Which LIST book did you just start? Showing 4,401-4,450 of 7,240

[Sean]

This months group read, The Grass Is Singing by Doris Lessing will be my first ever e-book. I had hoped the libraries would be open in time, but I guess not.

[James]

Good luck Sean with the ebook. What are you going to read it on? I find I really like reading on my Kindle (which I use mostly for easy to read fantasy, etc.) but not so much on an iPad.

[Sean]

James wrote: "Good luck Sean with the ebook. What are you going to read it on? I find I really like reading on my Kindle (which I use mostly for easy to read fantasy, etc.) but not so much on an iPad."

Unfortunately, not being an e-book reader, I only have my Iphone. At least it's a Plus so it's a little bigger. I could probably borrow an iPad. I know somebody who does not use hers.

[Diane]

Starting In the Forest by Edna O'Brien.

[Vikki]

The Mysteries of Udolpho by Anne Radcliffe.

[Karina]

The Once & Future King by T.H. White

(I feel like I have started so many but still have yet to finish like Main Street, 2666 and 1Q84. I know I will finish them but I can't seem to get into them)

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

[Stephen]

Blind Man with a Pistol, by Chester Himes

[Birthe]

"There but for the" by Ali Smith

[George P.]

A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh. Apparently it's more humorous than his Brideshead Revisited.

PS: I take that back, not that humorous, but some satirical chuckles.

[George P.]

Karina wrote: "The Once & Future King by T.H. White

(I feel like I have started so many but still have yet to finish like Main Street, 2666 and 1Q84. I know I will finish them but I can't seem to get into them)"

When you get to a dull part, just persevere, there will be more "good parts". That's true of 1Q84 also.

[George P.]

Sean wrote: "This months group read, The Grass Is Singing by Doris Lessing will be my first ever e-book. I had hoped the libraries would be open in time, but I guess not."

I couldn't get an ebook of it, so paid $3.50 for an old paperback (cover price $1.75 :-) I enjoy reading ebooks on my kindle.
But now our local libraries will now let us pick up books, etc that we've put on hold if we make an appt, then they have them there in the parking lot for us.

[Diane]

Started Watt by Samuel Beckett.

[Mia]

I started The Castle by Franz Kafka.

[Karen]

Karina wrote: "The Once & Future King by T.H. White

(I feel like I have started so many but still have yet to finish like Main Street, 2666 and 1Q84. I know I will finish them but I can't seem to get into them)"

When I have trouble getting into a book I'll just read 5-10 pages a day (or less) until I get more involved in it.

[Nocturnalux]

George P. wrote: "When you get to a dull part, just persevere, there will be more "good parts". That's true of 1Q84 also."

I was reading 1Q84 in Japanese but only got as far as a third into the second volume as the person I was borrowing it from needed it back. I was not enjoying it half as much as everyone else because of the appalling representation of a dyslexic character. As a dyslexic woman myself and someone who needed special education from a specialist to even learn how to read, I nearly fell out of my seat at the way Murakami wondered if being basically an emotionless robot had something to do with being dyslexic...no, no, it does not.

It may become better but it was just so utterly insensitive that it took me aback.

I have the three volumes in English and will get around to them...eventually. But for now, it is not a priority.

[Diane]

Started The Book About Blanche and Marie by Per Olov Enquist.

[Diane]

Heartbreak Tango by Manuel Puig.

[Gayle]

The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing

[Nina]

I just started Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola.

[Diane]

The Gathering by Anne Enright.

[Nocturnalux]

The Color Purple by Alice Walker.

[Tara]

starting Don Quixote. I'm not sure how I'll enjoy this novel since I don't know enough or anything really about Spain or its history or culture.

[Sean]

Tara wrote: "starting Don Quixote. I'm not sure how I'll enjoy this novel since I don't know enough or anything really about Spain or its history or culture."

I think you will be ok without that background. Just revel in the silly adventures and goofy chivalry.

Not to mention just having the background of the story and the characters for the rest of your life since this story is so often referenced in literature in general.

[Diane]

Vertigo by W.G. Sebald.

[Mia]

I started The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon.

[Diane]

Memoirs of My Nervous Illness by Daniel Paul Schreber.

[S.L.]

Anna Karenina

[Diane]

Starting The Diaries Of Jane Somers by Doris Lessing.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

The Bridal Wreath by Sigrid Undset, first in the Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy

[Gayle]

Look forward to reading Possession by A S Byatt. Picking up my copy today from a local bookstore. Her book The Children’s Book, which I just finished was excellent so excited to start this.

[Sean]

I will be picking up Grande Sertão: Veredas by João Guimarães Rosa at the library today. It's finally open for requests only.

[Sean]

In addition to that, I started My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante.

It's not a list book, but it's the first of four parts that will lead me to the list book: The Story of the Lost Child. I'll have to do some non-list reading to get to that one.

[Nocturnalux]

Sean wrote: "In addition to that, I started My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante.

It's not a list book, but it's the first of four parts that will lead me to the list book: [boo..."

It's well worth reading them. I'll start volume two soon-ish.

[Mia]

The Torrents of Spring by Ivan Turgenev.

[George P.]

Lives of Girls and Women by Alice Munro and The History of Love by Nicole Krauss.
So five out of my last six list books are written by women. This will make 26.5% of all the list books I've read have been written by women. It's been calculated that 285 (or 21.5%) of the list books have women authors.

[Tim]

Persuasion by Jane Austen

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

White Teeth by Zadie Smith

[Mia]

The Breast by Philip Roth.

[Birthe]

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

[George P.]

Nocturnalux wrote: "Sean wrote: "In addition to that, I started My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante.

It's not a list book, but it's the first of four parts that will lead me to the li..."

I'm also planning to start vol 2 The Story of a New Name within a few months. BTW the cable tv series of My Brilliant Friend is excellent, and very faithful.

[Sean]

George P. wrote: "Nocturnalux wrote: "Sean wrote: "In addition to that, I started My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante.

It's not a list book, but it's the first of four parts that wi..."

I'm in the same boat as both of you. I had it queued up to go next, but so many other books have floated to the top via bookclubs and the such.

[Mia]

Amok and Other Stories by Stefan Zweig.

[George P.]

Fatelessness by Imre Kertész.

[George P.]

Sean wrote: "I will be picking up Grande Sertão: Veredas by João Guimarães Rosa at the library today. It's finally open for requests only."

You're lucky your library has it. In English translation it's difficult to get.

[Carol]

I started "The Water-Babies" on Jun 21st.

[Mia]

I started Vanki by Marcel Proust. Eighth book from "In Search of Lost Time".

[Sean]

This weekend I started The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende.

[Peter]

The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa

This doesn't seem like a book to rush through to me. I plan on taking some time with it.