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cbabe

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4. Harbor Lights/James Lee Burke

Reply to hermetic (Original post)

Sun Jan 14, 2024, 02:24 PM

Jan 2024

New short story collection.

I rarely read short stories. By the time I’m into the story, it’s over.

But. Burke is breathtaking. Transcendent prose. Characters are persons in one line. American landscape is sublime.

Also dark and light perfectly balanced.

Spoils me for other writers.

Reading pages over and over.

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What Fiction are you reading this week, January 14, 2024? [View all] hermetic Jan 2024 OP

I'm reading Victims by Jonathan Kellerman. brer cat Jan 2024 #1

Sounds pretty creepy hermetic Jan 2024 #2

Mystery-Thrillapalooza! ExWhoDoesntCare Jan 2024 #3

Sounds like a great way hermetic Jan 2024 #6

I really liked Spy Coast. My first Tess Garritsen book. nt yellowdogintexas Jan 2024 #15

It'll be my first one as well ExWhoDoesntCare Jan 2024 #17

that actress is Angie Harmon, daughter of Mark Harmon yellowdogintexas Jan 2024 #18

Harbor Lights/James Lee Burke cbabe Jan 2024 #4

That sounds wonderful hermetic Jan 2024 #7

Excellent writing indeed ExWhoDoesntCare Jan 2024 #19

Rereading 'Robicheaux' . About a third of the cbabe Jan 2024 #20

Almost finished with, "Don't Fear the Reaper," Bayard Jan 2024 #5

This story is related hermetic Jan 2024 #8

Finishing up the book I recommended last week: Jeff Fields's japple Jan 2024 #9

Re-reading "The Judas Strain" by James Rollins Number9Dream Jan 2024 #10

Wonderful! hermetic Jan 2024 #12

Less by Andrew Sean Greer... bahboo Jan 2024 #11

That sounds really great. hermetic Jan 2024 #13

Just finished "Notes on an Execution" by Danya Kukafka mentalsolstice Jan 2024 #14

I just started "White Crime A Kat Makris Greek Mafia Mystery yellowdogintexas Jan 2024 #16