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Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die discussion
Which LIST book did you just finish?

Created by Charity, Oct 06, 2013 4321 views
Ed Lehman Finished Stephen Foster Wallace's Infinte Jest...my review:
Finally finished this monster...and feel very conflicted about it. The book read like a combination of Tristram Shandy, Fahrenheit 451 and Clockwork Orange on drugs...lots of drugs! I was blown away by the first 500 pages or so.... but then it became tedious work. Yet, even though there is no real conclusion to the murky story, I think that's the point. Life is a hot mess! I don't think there is one happy character in the work. Every character has his own set of problems.... and almost everyone is trying to escape reality by either drugs.... or the mysteriously addictive and elusive cartridge. I can only give it three stars because I really couldn't enjoy the last half..... but I don't think I will ever forget the read either.
Jennifer W Last night I finished Heart of Darkness It was good enough. Wish there had been more interactions between Kurtz and Marlow.
deleted user Just finished The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Kathy Just finished Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote. Amazing how people can screw up their lives. At least the cat made out in the end!
Karina Just finished Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. Though I enjoyed The Remains of the Day better, still a very good book and just as melancholy.
Stephanie "Jedigal" Summer, by Edith Wharton. Short and good, but not as good as the couple of longer works I've read so far.
Laura Karina wrote: "Just finished Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. Though I enjoyed The Remains of the Day better, still a very good book and just as melancholy."

Looking forward to reading this too, from reading those 2 books by Ishiguro would you want to read anything else by him? I loved Remains of the day and will read Never let me go soon.
Ed Lehman Just finished Zola's "Therese Raquin"....which was excellent.
Ian The Summer Book by Tove Jansson. Another little gem that I would never have unearthed without the 1001 list to guide me.
Dan Miller Midnight's Children -Salman Rushdie. VG. I highly recommend.
Colleen Mary Barton. Although not my favourite book I will miss cosying up with this of an evening. 4 stars.
James Paterson Albert Camus, The Stranger
For all the talk about existentialism I found my introduction to Camus slightly disappointing. We get no real insight into why the main character behaves as he does and I thought it was quite light-weight the way it was written. Also a disappointing ending.
Sonya Finished The Lambs of London.
Sunny Choke by Chuck Palahniuk. My first 'Paula-Nick'!

Also finished today: Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne.

And The Pleasant History of Thomas of Reading by Thomas Delaney. My review has a link to read this one for free online.
Mandy Just finished A Farewell to Arms - Hemmingway
Ellinor Finished The left-handed Woman by Peter Handke.
Alice White Tiger by Arvind Adiga
Sandy from Alaska Colón The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. I enjoyed reading the book, I gave it 4★
Ed Lehman Just finished Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar.... 5 stars.
Colleen The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Jonpaul The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Excellent short story on the list. If anyone wants to put a quick notch on their bookshelf, I highly recommend this one. It's available for free download at the Kindle store.
Colleen Man Of Feeling. Meh.
Amber Colleen wrote: "Man Of Feeling. Meh."

No one should ever have to read this book ever.
Jen The Judge and His Hangman by Durrenmatt. Short and very interesting.
Mandy Just finished The Time Machine - another short but packed book.
Danyellemastro I've been a slack reader lately - it took me almost a month to read Cold Comfort Farm! That said, I quite enjoyed it and have been reinvigorated - already racing through The Line of Beauty.
Danyellemastro Yrinsyde wrote: "I recently finished Portnoy's Complaint. Care to read someone's personal rant about his sex life anyone?"

One Philip Roth has been enough to turn me off for life. Why do you do this to me Peter Boxall and Co?!?!
Maggie I read The Scarlet Letter. A true classic!
Steve mitchell Danyellemastro wrote: "Yrinsyde wrote: "I recently finished Portnoy's Complaint. Care to read someone's personal rant about his sex life anyone?"

One Philip Roth has been enough to turn me off for life. Why do you do t..."

I was surprised by how popular this book was also, I guess it was shocking for its time, especially when considering it was a kid from a Jewish family writing like that?
Erika I finished The Hours today. I read Mrs. Dalloway for the first time right before I read The Hours, since Virginia Woolf's story is so intrinsically tied in to this one, which I think was a good idea, though I could see myself appreciating Cunningham's work even without reading Woolf first. I enjoyed both books tremendously. 4 stars for Mrs. Dalloway, 5 for The Hours.
Dee I finished Pride and Prejudice last night. Loved this so much more than Sense and Sensibility, which is the only other Austen I've read so far.
Amanda I just finished my 100th book (chronologically) on my blog http://1001everything.blogspot.com. Very excited.
Nicole War and Peace. Officially my 100th read from the core list.
Steve mitchell Nicole wrote: "War and Peace"

Man I loved that baby, history on top of a great story on top of great writing! I should reread that ginormous baby.
Nicole Steve wrote: "Nicole wrote: "War and Peace"

Man I loved that baby, history on top of a great story on top of great writing! I should reread that ginormous baby."

It was a much better read than I expected. But definitely a project!
Ed Lehman Gabriel Garcia Marquez' "No One Writes to the Colonel".
Kai Coates Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane - 5 stars (and a quick read!)
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