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[Mikela]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "A Fine Balance is on my plate to start today. I've taken a break from list books the past month or so, and I'm glad to back to it with this one."

I loved this book but be prepared to have your heart crying by the end of it.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Mikela wrote: "I loved this book but be prepared to have your heart crying by the end of it. "

Forewarned is forearmed. ;-)

[Melissa]

I am reading Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Actually, I'm not 100% sure the latter is a 1001 book.

[Bucket]

The House of the Seven Gables IS a list book. :)

[Dana]

Oscar And Lucinda...pretty quirky so far.

[Charity]

Starting Their Eyes Were Watching God tonight. This has been sitting on my shelf for YEARS, so I'm happy to finally be picking it up.

[Deanne]

Picked up Myra Breckinridge by Vidal from the library this morning, made the mistake of opening it and now I'm on page 38.
Sister Carrie is also ongoing.

[Tara]

About 30 pages into Rites of Passage by William Golding. Not usually into books set at sea, but so far it's a nice change from the last book I read (Satanic Verses)

[Jama]

Hi All,

I'm new to this list, but it seems like I've been reading a lot of books on the 1001 list on my own. Right now I just started Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49. This is my first book by Pynchon, but I don't feel I've read enough to tell if I will like it or not. I hope I like it better than Foucault's Pendulum, another conspiracy theory book, which I recently had to force myself to finish. After loving The Name of the Rose, I figured it would get better as I read, but sometimes I think I ought to just know when to abandon a book.

I am happy to see Logan's comparison of Pynchon to Murakami, one of my favorite authors. If that is true, I expect I will love Pynchon.

[Craig]

Ventured today into Lautreamont's Maldoror
and
Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days.

[Judith]

Mother by Maxim Gorky

My second Russian novel this year...My first by this author.

[Corina]

Dana wrote: "Oscar And Lucinda...pretty quirky so far."

Do you like it? I found it boring and lacking in real substance.

I started Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson. So far so good :)

[LauraLou]

I started Joan Didion's Democracy this afternoon, and I may finish this evening. Her writing style has a great flow for me, and I remember this era quite well; however, I can imagine how obtuse a read this must be for our younger readers.

[Mikela]

Just beginning The Bluest Eye. It's good to be back to reading a list book as I've gone through a number of non-list books from my TBR shelf lately.

[Marialyce]

Started a re read of Wives and Daughters, as well as reading Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Einstein: His Life and Universe. Not sure if the latter is on the list.

[Rachel (Sfogs)]

Still working my way through Nicholas Nickleby, then borrowed Uncle Tom's Cabin for my Aunt and Uncle....shouldn't have done that! XD

[Beth]

Still working on Nicholas Nickleby as well, but also about halfway through Schindler's List. Liking both!

[Judith]

Emile - Rousseau

This one, as a nonfiction entry on the list, may be a bit more of a challenge than many other titles. It starts out as quite readable though....

[Judith]

Marialyce wrote: "Started a re read of Wives and Daughters, as well as reading Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Einstein: His Life and Universe. Not sure if the latter is on the ..."

Actually, I don't think Wives and Daughters or the Einstein book are on the lists; but Wives and Daughters was quite enjoyable and worth reading for sure!

[Chelsea]

I'm just starting The Double by Saramago. I read Blindness years ago and it has stuck with me, so I expect this one to be good too.

[Beth]

Chelsea wrote: "I'm just starting The Double by Saramago. I read Blindness years ago and it has stuck with me, so I expect this one to be good too."

OOh. Tell us what you think. I tend to really like Saramago.

I just started Faces In The Water by Janet Frame and am also still working on Nicholas Nickleby.

[Craig]

Starting my first Zola, Therese Raquin
and
Notes from Underground -Dostoevsky

[Tara]

I started The Siege of Krishnapur by J.G. Farrell on Sunday, and am really enjoying it so far.

[CD]

I started White Noise yesterday. Haven't read much as of yet: the blasted telephone and life keeps interfering! Going to go hide in the den before long after lunch and try to read for an hour.

[Mikela]

I started The Nice and the Good the other day. Have come to really appreciate Iris Murdoch's writing.

[Corina]

CD wrote: "I started White Noise yesterday. Haven't read much as of yet: the blasted telephone and life keeps interfering! Going to go hide in the den before long after lunch and try to read for ..."

I love DeLillo...just finished Cosmopolis which was my first DeLillo read but I was more than convinced.


I just started Hangover Square: A Story of Darkest Earl's Court by Hamilton. Enjoying it so far.

[Jenn]

Started Mansfield Park yesterday. I saw the movie version and liked it. I love Jane Austen and have read everything by her except this one and Northanger Abbey, so I anticipate loving this as well. Enjoying it so far!

[Peter]

Started 'Season of Migration to the North' by Tayeb Salih yesterday. Another obscure author and book whom I would probably never heard of if not for the 1001 list. So far I am enjoying it.

[Velma]

After finishing Nicholas Nickleby last night, I took what turned out to be a very short break and read a non-list book today (You're Not Doing It Right: Tales of Marriage, Sex, Death, and Other Humiliations by Michael Ian Black - total reading time: 5 hours). Now I'm on to Middlesex.

