Lori's OCT '09- '10 Reading List

[El]

Don't be hard on yourself, Lori. Bulgakov isn't frivolous reading and I know Angle of Repose is like close to 600 pages... :)

[Lori, Super Mod]

Yeah, Angle of Repose kicked my ass. I was on that thing for almost 3 weeks. I almost chucked it... but I stuck it out :)

[Lori, Super Mod]

34. As I Lay Dying - Faulkner
35. A Spot of Bother - Hadden

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36.The Count of Monte Cristo - Dumas


This one took me a month and a day to complete. But soooo worth it!

[Sharon]

Very big Bravo to you, Lori!!
Sharon

[Lori, Super Mod]

37.All The Pretty Horses - McCarthy

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38.The Crossing - McCarthy

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39.Cities of the Plain - McCarthy

Completed the Borders Trilogy

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40.Descent - Simon Cleveland

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41.Dr Zhivago - Pasternak

[JSou]

Wow! That was fast! Didn't you just start that a couple days ago?

[Lori, Super Mod]

yeah, but after the Great Wisdom Teeth Pulling Ordeal, I really just gave myself up to reading :)
Not much else doing, when you are filled to the gills with pain pills and slurping your food out of a spoon .. ha ha ha!

[Lori, Super Mod]

42.The Time Traveler's Wife - Niffenegger

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43.Fragment - Fahy
Goodreads Firstread

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44.On The Beach - Shute

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45.The Three Musketeers - Dumas
46.Caught in the Quiet - McKuen
47.A Canticle for Leibowitz - Miller

[Carol]

Did you like Midnights children?

[Lori, Super Mod]

It was pretty good. there were moments in it where I found it hard to pick it up after I had put it down... but overall I liked it.

[Carol]

It is on my list to read. So I guess I will move it up.

[Lori, Super Mod]

48.Grundish and Askew - Carbuncle

[Jeane]

Lori wrote: "42.The Time Traveler's Wife - Niffenegger"

How was the book Lori? I saw the movie last week and liked it a lot. Hope th ebook is as good or even better. The story seems so beautiful and actually original too for me.

[Lori, Super Mod]

49.The Double - Dostoevsky

[Lori, Super Mod]

Jeane, the book was really good. I gave it 5 stars. I havent seen the movie, but heard good things about it.

[Lori, Super Mod]

50.Blind Voices - Reamy

[Lori, Super Mod]

So far this year:

January:
1. Still Life With Woodpecker - Robbins
2. Midnites Children - Rushdie
3. Coraline - Gaiman
4. Pale Fire - Nabokov
5. Watership Down - Adams
6. Reluctant Fundamentalist - Hamid
7. As She Climbed Across the Table - Lethem

February:
8. Treasure Island - Stevenson
9. Definitely Dead - Harris
10. All Together Dead - Harris
11. One Day in the Life of Ivan D - Solzhenitsyn
12. Other Voices, Other Rooms - Capote
13. Alices Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass - Carroll
14.The Painted Veil - Maugham

March
15.Listen to the Warm - McKuen
16.The Little Prince - Exupery
17.Gulliver's Travels - Swift
18.To Kill A Mockingbird - Lee
19.The Poor Mouth - O'Brien
20.Water for Elephants - Gruen
21.Number the Stars - Lowry
22.The Sunset Limited - McCarthy
23.Despair- Nabokov

April
24:Diary of a Wimpy Kid:The Last Straw
25:Fool - Moore
26.The Adventure of Guy - Cowie
27.From Dead to Words - Harris
28.The Ski Mask Way - Thompson
29.The Savage Detectives - Bolano
30.Flashforward - Sawyer

May
31.The Master and Margarita
32.Angle of Repose - Stegner
33.The Day of the Triffids - Wyndham

June
34. As I Lay Dying - Faulkner
35. A Spot of Bother - Hadden

July
36.The Count of Monte Cristo - Dumas
37.All The Pretty Horses - McCarthy
38.The Crossing - McCarthy
39.Cities of the Plain - McCarthy
40.Descent - Simon Cleveland

