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from the Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die group.
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Here is a list with the women on the LIST:Women on the "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die" List
Looks like 285 titles. I didn't count the individual authors
As for LGBTQ, I would say start a new thread like the "war" thread, and people will start listing them I am sure.
Karen wrote: "Just finished by 600th book on the total list!For each Boxall edition:
2006 -- 500 books
2008 -- 474 books
2010 -- 472 books
2012 -- 481 books
2018 -- 477 books"
Wow Congrats!
Finished Walden by Henry David Thoreau. I was not sure what to expect. It wasn't exactly a page turner, but I am really glad I read it. The prose and poetry were as beautiful as the nature they described.
Oh that would be a really cool thing to see. I am definitely getting more out of it than I thought I would. It's about the most interesting boring book I've ever read.
Stephen wrote: "Just finished Henry David Thoreau's Walden."What did you think, Stephen? I am 2/3 finished with it.
Diane wrote: "Sean wrote: "Middlemarch by George Eliot"Big one."
Yes! I have to get these big ones out of the way every once in a while! I have been looking at it for years.
Finished A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway. It was a short and decent read. Nothing Earth-shattering.
Luís wrote: "Sean wrote: "I finished The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon. r..."Do you recommend it? I've read yet Gravity's Rainbow as my first one and recently read Mason & Dixon... More pleasant the last one (at least for me.)
If you like his style, then yes. It was weird and the ending was... I won't say.... but very funny as well.
I finished The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon. It was my first Pynchon. And now I understand why people say what they say. More next month when the group read thread opens.
Colleen wrote: "I finished Rites of Passage....actually the whole To The Ends of The Earth: Sea Trilogy. I enjoy William Golding's writing...haven't read many nautical novels."I liked Rites of Passage enough to have been glad I read it. But not enough to continue the series. He does have a nice writing style.
Started May's group read, The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon. This is some weird stuff. All I can say is you guys picked it, not me. I voted for Solaris!
Bryan "They call me the Doge" wrote: "That looks so boring to me, plus I don't like Rousseau anyway. My plan is to read Finnegan's Wake last, and Rousseau's Confessions next-to-last."I find it hilarious that you are planning what to read last! :D
That was always surprising to me as well.
I'm not even going to pretend that I was smart enough to fully understand this book. But I have heard so much about it that I WANTED to fully understand this book. So I got myself some help:Ulysses Summary
Without that, I still could have just sat back and reveled in the word play, the alliterations, the rhymes, the changing styles... But it was even more fun getting a full grip on what those changing styles were and the story going on underneath. I actually surprised myself when I finished an episode and went back to the summary only to learn that I had gotten a lot of it.
My overall impression: James Joyce is a genius! His attention to details amazed me. His wordplay was fascinating.
Episode 17 was the best. I loved his detailed description of water. That was amazing. That whole episode I had to go back and read twice. It was parts like this that kept me reading. I couldn't wait to see what type of trick he was going to play next.
If you are not reading it because it's just too hard or too confusing, just do it. Use the summary for help or just enjoy the words and don't worry so much about the parts you don't understand. That's my advice!
It wasn't this far up on my TBR list, but with the libraries closed, I had to stick with what I have at home. So I'm giving Walden by Henry David Thoreau a go.
