Which LIST book did you just finish? Showing 3,851-3,900 of 10,324

[Dree]

Finished Siddhartha and liked it much more than I expected to.

[Sarah]

Aileen wrote: "Finished a re-read of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Agatha Christie which I first read way back in my teens. I gave it 4/5 this time around."

I love Agatha! If you're a fan I recommend And Then There Were None.

[Aileen]

Sarah wrote: "Aileen wrote: "Finished a re-read of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Agatha Christie which I first read way back in my teens. I gave it 4/5 this time around."

I love Agatha! If you're a fan I recomme..."

I've started re/reading the Poirots in order, filling in the gaps. I read them quite randomly over the years and there are still a lot I haven't read before. Then onto the Marples!

[Sarah]

Aileen wrote: "I've started re/reading the Poirots in order, filling in the gaps. I read them quite randomly over the years and there are still a lot I haven't read before. Then onto the Marples!."

Brilliant! I read half the canon last year in order. I will return to her this fall. I adore Poirot but Miss Marple is my favorite. She’s a hoot!

[Sarah]

Finished Vanity Fair. The maiden is crushed in Thackeray’s hands. And good riddance! Amelia warrants little sympathy. Unlike other characters of a similar background, her purposeless existence, child worship, and clinging to a dead man who never regarded her (as much as she’d like to believe) doesn’t warrant much sympathy. And that’s what he intends. :-)

[Gemma]

I finished After the Quake on my lunch break today. I really enjoyed the last three stories but didn't like the first three at all.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Mercedes wrote: "Possession
Ugh"

I wondered what happened to you--not good, eh?

[Sarah]

Finished Memento Mori by Muriel Spark. The grannies were a hoot and I enjoyed the book.

[Karen]

A Tale of a Tub by Jonathan Swift
Love his wit and satire, but the paragraph-long sentences are daunting!

[Diane]

Finished Legend by David Gemmell.

[George P.]

Mercedes wrote: "Possession
Ugh"

Sorry to hear that because it's on my list to read in a couple months! It's a long one too. What's wrong with it?

[Aileen]

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. A bleak little day with the odd touch of humour. I enjoyed it and gave it 4/5.

[Sarah]

Finished The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark.

[Diane]

Finished Nana by Émile Zola.

[Yrinsyde]

Resuming the challenge after a long break. I finished The Elegance of the Hedgehog a few days ago. An interesting novel with an ending not necessarily a surprise. I can see why some people think it pretentious.

[Tyler]

Just finished The Professor's House by Willa Cather.

[Aileen]

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. A 3/5 for me and I'm glad I knew the story beforehand.

[Sarah]

Finished One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez.

[George P.]

Sarah wrote: "Finished One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez."

You're blazing along Sarah. I count 5 in 11 days. I know most of them were shorter, but still....

[Sarah]

George wrote: "You're blazing along Sarah. I count 5 in 11 days. I know most of them were shorter, but still...."

Thanks George. It was time for some shorter reads! :-)

[Tim]

Finished, Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo. A classic in the highest sense of the word.

[Gemma]

Sarah wrote: "Finished One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez."

How did you find it? That one made it my could not finish shelf!

[Diane]

Finished a re-read of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey.

[Sarah]

Gemma wrote: "How did you find it? That one made it my could not finish shelf!"

He writes well and the storytelling was good but I felt that it lost a bit of steam after a strong start. I’m not convinced that the storylines were tied together as neatly as they might have been. There was an element of disjointedness as the story wound down.

[Bam cooks the books]

Today I finished Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison.

[Karen]

Michael KOHLHAAS: New Edition by Heinrich Von Kleist.

[Sarah]

Finished Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding.

[Debbie]

Gemma wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Finished One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez."

How did you find it? That one made it my could not finish shelf!"

I read the entire book and "magical realism" isn't the way my mind works. Abstract art is interesting but I don't get that either. 1001+ is a nice goal but will spend my time on books I am enjoying first. We are all different in taste and understanding

[Gemma]

Debbie wrote: "Gemma wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Finished One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez."

How did you find it? That one made it my could not finish shelf!"

I read the entire ..."

Yes I agree, if I really am not enjoying something I will stick it on the did not finish shelf, and maybe come back to it if I ever get close to the end of this crazy challenge!

[Sarah]

Gemma wrote: "1001+ is a nice goal but will spend my time on books I am enjoying first.”

As a writer, I finish them all. I learn a great deal in the process and deepen my proficiency for storytelling.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Finished The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy. Would probably appeal to others more than it did me.

[Diane]

Finished Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov.

[Diane]

Finished In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan.

[George P.]

Gemma wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Finished One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez."

How did you find it? That one made it my could not finish shelf!"

Really? If you thought "Solitude" a hard one to get through, Garcia Marquez' The Autumn of the Patriarch is a lot harder to finish. It has no paragrarph breaks, no quotation marks, and darn few periods, all flowing crazily. I made it though.

[George P.]

Finished The Professor's House, my 1st Willa Cather, and her only List book, though not her most popular. I liked it, a very lucid but elegant style; structure somewhat odd though. My # 229.

[Gemma]

George wrote: "Gemma wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Finished One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez."

How did you find it? That one made it my could not finish shelf!"

Really? If you tho..."

I must admit I haven't tried any others since I couldn't get through that one.

Might try to revisit soon, about to start to focusing on all 1000+ page books on the list!

[Sarah]

George wrote: "The Autumn of the Patriarch is a lot harder to finish. It has no paragrarph breaks, no quotation marks, and darn few periods, all flowing crazily. I made it though.”

What a train wreck! I finished One Hundred Years of Solitude but put Love in the Time of Cholera to the side. I was eager to read it initially but the modest letdown of the other has relegated it to another time. Alas, I went back to Russia!

I like The Brothers Karamazov thus far but enjoyed Crime and Punishment much more. It might be the nutter factor. ;-)

The book you mentioned reminded me of a comment from The Great Courses Plus class (Building Great Sentences). The professor provided multiple examples of lengthy sentences (some spanning more than 3k!) and acknowledged their impact on the reader. Did he flow like Woolf? I’m laughing of course!

[Linda]

I just finished The Quiet American by Graham Greene.

[Pragya]

I finished reading The Professor's House.

[Gemma]

Just finished Kafka on the Shore and loved it.

[Diane]

Finished The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela.

[Karen]

For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway.
Love Hemingway's sparse prose (especially after a few of the classics from the 1700s)!

[Karen]

The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu.
A beautifully written book. Hard to believe this was written early in the 11th century. The complex plot, the integration of poetry into the narrative, and the nature descriptions are astounding. (This translation was excellent and easy to read with excellent notes.)

[Peter]

The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy. It was a bit of a slow burner for me.

[lawless]

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. I saw the film adaptation some years ago, so I was familiar with the plot but that didn't take away from my enjoyment of the book. I loved it!

[Nicole]

Just finished Inside Mr.Enderby. Really enjoyed it. I recommend the audiobook.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Finished One Hundred Years of Solitude. I thought it was tremendous.

[Tyler]

I just finished The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. It is a great read, and you can clearly see that it is the grandfather of all mystery and detective genre fiction.

[Kirsten]

Tyler wrote: "I just finished The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. It is a great read, and you can clearly see that it is the grandfather of all mystery and detective genre fiction."

Loved that book, especially the guy who makes his decisions after consulting Robinson Crusoe!!

[Dree]

Last night I finished The Roots of Heaven by Romain Gary.

Excellent book.