August
41.Dr Zhivago - Pasternak
42.The Time Traveler's Wife - Niffenegger
43.Fragment - Fahy
44.On The Beach - Shute

September
45.The Three Musketeers - Dumas
46.Caught in the Quiet - McKuen
47.A Canticle for Leibowitz - Miller
48.Grundish and Askew - Carbuncle
49.The Double - Dostoevsky
50.Blind Voices - Reamy

[Dorie]

So you're all ready for the new Flashforward series, Lori? What did you think of the book? I haven't read it, but am looking forward to the TV show.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Dorie, YES! I Cannot Wait Until the Series Premeire this Thursday!!! Whooooooo hooooo.. The book was good. They made some major plot changes for the tv show, but overall I think it looks great!

[Jeane]

Lori wrote: "Jeane, the book was really good. I gave it 5 stars. I havent seen the movie, but heard good things about it."

Okay. I guess if I keep hearing positive things about the book and I loved the movie, I will have to buy the book!!!!!

[Lori, Super Mod]

I realised that I forgot to add a few books into that list (but Im too lazy to add em in now!)

so I think Im more at 53 instead of 50, but whatever.

51/54.The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break - Sherrill

[Lori, Super Mod]

OK. Im starting this anew. In another group, I have a challenge that started in Oct. So let me line these up.....

I have a goal of 75 for the year. From Oct09 to Oct10.

1.Help! A Bear is Eating Me - Hansen
2.Huge - Fuerst
3.Witches of Eastwick - Updike

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4.A Nameless Witch - Martinez

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5.The Monk - Lewis

[Lori, Super Mod]

Mike, funny you should ask. I was just perusing my old reviews and AtPH and Despair were two that I had just peeked at.

AtPH is by far the best of the trilogy. CotP is the worst. I say this lightly, since all three books are well worth reading. But when compared to one another... well... The first far surpasses the rest.

As for Despair... I adore Nabokov. But this book was a bit slow for my taste. If you check out my review on it, I recommend readers of this novel to check out Jose Saramago's "The Double". It is a better-written book on a similar topic....

[Lori, Super Mod]

Haha.. Stegner killed me. Angle of Repose was ghastly for me. THough I do have one of his others in my to be read pile (way way at the bottom)....

[Lori, Super Mod]

6.The Priest - Disch

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7.Outer Dark - McCarthy

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8.Eating Animals - Foer

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9.Verses - Ani DiFranco

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10.A Day and a Night and a Day - Duncan
11.The Secret History - Tartt

[Paul]

very eccletic mix

[Lori, Super Mod]

My reading tastes are really all over the place :)
It's been a good month so far :)

[Lori, Super Mod]

12.The Man in High Castle - Dick
13.Death by Zamboni - Katzman
14.The Diaries of Adam and Eve - Twain

[Paul]

I've read several P. K. Dick books including that one and have really enjoyed them.

How was Eating Animals? I'm really interested in that I have really likes his novels.

[Jeane]

Lori wrote: "10.A Day and a Night and a Day - Duncan
11.The Secret History - Tartt"

Many times I wanted to start reading The secret history but the back cover already gives me such a creepy feeling!

[Lori, Super Mod]

Paul, Eating Animals was heart breaking at times. I thought it would affect my eating habits, and it did, but not for very long.. unfortunately. I live in a house of meat eaters.

Jeane, you MUST READ IT. It is not creepy at all. I promise!

[Lori, Super Mod]

15.Inherent Vice - Pynchon

[Jeane]

Lori wrote: "Paul, Eating Animals was heart breaking at times. I thought it would affect my eating habits, and it did, but not for very long.. unfortunately. I live in a house of meat eaters.

Jeane, you MUS..."

I will try to think about your promise next time I feel like taking it with me!:-)

[Lori, Super Mod]

16.Last Night in Twisted River - Irving

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17.Chronic City - Lethem

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18.The Gates - Connolly