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ok_cpu

(2,157 posts)
Sun May 19, 2024, 08:32 AM May 2024

'Heaven & Earth Grocery Store' or 'Middlemarch'. What to read next?

Just finishing Hanif Abdurraqib's amazing "There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension" (not fiction, but Abdurraqib is an incredible writer from Ohio) and was all set to start McBride next.

But, I've never read 'Middlemarch' and it's been popping up all over the place for me. Having a little moment. Almost feels like a sign.

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'Heaven & Earth Grocery Store' or 'Middlemarch'. What to read next? (Original Post) ok_cpu May 2024 OP
Time for you to read Middlemarch. Worth the effort. Polly Hennessey May 2024 #1
We have a few days of decent spring weather ahead of us ok_cpu May 2024 #2
I can highly recommend "The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store." Diamond_Dog May 2024 #3
I loved 'Deacon King Kong' ok_cpu May 2024 #4
My Liberal Ladies Book Club has chosen "The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store" for June yellowdogintexas May 2024 #6
Middlemarch is one of my favorite books. LisaM May 2024 #5

ok_cpu

(2,157 posts)
2. We have a few days of decent spring weather ahead of us
Sun May 19, 2024, 09:01 AM
May 2024

A nice start to Middlemarch on the deck just might work.

ok_cpu

(2,157 posts)
4. I loved 'Deacon King Kong'
Sun May 19, 2024, 09:18 AM
May 2024

I don't usually read more than one fiction book at a time, but maybe it's time for an exception.

yellowdogintexas

(22,701 posts)
6. My Liberal Ladies Book Club has chosen "The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store" for June
Mon May 27, 2024, 11:29 AM
May 2024

I scored an e-book edition from the library. This is the first book we have chosen which is readily available for our e-readers (lots of copies)

LisaM

(28,594 posts)
5. Middlemarch is one of my favorite books.
Wed May 22, 2024, 03:57 PM
May 2024

It does start slowly - fair warning - with a huge payoff.

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