Which LIST book did you just finish? Showing 5,551-5,600 of 10,248

[Bob]

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton. Good writing, interesting characters, but the story did not particularly appeal to me.

[Jennifer W]

I finished The Pit and the Pendulum, which I hadn't known anything about before I read it (other than the obvious, there's a pit... and a pendulum). I was so cruising along and loving the sheer torture of it, and then the ending! Ugh! Such a letdown!

There's one more Poe for me to read on the list, I can't remember which one, but it's in the omnibus that I borrowed from the library, so I'll knock that one out in a few days and then have to move on to longer books.

[Sean]

Jennifer W wrote: "I finished The Pit and the Pendulum, ... . I was so cruising along and loving the sheer torture of it, and then the ending! Ugh! Such a letdown!"

haha true.. I know what you mean, but (view spoiler)[he had to live to write the story, right? (hide spoiler)]

[Jennifer W]

Yeah, I thought of that. Doesn't make me any happier, though!

;)

[George P.]

Jennifer W wrote: "I finished The Pit and the Pendulum, which I hadn't known anything about before I read it (other than the obvious, there's a pit... and a pendulum). I was so cruising along and loving..."

It seems to me that Poe's pieces had great writing style but needed some more work to polish the plots.

[George P.]

Mekki wrote: "I finished A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry yesterday. This book is one of the best i've ever read. Its really tough emotionally, so be warned.. I'd highly recommended it."

I've read A Fine Balance (7 yrs ago) and just finished Mistry's Family Matters which I thought also very good. I thought it improved as it went along and built on the earlier part.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished:


The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Rating: 4 hours
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Karen]

The Wonderful O by James Thurber

[Nocturnalux]

Wide Sargasso Sea. I'm very glad I went with the Norton edition of this one as the notes, intro and above all very comprehensive essays at the end were extremely useful and helped me get a wider perspective than I otherwise would have had.

[Peter]

The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West

[Aileen]

Euphues, the Anatomy of Wit by John Lyly

Phew, this one was a slog, but as the oldest unread book on my list, I'm pleased to have ticked it off as finished!

[Mia]

I finished Platero and I by Juan Ramón Jiménez. 5 stars, I will definitely read more of him.

[Karen]

Death Sentence by Maurice Blanchot

[Tyler]

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller.

[Sarah]

Finished The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy. Really enjoyed it!

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Everybody seems to like The Forsytes--these books are rapidly making their way up the slopes of Mt. Readmore for me.

[Karen]

Mia wrote: "I finished Platero and I by Juan Ramón Jiménez. 5 stars, I will definitely read more of him."

Such a sweet, gentle, and beautifully written book!

[Karen]

Bunner Sisters by Edith Wharton and the Newton Letter by John Banville

[Nocturnalux]

A Boy's Own Story: Picador Classic

[Storm]

A Christmas Carol

[Mia]

I finished The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James. It was better than the other books I've read from him, even I didn't like any of the characters.

[Nocturnalux]

Sense and Sensibility

I don't think Jane Austen is for me...but then again this one is considered more of a minor work.

[Tim]

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton. I was pleasantly surprised.

[Sean]

Really enjoyed every moment of A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving.

[Tim]

Rabbit, Run by John Updike

[Karen]

Sean wrote: "Really enjoyed every moment of A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving."

So glad you enjoyed it. This is absolutely one of my favorite books! I read it when it first came out in 1989 -- spent an entire weekend reading it because I just couldn't put it down. I will never forget that "OMG -- that's why ..." moment!

[James]

476. The Book Of Illusions - Paul Auster

477. The Picture Of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde

478. Season Of Migration To The North - Tayeb Salih

479. Camilla - Fanny Burney

480. W, Or The Memory Of Childhood - Georges Perec

[Tim]

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

[Nocturnalux]

Mercedes wrote: "Middlemarch

Favorite quote: "... husbands are an inferior class of men, who require keeping in order."

Lol

Five stars."

I need to reread this one.

[Kirsten]

Mercedes wrote: "Nocturnalux wrote: "Mercedes wrote: "Middlemarch

Favorite quote: "... husbands are an inferior class of men, who require keeping in order."

Lol

Five stars."

I need to reread this o..."

There's a book about Middlemarch. I think it's written by a woman who's a contributor to the New Yorker: My Life in Middlemarch

[Karen]

The Breast by Philip Roth

[Ellinor]

The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson

[Mia]

The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett.

[Birthe]

The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt

[Karina]

Just finished the Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark. I enjoy her running and really enjoyed this book.

[Karen]

Nowhere Man by Aleksandar Hemon

[George P.]

The Diviners by Margaret Laurence of Canada. Really liked it- five stars. My 300th book from the combined 1001 lists!

[Diane]

George wrote: "The Diviners by Margaret Laurence of Canada. Really liked it- five stars. My 300th book from the combined 1001 lists!"

Congrats on hitting 300, George!

[Diane]

Finished The Ravishing of Lol Stein by Marguerite Duras.

[Ellinor]

Finished Willard and His Bowling Trophies

[Diane]

Finished Virgin Soil by Ivan Turgenev.

[Diane]

Exercises in Style by Raymond Queneau.

[Nocturnalux]

The New York Trilogy

[Diane]

Soldiers of Salamis by Javier Cercas.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Diane wrote: "Soldiers of Salamis by Javier Cercas."

I really, really liked that book. For the first 2/3rds, I thought it was pretty good, but the end section really made it shine. I'd like to re-read it, and I've heard a lot of good things about one of his other books,The Anatomy of a Moment: Thirty-Five Minutes in History and Imagination. I have that one, but I haven't read it yet

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Luís wrote: "The Anatomy of a Moment - one of my first books read in the English Language .. ..."

Did you like it? The first books I read in French I liked, but sometimes I wondered if I was just enjoying being able to read and comprehend it.

[Diane]

Bryan "Blackadder" wrote: "Diane wrote: "Soldiers of Salamis by Javier Cercas."

I really, really liked that book. For the first 2/3rds, I thought it was pretty good, but the end section really ma..."

I enjoyed the last part best, too. I especially enjoyed reading the parts about Roberto Bolano,

[Diane]

Finished A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride.

[Nocturnalux]

Bryan "Blackadder" wrote: "Did you like it? The first books I read in French I liked, but sometimes I wondered if I was just enjoying being able to read and comprehend it."

I often feel this way about the (few) books I've read in Japanese. Am I enjoying them so much because finally making sense of the sea of kanji is immensely rewarding (and because I no longer have to stop every other sentence to look up words on the dictionary) or because the book is, in itself, interesting?

[Bob]

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton. I did not care for this book.