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[Diane]

The Ragazzi by Pier Paolo Pasolini.

[Maggie]

The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. Excellent book. It's an Italian classic.

[Diane]

The Inferno by Henri Barbusse.

[Ellinor]

Sula by Toni Morrison

[Mia]

Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray. It was funnier than I thought, so I enjoyed this one.

[Alice]

Les Choses by Georges Perec

[George P.]

The House with the Blind Glass Windows by Herbjørg Wassmo of Norway. A sometimes dark story but very good writing.
This was my third Norwegian book this year, following the 2nd and 3rd books of the Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy by Sigrid Undset, also on the list.

[Diane]

Schooling by Heather McGowan.

[Karen]

Under the Sun of Satan (aka Under Satan's Sun) by Georges Bernanos

[Diane]

How Late It Was, How Late by James Kelman.

[Bob]

The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley

[Diane]

Geur der droefenis (Smell of Sadness) by Alfred Kossmann.

[Nocturnalux]

Nervous Conditions: A Novel by Tsitsi Dangarembga

[Sean]

Finished The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami. Oddly satisfying.

[Joy D]

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen - 3 stars - My Review

[Peter]

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
There is a powerful honesty to this novel and is a stunning portrayal of a particular period in Plath's life and the brave attempt to face her own demons. Thankfully some of the societal issues that this story attacks are not so prevalent today, even if they haven't gone completely, but all the same it still feels relevant and deserves to be on the 1001 list.

[Diane]

The Folding Star by Alan Hollinghurst.

[Mia]

Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence. Nope.

[Bob]

News from Nowhere by William Morris. Wonderful depiction of what life could be. We could all use a ray of hope like that given to Guest.

[Alice]

Chocky by John Wyndham

[Karen]

Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
A light, humorous read. Not many of those on the list!

[Diane]

The Radiant Way by Margaret Drabble.

[Karen]

The Viper's Tangle by François Mauriac

[Alice]

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

[Diane]

The Rebel by Albert Camus.

[Karen]

Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson
I'm not a fan of nature writing, even though I do find it calming and restful. This book is definitely not calming -- much too realistic, especially the otter hunting.

[Bucket]

Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse by Alexander Pushkin

Poetry in translation, especially poetry that rhymes, seems to me like both an incredible feat and a hopeless undertaking. Since I don't read Russian, I'm not sure which this book is more of.

I found the word order and phrase-ology here tortured, and a good number of the rhymes were near misses at best.

BUT the tone is joyful, the imagery is vivid (particularly Tattiana's dream in Canto the Fifth), and the tongue-in-cheek self-reflection at the end of each Canto is as good as postmodern.

I don't know how much credit (and blame) Pushkin gets and how much goes to the translator. But overall, I enjoyed this a lot!

[George P.]

I finished reading Excellent Women by Barbara Pym a few days ago. Kind of a dull story but some wit and charm, good characters. 3.5 stars.

[George P.]

Bucket wrote: "Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse by Alexander Pushkin

Poetry in translation, especially poetry that rhymes, seems to me like both an incredible feat and a hopeless unde..."

I enjoyed this also. For anyone planning to read it I recommend the audiobook read by Stephen Fry, an English actor who brings a lightheartedness to the reading.

[Angie]

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

[Bob]

Erewhon or Over the Range by Samuel Butler

[Diane]

The Case of Sergeant Grischa by Arnold Zweig.

[Joy D]

Eugenie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac - 4 stars - My Review

[Maggie]

Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga. This has been on my Goodreads TBR list since 2010! It left me reflecting on the ways culture interacts with personality to create identities.

[Bob]

Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

[Mia]

The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino.

[Sean]

I finished Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy

Thank you, Mr. McCarthy, for reminding me that man is the most brutal of beasts.

[Bob]

A Woman's Life by Guy de Maupassant

[George P.]

The Twilight Years by Sawako Ariyoshi. More compelling and entertaining story than one would think from the subject (woman's father-in-law develops dementia and she has to deal with his care). 4.5 stars.

[Tim]

The Stranger by Camus. This was a reread. The first time I read, The Stranger, was in 1977 as well as I can remember.

[Karen]

Blindness by Henry Green

[Carol]

Romance of the Three Kingdoms (with footnotes and maps) by Luo Guanzhong

This is the unabridged version translated by C.H. Brewitt Taylor. Although the length of the book and number of characters might seem overwhelming, it is well worth the effort. I read it slowly over the course of 11 months, enjoying every page and machination of the characters! (I read several books at once)

[Karen]

Carol wrote: "Romance of the Three Kingdoms (with footnotes and maps) by Luo Guanzhong

This is the unabridged version translated by C.H. Brewitt Taylor. Although the length of t..."

One of my favorite books! I, too, read it over a year and found the narrative enthralling. It is definitely my favorite of the 4 Chinese Classics.

[Mia]

The Rainbow by D.H. Lawrence.

[Karen]

Caught by Henry Green and The Glass Bees by Ernst Jünger

[Joy D]

Native Son by Richard Wright - 4 stars - My Review

[Bob]

Bel-Ami by Guy de Maupassant

[Karina]

2666 by Roberto Bolaño

Not really a fan of this one I will say.

[Alice]

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe abd Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished the book that inspired one of my all-time favorite films:


The Shining by Stephen King
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...