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[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Diane wrote: "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..."

I went to a bookstore about three years ago or so, and they had volume 2, 3, and 4 there. The owner had let someone buy volume 1, and hadn't seen him since. I hemmed and hawed, stood on one foot and then the other, and finally decided to buy them. They weren't terribly expensive, but more than I really wanted to pay since I was going to have to track down volume 1 before I could even read them. Fast forward to late sometime last year, and I happened to be in another bookstore (fancy that!) in another state, and ran into volume 1--it was all they had. Joy!

I still haven't started on them yet, but reading your post is making me want to.

[Peter]

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
I had very low expectations before starting this novel and almost didn't start it at all but that really would have been a shame despite finding the paedophilia element towards the end uncomfortable reading and unnecessary .

[Vikki]

King Solomon's Mines (Allan Quatermain #1) by H. Rider Haggard. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I had heard of Allan Quatermain but didn't know who he was, was fun to find that one out.

[Tim]

Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh - I thoroughly enjoyed this book, my first by Waugh. I also liked the Back Bay Books edition of Little, Brown and Company.

[Karen]

The End of the Road by John Barth and The Plague by Albert Camus.
The Plague was actually still quite pertinent to what we are going through these days.

[Nocturnalux]

Nip The Buds, Shoot The Kids by Kenzaburō Ōe.

My first Oe book (I have Death by Water waiting patiently on the shelf) and a devastating account of what warlike mentality does to children. I will review it soon.

[Sean]

Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak. Long and so many characters. But it was a decent read that kept me interested.

Prior to this the only thing I knew about it was that when I was a kid (like 12) my dad tried to make me watch it and I wasn't having it. I knew it was Siberia and that's about it.

[Nocturnalux]

The Drowned and the Saved by Primo Levi.

Impressive as ever, far too relevant to today's world. Particularly interesting were the letters Levi received from German readers of his If This Is A Man.

[Joy D]

Completed:

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro - 5 stars - My Review

[George P.]

Tim wrote: "Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh - I thoroughly enjoyed this book, my first by Waugh. I also liked the Back Bay Books edition of Little, Brown and Company."

I just ordered a used copy of 2 Waughs in one volume, Decline and Fall and A Handful of Dust, mainly to get the latter, but look forward to reading both. I thought his Brideshead Revisited was great, but evidently these two have more humor.

[Mia]

I finished The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides. This one was my least favorite from his list books.

[George P.]

just finished Dangerous Liasons by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. It was some work to read, esp as I read an old translation (Thomas Moore), but a very admirable work for its time.

[Karen]

The History of Love by Nicole Krauss

[Sean]

Karen wrote: "The History of Love by Nicole Krauss"

What did you think Karen? I loved that book.

[Karen]

Sean wrote: "Karen wrote: "The History of Love by Nicole Krauss"

What did you think Karen? I loved that book."

I agree, I loved the book. I listened to the audiobook and just didn't want to stop listening. Did you know that Nicole Krauss is married to Jonathan Safran Foer and both published books in 2005 shortly after they were married. The History of Love and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Foer have a lot of similarities -- precocious kids on a quest in New York who meet old men with lost sons and memories of World War II.

[Tyler]

Adam Bede by George Eliot.

[Sean]

Karen wrote: "Sean wrote: "Karen wrote: "Did you know that Nicole Krauss is married to Jonathan Safran Foer and both published books in 2005 shortly after they were married. The History of Love and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Foer have a lot of similarities -- precocious kids on a quest in New York who meet old men with lost sons and memories of World War II.'..."


I did not know that. Very interesting. I have looked at that book to read often. If I didn't have this overwhelming obsession with the LIST I would have read it by now.

[James]

The Book of Disquiet Fernando Pessoa. Not my cup of tea.

[Colleen]

Alias Grace: I really enjoyed it & want to learn more about the historical facts of the murder. This is the first Margaret Atwood I've read. Also, I read Quo Vadis. It was a good book....also made me curious to know more about the history of a period. It was more of a romance that I usually like....but I did enjoy the romance bit also!

