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[Rebeca]

just started The lights in August by William faulkener...so far so good...Im in page 77...

[Angie]

Like Water For Chocolate by Laura Esquirel

[Judith]

The Lover by Duras

Saw the wonderful film version, now for the book.

[Tomchicago]

just about half way through A Fine Balance by Mistry.
I'm liking it, but am horrified by the brutality of the days of the partition.

[Rachel (Sfogs)]

Angie wrote: "Like Water For Chocolate by Laura Esquirel"

It was a very strange, but good read for me

[Liz M]

Fairynee wrote: "I just started read Jejak langkah by Pramoedya Ananta Toer"

As far as I know, this book is not on any of the various 1001 Books lists.

[Liz M]

Mike wrote: "Don Quixote is the one I just started. Is Book 2 on the list too?"

The entry for Don Quixote lists the publish dates as 1605-1615 and the summary discusses both book one and book 2.

[Liz M]

Started Birdsong: A Novel Of Love And War by Sebastian Faulks, hopefully a good read for a snowy weekend.

[Bea]

I need to catch up on my 2012 goal so I'm starting Gogol's The Nose.

[~Calyre~]

I just started Roots of Heaven by Romain Gary.

[Judith]

The Black Dahlia - James Ellroy

I'm half way through and still still hooked.

[Aileen]

Miss Smilla's Feeling For Snow - Peter Hoeg

Will be starting this one tonight.

[Melissa]

I just started American Rust. It took me a little bit to get into the narration style, but I'm really liking it.

[Peter]

Just started The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver another author whom I had previously not heard of.

[Corina]

I just started Edna O`Brien`s Girls with green eyes. I`ve read the first one..The country girls and thought it was ok..not spectacular but an ok book. I`m curious about their next adventures in Dublin. :)

[Mikela]

Just 7 pages into In the Heart of the Country and already hooked. I'm so glad Coetzee has more books on the list as I love his work.

[Donna]

Just starting Burmese Days by George Orwell. I've got high expectations as I loved 1984 and Animal Farm.

[Agustin]

80 pages into Slaughter House Five. So far so good.

[LindaD]

The War of the End of the World epic in nature so I'm using my nookcolor to take notes for the first time. Reviews mentioned you need a chart to track all the characters!

[Kate S]

Started Cold Comfort Farm last night. Enjoying it quite a bit.

[Mekki]

I just started the The New York Trilogy.

I'm enjoying interesting characters and mystery elements .

[Jonpaul]

I just started "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" and "The Long Goodbye" while I peck away, week by week on "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" (13.5 chapters per week) and "Mason & Dixon" (50 pages per week).

[Judith]

I'm still working on "The Last Temptation of Christ" (which I prefer reading in small segments), but I think I'll begin a long overdue re-read of "Emma" this week.

[Deanne]

Starting Sodom and Gomorrah, the fourth book in In Search of Lost Time.
Watched the first part of the BBC adaption of Birdsong, brilliant casting and the whole thing very haunting. Looking forward to the second part next week.

[Melissa (ladybug)]

I am working on several books at the same time as they are for various challenges. Some PB, some Audio. Quo Vadis (eBook [extremely long reading about 1-2 chapters at a time]), The Picture of Dorian Gray (eBook), and Heart of Darkness (audio Novella).

[Velma]

Next up for me from the list: Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. Just waiting for the vintage Penguin edition I purchased to arrive!

A Clockwork Orange

[Jennifer W]

Last night I started Alamut, which I believe was added in 2008. I could only keep my eyes open for 10 pages, but I'm super excited about this book!

[Anne]

I'm about 10% in to Middlemarch : a study of provincial life. Enjoying it.

[Anthony]

I am starting Leaden Wings by Zhang Jie tonight.

[Corina]

The End of the Affair by Graham Greene. I really like it. I`m halfway through it and I think it has an amazing depth.

[Katie]

I'm about a third of the way through The House of Mirth. It's slow going. I love the story, but the suffocatingly detailed writing (which is part of what makes it a classic) bogs me down a bit.
So far, my favoriteEdith Whartonis The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton.

[Danyellemastro]

Started Mrs Dalloway, loving the tension and the beautiful prose but finding it hard to concentrate on for long periods of time - I think if i can break into a stride though I may be able to go the whole way through.

