read it, let me know what you think. MIButterfly Oct 2025 #18

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Oooohhh hermetic Oct 2025 #17

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