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yellowdogintexas

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21. The Secretary

Wed Sep 22, 2021, 11:22 PM

Sep 2021

a woman serves as a secretary for a Nazi muckety muck and ends up in the Resistance. Fast forward to the wall coming down and her granddaughter's discovery of her grandmother's past

Very good

ALso a strange little book called 'Home'

Aging cop, dying of cancer lives on Coney Island and has never even been off the island.
Considers the Island his beat and in his 80s still keeps an eye on things
He encounters a very tall and big man who lived on the island then left and has now returned. Strange and mystial events ensue.

THeir lives are intertwined in ways neither of them realized.

The story goes back and forth in time, involves a little fantasy, but it is mostly about the connection between these two men

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What are the BEST BOOKS you've read in 2021? [View all] hermetic Jan 2021 OP

I haven't read any. It's only the 2nd of January. lol judesedit Jan 2021 #1

Actually hermetic Jan 2021 #2

Well, that's awesome! I could probably get a chapter in a day lol judesedit Jan 2021 #5

I have only read one so far (but I liked it). LisaM Jan 2021 #3

Ty for sharing! SheltieLover Jan 2021 #9

have you read any of the Discworld novels by Sir Terry Pratchett? yellowdogintexas Sep 2021 #22

Not yet... SheltieLover Sep 2021 #23

I haven't finished one since early in 2020. By the time I would usually grab Backseat Driver Jan 2021 #4

Maybe if you find a really compelling book? SheltieLover Jan 2021 #8

I am a huge proponent of re-reading. LisaM Jan 2021 #13

I just started, Parallel Lives by Phyllis Rose. Polly Hennessey Jan 2021 #6

I really liked that book LisaM Jan 2021 #11

Definitely the Joe Gray series SheltieLover Jan 2021 #7

The Night Watchman, cilla4progress Jan 2021 #10

Now I have read two. LisaM Jan 2021 #12

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell Oldem Jan 2021 #14

Adding Michael Christie's book Greenwood to my list japple Apr 2021 #15

Historical Novels CozyMystery May 2021 #16

"Tell The Wolves I'm Home" bif Jun 2021 #17

Gai-Jin by James Clavell Zorro Jul 2021 #18

I love Clavell's works and have read them all. yellowdogintexas Sep 2021 #24

"War Girls" by Tochi Onyebuchi LearnedHand Jul 2021 #19

The "Murderbot Diaries" series by Martha Wells LearnedHand Jul 2021 #20

The Secretary yellowdogintexas Sep 2021 #21