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Which LIST book did you just finish?
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay It was a long read, but quite good. Well-written, and so well-researched, one comes to almost believe it is true.
Just finished:As If I'm Not There such a sad and emotive novel, devastating story.
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
“Remains of the Day” by Kazuo Ishiguro. This is my “I” book for the A-Z challenge. I immediately decided to read all his books, whether or not they are on the list, and even if it slows me down on the challenge. I also found that he is the monthly spotlight on the Booker Prize site with great commentary on all his books. web-site. https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booke.... I also learned from post that other people found that reading “Remains of the Day” before “Artist of a Floating World” made “Artist…” a bit of a disappointment, but still thought provoking.
From least favorite to most:Vanishing Point by David Markson
At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Invisible Man by H.G.WellsGiven that the fact that Wells wrote his books well over a century ago I still find it remarkable how he is still asking us to look at the world in new ways.
Just finished The Virgin Suicides. Certainly a sad tale, not only for the girls but for the narrators, still trapped in their unrealistic memories of the girls.
The Man with the Golden ArmWanted to read since finishing The Mandarins last year.
Gritty story but well written.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe simplicity of this tale makes it a remarkable piece of powerful writing that deserves to be on this list.
I just finished Middlemarch, it was a 5 stars from me.
The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner.Maybe the book would have been better if it had been given a third-person narrative but in the end I found none of the characters particularly engaging and along with most modern art I found them pretentious and facile. I didn't hate this book but it didn't really interest me either.
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