Buck's List & Commentary

[Buck]

34 The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope - Folks who adore Jane Austen will probably like this one. It's about London high society, pretensions, and courting for love or money. After a week I had hardly gotten past the first hundred pages of this tome. I found it dull and simply could not continue. I can die with a clear conscience without having read this one, knowing I had at least gotten familiar with it.

[Buck]

17 Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - A very long novel in two parts, likely originally two volumes. The famous bit with the windmills is brief and happens very early. Part one is better than part two, which has long boring parts. I tried three different translations - the translation matters.

[Lisa]

Well done for finishing

[Annie]

Congratulations on finishing!

[Buck]

Lisa wrote: "Well done for finishing"

Annie wrote: "Congratulations on finishing!"

Not finished yet. I still have to read 49 The Divine Comedy by Alighieri Dante

[Tanja]

Congratulations too! I believe that the translation is the key!

[Annie]

Missed that. Final book!

[Buck]

49 The Divine Comedy by Alighieri Dante - The most difficult and cryptic read on the list.

[Buck]

I'm done.

[[deleted user]]

Well done Buck - you just have to finish the 100 now :)

[Annie]

Superb! Congrats!

[Christopher]

Awesome job Buck! I really liked your post about how you felt about the 50 books. :)

[Makayla]

I've read four of the books so far. A lot more to go, but can't wait to read them all!

[Buck]

Thank you, Christine, Annie, and Chris.

[Buck]

Makayla wrote: "I've read four of the books so far. A lot more to go, but can't wait to read them all!"

Makayla, you can do it - when I joined this group I had read 13. Now a mere 3 years later, I've read the entire list

[Makayla]

Buck wrote: "Makayla wrote: "I've read four of the books so far. A lot more to go, but can't wait to read them all!"

Makayla, you can do it - when I joined this group I had read 13. Now a mere 3 years later, I..."

Thanks for the encouragement Buck! :) And congratulations!!

[Buck]

I read Catch-22 many years ago, and now I have reread it - A worthwhile reread.

Catch-22 is the most satirical of satires; It is the epitome of satire. It put me in mind of M*A*S*H (I've seen the movie but haven't read the book) if M*A*S*H had been written by Franz Kafka.