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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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Over the last few days I have finished:North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell - If you like Jane Austen, you should like this. Just a little more gritty.
The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham - I have heard a lot of people in this group say how much they liked this one. I have to agree. I liked it a lot.
Germinal by Émile Zola. It took me many pages to finally get into it. But when it got good it got really good!
Correction by Thomas Bernhard. Ramble Ramble Ramble your way into insanity. Not as good as Extinction in my opinion. Even less of a plot. But I still enjoy his writing.
Finished Hunger by Knut Hamsun. I loved the writing. They say this stuff inspired Kafka. And everything that I've read that's said to be kafkaesque I've also loved. I think it's time for me to read Kafka.
Finished One, None and a Hundred Thousand by Luigi Pirandello. At times funny. At times insane. This philosophy often made sense and yet was comically obsessive all at the same time. Enjoyed my time with it.
Volume 4 open for discussion.
May 03, 2022 05:16AM
Thanks for jumping in Pat, I totally forgot that I didn't post on this book. I think I read it a little too early. I enjoyed the intrigue and the twists and turns it seemed to take. Less of a mystery and more of a thriller. I was never sure who was going to turn out to be the hero (rather than the "killer").
I liked Elizabeth's part in the book. She came off as very unlikeable to me at first, although I did sense that it wasn't her fault. Alec's attempts to protect her, despite her political leanings were admirable. And ultimately she was who I was rooting for despite Alec being our "main guy."
May 03, 2022 05:11AM
I picked up this book to read as the group read (minus the group) for May 2022 since I have already read Cider House Rules Slowly going to work my way up these past group reads whenever a previously read book is selected. I had a similar experience as many others. I felt that it was unbalanced. I did not mind the variable style. That was presented in the beginning so I was expecting it. But I had a hard time especially when it got very political. I thought most of the eroticism was portrayed bizarrely. Even to the point of distraction. It was a strange book to say the least. I'm sure it has a lot to say and is worth delving into, but I just couldn't seem to get there.
Welcome to the group, Da Cane! We look forward to reading with you. I see you have a lot going on in your reading world. I hope you can catch up. Most of us never do. It seems like the TBR list is every lengthening. It might seem like a chore to catch up with Monte Cristo but if you are so inclined, the discussion thread will remain up even after the 6-mohth period is expired. We will still enjoy reading your input. However, in July we should be starting another tome-sized selection. We will look forward to your input into that one!Welcome, again!
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera was a strange book that I found it a chore to keep following. Not going down as a favorite.
Karen wrote: "Sean wrote: "During the last few days I have started Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol......and Extinction by Thomas Bernhard."
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It actually wasn't too bad. As long as I didn't have anything on my mind. Took more breaks from it than usual.
I finished Extinction by Thomas Bernhard, It wasn't too tough, despite ZERO paragraph breaks. The stream of consciousness just flowed and flowed but was easy enough to follow. I liked it a lot. BTW, I'm 6 pages in to his Correction and it also seems to have ZERO paragraph breaks... and I've only seen two periods thus far. This might be more challenging.
