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[Benjamin]

Started Things by Georges Perec.

[Sean]

Mercedes wrote: "I've also tabled Atwood for a while... I've been disappointed with what I've read. Why is that?" after Bryan wrote: "... I'm putting off any more Atwood for as long as I can..."

This upcoming read will be my first Atwood. I have had the obvious choice (Handmaid's Tale) planned, but this group read will come first.

[BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...)]

Sean wrote: "This upcoming read will be my first Atwood. I have had the obvious choice (Handmaid's Tale) planned, but this group read will come first...."

I've already read Alias Grace and although it is completely different from The Handmaid's Tale, set in the past, for instance, not in the (near) future, it is a very good book, so I doubt you'll regret reading it as your first Margaret Atwood 🙂

[Tim]

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and The Body Artist by Don DeLillo

[Diane]

I'm Not Stiller by Max Frisch.

[Pamela]

Just started The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat

[George P.]

A few days ago I started Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar, which I received as a Christmas gift. It's quite the think piece; I believe I will be reading it fairly slowly.

[Sean]

Just started Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell. I had planned to start the monthly read but it has not arrived yet. I may be reading them simultaneously

[Benjamin]

Started A Man Asleep by Georges Perec.

[Diane]

Starting The First Garden by Anne Hébert.

[Tim]

Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons

[Meg]

Just started 'Silas Marner' by George Eliot. It was her favourite of the novels she'd written. As I loved 'Middlemarch' and 'The Mill on the Floss', I'm really looking forward to getting stuck in to this. :)

[Pamela]

Dracula. Can't believe I've never read this!

[Diane]

The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition by Fernando Pessoa.

[Jake]

Pamela wrote: "Dracula. Can't believe I've never read this!"
I enjoyed reading it a few years back and also could not believe I had not never read it. Like the letter format.

[BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...)]

I started today in a Dutch copy of The Reader (De voorlezer). I've only read about a quarter of the book but is very good so far.

[Diane]

Indigo by Marina Warner.

[GW]

I'm listening to I Ching: The Essential Translation of the Ancient Chinese Oracle and Book of Wisdom

[Benjamin]

Started reading The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat.

[Sean]

Picked up Robinson Crusoe in front of Wal-Mart for $1 so... here we go...

[Sean]

Mercedes wrote: "Because, ever since the start of the film Manhattan, where the narrator says:

Why is life worth living? That’s a very good question. Well, there are certain things I guess that make it worthwhile...."

I love that reason. This was a fun post. Now to do all those other things...

[Sean]

Mercedes wrote: "Sean wrote: "Picked up Robinson Crusoe in front of Wal-Mart for $1 so... here we go..."

After you're done with Robinson Crusoe you should read Foe by Coetzee. It's based on RC. I read it this year and I didn't quite get it, but it's been decades since I'd read Crusoe..."

I will add it to my list of books to read sooner than later... Looks interesting.

[Sean]

Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood arrived today. So I started that one and relegated Robinson Crusoe to Audiobook format. It's almost over so I will finish it off during my commutes.

[Kirsten]

Sean wrote: "Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood arrived today. So I started that one and relegated Robinson Crusoe to Audiobook format. It's almost over so I will finish it of..."

I did Robinson Crusoe on audio and I am very glad I did. I'm sure the accent was much more understandable that way.

[Mia]

I started The Case Worker by George Konrád.

[Benjamin]

Started Arcanum 17: With Apertures by André Breton.

[Alice]

Started listening to Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe and started reading Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood.

[Diane]

Reading Tent of Miracles by Jorge Amado.

[Sarah]

Started Siddhartha by Herman Hesse.

[Diane]

The Old Devils by Kingsley Amis.

[Jake]

Sarah wrote: "Started Siddhartha by Herman Hesse."

sarah

I read that as well as all the Hesse novels many years ago. Nice treatment of the life of Buddha.

[Sarah]

Jake wrote: "I read that as well as all the Hesse novels many years ago. Nice treatment of the life of Buddha."

Yes it was. I enjoyed it. 😊

[Sarah]

Started Pierre et Jean by Guy de Maupassant.

[Sean]

A Room with a View by E.M. Forster. I have not seen the movie nor read the book. I'm a clean slate on this one.

[Sarah]

Started The Professor's House by Willa Cather.

[Diane]

Enduring Love by Ian McEwan.

[Birthe]

The Children's Book by A. S. Byatt

[Pamela]

Dom Casmurro by Machado de Assis

[Sarah]

Started Amsterdam by Ian McEwan.

[BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...)]

Mercedes wrote: "Pale Fire

I started it last night. The foreword is hilarious!"

Clicked on the link to see what edition you were talking about and it turns out I have the same one, so I have something to look forward to when I get around to reading it 🙂

[Sarah]

Started Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami.

[Sean]

Heading back to high school. It's been a long long time so I'm reading The Scarlet Letter again.

[George P.]

Mercedes wrote: "Pale Fire I started it last night. The foreword is hilarious!"

I have it on my list for later this year also. I noticed there's an audiobook on YouTube and it includes the (36 min) forward.

[George P.]

Sarah wrote: "Started Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami."

Sarah, how many of the "1001" books have you read now?

[George P.]

I'm starting A Tale of Love and Darkness by by Amos Oz (who passed away last December).

[Benjamin]

Started reading Chess Story by Stefan Zweig. So far I am absolutely loving it.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Started Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov. I feel as though this is a book I ought to like more than I am up to this point.

[sminismoni]

The Once and Future King by T.H.White

[Sarah]

Started Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley.

[Karen]

George wrote: "Mercedes wrote: "Pale Fire I started it last night. The foreword is hilarious!"

I have it on my list for later this year also. I noticed there's an audiobook on YouTube and it includes..."

Having read Pale Fire, I would not recommend listening to it as an audiobook. There is the main story and then all the footnotes. You can read it two ways -- (1) straight through or (2) referencing the footnotes as you read the story. Either way would be difficult with an audiobook!