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[Nicola]

A Severed Head - this was just, wow. So outrageous I'm not sure if it's meant to be taken seriously or as a sort of madly f****d up allegory. There was more bed swapping going on than in a Playboy mansion.

[Dree]

Finished The Iron Heel by Jack London. I didn't love the writing, and obviously the technology is 100 years out of date, but read it on serial reader which made it manageable. However, this election cycle this felt relevant :(

[Carol]

Just finished Nostromo, lots of action an d interesting but not a favorite 4*

[Kirsten]

Just finished reading The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

I did enjoy it, but I'm not sure I think it belongs on the list. I am impressed he got it published in 1984. Of course, he did publish it in the UK. Wonder how hard it was to get it published here in the US?

[Jennifer W]

Just finished Fingersmith. I really liked it! Such characters and plot twists! I'm not entirely sure why I needed to read this book before I died, but I'm glad I did!

[Carol]

Pricksongs and Descants

[Carol]

Nicola wrote: "The Butcher Boy - This was actually book #300 off the combined 1001 list so it's a milestone of sorts. It wasn't at all what I was expecting (I went off the cover and was expected a..."

That book is still stuck in my head!

[Diane]

A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore. I have no idea why this book is on the list.

[Nicola]

Middlesex - Very enjoyable although it wasn't what I was expecting. There was more focus on family and US history and less on genetics.

4 stars

[George P.]

Everything Is Illuminated - After I got about 1/4 into this novel, I was always eager to read more of it. I listened to it on audio ebook, and enjoyed listening to the Ukranian-accented character who told the modern part of the story, and found I developed a lot of empathy for him.

[Amy the book-bat]

I found Evelina to be quite enjoyable. I can see why Jane Austen liked it so much.

[Lasse]

I just finished The Bell Jar

[Diane]

Finished Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz.

[Rowizyx]

Diane wrote: "Finished Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz."

Did you like it? I have this book that's waiting for me...

[Laini]

The murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie .... Enjoyable read

[Nicola]

Rowizyx wrote: "Diane wrote: "Finished Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz."

Did you like it? I have this book that's waiting for me..."

I read this for a book group read and i don't think anybody had a bad word to say. I really liked it - 4 stars i think and i don't rate all that many books that highly.

[J_BlueFlower]

Finally finished Walden by Henry David Thoreau. I liked the first half of the book very much: How and why he lived in the wood alone and self-suppliyng for two years.

The second half was.... I don't know,... maybe I did not understand it. He take a lot of detours in his writing. Struggling my way trough the last part I came to the concluding chapter at last and were delighted to find it crystal clear and full of quotes I already knew – just not that where from here. For example:

"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer."

3 stars. The start was almost 5 star.

[Kirsten]

I just finished Under the Net by Iris Murdoch.

I really enjoyed it. However, I do have trouble verbalizing just what it is about Iris Murdoch I enjoy so much.

[Peter]

Just finished Excellent Women by Barbara Pym. If it had not been on the list then I would probably never have picked it up and I'm still not sure that I would have missed out on something.

[Aileen]

Finished The Country Girls by Edna O'Brien, a very gentle and easy read. I remember reading some O'Brien many years ago, but don't think this was ever one of them. 4/5

[Mia]

The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith.

[Nicola]

I read Foundation - a far future where apparently women have the same participation in society as they used to have back in the 1700s and Santa Evita which was very unusual. It's listed as fiction but I have classified it as non-fiction.

Rated 4 stars and 3 stars respectively.

[Kirsten]

Ah yes, a society where women know their place... and everybody is probably white and heterosexual too. LOL!

[Nicola]

Kirsten *Dogs Welcome - People Tolerated" wrote: "Ah yes, a society where women know their place... and everybody is probably white and heterosexual too. LOL!"

Heterosexual I think yes, there was no mention of skin colour.

[Diane]

Rowizyx wrote: "Diane wrote: "Finished Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz."

Did you like it? I have this book that's waiting for me..."

