What Fiction are you reading this week, June 9, 2024?

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13. Just finished reading Lief Erickson's, I Cheerfully Refuse last night

and was blown away. I don't want to give away the plot in case others plan to read it, but it got mighty bleak at one point. Much to my relief, fortunes turned and justice was
served and my faith was restored!

I have just started a rather cozy book, Sipsworth, Simon Van Booy.

Following the loss of her husband and son, Helen Cartwright returns to the village of her childhood after living abroad for six decades. Her only wish is to die quickly and without fuss. She retreats into her home on Westminster Crescent, becoming a creature of routine and habit: “Each day was an impersonation of the one before with only a slight shuffle—as though even for death there is a queue.”
Then, one cold winter night, a chance encounter with a mouse sets Helen on a surprising journey.
Sipsworth is a reminder that there can be second chances. No matter what we have planned for ourselves, sometimes life has plans of its own. With profound compassion, Simon Van Booy illuminates not only a deep friendship forged between two lonely creatures, but the reverberations of goodness that ripple out from that unique bond.

Thank you for the weekly thread, hermetic. Love the Queen Victoria library. It is beautiful.