[Deanne]

Reading The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, the copy I'm reading is the uncensored version apparantly lost for about 80 years.

[Danyellemastro]

Craig wrote: "Starting my first Zola, Therese Raquin
and
Notes from Underground -Dostoevsky"
Hi Craig, how was your Zola? I just finished Nana and whilst it was my favourite book in the world I found him more readable than some other classics writers like Lawrence or Dickens. Hope Therese treats you well!

[Danyellemastro]

Just started Crash by JG Ballard - not for the faint hearted or secret closet car accident fetishists(?). Similar reaction to that of American Psycho - where the FLIP do people get these ideas?

I blame, like everyone else, the parents :)

[Craig]

Dbolden wrote: "Craig wrote: "Starting my first Zola, Therese Raquin
and
Notes from Underground -Dostoevsky"
Hi Craig, how was your Zola? I just finished Nana and whilst it was my favourite book in the world I..."

So far, excellent. Vying with Balzac as the best French lit I have yet to read.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Craig wrote: "Dbolden wrote: "Hi Craig, how was your Zola? I just finished Nana and whilst it was my favourite book in the world I..."

So far, excellent. Vying with Balzac as the best French lit I have yet to read. "

Hmmm, must get busy adding Zola to my Wish List.

[Rachel (Sfogs)]

I've just started A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian on audio. Still working may way through Nicholas Nickleby.

[Genia]

Started Cloud Atlas. So far I am enjoying it a good deal.

[Danyellemastro]

Craig wrote: "Dbolden wrote: "Craig wrote: "Starting my first Zola, Therese Raquin
and
Notes from Underground -Dostoevsky"
Hi Craig, how was your Zola? I just finished Nana and whilst it was my favourite boo..."

I loved Eugenie Grandet, glad to here the rest of the books treating you well!

[Mikela]

Am just going to begin The Sea, the Sea.

[Bea]

Am about to start listening to Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, narrated by the always reliable Simon Vance.

I just finished Mrs. Gaskell's Wives and Daughters, which as we have learned, is not on the list. I loved it though and am looking forward to read at least a couple more Gaskell novels that are on the list.

[Bucket]

Started The Waves by Virginia Woolf the other day. So far I'm really enjoying it. I've never read a book written quite like it, but the style is effective. Extremely visual and I have never gotten to know six different characters so well so quickly before.

I've also learned a creative writing lesson about description - describe what the reader can't create for him/herself instead of describing the obvious. When you say "chair" for example, don't describe it, let the reader picture a chair of their choice. Instead, describe the way the light falls or the smell of the room or the creak as someone sits down.

[Lisa]

I started both a free read, Out of Oz, the last chapter in the Wicked series, & also started David Copperfield. The edition I have is a 1934 school textbook, which I found interesting just from that standpoint. It was the only one on the library shelf! I'm already on page 97 & finding it completely readable, & charming, even with the slightly distracting footnotes, LOL.

[Donna]

Starting Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, still plodding on mith David Copperfield as well (I'm enjoying it when I read it, but it's easy to neglect!)

[Katrina]

About to start The English Patient. It has been a long time since I read a list book so figured I'd better read one.

[Annina]

I started to read Trainspotting yesterday and it was as good as I remembered.. I read it years ago and I wanted to re-read it 'cause I really can't remember what happens. I have seen the movie tons of times and it's in my dvd-shelf, but wanted to check how the book goes.

I'm really enjoying the book 'cause I read already over 150 pages yesterday evening. Well it's also very easy to read, so that's one reason why I made such a good progress.

[Rachel (Sfogs)]

Lisa wrote: "I started both a free read, Out of Oz, the last chapter in the Wicked series, & also started David Copperfield. The edition I have is a 1934 school textbook, which I found interesting just from th..."

Lol sounds like an adventure! :D

[Rachel]

I just started Lolita by Nabokov. I have wanted to read it for a very long time and I haven't been able to. However, I have to read it for my contemporary US fiction course so I am hoping that it lives up to my high expectations

[Danyellemastro]

Rachel wrote: "I just started Lolita by Nabokov. I have wanted to read it for a very long time and I haven't been able to. However, I have to read it for my contemporary US fiction course so I am hoping that it l..."

It is very beautifully written but the subject matter is still difficult in parts, no matter how you prepare yourself

[Danyellemastro]

A bit behind those following the group reads but just started the Secret History by Donna Yartt and I LOVE IT! It's like an intellectual, hipster version of the Breakfast Club so far.

[Velma]

Annina wrote: "I started to read Trainspotting yesterday and it was as good as I remembered.. I read it years ago and I wanted to re-read it 'cause I really can't remember what happens. I have seen t..."

Although it's not a list book, if you like Trainspotting I recommend its sequel Porno. Darkly funny and more of Welsh's amazing ability to recreate regional accents in print.

[Corina]

The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor. I`m on page 89 and I don`t really care for it. From what I`ve read it`s supposed to be a fantastic book but I don`t really see it. Not yet, at least.