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Which LIST book did you just finish?
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The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver.Twi thirds into this one, it was a solid 5 rating but I felt the final portion was simply too long and could easily have been omitted altogether.
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4 volumes, 1,896 pages!! Loved it!!
The Journey to the West, Revised Edition, Volume 1 -- Finished 04/17/2021
The Journey to the West, Revised Edition, Volume 2 -- Finished 05/25/2021
The Journey to the West, Revised Edition, Volume 3 -- Finished 07/08/2021
The Journey to the West, Revised Edition, Volume 4 -- Finished 08/13/2021
"Here ends The Journey to the West."
The Crow Road by Iain BanksAn enjoyable but flawed piece of escapism.
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I can totally see why Dispossessed was picked as a list book. More about Kidnapped in the group-read thread.
I just finished The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. I love her writing! This definitely feels like a first novel (a little overt on the themes) but it's still fantastic.
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4 volumes, 1,896 pages!! Loved it!!
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So far, Romance of the Three Kingdoms is my favorite, followed by The Journey to the West, and then The Water Margin.
Falling Man by Don DeLillo. I'm not 100% sure how I feel about this one. I found myself focusing on and savoring the truly brilliant bits (particularly the parts with the Falling Man) and trying to move as quickly as possible through the rest of the book.
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Woolf's debut novel -- with the first appearance of Mrs. Dalloway.
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The Broken Seals: Part One of the Marshes of Mount Liang by Shi Nai'an The first of five volumes in what for me is my second of the classic Chinese novels.
I just finished reading Martinus Scriblerus - a group effort probably led by Alexander Pope. At times I was going 'what!' and OMG. It dragged a little towards the end though. I'm also reading Burney's Camilla - Burney continues the theme of poking fun at intellectual nonsense with her tutor Orkborne (and perhaps her lovelorn poet?).
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The Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Díaz del Castillo. A lengthy and at times tedious description of the conquering of New Spain by Hernando Cortes as told by one of his Conquistadors.
I just finished "The Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt. One of the hardest books I have read in a long time. The first third was a joy, but the last two thirds were really hard to read. I finally got it at my library in audio form so I could finish the last 200 pages otherwise I would not have finished it. As it was it took me quite a long time to read because I kept putting it down and reading something else. I do think it is a brilliantly written book, it is just because when I read I become part of the book and in this book the main character just keeps trying to self destruct.
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This was a very deep and dark memoir. heartbreaking and yet still light enough that I laughed a few times. A totally new Jewish perspective in my reading career. A part of history I think I should know more about.
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