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[Sarah]

Started Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.

[Diane]

Started Jazz by Toni Morrison.

[Diane]

Starting The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje

[George P.]

At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien. I've read his other list book, The Third Policeman, about a year ago.

[Linda]

Diane wrote: "Starting The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje"

I loved this book. :)

[Laurie]

George wrote: "At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien. I've read his other list book, The Third Policeman, about a year ago."

I'll be interested to see what you think. This book was a real struggle for me. I had no idea what was going on through much of it.

[Winter]

Begun Solaris yesterday and as I'm reading multiple haven't gotten far, but what I've read is captivating, it's hard to put down!

[Kirsten]

Not too depressing, then, Winter? I've always hesitated reading it.

[Mia]

I started The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.

[Kirsten]

I just started listening to The Handmaid's Tale as read by Claire Danes

[Diane]

Starting The Enormous Room by E.E. Cummings.

[Tyler]

I began reading The Awakening by Kate Chopin yesterday. It is great so far.

[George P.]

Mia wrote: "I started The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain."

Mark Twain was the quintessential American new novelist of his time. I read Huckleberry Finn many years ago, and plan to read his Tom Sawyer this year. From reading all your American books you're going to be more immersed in American culture than many of us are, Mia.

[George P.]

Laurie wrote: "George wrote: "At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien. I've read his other list book, The Third Policeman, about a year ago."
I'll be interested to see what you think. This..."

It seems to be a book that makes fun of a young guy writing a book in which his main character is writing a book ;)

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Starting Coming Up for Air by George Orwell

[Sarah]

Started Daniel Deronda by George Eliot. This is my final entry for the author and I've enjoyed them all.

[Diane]

Starting Animal Farm by George Orwell. This is a re-read.

[readingpenguin14]

Mercedes wrote: "Why is Jack London's White Fang not on that list?
He's pure joy. I'm captured from the very first paragraph, always."
I agree with you, Mercedes. It is as good as White Fang!

[Peter]

The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham

[Kirsten]

Peter wrote: "The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham"

Love John Wyndham!

I just started Cakes and Ale and Twelve Short Stories

[Linda]

I started The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle.

[Tim]

I started, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, by Winifred Watson

[Diane]

Just started The Trial by Franz Kafka.

[Karina]

Just started The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie. I've read The Ground Beneath Her Feet which I enjoyed so I hope I enjoy this as well

[Tyler]

Starting To the Lighthouse today. Believe it or not it's my first Woolf. Looking forward to it.

[Mia]

George wrote: "Mia wrote: "I started The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain."

Mark Twain was the quintessential American new novelist of his time. I read Huckleberry Finn many..."

I really liked the book and I'm planning to read Tom Sawyer too.

[Mia]

Starting Sandokan: The Tigers of Mompracem by Emilio Salgari.

[Sarah]

Started Dracula by Bram Stoker.

[Tyler]

Starting Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë today. Somehow I have never read it before.

[Sarah]

Started Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville.

[Kirsten]

Sarah wrote: "Started Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville."

Good-luck!

[Diane]

Starting Elizabeth Costello by J.M. Coetzee.

[George P.]

Sarah wrote: "Started Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville."

I'm in the Moby Dick group as well. Still working on a couple other list books too.

[Cynthia]

Anita Desai's Clear Light of Day



Only 182 pages, and manages to create the complete world of one Old Delhi family.

[Diane]

Time's Arrow by Martin Amis

[Diane]

Started The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

[Kirsten]

Good choice, Mercedes! One of my favorites.

[Peter]

Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe.

[Kirsten]

Mercedes wrote: "Now I'm on to Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Scarlet Letter: Essays, Articles, Reviews

It's hard to believe I've gone through life having skipped this classic of American lit."

Ugh. I wonder how you did... I couldn't.

[Dee]

Mercedes wrote: "Now I'm on to Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Scarlet Letter: Essays, Articles, Reviews

It's hard to believe I've gone through life having skipped this classic of American lit."

I've just started The Blithedale Romance; also my first Nathaniel Hawthorne.

[Sarah]

Kirsten *Make Margaret Atwood Fiction Again!" wrote: Good-luck!"

This wasn't a planned read. And it started slow but the pace has picked up and he's pretty funny. I'm enjoying it. That's a surprise.

[Sarah]

Mercedes wrote: "I hope you take your time with this masterpiece. It is a symbolic and profound jewel"

I'm in agreement with you. It's very good and descriptive. I didn't imagine I'd develop an interest in whaling but his enthusiasm is contagious. I'm not a slow reader and expected this would take a lot longer to finish than it has. I plan on wrapping it up today.

[Sarah]

George wrote: "I'm in the Moby Dick group as well. Still working on a couple other list books too."

What are you reading in tandem?

[Sarah]

Mercedes wrote: "It's hard to believe I've gone through life having skipped this classic of American lit."

I read it last year and felt the same. It was quite good.

[Sarah]

Mercedes wrote: "In between you might pick up In the heart of the sea by Philbrick."

Thanks for the suggestion! I've added it to my list. It would be a great book to read sitting seaside on a lazy summer day. :-)

[Diane]

Starting Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding.

[Mia]

I started Under the Skin by Michel Faber.

[Diane]

Starting Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis.

[Karina]

Started Cakes and Ale this evening. Hoping to finish by the weekend. I like it so far with a few chapters in.

[Kirsten]

My interlibrary loan for At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien. I'm not too sure about it. You may have to be drunk or Irish (or maybe even both) to get into it.