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[Linda_G]

"The Girls of Slender Means", Muriel Spark

[Sean]

Starting book two,

Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler.

[Ellinor]

Starting The Birds by Tarjei Vesaas

[George P.]

I'm starting The Mistress of Husaby: aka "The Wife" by Sigrid Undset, which is part two of Kristin Lavransdatter.

[Diane]

Ellinor wrote: "Starting The Birds by Tarjei Vesaas"

I enjoyed this one.

[Diane]

George P. wrote: "I'm starting The Mistress of Husaby: aka "The Wife" by Sigrid Undset, which is part two of Kristin Lavransdatter."

I enjoyed this one, too.

[Peter]

Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth. Having just finished Janet Frame's 'Faces in the Water' I'm not sure that this is a wise choice to follow up with.

[Alice]

Schindler’s List by Thomas Keneally

[Diane]

Arcanum 17 by André Breton.

[Mia]

Diane wrote: "Ellinor wrote: "Starting The Birds by Tarjei Vesaas"

I enjoyed this one."

Me too, one of my absolutely favorites from the list.

I started The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo today.

[Diane]

Started The Talk of the Town by Ardal O'Hanlon (AKA Knick Knack Paddy Whack)

[Sean]

Diane wrote: "Started The Talk of the Town by Ardal O'Hanlon (AKA Knick Knack Paddy Whack)"

A frog walks into a bank and goes up to the loan officer. She is sitting behind a desk, and her name plate reads: P. Whack. When the frog asks for a loan, Ms. Whack says, "What do you offer for collateral?" The frog replies, "I have this little jade elephant." Ms. Whack dubiously approaches the bank manager for guidance. The bank manager looks back and forth between the loan officer and the customer and finally says, "It's a knick-knack, Patty Whack! Give the frog a loan!"

[Chel]

I started We just now. Russian dystopian sci fi.We

[Diane]

Sean wrote: "Diane wrote: "Started The Talk of the Town by Ardal O'Hanlon (AKA Knick Knack Paddy Whack)"

A frog walks into a bank and goes up to the loan officer. S..."

lol

[Diane]

Started Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser.

[Rose]

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day - and I am loving it!

[Geneviève]

Just started The Bell Jar :)

[S.L.]

Cutter and Bone and Les Misérables

[Petra]

The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells

[Rose]

Cutter and Bone

[Diane]

That They May Face The Rising Sun by John McGahern. (aka By the Lake)

[Birthe]

Petals of Blood by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

[Peter]

Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell

[Gemma]

The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga

[Diane]

Gemma wrote: "The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga"

Awesome book!

[Rose]

The Brothers Karamazov

[Sean]

I went to the library to pick up Midaq Alley for March's group read. I was pleased to see that the copy they had also contained Miramar. So, since I am a bit early for the March read. I will start with Miramar and read it next.

[Nocturnalux]

The Saga of Gosta Berling by Selma Lagerlöf.

[Diane]

Nocturnalux wrote: "The Saga of Gosta Berling by Selma Lagerlöf."

I enjoyed that one.

[Diane]

Started LaBrava by Elmore Leonard.

[Linda_G]

Started Stranger in a Strange Land, R Heinlein

[S.L.]

Still on Les Misérables and will be on a while; also started Main Street by Sinclair Lewis

[Diane]

Started Land by Pak Kyongni.

[Nocturnalux]

Diane wrote: "Started Land by Pak Kyongni."

Where did you find it, may I ask? I've been looking for this one with precious little luck, and when I do find it, the price is absurdly high.

[Diane]

Nocturnalux wrote: "Diane wrote: "Started Land by Pak Kyongni."

Where did you find it, may I ask? I've been looking for this one with precious little luck, and when I do find it, the p..."

I am renting it from Kindle (US). It is pricey, but much cheaper than buying it.

The author's name is spelled differently, too: https://www.amazon.com/Land-Park-eboo...

[James]

Les Misérables This is a second reading for the year long read.

[Birthe]

Petals of Blood by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

[Andi]

I'm starting The Call of the Wild today.

I loved The Bell Jar. I think it's due for a reread. :)

[Diane]

Ratner's Star by Don DeLillo.

[Ellinor]

I started Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. I'm planning to read a chapter or two each night. There are a couple of other books I want to finish first. One of them is Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré which I just started too.

[Diane]

Ellinor wrote: "I started Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. I'm planning to read a chapter or two each night. There are a couple of other books I want to finish first. One of them is [book..."

Les Mis is one of my all time favorites. It is best savored slow. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

[Diane]

Started Rabbit Redux by John Updike.

[Rose]

Diane wrote: "Started Rabbit Redux by John Updike."

on my list to read in 2021!

[Nocturnalux]

Diane wrote: "Nocturnalux wrote: "Diane wrote: "Started Land by Pak Kyongni."

Where did you find it, may I ask? I've been looking for this one with precious little luck, and when..."

Thanks, I am not sure I can use this as I'm outside the States but it may be useful.

Korean names are transcribed in radically different names all across the board. It is very unfortunate, I can get around it when the hangul is provided as I can read it, but it hardly ever is. Apart from the spelling proper, the way the name is broken down- whether generational name and given name get bundled together, or separated by a dash- also varies.

To make matters even worse, place names also get different transliterations: the city of [부산] used to be rendered as 'Pusan' but now it is 'Busan'. North Korean spelling keeps [ㅂ] as 'P' but Western authors often ignore it altogether and keep to the more common South Korean way of writing it. Which causes extra confusion.

[Sean]

Starting Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz.

[Sean]

Also just started The Guermantes Way, 3rd volume in In Search of Lost Time.

[Petra]

L_Gail wrote: "Started Stranger in a Strange Land, R Heinlein"

Ooh! I just found this book in a second-hand book shop last weekend!

[Linda_G]

Stranger in a Strange Land, well hope you have a high tolerance of sexism.

[Mia]

I started Burmese Days by George Orwell.

[Diane]

Green Henry by Gottfried Keller.