Which LIST book did you just finish? Showing 8,651-8,700 of 10,243

[Karina]

Just finished Mr. Vertigo by Paul Auster. Not a huge fan of the story.

[Pamela]

Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers. Good fun.

[Alice]

Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe

[Sean]

Just finished The Secret History by Donna Tartt. One of the best this year for me.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Sean wrote: "Just finished The Secret History by Donna Tartt. One of the best this year for me."

I really enjoyed that one also.

[George P.]

The Mandarins by Simone de Beauvoir. That was a long haul for me. She certainly wrote very good sentences and paragraphs, but I didn't enjoy it very much, esp all the dialog about political clashes between different leftist intellectuals. I did enjoy the parts when she got away from that.

[Maddy]

The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde. I was really worried that the hype had ruined it for me because I wasn't all that impressed with it until about the 55% mark or so. After finishing it, I think the hype is deserved.

[James]

The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

[Sean]

Mr. Vertigo by Paul Auster. More has been posted on the group read thread.

[Bob]

Uncle Silas by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

[Nocturnalux]

Deep River by Shūsaku Endō

Still think Endou's The Sea and Poison was more deserving of being included.

[Pamela]

New Grub Street by George Gissing

[Karen]

Finished Fifth Business by Robinson Davies -- By chance, the 3rd magician book I have read this year after The Magician of Lublin by Isaac Bashevis Singer and Mr. Vertigo by Paul Auster.

Also finished Consider Phlebas (not a Boxall book) and The Player of Games (a Boxall book) by Iain M. Banks -- Books 1 and 2 of Banks' 10 book "Culture" series. Both very satisfying Sci-Fi reads filled with Galactic empires, political intrigue, space battles, sentient drones with attitude, and a whole lot more. I love the names Banks gives to his spaceships -- "The Limiting Factor," "The Ends of Invention," "Prosthetic Conscience," and "No More Mr. Nice Guy!" In fact in 2015, two SpaceX autonomous spaceport drone ships — "Just Read the Instructions" and "Of Course I Still Love You" — were named after ships in the book, as a posthumous tribute to Banks by Elon Musk. I definitely plan on reading the rest of the series.

[Pamela]

Her Privates We by Frederic Manning

[Anne]

The House on the Cerulean Sea

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Anne wrote: "The House on the Cerulean Sea"

Is this one on the list?

[Maddy]

The Cider House Rules by John Irving. I don't think I've seen loving father/son relationships portrayed in a novel before, and I loved it!

[Mia]

The Swimming-Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst.

[Peter]

The Summer Book by Tove Jansson.

[Dina]

The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst

[Ellinor]

RJ - Slayer of Trolls wrote: "Anne wrote: "The House on the Cerulean Sea"

Is this one on the list?"

It's not.

[Dr. Sabrina Molden]

Night and Day by Virginia Woolf

[Joy D]

Finished:
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino - 4* - My Review

[Mia]

The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima. Well that was disappointing.

[Bob]

Sentimental Education by Gustave Flaubert

[Sean]

The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse. I liked the story parts the most. The end stories and the legend was my favorite part.

[Diane]

A Dance to the Music of Time, Complete Set by Anthony Powell.

[Diane]

Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann.

[Shannon]

Karen wrote: "Finished Fifth Business by Robinson Davies -- By chance, the 3rd magician book I have read this year after The Magician of Lublin by Isaac Bashevis Singer and Mr..."

That "Culture" series sounds interesting! I'll have to give it a shot.

Personally I just finished 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke. A fairly enjoyable classic sci-fi book. I gave it 3 stars.

[Diane]

The Trusting and the Maimed by James Plunkett.

[Alice]

The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima

[Mia]

The Charwoman's Daughter by James Stephens.

[James]

Spring Snow the first book in The Sea of Fertility by Yukio Mishima

[Nocturnalux]

Diane wrote: "Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann."

Is that a list book?

[Joy D]

Nocturnalux wrote: "Diane wrote: "Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann."

Is that a list book?"
Yes. It's on the latest list.

[Diane]

Nocturnalux wrote: "Diane wrote: "Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann."

Is that a list book?"

It's one of the "rediscovered" books. It appears in some English language Boxall books and not in others. Other books in this category include Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Night Boat to Tangier.

[Diane]

Finished Death in Rome by Wolfgang Koeppen.

[George P.]

The Rings of Saturn by W. G. Sebald. 3+ stars.

[Ellinor]

Finished Night Boat to Tangier by Kevin Barry

[Sean]

I finished Growth of the Soil by Knut Hamsun. Very simple to follow. In fact, I sometimes felt like I was reading Dr. Suess. Was that the translation, or is it really that simple?

[Peter]

The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan.
I struggled initially with the oldie-world language with its many biblical references but soon got in the swing of it. I found the first half quite interesting and lightly humorous but found the second half somewhat dull and repetitive.

[Diane]

Gabriel's Gift by Hanif Kureishi.

[Dina]

Le tigri di Mompracem by Emilio Salgari

[Diane]

Tropic of Capricorn by Henry Miller.

[Karen]

The Return of Philip Latinowicz by Miroslav Krleža and Justine by Lawrence Durrell

[Pamela]

Dangling Man by Saul Bellow

[Mia]

Mother by Maxim Gorky. 5 stars.

[Bob]

The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

[Diane]

An Obedient Father by Akhil Sharma
How the Dead Live by Will Self

[Diane]

I Thought of Daisy by Edmund Wilson.