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[Mia]

Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin. Gave it 5 star. Really liked his style and the poetic language.

[Marlise]

Mia wrote: "Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin. Gave it 5 star. Really liked his style and the poetic language."

That was one of my very favorite reads so far this year!

[Karina]

Just finished Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood

[Mia]

Marlise wrote: "Mia wrote: "Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin. Gave it 5 star. Really liked his style and the poetic language."

That was one of my very favorite reads so far this year!"

Mine too definitely!

[Mia]

Mercedes wrote: "So Long a Letter
A wonderful surprise!"

One of my favorities.

[George P.]

Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz of Poland, who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1905.
I was concerned it would be "too religious" for me, but that wasn't the case and I enjoyed it. Warning: extremely violent toward the end with persecution of the Christians.

[George P.]

Karen wrote: "A Ballad for Georg Henig by Viktor Paskov – I loved this one!.."

So did I. I believe it has the highest average rating of any book on the 1001 list (4.65!), though it's not a well-known one.

[Maxwell]

Possessing the Secret of Joy. Just finished. Amazing book!

[Karen]

The Comfort of Strangers by Ian Ewan
Rather a disturbing book.

Chocky by John Wyndham
Great story but deserves a better title and Chocky deserved a better name.

[Karina]

Just finished In the Heart of the Country by J.M. Coetzee and that narrator was definitely unhinged.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished reading


Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Diane]

Took a little break (2 weeks) from the 1001 list. Since then, I completed:

The House in Paris by Elizabeth Bowen
None But The Brave (aka Lieutenant Gustl) by Arthur Schnitzler
Trawl by B.S. Johnson

[George P.]

Dom Casmurro by Machado de Assis of Brazil. Good writing and with some funny bits, although I enjoyed his "Posthumous Memories of Bras Cubas" /aka "Epitaph of a Small Winner" more.

[George P.]

Mercedes wrote: "The Name of the Rose
This is a book one studies. The historical information, and the religious philosophy discussed is monumental."

I struggled at times to get through it, and decided "no more Umberto Eco for me, thanks". Some people think it's great though.

[Tim]

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

[Mia]

I finished Half of Man Is Woman by Zhang Xianliang.

[Diane]

Finished Brighton Rock by Graham Greene.

[Tim]

Dangling Man by Saul Bellow

[Leona]

The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells

[Karen]

Mercedes wrote: "The Name of the Rose

This is a book one studies. The historical information, and the religious philosophy discussed is monumental."

One of my favorite books -- I love Umberto Eco. I was fascinated with the conflict between the Church and the Franciscans/reformers. What a struggle with that vow of poverty!

[Bob]

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser and
Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

[Ellinor]

10:04 by Ben Lerner

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Mercedes wrote: "Things Fall Apart

Such an honest book, written from the heart."

That one went on my 100-best-of-the-20th century list

[James]

Ivo Andric The Bridge on the Drina. Wish I had read it thirty years ago before the Bosnian War.

[Tyler]

I finished Pynchon's Against the Day. What a long and strange trip of a novel.

[Tim]

The Victim by Saul Bellow

[Rebecca]

1984 by George Orwell - has been in my TBR pile for aaaaages. Finally read it and LOVED it.

[Diane]

Finished Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (loved it)
Finished Myra Breckinridge by Gore Vidal (disliked it)

[Diane]

Finished

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus by Alexander Pope

[Mia]

Emma by Jane Austen. I thought I would like it, but it's my least favorite from her so far.

[Jennifer W]

Summer. Not entirely sure what I think, it kind of makes my skin crawl a bit, but perhaps only because it's so realistic.

[Peter]

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry. A roller-caster of emotions but very enjoyable read.

[Sean]

Yesterday I finished Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz and have posted my thoughts on the group read thread.

[Sean]

I enjoyed my jolly jaunt through La Mancha with the wise fool, Don Quixote. Fun times with the foolish sage!

[Sean]

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - who ever said the "clever books only have words"? This was darling indeed.

[Karina]

Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker was depressing, indeed.

[George P.]

Diane wrote: "Finished
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus by Alexander Pope"

You're the only one of ten friends and people I follow to rate The Wasp Factory more than three stars (you rated 4). Evidently it's quite violent/sadistic.

[Inder]

My summer list reads:

The Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald - this was hardly fiction, almost more a collection of essays or ponderings, but he is one of my favorite authors and I loved it.

The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers - supposedly the first espionage/spy novel written and SO FUN.

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Sparks - I am realizing that "psychological novels" of mid-20th-century just aren't really my thing, but this was interesting.

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser - I found this fascinating from an American/Chicago/New York history perspective, although the characters are pretty unlikeable.

Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain - this is definitely not fiction, it's a memoir, and it's EXCELLENT, especially the first half, and should be high on the list of anyone who is interested in the history of WWI.

[George P.]

Finally finished Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov, which features an extremely unreliable (1st person) narrator and a long poem. It's better than what it sounds like from that description.

[Tyler]

I finished a compilation of Naguib Mahfouz's novels including Three Novels: Midaq Alley / The Thief and the Dogs / Miramar. Midaq Alley and Miramar are the list books.

[Mia]

Professor Martens' Departure by Jaan Kross. Without this list I probably would have never found this book and read it. And I'm happy I did. It was really well written and even there was lot of details and historical events and figures, it wasn't "boring" or difficult to read.

[Ellinor]

H(A)PPY by Nicola Barker, one of the new additions from the 2018 list. Not sure why they added it.

[Ellinor]

The Opposing Shore by Julien Gracq. Good but not quite as good as I had expected. It is a bit similar to The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati which I enjoyed more.

[Mia]

Foe by J.M. Coetzee.

[Karen]

Mercedes wrote: "I'm doing my version of Upstairs Downstairs:

2001: A Space Odyssey and Loving"

Loving sounds interesting. Was it good?

[Karen]

Where Angels Fear to Tread by E. M. Forster
As his debut novel it was OK, but needed to be developed a little more.

Platform by Michel Houellebecq
Business + Sex (lots of sex!) + French philosophizing on globalization.
Sounds boring, but it was fascinating with several unexpected plot twists.

[Diane]

George P. wrote: "Diane wrote: "Finished
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus by Alexander Pope"

You're the only one of ten friend..."

It is, but it was well-executed.

[Diane]

Memories of Rain by Sunetra Gupta.

[S.L.]

Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

[Leona]

S.L. wrote: "Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells"

I read The Time Machine not too long ago.