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[Joy D]

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri - 4 stars - My Review

[Joy D]

Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee - completed 1/2/21 - 4 stars - My Review

[Dan]

I knocked off 26 of them last year, bringing my overall count to 534.
1.) "The Successor" by Ismail Kadare: 4 stars
2.) "The End of the Affair" by Graham Greene: 4 stars
3.) "Soldiers of Salamis" by Javier Cercas: 4 stars
4.) "Spring Flowers, Spring Frost" by Ismail Kadare: 3 stars
5.) "Shroud" by John Banville: 4 stars
6.) "The Story of Lucy Gault" by William Trevor: 3 stars
7.) "The Crying of Lot 49" by Thomas Pynchon: 3 stars
8.) "Vineland" by Thomas Pynchon: 3 stars
9.) "Mason & Dixon" by Thomas Pynchon: 4 stars
10.) "Les Miserables" by Victor Hugo: 5 stars
11.) "Persuasion" by Jane Austen: 3 stars
12.) "Mansfield Park" by Jane Austen: 3 stars
13.) "The Rings of Saturn" by W. G. Sebald: 3 stars
14.) "Cost" by Roxana Robinson: 3 stars
15.) "The Riddle of the Sands" by Erskine Childers: 3 stars
16.) "Far From the Madding Crowd" by Thomas Hardy: 3 stars
17.) "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James: 3 stars
18.) "Kim" by Rudyard Kipling: 4 stars
19.) "Roxana" by Daniel Defoe: 4 stars
20.) "Main Street" by Sinclair Lewis: 4 stars
21.) "The Torrents of Spring" by Ivan Turgenev: 4 stars
22.) "Bel-Ami" by Guy de Maupassant: 4 stars
23.) "Moll Flanders" by Daniel Defoe: 4 stars
24.) "The Secret Agent" by Joseph Conrad: 3 stars
25.) "The Swarm" by Frank Schatzing: 4 stars
26.) "A Bend in the River" by V. S. Naipaul: 4 stars

[Sean]

Just finished Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett. A little late for the group read, but I will add my comments there.

[Diane]

Finished The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni and A Disaffection by James Kelman.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

After reading The Betrothed, do you wish you'd read it earlier, or are you relieved it's over? I've been kind of sort of circling that book for a while now, but I'm worried it'll turn out to be dull.

[Karen]

Finished in December --
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge by Rainer Maria Rilke

Against Nature (aka as Against the Grain) and Là-Bas by Joris-Karl Huysmans

H(A)PPY by Nicola Barker
Really different -- colorful print, varying fonts, words forming pictures, but quite interesting.

An Ethiopian Romance (aka Aethiopika) by Heliodorus of Emesa
Who knew the ancients could write thrillers.

Locus Solus by Raymond Roussel

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
This one was hilarious!

[Pe]

I just finished I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou. I loved it. I gave it 5 stars and I'm sure it'll stay with me for a long, long time.

[Maggie]

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. I can see why most people either love or hate this.

[Diane]

Bryan--Pumpkin Connoisseur wrote: "After reading The Betrothed, do you wish you'd read it earlier, or are you relieved it's over? I've been kind of sort of circling that book for a while now, but I'm worried it'll turn out to be dull."

Actually, neither. I enjoyed it, but wasn't wowed. It didn't seem as long of a book as it was, either.

[Diane]

Karen wrote: "Finished in December --
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge by Rainer Maria Rilke

Against Nature (aka as Against the Grain) and Là-Bas by Joris-Karl..."

Looks like a banner month!

[Diane]

Finished Kim by Rudyard Kipling.

[Storm]

Just finished up Moby Dick

[Sean]

Finished The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andrić. Very interesting history that I has happy to revisit after reading Death and the Dervish.

[Nocturnalux]

Blood and Guts in High School by Kathy Acker.

[Benjamin]

Finished The Street of Crocodiles by Bruno Schulz

[Benjamin]

Finished The Immoralist by André Gide.

[James]

The Journey to the West Volume II. Halfway through.

[Karen]

Nocturnalux wrote: "Blood and Guts in High School by Kathy Acker."

What did you think of it?

[Dee]

Just finished The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler. I’ve been working my way through his short stories, and eventually got to this, his first novel, (and first list book). Don’t read much crime fiction, but I’ve been enjoying Chandler (and enjoyed The Big Sleep better than the stories – think the longer format allowed him to develop the characters more.

[Nocturnalux]

Karen wrote: "Nocturnalux wrote: "Blood and Guts in High School by Kathy Acker."

What did you think of it?"

Well. That is a very good question and I'm unsure, in all honesty. It seemed to try way, way too hard to be shocking. I appreciate some of the technical quirks, the way collage and free flow of discourse are mingled and incorporated into the text proper but again, in going over the top it backfired.

[Bob]

Monkey: The Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en

[Karen]

Nocturnalux wrote: "Karen wrote: "Nocturnalux wrote: "Blood and Guts in High School by Kathy Acker."

What did you think of it?"

Well. That is a very good question and I'm unsure, in all..."

I did not like it at all and do not think it should be on the list.

Check out H(A)PPY by Nicola Barker. She does some very interesting things with different fonts, colors, and designs using print.

[Diane]

Finished Roxana by Daniel Defoe.

[Peter]

A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth. I have a soft spot for historically based fiction, in particular social history, I rather enjoyed it but am equally glad that it has now been removed from my 'to be read' bookshelf.