[Katie]

Dbolden wrote: "Started Mrs Dalloway, loving the tension and the beautiful prose but finding it hard to concentrate on for long periods of time - I think if i can break into a stride though I may be able to go the..."
I think that's the best way to do it, otherwise, it's all to easy (for me) to lose track. I find Woolf's prose all too easy to drift away from.
The beginning of post modernism contains some difficult texts. Good luck!

[Katherine]

I have started Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee and I am about a quarter of the way through War and Peace.

[Eljapo]

Under the Skin of Michael Faber

[~Calyre~]

I just started Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang.

[Deanne]

Reading Sodom and Gomorrah by Proust, really enjoying this series.

[Linda]

Kate S wrote: "Started Cold Comfort Farm last night. Enjoying it quite a bit."

I loved that book! And I thought it was fast reading.

[Linda]

Started Atonement by McEwan a couple weeks ago and haven't had as much time to read it as I would like. I was eager to make up my own mind about it, since I'd heard contradictory opinions on it. About three-fourths of the way through and I like it; just hope the ending isn't a disappointment. (I like happy endings! :) )

[Linda]

Kirsten wrote: "I've just started A Tale of Two Cities and for some reason I'm having a hard time getting into it. I'm a Dickens fan, so I'm not sure if I'm just in the wrong frame of mind but it is feeling really..."

I hope you haven't given up! I've read almost all of Dickens' novels and this is one of my favorites. Sure, some of the main characters are not as well-developed as I would've liked, but at the same time it has some of really fascinating, memorable ones, like Madame DeFarge, Jerry Cruncher and Carton. I also love the literary elements of foreshadowing and symbolism Dickens uses in this work, and the way he weaves the story lines together with those twists he always manages to add in.

[Karina]

Just started I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. I read excerpts of this in middle school but never the whole thing.

[Tara]

About 60 pages into Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie and am completely engrossed. My first Rushdie book - what a grand and magical storyteller.

[Rachel (Sfogs)]

Deanne wrote: "Starting Sodom and Gomorrah, the fourth book in In Search of Lost Time.
Watched the first part of the BBC adaption of Birdsong, brilliant casting and the whole thing very haunting. Looking forward..."

Hmm that sereis looks interesting!

[Danyellemastro]

Katie wrote: "Dbolden wrote: "Started Mrs Dalloway, loving the tension and the beautiful prose but finding it hard to concentrate on for long periods of time - I think if i can break into a stride though I may b..."

Thanks! Almost at the end now, can't believe the senses Woolf has been able to conjure up - sights, smells and the heat of summer. Loving it but glad its short. Have you attempted the Waves? I did about three pages and baulked! Hopefully easing my way in will help with the harder ones.

[Susan]

I recent began reading White Noise, and I am enjoying it very much. I am also reading The Lost Honor of K. Blum which I had to put aside to finish books for the book groups (only 2) that I am in.

[Susan]

Susan wrote: "I recently began reading White Noise, and I am enjoying it very much. I am also reading The Lost Honor of K. Blum which I had to put aside to finish books for the book groups (only 2) that I am in."

[Christyb]

I'm reading Atonement by Ian McEwan. I'm only about 70 pages in, and its slow going. Has anyone read this? Does it pick up speed?

[Daniel]

Linda wrote: "Started Atonement by McEwan a couple weeks ago and haven't had as much time to read it as I would like. I was eager to make up my own mind about it, since I'd heard contradictory opinio..."

I feel like I've been meaning to get around to this one since the beginning of time but just never do. I look forward to your review.

[Jennifer W]

I have a love-hate relationship with Atonement. It does get better, but the first 3rd (where Briony is describing the "incident") is long and drawn out, intentionally. It makes sense by the end, but it's miserable (to me) to read through.

[Kirsten]

Linda wrote: "Kirsten wrote: "I've just started A Tale of Two Cities and for some reason I'm having a hard time getting into it. I'm a Dickens fan, so I'm not sure if I'm just in the wrong frame of mind but it i..."

I'm happy to report that I took a short break from the book, then came back to finish it...and ended up really loving it. I think I was just in the wrong frame of mind when I started it. Dickens does have a way of sucking me in once he gets going:)