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[Carol]

The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia by Samuel Johnson

[Kathleen]

JenniferAustin wrote: "I just finished The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna. What a demented and wonderful book! I have already requested the only other Paasilinna title my library owns. ..."

You completely sold me with that combo--three of my favorites!

[Joy D]

Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym - 5* - My Review

[Pamela]

Fools of Fortune by William Trevor. Loved this.

[Alice]

The Heather Blazing by Colm Tóibín

[Mia]

Solaris by Stanisław Lem.

[Carol]

Jake wrote: "Carol wrote: "I finished The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole on 9/21/22"

I've been thinking about reading that since I've been trying to get a better understanding o..."

Sorry. I just now saw your question. I've read a few of the classic Gothic stories and I didn't have the same response to this one at all. To me most Gothics are at least a little creepy, if not downright frightening. Some of the "gothic elements" in this story were so silly that I almost laughed when I read it. It seemed more like a parody of a Gothic novel than the real thing. Of course, it couldn't have been a parody since it was the first one written! But it was easy to read and I'm glad to have it finished.

[Carol]

I just finished a re-read of The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.

I first read it when I was 15 years old, about 50 years ago. This is the first time I've read it since. Wow! What a difference time and life experiences make in my reaction to the book. 50 years ago I would have given it 2 stars. Today, it's an easy 5 star book for me!

[Bob]

This past week I finished Indian Summer by Adalbert Stifter and The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

[Pamela]

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

[Maddy]

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

[Peter]

Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler.
Great prose littered with some wonderful metaphors.

[Ellinor]

Silence by Shūsaku Endō

[Carol]

Finished a re-read of The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

[JenniferAustin]

Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho

[Tim]

Carol wrote: "Finished a re-read of The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe"

One of my all-time favorites!

[Alice]

The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks

[Karen]

Forest of the Hanged by Liviu Rebreanu

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished the greatest war novel ever


All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Pamela]

If This Is a Man by Primo Levi

[Karina]

The Heather Blazing by Colm Tóibín

I really enjoyed this

[Bob]

Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

[Karen]

The Heather Blazing by Colm Tóibín and The Enigma of Arrival: A Novel in Five Sections by V.S. Naipaul

[Pamela]

On Beauty by Zadie Smith

[Joy D]

Finished:
The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan - 3* - My Review

[Nocturnalux]

The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner

[Bob]

The Hand of Ethelberta by Thomas Hardy. Has interesting plot turns.

[Mia]

The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope.

[Alice]

Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller

[Pamela]

They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? by Horace McCoy. Very powerful for such a short novel.

[Carol]

The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis

[George P.]

In the middle of the night last night I finished Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh, a screwy satire that I enjoyed, but questionable if it's good enough for the 1001 list.
I also very recently finished Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert and The Ghost Road by Pat Barker.

[George P.]

Carol wrote: "Finished a re-read of The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe"

That's the oldest full novel that I've ever read. It's very a very significant book in literary history.

[Karina]

Finished The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. I really am not quite sure what to make of it. It was interesting but I also don’t know what to believe.

[Alice]

On Beauty by Zadie Smith

[Marti]

Woman At Point Zero and Blonde

[Alice]

Tropic of Capricorn by Henry Miller

[Alice]

Tropic of Capricorn by Henry Miller

[Mia]

1Q84 by Haruki Murakami.

[Karen]

Franny and Zooey by J. D. Salinger

[Carol]

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe

[George P.]

Dispatches by war correspondent Michael Herr.

[Alice]

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

[Jacob]

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton.

[Mia]

Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford.

[Alice]

Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto

[Carol]

At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill

[JenniferAustin]

I just finished The Old Man and the Sea. I listed to an audiobook narrated by Donald Sutherland. Five stars for both the book and the audio performance!

[Alice]

Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard

[Jess]

A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore