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[Diane]

Brighton Rock by Graham Greene.

[Tim]

Dangling Man by Saul Bellow

[Diane]

Kate wrote: "Almost half way through Gargantua and Pantagruel. One of my favorite reads so far this year."

Fun book.

[Diane]

Started Daniel Deronda by George Eliot.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Mercedes wrote: "Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon

I wish I'd have found a Portuguese version, but alas, that was not to be. I'm 20 pages into it and loving it."

That's another on my shelf that I've been wanting to get to--I actually have a couple of Amado's. Glad to hear a positive review--makes me want to bump it up the TBR pile

[Kirsten]

I just started The Summer Book by Tove Jansson

[Birthe]

Bleak House by Charles Dickens

[Nocturnalux]

Nada by Carmen Laforet

[Mia]

Professor Martens' Departure by Jaan Kross.

[George P.]

Mia wrote: "Professor Martens' Departure by Jaan Kross."

A very-little-read book, but from your region. Will await your rating/comments.

[George P.]

The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad and The Death of Artemio Cruz by Carlos Fuentes. I have read another Fuentes, The Old Gringo, this (A Cruz) seems more modern-experimental in style like Faulkner's As I Lay Dying.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

I thought Artemio Cruz was really good, but the previews for the movie kind of put me off Old Gringo. Besides it being experimental, did you like it?

[Diane]

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks.

[Benjamin]

I am super far behind on my reading challenge, but I'm finally getting back to it.

I started reading 1984 by George Orwell today. I have to read and annotate it for my AP English class next year, so the process will be rather slow, but I'm enjoying it notwithstanding.

I have had such a busy summer; I finally finished 6 weeks of summer school (to get ahead for grade 12) and now I have about 2 weeks of freedom before grade 12 starts up (although not really, because I also have to work and do online courses). Hopefully I will be able to relax a little and get back to the books soon... I have missed reading so much.

[Diane]

Benjamin wrote: "I am super far behind on my reading challenge, but I'm finally getting back to it.

I started reading 1984 by George Orwell today. I have to read and annotate it for m..."

Welcome back, Benjamin!

[Diane]

Starting Memories of Rain by Sunetra Gupta.

[Karina]

Just started Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker.

This is my first book I’m reading by here but I also own The Color Purple so I guess I should read that too.

[Tim]

Quo Vadis? by Henryk Sienkiewicz

[Sean]

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. This shouldn't take long...

[Sean]

Mercedes wrote: "Sean wrote: "The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. This shouldn't take long..."

A darling book."

I agree. "darling" might be a perfect descriptor.

[Sean]

Getting a head-start on next month's group read, The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad.

[George P.]

Karina wrote: "Just started Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker.
This is my first book I’m reading by here but I also own The Color Purple so I guess I should read that too."

Yes, especially if you own a copy of The Color Purple, you should read it.

[Mia]

Foe by J.M. Coetzee. My last book from him from the list.

[Mia]

The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel García Márquez.

[Peter]

Thank You, Jeeves by P.G.Wodehouse.

[Karen]

Benjamin wrote: "I am super far behind on my reading challenge, but I'm finally getting back to it.

I started reading 1984 by George Orwell today. I have to read and annotate it for m..."

Kudos to you Benjamin! I admire your work ethic!!

[Diane]

Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger.

[S.L.]

The Remains of the Day

[Amanda]

The Real Charlotte by Somerville and Ross. So far amusing and just a tad strange

[Sean]

In my continuing attempt to shove the LIST down everybody's throat, I picked The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver for book club this go-round.

[S.L.]

Sean wrote: "In my continuing attempt to shove the LIST down everybody's throat, I picked The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver for book club this go-round."

I picked up a free copy on cassette (as I have an adapter) not knowing until yesterday that it's on the list.

[Sean]

Cassette? What's a cassette? :'D

That's a double win.... Something for free and a LIST book on top of it. I went to jury duty and they said that we can peruse their library and if we get into a book we are free to take it home. Woohoo! I took home a copy of Beloved.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Starting The Kindly Ones by Anthony Powell, #6 in the Dance to the Music of Time series

[Karina]

George P. wrote: "Karina wrote: "Just started Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker.
This is my first book I’m reading by here but I also own The Color Purple so I guess I should read that too."

Yes, especia..."

I will definitely be reading that soon!

[Karina]

Just started 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

I have read The Wind Up Bird Chronicles which I enjoyed but this one is a daunting task at almost 1000 pages. This one will take me a while to finish.

[Sean]

I picked up Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges a the library last night.

[Mia]

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

[Sean]

Mercedes wrote: "We started reading Dracula out loud... excellent first two chapters!"

I bet that will be amazing read out loud. I really hope you are doing the classic Dracula Transylvanian accent. I want to know who's is better yours or the hubby's!

[Karina]

I started Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz the other day. I have mixed feelings so far.

[Tim]

The Red and the Black

[Tim]

Karina wrote: "I started Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz the other day. I have mixed feelings so far."

I also had mixed feelings about the book for about the first 100 pages. Then the story opened up and I really enjoyed it.

[Leona]

Mercedes wrote: "Sean wrote: "Mercedes wrote: "We started reading Dracula out loud... excellent first two chapters!"

I bet that will be amazing read out loud. I really hope you are doing the classic D..."



Hahaha....My Dracula has Cuban undertones!

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Thanks for the laugh. I can picture Rickey from Lucy.

[Mia]

The Cubs and Other Stories by Mario Vargas Llosa. My first Llosa, starting it easy.

[Diane]

Sean wrote: "In my continuing attempt to shove the LIST down everybody's throat, I picked The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver for book club this go-round."

One of my favorites.

[Diane]

Mia wrote: "The Cubs and Other Stories by Mario Vargas Llosa. My first Llosa, starting it easy."

Short, but not easy. I recall a serious lack of punctuation in that one.

[Diane]

Started Antic Hay by Aldous Huxley.

[S.L.]

The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene

[George P.]

Mercedes wrote: "Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon. I wish I'd have found a Portuguese version, but alas, that was not to be. I'm 20 pages into it and loving it. ..."

I started reading the other Jorge Amado book from the list, Tent of Miracles. It came up in my "Randomized reading list" from the Reading 1001 group, otherwise I probably would have read "Gabriela..." first (haven't read it yet). It will probably be a few weeks for me to finish due to the others I have going. It was at the university library here.

[George P.]

Tim wrote: "Quo Vadis? by Henryk Sienkiewicz"

A very violent historical-fiction love story.

[Diane]

Started 10:04 by Ben Lerner.