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(group member since Jan 30, 2019)
Sean’s
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from the Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die group.
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Hi! I am Sean. I live in Sunny San Diego, California. I began reading from one list or another since I was in high school. It began my love of lists and classic lit. When I found Boxall's list it was a perfect fit for what I had been reading, and I was very happy that it was getting periodic updates (let's hope they continue). I will be your group-read moderator. Love to see everybody join in.
Happy reading everybody.
David wrote: "Anyone can vote for up to 100 books on a list. The first ranked gets 100 points, the second 99, and so on until the 100th ranked gets 1 point. The list ranking is decided by the total number of poi..."Great explanation David. Thank you
Karen wrote: "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die(All Editions Combined 2018 Edition – 1316 books)
https://www.listchallenges.com/1001-b......"
One thing to be aware of, this list has one error. There should be only 1315 books. This list contains Le Neveu de Rameau and the combo book: Rameau's Nephew / D'Alembert's Dream. It seems to have been inadvertatly duplicated.
Actually, If you want to put Cheese in the right place it should be 432. That would fix everything. Giving it the title and making it 432.
Fantastic. Thank you Karen. I found a couple things you might want to update. I started looking because there should only be 1315.
In the # column, 432 is missing. When you adjust all the numbers, you will get Winter as #1314. Then the one at the bottom (original title: "Kaas" (when sorting by #) has a blank title and no #. It becomes 1315. The title should be "Cheese".
Just in case you are watching this thread and didn't notice that the upcoming reads section has been updated, the vote is ended and the results are in:February
Cutter and Bone by Newton Thornburg
March
Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz
Next quarter we will be back to voting here on GR. Thank you to everybody who was patient with us during this transition.
Happy reading and see you in the group read threads.
Mia wrote: "I finished Pakenija by Marcel Proust. This was one of my favorites from the serie."Good to know! and I keep hearing that #7 is the best so you have the best yet to come
Great news! Thank you to everybody who emailed support and got us our group back!
David wrote: "Continuing my reading of Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe novels, I just finished Farewell, My Lovely. I don't think I enjoyed this as much as The Big Sleep, as the plot ..."Following behind you. I just finished The Big Sleep. I will be starting Farewell, My Lovely soon, but I have a few book club books to knock out first.
Now I can see where all the comparisons came from in the Red Harvest thread. Definitely able to compare and contrast moral ideals. I loved the slang in this book too. Although a slightly different set than that Hammett used.
I really enjoyed this historical fiction. Seems I have been reading a lot about his time period of late. But I had yet to hear about it from the Habsberg side of it. The story within the history was also a great read. From the grandfather to the grandson, the whole life of the von Trotta's is cyclical. Not to mention the many parallels throughout the book.
Masterfully described, the decline of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was eminent and it felt like it was all tied to this family in one way or another.
After all the talk about Raymond Chandler's Marlow, on the Red Harvest group thread, I decided to start The Big Sleep.
Looks like we need another update:Updating the list with the books on here listed as "nonfiction" by Goodreads. Others may be arguably non-fiction like On the Road, Promise at Dawn, A Modest Proposal, and The Things They Carried... but they are listed as "fiction" here.
Survival in Auschwitz
The Drowned and the Saved
Schindler's List
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
In Cold Blood
Walden
Dispatches
Storm of Steel
H is for Hawk
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Cider With Rosie
Testament of Youth
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
The Rebel
The Reveries of a Solitary Walker
Out of Africa
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
Down Second Avenue: Growing Up in a South African Ghetto
Before Night Falls
A Tale of Love and Darkness
Confessions
Memory of Fire
The Conquest of New Spain
Facundo: or Civilization and Barbarism
On the Heights of Despair
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Written by Himself
Borstal Boy
Fantastic. Thank you for the update Petra!
I did notice the differences with the poll. On the next poll thread (if we have to do it this way again come March (I hope we don't)), I will post the options on the first post along with the vote link so we can see them afterwards. I can also post the results link now. That will be the link to click if you want to see how the voting is going. The only things that will now be different is that you won't be able to change your vote like you could on the GR poll, and you won't be able to see who voted for what. That's what this threadl is for, if you would like to share.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-KLY63CC57/
Jasmine wrote: "thank you Sean for sending me "The List" I took the survey and if I were to die tomorrow, I would be a failure. I've only read or have on my list to be read this year 17 of 1001. I need to get to w..."It'll be great to have you here. Be sure to let us know which ones you are reading and which ones you finish. And don't forget the name of the book! You MUST read them. Not "should" read them, or "might wanna" read them. YOU MUST! (musty or not...)
Andrea wrote: "Pleasantly surprised that my library had copies of Radetzky March in both ebook and audiobook versions on Hoopla!"Hoopla is great. Every library should join.
Great news. I have not heard from them yet. But we only need one of us to get a foot in the door.
