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[Pamela]

Memoirs of My Nervous Illness by Daniel Paul Schreber

[Diane]

Finished:

The Heat of the Day by Elizabeth Bowen
The Childermass by Wyndham Lewis

[Karen]

Christ Stopped at Eboli: The Story of a Year by Carlo Levi

[Diane]

After the Death of Don Juan by Sylvia Townsend Warner.

[Bob]

The Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal

[Diane]

The Hand of Ethelberta by Thomas Hardy.

[Dina]

The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek.

[Joy D]

Justine by Lawrence Durrell - 3* - My Review

[Pamela]

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams. Good fun.

[Mia]

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell.

[Peter]

Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker

I must admit that the book's fractured and non-chronological structure initially made it a little difficult for me to differentiate between the various voices but once I had overcome this obstacle the story had me totally gripped if extremely uncomfortable.

[Joy D]

Finished:
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie - 3* - My Review

[Karen]

Mia wrote: "The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell."

Such an interesting title -- was the book good?

[Carol]

Just finished A Sentimental Journey by Laurence Sterne

[Karen]

Group Portrait with Lady by Heinrich Böll

[Bob]

Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell

[Mia]

Karen wrote: "Mia wrote: "The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell."

Such an interesting title -- was the book good?"

I know, right? The title was the reason why I wanted to read it. And it was 5 stars for me.

[Mia]

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys.

[Kathleen]

Embers by Sándor Márai. I loved this one.

[Pamela]

Wise Children by Angela Carter

[Sean]

Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol. I found it wonderful, funny, and hard to put down.

[Bob]

Sean wrote: "Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol. I found it wonderful, funny, and hard to put down."
I just finished this earlier this year. Excellent story.

[George P.]

Pereira Declares: A Testimony by Antonio Tabucchi. Loved it. Reminded me somewhat of Graham Greene's writing style but wittier.

[Peter]

White Noise by Don DeLillo
Given that death features fairly prominently in this novel I found myself reading numerous passages if not laughing out loud at least with a smile on my face, some of the conversations were so ridiculous that they are comical. However, it also felt rather self-indulgent and also requires a good deal of effort.

[Pamela]

Persuasion by Jane Austen

[Mia]

Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley.

[Sean]

Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

At times ranting
At times ridiculous
At times genius.
At times at the same time.

[George P.]

Love's Work: A Reckoning with Life by Gillian Rose. I couldn't follow some of her philosophy discussions, having no background in that, but that's a fairly small part of the book.

[Nocturnalux]

Mia wrote: "Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley."

Just finished this one myself.

[Mia]

Nocturnalux wrote: "Mia wrote: "Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley."

Just finished this one myself."

How did you like it? I listened it as a audiobook and I think that was mistake.

[Mia]

The Left-Handed Woman by Peter Handke.

[Carol]

A Tale of a Tub by Jonathan Swift

warning! You might want to refresh your basic knowledge of pre-18th century British secular and religious history before starting this one. Also, don't let the Digressions trip you up -- Swift has a bit of fun with us here.

[Karina]

I am re-reading The Lord of the Rings trilogy and just finished The Fellowship of the Ring.

[Tim]

Mia wrote: "Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley."

My favorite Huxley so far.

[Bob]

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

[Sean]

Karina wrote: "I am re-reading The Lord of the Rings trilogy and just finished The Fellowship of the Ring."

Sean liked a post by Karina

[Alice]

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

[Peter]

Under the Skin by Michel Faber.
I found this an odd but strangely compelling read.

[James]

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

[Nocturnalux]

Mia wrote: "Nocturnalux wrote: "Mia wrote: "Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley."

Just finished this one myself."

How did you like it? I listened it as a audiobook and I think that was m..."

I found it very interesting in how it blends a very traditional and even borderline outdated for the time setting with radically modern ideas Huxley would later develop (like growing human beings in bottles which is one of the hallmarks of Brave New World) and even prescient ones, I had to check to make sure the novel was released in the early 20's as it seems so aware of WWII being around the corner.

It is like a postwar The Magic Mountain of sorts.

[Jennifer W]

Finished The Bluest Eye. Never read it before. Wonderfully written, heartbreakingly still relevant.

[Bob]

The Magician of Lublin by Isaac Bashevis Singer

[Kathleen]

Persuasion by Jane Austen (tied for my favorite Austen)
and
The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole (silly, but fun to read the first gothic novel)

[Joy D]

Finished:
The Black Prince by Iris Murdoch - 4* - My Review

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished the science-fiction classic


I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Sean]

Independent People by Halldór Laxness. I mostly liked this world where everybody is a poet and sheep are a little too important. It dragged at times, but as a whole: good.

[Alice]

The Passion by Jeanette Winterson

[Pamela]

The Time of the Hero by Mario Vargas Llosa. Brutal but brilliant

[Sean]

I finished Extinction by Thomas Bernhard, It wasn't too tough, despite ZERO paragraph breaks. The stream of consciousness just flowed and flowed but was easy enough to follow. I liked it a lot.

BTW, I'm 6 pages in to his Correction and it also seems to have ZERO paragraph breaks... and I've only seen two periods thus far. This might be more challenging.

[Carol]

Cecilia by Frances Burney