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[Benjamin]

Well, I'm finally starting my first Bellow - The Adventures of Augie March.
This is going to take a while, but damnit, am I ready.

[Grada (BoekenTrol)]

Currently reading What a Carve Up by Jonathan Coe.

[Tyler]

Reading The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

[Diane]

Started The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie.

[George P.]

Just started Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Hardy, a June book-of-the-month for the Catching Up With Classics group. It's in many lists such as the Novel 100.

[Mia]

I started to listen A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce.

[Benjamin]

Reading my first Gertrude Stein - The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner

[Benjamin]

Started reading The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway. My very first Hemingway novel and, my god, I'm loving it so far.

[Diane]

Started Hadrian the Seventh by Frederick Rolfe and Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson.

[Birthe]

Just started "The Name of the Rose" by Umberto Eco.

[Tim]

Ben wrote: "Started reading The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway. My very first Hemingway novel and, my god, I'm loving it so far."

One of my top 10 favorite fiction books is Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea.

[Tim]

Diane wrote: "Started Hadrian the Seventh by Frederick Rolfe and Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson."

I really enjoyed Miss Pettigrew.... I got a kick out of her "hidden" spunk that she utilized.

[George P.]

I've read about a fifth of Zorba the Greek so far- pretty sure I didn't post that yet. By Kazantzakis (of Greece), added to Boxall list in '08.

[Karen]

George wrote: "I've read about a fifth of Zorba the Greek so far- pretty sure I didn't post that yet. By Kazantzakis (of Greece), added to Boxall list in '08."

I'm listening to the audiobook and really enjoying it -- beautiful descriptions

[Diane]

George wrote: "I've read about a fifth of Zorba the Greek so far- pretty sure I didn't post that yet. By Kazantzakis (of Greece), added to Boxall list in '08."

One of my favorites!

[Diane]

Started Eva Trout by Elizabeth Bowen.

[Geneviève]

The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen. It's a long book but I'm enjoying it so far.

[Kirsten]

I've been listening to The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy and narrated by the incredible Alan Rickman

[Tyler]

Started A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz

[Benjamin]

Swann's Way by Proust (book 1 of Remembrance of Things Past). I've, for whatever reason, not been able to get invested in any of my unread books this last week. For 5 days I've not read anything! So today I went to my local thrift store in hopes of finding something to yank me out of my vile reading crisis. And, lo and behold, the complete Remembrance of Things Past by Proust. Exalted, I opened the first book up almost immediately after purchase and the first 50 pages blew me away. Very excited to keep reading.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Ben wrote: "Swann's Way by Proust (book 1 of Remembrance of Things Past). I've, for whatever reason, not been able to get invested in any of my unread books this last week. For 5 days I've not read anything! S..."

That's a nice thrift shop find. That's my go-to place for picking up books--it's unbelievable what good things you can find there.

[Benjamin]

Bryan wrote: "Ben wrote: "Swann's Way by Proust (book 1 of Remembrance of Things Past). I've, for whatever reason, not been able to get invested in any of my unread books this last week. For 5 days I've not read..."

Absolutely, the local thrift store is where 90% of my collection comes from. I don't believe I've ever left empty-handed. And with all of the books 1-3 dollars, it's easy to build an incredible collection for bafflingly cheap. I guess most want their books brand new, but I don't know - there's something about creases and tears that add a kind of charming allure.

[Diane]

Ben wrote: "Swann's Way by Proust (book 1 of Remembrance of Things Past). I've, for whatever reason, not been able to get invested in any of my unread books this last week. For 5 days I've not read anything! S..."

What a cool find! I loved that series.

[Diane]

The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick by Peter Handke

[Diane]

A Boy's Own Story by Edmund White.

[Peter]

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

[Diane]

The Lost Language of Cranes by David Leavitt.

[George P.]

The 13 Clocks By James Thurber, definitely a lighter read than most on the list. And The Burning Plain and Other Stories by Juan Rulfo, which seems to be very dark and serious.

[Ian]

I'm Not Stiller by Max Frisch. Interesting stuff

[Diane]

Mercedes wrote: "Diane wrote: "The Lost Language of Cranes by David Leavitt."

I remember when that book was first published. It received great reviews from NPR. For the longest time it..."

It is a well-written book. I enjoyed it.

[Diane]

Starting The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel García Márquez.

[Tim]

The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe

[Benjamin]

The morning of the morrow I shall begin Samuel Beckett's Murphy. I've been meaning to read Beckett for a long time, but haven't come across any of his works (I don't enjoy shopping online, I prefer to go to used book and thrift stores for the surprise), but the other day I stumbled across a paperback of Murphy at a used book store. He's influenced many of my favorite authors, so I'm very excited to see what the fuss is all about.

[Ella]

I only buy remaindered or used books from independent sellers, unless it's something really important, so my reading can be crazy.

But I picked up Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev in a nifty Russian/English side-by-side so I just started that along with finally getting a copy of Eva Trout which I will read when I don't feel like trying to read Russian poorly.

[Mia]

Hunger by Knut Hamsun and then I started to listen 1984 by George Orwell (I'm loving this book so much already)

[Tim]

Diane wrote: "Starting The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel García Márquez."

I am considering reading Autumn of the Patriarch later this year. Just wondering about your take on it. I read Love and Other Demons a while back and greatly enjoyed it. Later I read One Hundred Years of Solitude and enjoyed it but not nearly a much as Love and Other Demons.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

"Waiting for Godot for children"

That sounds bizarre. Actually, it sounds like the plotline for some contemporary novel--something written by Don DeLillo or Donald Barthelme: a once well-known stage director, near the end of his career and flailing around for some kind of success, comes up with this idea of Godot for children, while his marriage disintegrates and his grown children (once precocious) slide into despondency and drug addiction.

[Diane]

Tim wrote: "Diane wrote: "Starting The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel García Márquez."

I am considering reading Autumn of the Patriarch later this year. Just wondering about yo..."

Autumn of the Patriarch is very good , but it is a much more difficult read than the other two. There is very little punctuation and few paragraphs.

[Diane]

Started Of Love and Shadows by Isabel Allende.

[Tim]

Siddhartha by Herman Hesse

[Benjamin]

Naked Lunch by William Burroughs... What've I gotten myself into this time??

[Diane]

Ben wrote: "Naked Lunch by William Burroughs... What've I gotten myself into this time??"

Yikes, maybe not the best selection for younger readers...

[Diane]

Starting The Lost Steps by Alejo Carpentier.

[Benjamin]

Diane wrote: "Ben wrote: "Naked Lunch by William Burroughs... What've I gotten myself into this time??"

Yikes, maybe not the best selection for younger readers..."

I can stomach it. It's obscene, disgusting and depraved, but I'm actually quite enjoying it (not to say I agree with a lot of what's going on, I just find it rather interesting). I've read some disturbing stuff before, but stumbling across this level of depravity was a surprise. The fact that someone actually wrote the novel is an act of gallantry. Nevertheless, I'm strangely enjoying it.

[Diane]

Ben wrote: "Diane wrote: "Ben wrote: "Naked Lunch by William Burroughs... What've I gotten myself into this time??"

Yikes, maybe not the best selection for younger readers..."

I can stomach it. It's obscene,..."

I'm glad you survived it. There are a few similar books on the list.

[Benjamin]

Just began The Counterfeiters by André Gide.

[Diane]

Starting The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa.

[Fiona]

“The Castle” by Franz Kafka ... I’m dubious!

[George P.]

Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev. Sounds like a good book for Father's Day :-)