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[Ann A]

Bryan "They call me the Doge" wrote: "Ann A wrote: "The Things They Carried - Five stars!"

All the stories in the collection are good, but I think the title story is brilliant"

I agree - the title story may be the best one.

[Karina]

Finished Casino Royale by Ian Fleming and I can unequivocally say that the movie is far superior to the book.

[Amanda]

Hadrian the Seventh, which in my opinion seems more like an unfortunate product of mental illness than anything else.

Please tell me this was just on one edition of the List. The inclusion of this novel at the expense of others (particularly books by non Western authors) is almost embarrassing.

[George P.]

Amanda wrote: "Hadrian the Seventh, which in my opinion seems more like an unfortunate product of mental illness than anything else.
Please tell me this was just on one edition of the List. The inclusion of this..."

Sorry, Amanda, but it's in every edition. One of my goodreads friends gave it a five-star rating and said of it, " Veering between inspired genius and self-indulgent tripe, this is a truly remarkable novel and the more I think about, the more I love it".

[Peter]

Coming up for Air by George Orwell.
Whilst this book may not be of the same calibre as his more famous books, Animal Farm and 1984, it does how forward thinking much of his writing was and shows that many Orwellian themes and ideas are still applicable today, as such I feel that it still deserves to be read.

[Diane]

Living by Henry Green.

[Stephen]

Just finished The Quest for Christa T by Christa Wolf.

[Diane]

Finished Party Going by Henry Green.

[Sean]

Finished Walden by Henry David Thoreau. I was not sure what to expect. It wasn't exactly a page turner, but I am really glad I read it. The prose and poetry were as beautiful as the nature they described.

[Karen]

Sean wrote: "Finished Walden by Henry David Thoreau. I was not sure what to expect. It wasn't exactly a page turner, but I am really glad I read it. The prose and poetry were as beau..."

It's such a calming book.

[Karen]

The Wild Boys by William S. Burroughs
Totally finished with the 4 books by Burroughs on the list -- will never, ever read another book by him.

[Diane]

Karen wrote: "The Wild Boys by William S. Burroughs
Totally finished with the 4 books by Burroughs on the list -- will never, ever read another book by him."

Too, funny. Unfortunately, I still have one to go. That one might be the worst.

[Diane]

Finished Pepita Jiménez by Juan Valera.

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Finished The Complete Sherlock Holmes

[Nocturnalux]

Night and Day & Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf.

Night and Day was an excruciating read that took me years to finish and four goes at it (!) but I eventually did finish it; it is brilliantly written but Rodney drove me insane and it is far too linear in style, an homage to the Victorian novel as well as a critique, really, to feel truly Woolfian.

Jacob's Room, on the other hand, was a joy to read even if I had a hard time keeping track to every character. It is still early Woolf but already she is experimenting with style and with new modes of literary expression.

[Karen]

Diane wrote: "Karen wrote: "The Wild Boys by William S. Burroughs
Totally finished with the 4 books by Burroughs on the list -- will never, ever read another book by him."

Too, funny. Unfortunat..."

Junky and Queer at least had a discernible plot. Naked Lunch and The Wild Boys were just bizarre!

[Karen]

Tim wrote: "The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan - my number one favorite read"

One of my favorite books!

[Diane]

Finished The Nun by Denis Diderot.

[Stephen]

Almost Transparent Blue, Ryu Murakami

[Tim]

Rasselas by Samuel Johnson

[Amanda]

Karen wrote: "Tim wrote: "The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan - my number one favorite read"

One of my favorite books!"

Wow, I really hated that one! What did you like about it?

[George P.]

Diane wrote: "Finished Pepita Jiménez by Juan Valera."

I might try that one in Spanish. I certainly could use some practice, and it's short.

[Joy D]

Just finished:

Coming Up for Air by George Orwell - 3 stars - My Review

[Nocturnalux]

Amanda wrote: "Wow, I really hated that one! What did you like about it?"

Same here, I hated Pilgrim's. I found out recently that there is a sequel featuring a woman as the main character...I can only imagine how cringey that must be.

[Mia]

Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally. Now I have to see the movie.

[Bob]

The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje

[Diane]

The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

I've been promising myself I'm going to read that next for the last couple of years.

[Nocturnalux]

The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin.

[Kirsten]

Nocturnalux wrote: "The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin."

Excellent read.

[Diane]

The Ghost Road by Pat Barker.

[Jennifer W]

Last night I finished Anna Karenina. It wasn't great, wasn't awful, glad to be done with it. 3 stars.

[Amanda]

Where Angels Fear to Tread by E.M. Forster. I loved it! I wasn't a Howard's End fan, so didn't think I would like it.

[Amanda]

Jennifer W wrote: "Last night I finished Anna Karenina. It wasn't great, wasn't awful, glad to be done with it. 3 stars."

Exactly how I felt.

[Peter]

Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre. I found this a hard and not overly enjoyable read as I had to concentrate throughout. Am glad to get it ticked off.

[Peter]

Amanda wrote: "Where Angels Fear to Tread by E.M. Forster. I loved it!

I had to study this whilst at school and hated it. I will have to try it again now I'm an awful lot older.

[Rebecca]

I just finished the 14th century "Water Margin" by Shi Nai'an and by the gods it felt like it took 14 centuries to end.

[Joy D]

Just finished:

The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood - 5 stars - My Review

[Mia]

Luís wrote: "Mia wrote: "Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally. Now I have to see the movie."

wonderful movie-picture, I dare say. And terrifying, also."

Yes, I've heard. And I was surprised that I haven't seen it, it is very famous.

[Sean]

Middlemarch by George Eliot. Got this big one done! I liked it.

[Kirsten]

Sean wrote: "Middlemarch by George Eliot. Got this big one done! I liked it."

Me too. It took a while for me to get into it. But I really enjoyed it.

[Diane]

The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson

Actually a dnf. I couldn't get into it at all. After a hundred pages, I found I was skimming so I just packed it in.

[Karen]

The Garden Party: And Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield and Ignorance by Milan Kundera

[Karen]

Remembrance of Things Past (or In Search of Lost Time), Volume 3: The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust

[Stephen]

The Book of Daniel, E. L. Doctorow. I am a huge fan of Doctorow's Ragtime which I have read at least a dozen times, and the Book of Daniel was a 5 star read for me.

[Diane]

Stephen wrote: "The Book of Daniel, E. L. Doctorow. I am a huge fan of Doctorow's Ragtime which I have read at least a dozen times, and the Book of Daniel was a 5 star read for me."

I enjoyed that one, too. I recommend reading The Public Burning by Robert Coover, which is on a similar topic.

[Diane]

Finished Monkey: The Journey to the West, Volume 1 by Wu Cheng'en. I had previously read the abridged version (not realizing it was abridged). Now I am reading the full version.

[Aileen]

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. My first Conrad, I enjoyed it but didn't find the style easy to read.

[George P.]

Mia wrote: "Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally. Now I have to see the movie."

Keneally wrote of a Jewish female friend of Schindler's wife being killed by a gestapo early in the war- the friend had my last name, which is uncommon. I'm not Jewish but the Holocaust felt more personal to me after reading that. This is the sort of thing that happens from reading.