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Which LIST book did you just finish?
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Jan 21, 2023 05:19PM
I finished I'm Not Scared
by Nico Ammaniti.
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The Reveries of a Solitary Walker by Jean-Jacques RousseauUnfortunately, I read this book before reading any of Rousseau's other writings. It should have been read last. He makes frequent references to things he had written in other books before this one and I believe that I lost much of the meaning in this collection of essays because I had not read those other books.
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by Nico Ammaniti."That was a book I could not put down -- so powerful and riveting.
The Reader by Bernard Schlink. A free Library find.
Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukI managed to read this book without having seen the movie and without ever having heard spoilers. So that was lucky!
Edit: Apparently this book is not on the list and I don't know why I was so convinced it was!
I finished an addition to my All Time Favorites
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell - 3* - My ReviewBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh - 4* - My Review
Marti wrote: "A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway"My husband and I watched the movie at an Army base in El Paso in 1958 or 1959 and besides me, a lot of soldiers were crying. I have not been able to watch the movie again or read the book. It was a good movie.
It took a long, long, long time- I think I've achieved enlightenment myself- but I have finished The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 5: The Dreamer Wakes, final instalment of The Story of the Stone, also known as Dream of the Red Chamber.
Nocturnalux wrote: "It took a long, long, long time- I think I've achieved enlightenment myself- but I have finished The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 5: The Dreamer Wakes, fi..."Oh. Wow! How was it?
Rebecca (Adventurer) wrote: "Nocturnalux wrote: "It took a long, long, long time- I think I've achieved enlightenment myself- but I have finished [book:The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 5: The Dream..."I liked it a lot. It is surprisingly readable, even if the many, many characters made it a challenge (fortunately, the edition I read comes with a list of characters and I referred to it very frequently) and it some ways, extremely subversive. Given it was written in the 18th century, the focus on women, their inner lives and their value as individuals, is surprising. More, the hero blurs gender lines and there is canon queerness, especially in the early volumes, as well as women bucking conventions.
The last two volumes are authored by an anonymous writer and you can tell, there's an obvious dip in terms of quality but the ending does fit and I glad I read it.
Nocturnalux wrote: "Rebecca (Adventurer) wrote: "Nocturnalux wrote: "It took a long, long, long time- I think I've achieved enlightenment myself- but I have finished [book:The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the R..."Excellent! Thank you for sharing. It sounds it will be a worthwhile read.
JenniferAustin wrote: "All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque.What a mind-blowingly good book."
Amen. A true must-read.
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