What Fiction are you reading this week, May 2, 2021?
Harewood House, England
Reading Troubled Blood by "Robert Galbraith" who is actually J. K. Rowling. I wonder if she called herself that for J. K. Galbraith. hmmm. Anyway, it's been a long time since I last read a 1,000-page book and I am terrified of dropping it on my foot. It's really captivating, though. Just sails right along.
Listening to The Blessing Way, the very first Joe Leaphorn Mystery by Tony Hillerman from 1970. Also fascinating. I figured I had already seen this story on the TV series, but it would have lacked the marvelous prose Mr. H was so famous for. So I am really enjoying it.
What books are delighting you this week?
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The magic literature map says you might also enjoy Alice Munro, Anne Tyler, Elizabeth Strout, Sue Monk Kidd and Carol Shields. https://www.literature-map.com/ann+patchett 
Just a thought.
My daughter strongly recommends Where the Crawdads Sing, which I will read next, for fiction.
I like to have one fiction and one non-fiction going at the same time! 
I think I'll start writing notes, too, when I'm done. Like taking pictures, it will spur memories. I tend to forget books (and films) after I finish them!
Thanks! That was my next thought. 
Are they all real different as far as setting and theme?
I just "opened" Bel Canto. I see it is about opera (title should have given it away )!
Hating the platform, though - Overdrive, through my library system. Dutch House was on Hoopla, also from my library, but much better interface.
Going to see if I have Kindle on my notebook.
Outstanding feminist read! Very unique, a tad paraormal, with some mythological connections.
Now working my way through her Mudbug series, also well written.
Wow! DeLeon is really a prolific author and quite talented.
As well as her Mudbug series which is also a bit paranormal. I suggest starting with Trouble in Mudbug, the 1st in the series. I read them out of order as they came available in e-form through library & that works too.
DeLeon is really proficient across the cozy genres. One of my fav authors since Wrong Side of 40, and she seems to write several per year! 
Wrong side of 40 is said to be the firstin a new series as well! 
Enjoy!
Great gift choice.
Mr. Gentill has written quite a few, with 2 not yet published. He seems quite popular. He has one, Crossing the Lines, which sounds really interesting: It's about the process of creation, a gradual undermining of the authority of the author as the act of writing spirals away and merges with the story being told, a self-referring narrative crossing over boundaries leaving in question who to trust, and who and what is true. Wow. 
Klara and the Sun sounds great. "A thrilling book that offers a look at our changing world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator, and one that explores the fundamental question: what does it mean to love?"
Ishaguro won the Nobel Prize In Literature in 2017, and the Nobel committee described his books as "novels of great emotional force and said he has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world."
I look forward to your thoughts on it.
by Christian Cameron. Cameron's style and subject matter are like Bernard Cornwell's. Heroes in armor, fearless and dripping gore; one difference being that Cornwell's characters revel in it while Cameron's complain about all the killing, but, being Greeks, rationalize it with philosophy. Tyrant is set in the period after Alexander's death. War is a constant. Cameron is well versed in the weapons and tactics of the time and the series is broad in scope, ranging from Odessa to Alexandria. There are Amazons and elephants and some really nasty villains. All in all a ripping yarn. Highly recommended. My library only had the 1st of this series. I've bought 2 on Amazon for kindle.
Hi Hermetic