[Benjamin]

The Atrocity Exhibition by J.G. Ballard.

[Diane]

Finished Borstal Boy by Brendan Behan.

[Peter]

Time's Arrow by Martin Amis."
I suspect that this is yet another of those Marmite books, you will either love or hate it. For me it was an OK read but as with so many by the author that I've read a confusing and underwhelming one. It was at least thankfully brief.

[Angie]

Horace Walpole The Castle of Otranto - a haunted castle, a damsel in distress and a chivalrous hero... got to love a bit of Gothic melodrama. ;-)

[Diane]

Finished The Tin Flute by Gabrielle Roy.

[Sean]

Finished Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson.

Having just recently Ready Player 1 and 2, I got a very similar feel. While RP1/2 was a very self indulgent trip into nerdy 80's, this book was a self indulgent trip into total nerdism... But much smarter...

It also gave off some very Catch-22 vibes in tone... the comedic military tone. Only this book made actual sense...

I LOVED IT!

[Karina]

Finished Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë and wasn’t a fan

[Nocturnalux]

The Rainbow by D.H. Lawrence.

Fortunately, Lawrence does not share his opinion on the Jews but he still goes out of their way to sh*t on lesbians.

[Karen]

Recovering from 2 cataract surgeries in the last 4 weeks, I have had to limit my reading (per doctor's strong suggestion) so I have finished the following audiobooks:

On the Road by Jack Kerouac
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
-- If you only listen to one audiobook in your lifetime, this is the one. Maya Angelou narrates the entire book herself. Fantastic!
What Maisie Knew by Henry James
Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings by Jorge Luis Borges
The Third Policeman by Flann O’Brien

[Sean]

Just finished Thank You, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse. Loved it. Love Jeeves. Loved the wit.

When I am done with this list I will go back and read the rest. Ha!

[Angie]

Karen wrote: "Recovering from 2 cataract surgeries in the last 4 weeks, I have had to limit my reading (per doctor's strong suggestion) so I have finished the following audiobooks:

On the Road b..."

Oh no, how awful to be unwell and to not be allowed to binge read!

Wishing you a speedy recovery Karen, and lots of good audiobooks!

[Mia]

I finished Castle Richmond by Anthony Trollope. Not a big fan.

[The Ravishing]

hello, new here...

what list is this thread referring to?

[Sean]

Jasmine wrote: "hello, new here...

what list is this thread referring to?"

Welcome Jasmine.

The LIST = Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

Here is the GR link to the book that contains the LIST: 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

Here is a link to the whole LIST

[The Ravishing]

Sean wrote: "Jasmine wrote: "hello, new here...

what list is this thread referring to?"

Welcome Jasmine.

The LIST = Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

Here is the GR link to the book that con..."

OMG thanks so much. i love lists like this. Let me see which ones I have completed :)

[Diane]

Jasmine wrote: "OMG thanks so much. i love lists like this. Let me see which ones I have completed :)"

Careful, its highly addictive. Welcome to the group, Jasmine!

[George P.]

Dan wrote: "I knocked off 26 of them last year, bringing my overall count to 534.
1.) "The Successor" by Ismail Kadare: 4 stars
2.) "The End of the Affair" by Graham Greene: 4 stars
3.) "Soldiers of Salamis" b..."

I read 40 of them in 2020, about the same as the previous couple years.
My favorites of 2020 were Face in the Water, Sometimes a Great Notion, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Promise at Dawn, To the Lighthouse, The Grass is Singing and Manon of the Springs.

This month I've so far finished Small Island by Andrea Levy (2008 edition only) and The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene, which I loved.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James. James has been hit or miss with me, but I enjoyed this one.

[The Ravishing]

thank you Sean for sending me "The List" I took the survey and if I were to die tomorrow, I would be a failure. I've only read or have on my list to be read this year 17 of 1001. I need to get to work. lol

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

You're definitely not a failure, Jasmine. Just think of this list as an opportunity to pick out books you might not have heard of before. That's what I do. Some that I've read I think really are 'must'-worthy. Some are just musty

[The Ravishing]

Bryan--Pumpkin Connoisseur wrote: "You're definitely not a failure, Jasmine. Just think of this list as an opportunity to pick out books you might not have heard of before. That's what I do. Some that I've read I think really are 'm..."

LMAO Thank you for the encouragement. I was really like I have never heard of half of these books and I have been an avid reader since I was a small child. Better late than never i guess :)

[Diane]

Bryan--Pumpkin Connoisseur wrote: "Some that I've read I think really are 'must'-worthy. Some are just musty"

Great way to put it...

[Diane]

Finished The Safety Net by Heinrich Böll.

[Jim]

Finished Emma and thought it was an OK but not great book. Emma was not very likable--unpopularly opinionated and thinking she's all that and a bag of chips (or crisps). I thought her matchmaking skills were second to all, which was the funny part of the book as the question of who married who dominated.

[Sean]

Jasmine wrote: "thank you Sean for sending me "The List" I took the survey and if I were to die tomorrow, I would be a failure. I've only read or have on my list to be read this year 17 of 1001. I need to get to w..."

It'll be great to have you here. Be sure to let us know which ones you are reading and which ones you finish. And don't forget the name of the book! You MUST read them. Not "should" read them, or "might wanna" read them. YOU MUST! (musty or not...)