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[Diane]

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Franny and Zooey by Salinger

[Diane]

The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams

[Diane]

Paradise of the Blind by Dương Thu Hương.

[Karina]

Just started At Swim Two Birds by Flann O'Brien

[Peter]

Part way through The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. More of a reread as I initially read it when it first came out in 1979.

[Diane]

Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev.

[Diane]

Mercedes wrote: "Diane wrote: "Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev."

I read about 60% of that book years ago, and just could not relate to any of the characters so I quit it. It's been o..."

I enjoyed it, but I am biased, since he is one of my favorite authors. I did enjoy other works of his more.

[Diane]

Started The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek.

[Peter]

Started The Book of Evidence by John Banville.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Diane wrote: "Started The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek."

Oof--that's a harsh one. Brutal, even.

Started Ulysses the other day with all the other Bloomaniacs. Not really liking it much.

[Kirsten]

Bryan wrote: "Diane wrote: "Started The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek."

Oof--that's a harsh one. Brutal, even.

Started Ulysses the other day with all the other B..."

I've always dreaded reading that one...

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Kirsten *I've always dreaded reading that one.."


Joyce or Jelinek? Both require a bit of fortitude, I think.

ETA: Different sorts of fortitude, to be sure, but fortitude nonetheless.

[Diane]

Bryan wrote: "Diane wrote: "Started The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek."

Oof--that's a harsh one. Brutal, even.

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Yes it is...

[Diane]

Bryan wrote: "
Started Ulysses the other day with all the other B..."

Ulysses is a very difficult read. It does have it's moments of brilliance, if you can plod through the rest.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Diane wrote: "Ulysses is a very difficult read. It does have it's moments of brilliance, if you can plod through the rest."

I'm about half-way--much plodding so far. I don't think I've got the kind of mind that this book appeals to. That, and there's quite a bit over my head, even with Stuart Gilbert's guide chipping in for the assist.

[Karina]

Just started Tono-Bungay by H.G. Wells

[Kirsten]

Mercedes wrote: "July's People

My very first Gordimer"

Oh, I want to read that one. I listened to a podcast from ABC Radio National discussing it a year back or so. Sounded great.

[Kirsten]

I started reading Evelina by Fanny Burney yesterday.

[Wendy]

I just started The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith

[J_BlueFlower]

Started One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich today

[George P.]

Mercedes wrote: "Broken April by Ismael Kadare"
I bought a used copy of Broken April by internet order recently and am planning to start reading it in 2 or 3 weeks. Maybe we can talk about it when we're done?

I'm a Nadine Gordimer fan, have read July's People, The Pickup, and Selected Stories.

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I just started Vanity Fair

[Tyler]

Started As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner this week. I am loving it so far.

[J_BlueFlower]

The Brothers Karamazov reading it with Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) group.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Persuasion by Austen. as part of an online discussion. I'm thankful I have a good group to read these Austen books with, because I can't imagine I'd ever have picked them up on my own.

Since I've been a trooper with their Austen, I'm going to make them read Jane Eyre with me later, another book I've been dreading picking up by myself.

[Diane]

Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker.

[Nicola]

Tyler wrote: "Started As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner this week. I am loving it so far."

A great novel but be aware that it isn't actually a 1001 book.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Nicola wrote: "Tyler wrote: "Started As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner this week. I am loving it so far."

A great novel but be aware that it isn't actually a 1001 book."

That's surprising that it missed the cut--I'd not noticed before. I've been going off one of the 'all editions combined' list, so I'm not always sure what's current any longer, but if Hemingway's To Have and Have Not is in the newest edition, it seems like that would be a no-brainer to switch the Faulkner for it.

[Nicola]

Bryan wrote: "Nicola wrote: "Tyler wrote: "Started As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner this week. I am loving it so far."

A great novel but be aware that it isn't actually a 1001 book...."

I use the combined list as well, unless it's well hidden it's not on there. But I'd definitely prefer to swap it around with a Hemingway. Any Hemingway....

[Diane]

They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy

[Tyler]

Started The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes on audio book today. I've read his Flaubert's Parrot and I enjoyed it. Hopefully, this one is good too.

[Diane]

Starting Go Down, Moses by William Faulkner. My last Faulkner from the list.

[Diane]

Mercedes wrote: "Diane wrote: "They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy"

I can't wait to read that book; the film made quite an impression on me when I saw it years ago."

Oh, wow. I didn't realize there was a film. I would love to see it.

[Tyler]

I could have sworn it was on there, but a double check proves that you are right! Nicola wrote: "Tyler wrote: "Started As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner this week. I am loving it so far."

A great novel but be aware that it isn't actually a 1001 book."

[Kirsten]

Just started listening to the audiobook of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. I haven't read it since high school. I remember thinking the chapter describing the outside of the prison was boring... but I don't remember this deadly dull introductory section about the Custom House. *yawn*

A funny side note: we watched the PBS drama when I was in HS. It starred that lady with the funny eyes... Meg Foster ... and for some reason we could never get the tracking to work. We watched the whole video with a line through the center of the screen.

[Diane]

Mercedes wrote: "http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065088/

You have to like Jane Fonda, btw."

Thanks! I saw that the movie is on you-tube. I look forward to watching it.

[Diane]

Started A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.

[George P.]

Mercedes wrote: "Diane wrote: "They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy"

I can't wait to read that book; the film made quite an impression on me when I saw it years ago."

Yeah, that's an excellent old film. Nine Oscar nominations (including Fonda)- Gig Young won for supporting actor, as well as winning the Golden Globe. He totally deserved them.

[George P.]

The Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway, with the Catching Up With Classics group. I read it decades ago, loved it then. Some of the group reading it aren't liking it so much.
Also some Poe including The Fall of the House of Usher and The Pit and the Pendulum. Some manly reading, yeah?

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Started Doris Lessing's The Golden Notebook. Part of an ongoing effort by myself to read more women authors.

[Karina]

In Cold Blood - Truman Capote

I saw the movie probably 10 years or so ago and didn't know until afterwards it was a book. This is my first Capote.

[George P.]

Broken April - Ismail Kadare of Albania. My 1st Albanian book : ) Kadare won the Man-Booker International Prize in 2005.

[Diane]

George wrote: "Broken April - Ismail Kadare of Albania. My 1st Albanian book : ) Kadare won the Man-Booker International Prize in 2005."

That's my favorite by Kadare. Great book.

[Diane]

The Golden Bowl by Henry James

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Le Père Goriot by Balzac. Started this one a year or so ago but never finished for some reason. Starting over

[Christopher]

Bryan wrote: "Le Père Goriot by Balzac. Started this one a year or so ago but never finished for some reason. Starting over"

Hello, Bryan. I too only read part of Pere Goriot. I was in a book club that was reading it, and when the meeting came and went, I put it aside unfinished.

Which was too bad, because I thought it was pretty good- kind of wound up and operatic.

I read it when I was in college, but not FOR college, and it made zero impression then.

Are you reading it in French and English? I imagine the French would be like reading Dickens for a learner of English, namely hard.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Christopher wrote: "Are you reading it in French and English?"

Just French. The beginning with the description of the boarding house has some terms I wasn't familiar with, but otherwise I'm moving along okay. Much better than the first try.

[Diane]

The End of the Affair by Graham Greene

[Kirsten]

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