I did like it a lot. Great sense of place and time (a poor section of Cairo in the early 1940s). Great character development, too. I have read three other books by him that I have also really enjoyed (The Cairo Trilogy).

[Diane]

Aileen wrote: "Finished The Country Girls by Edna O'Brien, a very gentle and easy read. I remember reading some O'Brien many years ago, but don't think this was ever one of them. 4/5"

Glad to hear you enjoyed it. I am planning to read this one soon.

[Ellinor]

Finished The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.

[Ed]

I haven't been too good about posting here after each book.
Here are my most recent 10 more books completed to bring me to 158:

The Brothers Karamazov
I, Robot
The Color Purple
Look Homeward Angel
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Lord of the Flies
Vile Bodies
Ficciones
Three Lives
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Burmese Days

[George P.]

Ed, that's actually 11. I've read six of those. You're gaining on me rapidly.

[Ed]

George wrote: "Ed, that's actually 11. I've read six of those. You're gaining on me rapidly."

LOL...I can read...but not count.

[Mia]

I just finished Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick.

[Tasha]

Nicola wrote: "I read Foundation - a far future where apparently women have the same participation in society as they used to have back in the 1700s and Santa Evita which was very unu..."

Yes. A huge problem in classic sci-fi and fantasy.

[Diane]

Finished The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble. Very disappointing. I am not sure why it ever became a list book.

[Lasse]

I just finished The Cement Garden

[Nicola]

Fight Club - The movie was actually better. I think the only book to movie conversion I have ever said that for before now is The Devil Wears Prada.

It's not that the book is bad, it's great, it's just that the movie is tighter, better scripted and both the ending and the 'big reveal' is better done. More surprising and more dramatic.

3 1/2 stars

[Ellinor]

Nicola wrote: "Fight Club - The movie was actually better. I think the only book to movie conversion I have ever said that for before now is The Devil Wears Prada.

It's not that the book ..."

But that one's not on the list. He has one other book listed however, Choke.

[Ian]

Finally made it to the end of Daniel Deronda. Not my favourite Eliot. It is my 100th book from the 19th century though, so I'm feeling chuffed with myself today.

[Nastaran]

Just finished Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. As i had read the summarized edition of this book which had been prepared for child in my childhood, i did not interested to go and read it whole book again. But I really enjoy . He has nothing in this island except hope for living and with this hope he could survive there for 30 years alone.

[Nicola]

Ellinor wrote: "Nicola wrote: "Fight Club - The movie was actually better. I think the only book to movie conversion I have ever said that for before now is The Devil Wears Prada.

It's not..."

Oh yes, it's on the g1000 list. They're side by side on my spreadsheet. I ticked off the wrong column.

[Nicola]

Ian wrote: "Finally made it to the end of Daniel Deronda. Not my favourite Eliot. It is my 100th book from the 19th century though, so I'm feeling chuffed with myself today."

I really liked half of it. That novel was really two stories squished together.

[Carol]

Finished In the Heat of the Day today. Would someone please explain how we know about Harrison plan for Stella? I have other questions but don't want spoilers in my comments. Good book but somethings just were too "hidden".

[Jennifer W]

Just finished Antic Hay. I'm pretty sure I really didn't need to read it before I died...

[Laura]

Just finished The Bell by Iris Murdoch, thought it was really strange gave it 2 stars

[Ed]

Just finished #160- The Garden Where the Brass Band Played by Simon Vestdijk. Liked it...seemed Proustian to me. If you know more about classical music than me...you might enjoy this even more.

[Lasse]

I finished #61 The Butcher Boy and #62 The Death of Ivan Ilych

[Diane]

The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen

[Mia]

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.

[Sarah]

Just completed for the week ending 9/11:

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith

[Nicola]

The Mysteries of Udolpho - interesting story at bottom but I got sick of excessive scenery and the drip of a 'hero'. The poetry was also awful beyond my words to describe but I just fast forwarded through it as soon as it started so I can't say it really annoyed me.

2 1/2 stars

[Lasse]

I have finished A Clockwork Orange and Candide