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[Diane]

Ben wrote: "I've commenced my journey into Hugo's Les Misérables. I've been meaning to read it for months, so finally have I started. So far, it seems like it will be well worth my hours."

My favorite list book!

[Diane]

Starting Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr..

[Karen]

Ben wrote: "I've commenced my journey into Hugo's Les Misérables. I've been meaning to read it for months, so finally have I started. So far, it seems like it will be well worth my hours."

I put this book off for years (only read a short, assigned section in high school), but just loved it when I finally read it last year. I had never seen the musical or the movie so watched it after reading the book. The movie was such a disappointment after the rich history and detail in the book.

[readingpenguin14]

Jess wrote: "Just started One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

I've only read the introduction so far which brought up an annoyance that is common to many classics so I thought I might bring to this..."

Jess, i am glad I’m not the only one!! I have has the same problem, when the introduction spoiled the plot before I began!! Now, I don't bother with introductions, straight to the novel!!

[Sarah]

Started Orlando by Virginia Woolf.

[Peter]

Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter.

[Diane]

The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid.

[Diane]

Started Life Is a Caravanserai by Emine Sevgi Özdamar.

[Benjamin]

Started Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser. Really loving it thus far.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

[George P.]

Luís wrote: "Franny and Zooey by Salinger
The Human Factor by Graham Greene"

Greene had 8 novels in the original list edition, later editions reduced him to five. The Human Factor doesn't seem to be one of them.

[Diane]

Started a re-read of Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Starting Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis

[Sarah]

Started Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier.

[Tim]

Sarah wrote: "Started Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier."

I read Rebecca just a few weeks ago and loved it. My favorite fiction read so far this year. Alfred Hitchcock made a movie from it. Plus, Du Maurier also wrote the short story, "The Birds," which Hitchcock also made into a very popular movie in its day.

[Diane]

Sarah wrote: "Started Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier."

One of my favorites!

[Diane]

Started The Master of Ballantrae by Robert Louis Stevenson.

[Benjamin]

Commenced André Gide's Strait is the Gate. I became a fan of Gide after reading The Counterfeiters. So far, this book seems rather promising.

[Tim]

Just started reading Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor and The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo.

[Benjamin]

Just started André Gide's Fruits of the Earth.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Silence by Shūsaku Endō

[Benjamin]

Bryan wrote: "Silence by Shūsaku Endō"

One of my favorites from the list. A superb piece of historical literature.

[Diane]

Started Everything You Need by A.L. Kennedy.

[Birthe]

The Waves by Virginia Woolf

[Diane]

Started Crash by J.G. Ballard.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Diane wrote: "Started Crash by J.G. Ballard."


That's quite the book. Can't say I cared for it.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

[Sarah]

Tim wrote: "I read Rebecca just a few weeks ago and loved it. My favorite fiction read so far this year..."

I concur. I really enjoyed it! A definite favorite thus far.

[Sarah]

Started The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins.

[Diane]

Bryan wrote: "Diane wrote: "Started Crash by J.G. Ballard."


That's quite the book. Can't say I cared for it."

I hated it.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Diane wrote: "Bryan wrote: "Diane wrote: "Started Crash by J.G. Ballard."


That's quite the book. Can't say I cared for it."

I hated it."

Well, I didn't want to say before hand--I didn't want to prejudice you before you'd even started, but I one-starred it as well, and that's very rare. I kept thinking, 'so many people say this book is great, maybe something eventually happens that makes all this worthwhile.' Never happened, though, at least for me.

[Tyler]

Starting I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings today.

[Benjamin]

Lord of the Flies by William Golding. It's my summer reading for my AP English course, so I'm killing two birds with one stone here.

[George P.]

Just started Notes from Underground by Dostoevsky. It's a group-read for this group for Sept so I'm getting it in a bit early. It's my 3rd book of his 5 in the list, having read Crime and Punishment and Brothers Karamazov previously (Bros Karamazov was the only one of the 5 that was deleted in later editions of the Boxall list; it's better than many of the list books IMO).

[Tim]

Ben wrote: "Lord of the Flies by William Golding. It's my summer reading for my AP English course, so I'm killing two birds with one stone here."

Keep at it, Ben!

[Tim]

A Bend in the River by V. S. Naipaul

[Benjamin]

Mercedes wrote: "Ben wrote: "Lord of the Flies by William Golding. It's my summer reading for my AP English course, so I'm killing two birds with one stone here."

What else is in your AP summer reading list Ben? I..."

I'm not sure as I don't have access to a list. However, looking at the website of the teacher, it seems she has posted assignments my class is to do when the school year starts. Only two have been posted unfortunately, but it looks like we're going to do an analysis of LOTF and then an analysis of Edgar Allan Poe's The Cask of Amontillado.

[Alice]

Camilla by Fanny Burney

[Peter]

Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne

[Tyler]

Started listening to A Farewell to Arms read by John Slattery.

[Benjamin]

Just began Voltaire's Candide. So far, I find it very engrossing. It seems as if it's one big attack on Leibniz' optimistic philosophy.

[Tim]

Peter wrote: "Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne"

I really enjoyed both the book and the movie.

[Sarah]

Started The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco.

[George P.]

Starting Death and the Dervish by Meša Selimović of Bosnia. It has a very high goodreads rating so I hope I'll like it a lot. It was added with the '08 edition. It could be difficult to locate a copy of this.

[George P.]

Ben wrote: "Just began Voltaire's Candide. So far, I find it very engrossing. It seems as if it's one big attack on Leibniz' optimistic philosophy."

Yes it's largely a parody of optimistic philosophies. Crazy but entertaining.

[George P.]

Mercedes wrote: "The Talented Mr. Ripley"

About 25 years ago I was browsing the library shelves, picked this novel up and decided to check it out knowing nothing about it. Started reading it and went "wow, who is this woman (Highsmith) ?"

[Sarah]

Started The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.

[Peter]

Surfacing by Margaret Atwood

[Tim]

The Pit and the Pendulum

[Diane]

Sarah wrote: "Started The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa."

Love that one!