[Carol]

I just finished Dracula by Bram Stoker.

[S.L.]

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser

Excellent writing though sad, sad ending

[Amanda]

The Young Torless. Review is up on http://www.1001everything.blogspot.com.

No thanks.

[Birthe]

The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe - a book I'm glad to have read, but have no desire to read again, it was really dragging out in some parts.

[Mia]

Ignorance by Milan Kundera.

[Ellinor]

Finally finished Love in the Time of the Cholera. I didn‘t see anything in it and almost didn‘t finish.

[Diane]

Bryan "They call me the Doge" wrote: "I went to a bookstore about three years ago or so, and they had volume 2, 3, and 4 there. The owner had let someone buy volume 1, and hadn't seen him since. I hemmed and hawed, stood on one foot and then the other, and finally decided to buy them. They weren't terribly expensive, but more than I really wanted to pay since I was going to have to track down volume 1 before I could even read them. Fast forward to late sometime last year, and I happened to be in another bookstore (fancy that!) in another state, and ran into volume 1--it was all they had. Joy!..."

Your bookstore quests really paid off! They aren't easy to find. I hope you enjoy them as much as I am.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Diane wrote: " I hope you enjoy them as much as I am. ..."

That was going to be my question--how are you liking them? Evidently, you do, which is good to know. Seeing you read them has made me want to clear up other stuff so I can get to them sooner.

[Bob]

Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth, a very odd mental adventure.

[Carol]

Just finished The Name of the Rose. I enjoyed it, but thought it was a little unnecessarily wordy.

[Stephen]

Just finished War and Peace. What a wonderful experience.

[Sean]

The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy. Dark, Brooding, Dramatic, Suspenseful, and I loved it.

[Diane]

Bryan "They call me the Doge" wrote: "Diane wrote: " I hope you enjoy them as much as I am. ..."

That was going to be my question--how are you liking them? Evidently, you do, which is good to know. Seeing you read them has made me wan..."

I read the abridged version a few years ago, not realizing it was an abridgement. I am now reading the full version.

[Diane]

Finished White Teeth by Zadie Smith.

[Diane]

Finished The Master of Petersburg by J.M. Coetzee. I finally made it through all of the Coetzee's on the list.

[Laura]

Finished the history of love. It certainly sticks with you, if only for the unanswered questions! An easy quick read in amongst some of these giant tomes

[Ginny]

I haven’t posted in ages, but the quarantine has me focusing on the list again! I finished Americanah last week. Last night I finished The Invisible Man. I enjoyed both.

[George P.]

White Teeth by Zadie Smith. A tale of two British families carrying past baggage, dealing in their assorted ways with religious and racial prejudices and difficult relationships of their present. Its occasional humor helps.

[George P.]

Diane wrote: "Finished The Master of Petersburg by J.M. Coetzee. I finally made it through all of the Coetzee's on the list."

Which was the least dark and depressing?

[Tim]

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

[Sean]

Finished Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer.
I love it. Really fun.
Bizarre but fun.
Serious and sad and tragic, but still fun.....
... somehow.

[Diane]

George P. wrote: "Which was the least dark and depressing?"

Ha! Good question.

[Diane]

Finished Orlando by Virginia Woolf.

[Sean]

I just finished The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. Bad luck and hard times are pretty much the story. Well besides the grossness that is depicted.

On an interesting side note, I read it concurrently with Doctor Zhivago, one experiencing socialism while not a fan and the other advocating for it.

Then I was still reading it while reading 1984, with its dystopian socialist world.

That made for some interesting comparisons.

[Mia]

Native Son by Richard Wright.

[Diane]

Finished The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami.

[Joy D]

Just completed:

The Shipping News by Annie Proulx - 4 stars - My Review

[Karen]

The Lusiads by Luís de Camões

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

[Peter]

The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch. Great writing but rather let down by the afterword.

[Diane]

In the Forest by Edna O'Brien.