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[Jenny Baker]

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

[Diane]

The Fan Man by William Kotzwinkle.

[Diane]

Conversations in Sicily by Elio Vittorini.

[Dina]

Finished In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust. Finally!

[Pip]

The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor. The second of Trevor's books that I've read and I would like to read more.

[Ingrid]

Dreaming Pachinko (Billy Chaka, #3) by Isaac Adamson

[Karen]

Dina wrote: "Finished In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust. Finally!"

Congratulations! What did you think of the books? I read it during the COVID19 lockdowns and loved it. It was my calming moments (LOL -- many moments) with a cup of tea each morning.

[Diane]

Fools of Fortune by William Trevor.

[Dina]

Karen wrote: "Dina wrote: "Finished In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust. Finally!"

Congratulations! What did you think of the books? I read it during the COVID19 lockdowns and l..."

I like books very much and rated them 5 stars. I read the first one (Swann's Way) as a high school student because it was an integral part of the required reading. I didn't particularly like the book then, maybe I was too young for Proust. For some books, I think you need to have some life experience to understand them.
When I started reading the series, I re-read Swan's Way and of course the book was wonderful. I like his thoughts on life and especially on old age and accepting that we are getting older, better not accepting it. :)

[George P.]

The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati of Italy. A short, engaging novel about disappointment, time, life's meaning. Four stars.

[Alice]

Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima (first book in The Sea of Fertility series.

On to book two Runaway Horses when the public library contacts me that it's ready for pick-up.

[Diane]

The Busconductor Hines by James Kelman and A Void by Georges Perec.

[Joy D]

The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen - 3* - My Review

[Diane]

Correction by Thomas Bernhard.

[Angie]

By the Open Sea by August Strindberg

[Alice]

Pepita Jiménez by Juan Valera

[Bob]

La Reine Margot by Alexandre Dumas

[Nocturnalux]

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

[Diane]

Her Privates We by Frederic Manning.

[Maddy]

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez. I wanted to like it, but the writing style was just too decadent for my tastes, and Florentino Ariza is just too creepy. The last chapter did a lot of heavy lifting to redeem the book in my mind, but I still only rate it three stars.

[Bob]

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell, good characters, interesting story.

[Alice]

Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson

[Diane]

Kieron Smith, Boy by James Kelman.

[Pamela]

Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler

[Diane]

Dining on Stones by Iain Sinclair.

[Maddy]

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. So, so good!

[Karen]

Maddy wrote: "Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. So, so good!"

I really enjoyed that one!

[Karen]

Eclipse of the Crescent Moon is a fascinating historical novel by Géza Gárdonyi, a Hungarian author. It is an action-packed adventure (with a little romance) of the siege of the Hungarian fortress of Eger by the Ottoman army in 1552. Hard to put down -- the audiobook was excellent!

[Hubert]

The Lover by Marguerite Duras. Mixed feelings about this one.

[Mia]

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

[Diane]

A Maggot by John Fowles.

[Pamela]

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

[Jennifer W]

I finished Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, which I was both really hooked and really lost throughout (guess I'm not cut out to be a spy). I can't decide if I can't wait to jump into another one of his books, or take a looong extended break!

Not sure what I want to pick up next.

[Diane]

Downriver by Iain Sinclair.

[Mia]

Castle Rackrent by Maria Edgeworth.

[Diane]

The Apes of God by Wyndham Lewis.

[Pamela]

July's People by Nadine Gordimer

[George P.]

That They May Face The Rising Sun by Irish author John McGahern. I thought it was very good, 4.5 stars, and I don't think it should have been dropped from the Boxall list.

[Peter]

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

By modern standards this book would be seen as pretty tame, but I still believe that it deserves to be widely read. I could probably have rated it higher, but I wanted to leave myself some wriggle room in case any of the later books are even better.

[Bob]

Adam Bede by George Eliot

[Angie]

Mr Vertigo by Paul Auster

[Sean]

I finished The Third Wedding by Costas Taktsis, which I enjoyed. This Greek family drama was not about a wedding, however....

[Diane]

The Discovery of Heaven by Harry Mulisch.

[Maddy]

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. Not understanding the praise around this one, personally. I thought it was trying to do too much and taking itself too seriously while doing it.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished:


The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Aileen]

Dracula by Bram Stoker 5/5

I don't know why I'd not read this before. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[Diane]

Giles Goat-Boy by John Barth.

[Ellinor]

Enduring Love by Ian McEwan. A bit creepy.

[Mia]

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway.

[Alice]

Runaway Horses by Yukio Mishima (the second book of The Sea of Fertility)

Waiting for #3 -- on waiting list from the public library