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[Karen]

The Professor's House by Willa Cather.

[Karen]

In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan
Beautifully written book from the 60s dealing with an idyllic community struggling with jealousy, violence, and hate.

[Dree]

Virgin Soil by Ivan Turgenev

Good book in general, but not what I was expecting. Too much romance for me.

[Diane]

Finished a re-read of Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.

[Sarah]

Finished The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

[Maggie]

Finished Brighton Rock by Graham Greene. It's one of those books I thought I would hate until I read it and loved it.

[lawless]

Finished Unless by Carol Shields.

[Sarah]

Finished The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells.

[Tyler]

Finished 1919 by John dos Passos yesterday. Its the 2nd book in his U.S.A. trilogy.

[Karen]

Re-read of The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

[Bob]

Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz

[Ellinor]

Finished The Country Girls by Edna O'Brien.

[Andi]

Finished Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë.

[Kirsten]

Andi wrote: "Finished Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë."

I really need to re-read that one. I read it as a high school freshman (I think) -- and remember it was the only book I ever read that I bought a Cliff's Notes for!

[Karen]

Her Privates We by Frederic Manning.
An excellent World War I novel told from the viewpoint of a private. This is not a story of the great battles of the war but of the time between battles -- winding down, moving into rest billets, training, getting into mischief, and prepping for the next battle. Great focus on the brotherhood of soldiers.

[George P.]

Bob wrote: "Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz"

I've plans to read a book by this Nobel laureate. His Arabian Nights and Days has better avg rating than Midaq Alley, though it's not a List book.

[Peter]

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. A powerful story even today.

[Aileen]

Two more short ones completed.

The Newton Letter, John Banville - found it reminiscent of Edna O'Brien.

Worstward Ho, Samuel Beckett. Has anyone read it and can explain it to me? It went right over my head I'm afraid.

[Diane]

Aileen wrote: "Worstward Ho, Samuel Beckett. Has anyone read it and can explain it to me? It went right over my head I'm afraid. ..."

I'm afraid all of Beckett's books are like that, or at least the ones I've read. :)

[Diane]

Just finished The Red and the Black by Stendhal.

[Aileen]

Diane wrote:
"I'm afraid all of Beckett's books are like that, or at least t..."

I read Waiting for Godot a few years back and enjoyed it so much I went to the stage play in London. Guess I was expecting something similar!

[Eva]

I just finished The Hours by Michael Cunningham. Nice companion to reading Mrs. Dalloway.

[Bob]

Miramar by Naguib Mahfouz

[Sarah]

Finished The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins.

[Aileen]

My first Philip Roth - The Breast. 3/5

[Karen]

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro.
Great book, beautifully written. I was halfway through the book when the Nobel committee announced Ishiguro as the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Excellent choice and very well deserved!!

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov. I thought it was okay. Most of the reviews for it are glowing. I guess it's me. FWIW, I was ambivalent about his Heart of a Dog as well.

[George P.]

Aileen wrote: "My first Philip Roth - The Breast. 3/5"

He got the Pulitzer for American Pastoral, which I read, but I enjoyed Portnoy's Complaint more, had more of an emotional connection.

[Aileen]

George wrote: "Aileen wrote: "My first Philip Roth - The Breast. 3/5"

He got the Pulitzer for American Pastoral, which I read, but I enjoyed Portnoy's Complaint more, had more of an emo..."

He has a lot on the 1001 list, I shall no doubt get to them someday...!

[Linda]

Bryan wrote: "The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov. I thought it was okay. Most of the reviews for it are glowing. I guess it's me."

I read this at the beginning of the year and that's how I felt as well. And I thought it must have been just me at the time since I saw all the rave reviews.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

It sure makes a lot of lists--not just Boxall's. I guess it's just a case of some books appealing to different readers (and thanks for making me feel it's not just me!)

[Sarah]

Finished The Monk by Matthew Lewis. Depravity, vice and pride neatly intertwined with religion during the Inquisition period.

[Bob]

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks. Odd choice for a protagonist. It's like reading about Jeffrey Dahmer as a kid. The ending explained some but not all of the dementedness.

[Sarah]

Bob wrote: "The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks. Odd choice for a protagonist. It's like reading about Jeffrey Dahmer as a kid. The ending explained some but not all of the dementedness."

Hilarious! What a visual. :-)

[Tyler]

I finished She: A History of Adventure today.

[Ellinor]

Finished A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro. I'm not really sure how I feel about it.

[Diane]

Finished The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood. Awesome book.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Finished The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith. I liked it.

[George P.]

After a couple non-list books, finished The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings (I only read The Labyrinth). I read about half of it last year, then came back to it. Rather intellectual essays, and not my usual kind of reading, but I pushed myself. I thought the last chapters the best.

[Karen]

Blind Man with a Pistol by Chester Himes.
This is the final book (of 8) in Himes' Harlem Detective Series featuring the black NYPD Detectives Coffin Ed Johnson and Gravedigger Jones and set between 1957 and 1969. A hot summer night in Harlem filled with murders, sarcasm, dark humor, protests and parades -- I thoroughly enjoyed this novel of the 60s!

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Finished The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro. This was quite different than some of his other works I've read, though I did think there was a strong affinity between this and When We Were Orphans. I ended up liking it quite a bit, but don't expect easy resolutions.

[Tyler]

I finishedFor Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway today. Such an amazing novel.

[Pauline]

I finished Tender is the Night yesterday and loved it. The writing, the themes, the flawed characters. Thoroughly recommend it!

[Karen]

Surfacing by Margaret Atwood
One of her earliest novels (1976) and not my favorite!

[Kirsten]

Karen wrote: "Surfacing by Margaret Atwood
One of her earliest novels (1976) and not my favorite!"

I remember reading that and being the only one in my book club that liked it!

[Diane]

Finished On The Black Hill by Bruce Chatwin. Great book.

[Elizabeth]

Mother's Milk

Also read the other books in the Patrick Melrose series by St. Aubyn. I am not sure whether or not the dots would be connected in Mother's Milk if you don't read the others in the series. However, a good find and interesting read about the effects of childhood trauma on later life.

[Ellinor]

Finished Sostiene Pereira by Antonio Tabucchi, a marvelous book!

[Aileen]

Silk by Alessandro Baricco, a beautifully written and simple read.

[Yrinsyde]

I finished Cost by Roxana Robinson yesterday. I think it needed some more work. Some beautiful passages though.