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[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Benjamin wrote: "Finished Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges. I cannot wait to reread this once I am smarter."

My thoughts exactly.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Mia]

I finished To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Amazing.

[Amanda]

By the Open Sea by August Strindberg. So relieved to be finished with him. Review is up on http://1001everything.blogspot.com. Yuck, yuck, yuck

[Sean]

This weekend I finished Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell. It was a nice read. I didn't love it, but I liked it well enough.

I also started and finished The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. A quick creepy and fun dip into madness.

[Karina]

Finished The Reader by Bernhard Schlink

I didn’t like the main characters but the writing was excellent.

[Karen]

Diane wrote: "Finished The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition by Fernando Pessoa. Wow. One of the best on the list, or at least I think so."

Totally agree -- a book that needs rereading. I highlighted so much I finally had to stop!

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

I finished The Reader today (see also the February {2019} Discussion)

[Benjamin]

Finished The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat.

[George P.]

Diane wrote: "Finished The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition by Fernando Pessoa. Wow. One of the best on the list, or at least I think so."

It's number six on my to-read list. You're the fourth of my friends to rate it five stars, so I'm looking forward to it.

[Cara]

After getting side-tracked by a great number of non-list books, I finally finished a list book.
Journey to the Center of the Earth

It was okay. I was left wanting just a little bit more excitement, and I feel like it dragged in a lot of places.

[Sean]

I have finished Robinson Crusoe, and it's now stranded on the top shelf with my other finished books. It has been cast away since it is time to read the monthly read.

While I liked it, I wouldn't pick it as one of 10 books needed on a desert island...

[Jake]

Cara wrote: "After getting side-tracked by a great number of non-list books, I finally finished a list book.
Journey to the Center of the Earth

It was okay. I was left wanting just a little bit..."

read it too times myself. the pace was a bit slow at times but a good read nonetheless the movie versions were good especially the 1960 version

[Jake]

Sean wrote: "I have finished Robinson Crusoe, and it's now stranded on the top shelf with my other finished books. It has been cast away since it is time to read the monthly read.

While I liked it..."

I agree it was a bit slow paced and meandering at times. I read the Swiss Family Robinson as well and that actually was better

[Tim]

Timbuktu by Paul Auster

[George P.]

I finished Martin Eden by Jack London today. An excellent story and well-told, though he did belabor parts a lot at times. I read his White Fang last year (not a list book) and will probably read The Call of the Wild next year.

[Diane]

Finished Indigo by Marina Warner.

[Sarah]

Finished The Hand of Ethelberta by Thomas Hardy. Great story and more upbeat than Hardy’s popular novels.

[Karen]

Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand
Powerful indictment of the caste system of India.

[Diane]

Finished Tent of Miracles by Jorge Amado.

[Sarah]

Finished Siddhartha by Herman Hesse.

[Sarah]

Finished Pierre et Jean by Guy de Maupassant.

[Jaclin]

I just finished Little Women and I’m surprised it took me this long in life to read it 😳. I was pleasantly surprised.

[Karen]

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut
Always a fun read, Vonnegut is one of my favorite authors (I've been reading him since the 60s but somehow missed this one).

[Jake]

Karen wrote: "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut
Always a fun read, Vonnegut is one of my favorite authors (I've been reading him since the 60s but somehow missed this one)."

read all of the vonegut - one of my favs along with Tom Robbins

[Sean]

I just finished the monthly read, Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood. I will say more when the monthly read post is activated... -hint hint-... and the currently reading section is updated... -glances at my calendar- ahem... :P

[Sean]

Quick read.. El Llano en llamas by Juan Rulfo

[Sarah]

Finished The Professor's House by Willa Cather.

[Sarah]

Finished Amsterdam by Ian McEwan.

[Sean]

Another quickie today. The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield.

[Sean]

Finished off my short story trifecta with Amok and Other Stories by Stefan Zweig What a great story. I was in love with it from the first line.

Also finished A Room with a View by E.M. Forster. The first 3/4 was so ho hum. But it really redeemed itself and I ended up having to say I liked it.

[Tim]

Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis

[George P.]

Sean wrote: "I just finished the monthly read, Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood. I will say more when the monthly read post is activated... -hint hint-... and the currently reading sect..."

Do you know about the (2017) Netflix miniseries? It's pretty good. I liked the book also.

[Sean]

George wrote: "Sean wrote: "I just finished the monthly read, Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood. ...

Do you know about the (2017) Netflix miniseries? It's pretty good. I liked the book also."

I do know about it. My copy of the book was advertising it. My wife started it but couldn't get into it. So it's on my list for TV time when she's not around.

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

Sean wrote: "I do know about it. My copy of the book was advertising it. My wife started it but couldn't get into it. So it's on my list for TV time when she's not around. ..."

Hmmm. More or less the same here with The Handmaid's Tale. I watched the first few episodes on television but I just couldn't get into it and gave up.

[Nocturnalux]

The Golden Ass.

When it was funny, it really was funny but it meandered a lot-deliberately so but still- and the level of misogyny was extremely high.

[Diane]

The Old Devils by Kingsley Amis.

[Benjamin]

Finished reading Chess Story by Stefan Zweig. Intensely gripping.

[Sarah]

Finished Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami.

[Sean]

Benjamin wrote: "Finished reading Chess Story by Stefan Zweig. Intensely gripping."

Love Amok. I can't wait to get into another Zweig.

[Sean]

Booklovinglady wrote: "Sean wrote: "I do know about it. My copy of the book was advertising it. My wife started it but couldn't get into it. . ..."

Hmmm. More or less the same here with The Handmaid's Tale. I watched the first few episodes on television but I just couldn't get into it and gave up. ..."

Yes, She said she had the same issue with that show. But I need to read that book first anyway.

[Sean]

Just finished the second run through The Scarlet Letter I am sure I got a lot more from it now that I am older and wiser and better read.

[Karen]

Under the Skin by Michel Faber

[Ella]

The Postman Always Rings Twice by James Cain - superfast and deliciously noir. I've never seen the movie, so this was totally new to me.

[Sarah]

Finished Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

I finished up Pale Fire as well. I would agree with brilliant and multilayer, but I never did connect with it as well as I'd expected to. I think there's enough going on in this one to keep someone busy for a long time, depending on how many layers one wished to explore.

[Tyler]

Finished The Master of Petersburg by J.M. Coetzee today.

[Diane]

Finished Enduring Love by Ian McEwan.

[Karen]

The Third Man by Graham Greene
The Third Man is one of my favorite movies, but I never realized that the movie preceded the book. This Kindle edition was fantastic. In addition to the book, it contains the full script, film clips, and photos from the movie.

[Diane]

Petals of Blood by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o