Chel's comments
(member since Feb 20, 2009)
Chel's comments from the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die group.
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I just finished The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter. It was good.
I just started The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter. I am also currently reading volume two of three of Kristin Lavransdatter. Both are great.
I just finished The Summer Book. It is twenty-two grandmother and granddaughter vignettes of their life on an island in the Gulf of Finland during the summer. It was delightful with a sad undercurrent.
I finished volume 1 of Kristin Lavransdatter and am taking a break so I started The Summer Book. Kristin L. is remarkable and highly recommended so far. After The Summer Book I may read volume 2 of 3 volumes.
The Red Badge of Courage, Tom Sawyer, The Good Earth, and Roots should be on the list, to name a few.
I have read Northanger Abbey and I loved it. I thought her descriptions of the main character Catherine's thought processes as she comes of age to be remarkably tender, joyous, and humorous and really delved into the innocence and awe of a 17 year old leaving home for the first extended time. In Catherine the joys and angst of youth are described so well, it reminds me of springtime and growing up. This is the sole Austin novel I have read thus far and I'm looking forward to reading the rest of them. I totally loved NA and would recommend it to everyone, just ignore all the Austin hype and side industries, ignore the movies and serials, and read it. It was great!
I started the three volume, medieval, Norwegian epic Kristin Lavransdatter two days ago. The author, Undset, is a Nobel laureate. I am a third way through the first volume. It is very good.
Katherine wrote: "I am reading On the Road right now. I somehow convinced my US History professor that it was perfect for a book review, so I get class credit while I mark another book off the list!
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Way to go!
I just finished I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. It was awesome.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings It is very good so far.
I just finished All the Pretty Horses. I'd give it a 9 out of 10. It was a great adventure-type read but with lots of heart too.
I just finished The Good Soldier. It was worth reading but just ok in terms of repetitiveness but great in terms of the inner workings of people's minds who are in turmoil.
I started All the Pretty Horses. It is very good. I am putting off Hideous Kinky for later just because I want to read some other stuff first.
11% of old list, 9% of new list
I started The Good Soldier. I might put it on hold and read Hideous Kinky instead, I'll decide today.
I just finished The Invention of Curried Sausage. It was excellent, a 10 out of 10 I would say.
I just started The Invention of Curried Sausage. It seems like it will be really great.
I just finished Pricksongs and Descants. It is a very unusual book in the author's voice and use of language, structure, rhythm, and sensory descriptions. It is at once absurdist and sexually charged and, at times, moving. I would recommend it as a good example of postmodernist and minaturistic writing. It is not for everyone because it is very bizarre in places and highly unconventional.
I started Pricksongs and Descants two days ago.
The Sorrows of Young Werther. It was terrific.
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