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[Kieffala]

Not on the list, but I started No. 1 Women's Detective Agency the other day. It's a very enjoyable and quick read. I'll finish it tonight. I could hav finished it last night, but I was falling asleep. I really like the characters, the writing, etc. I'm almost having a hard time believing a man wrote it.

As for Pride and Prejudice, I love it. I read it years ago and should reread it. And definitely, the A&E version is AWESOME.

Interesting, Karen, I listen to Stephen Fry reading Harry Potter.

[Darcy]

I started Things Fall Apart this week. I'm having a hard time enjoying this one.

[Anna]

Kisuny by Artur Baniewicz

[Wendy Brafman]

I lived in Africa for a couple of years and found that the book probably made more sense if you had spent a bit of time there, even with my relatively limited understanding of the culture.

[Deanne]

Uncle Silas by Le Fanu, very victorian gothic. I'm enjoying it but not as much as In a glass darkly which I found quite chilling, though both books would probably be even better if I was reading them on a stormy winter's night, by a fire in a victorian or regency house. Preferably one which is haunted.

[Darcy]

Actually, I have spent some time in Africa. My son is from Ethiopia, and we travel there at least once a year. I've got 80 pages left, and I'm counting the pages.

[Wendy Brafman]

ah, well, then maybe it's just different tastes! And the Ethiopian culture seems like it must be fascinating, what a wonderful opportunity for your and your adopted son. I have a colleague with 2 adopted sons from Ethiopia - I think you guys who did that are pretty amazing!

[Karen]

I read "Things Fall Apart" some time ago and was very glad I did. It was a new cultural perspective for me and that's always good, right?

We (the public library) are teaming up with the schools here to do a community read--where we pick one book and encourage everyone to read and discuss it. "Things Fall Apart" was on our short list, but I don't think it will be our final choice--we are leaning toward something set in Afghanistan/Iraq--seems like a good time to push some cultural understanding in that region of the world.

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Just started 'One hundred years of solitude' and already loving it ..

[Christophe0808]

Crime and Punishment

[Erin]

Hey everyone....after I finish Watership Down, I will be reading Siddhartha, Reasons to Live, and a few of the Poe stories. I have a long list of books I've been meaning to read before I joined this group, so I'm going to read some of the smaller books on this list first.

[Kieffala]

Welcome Isabella! Hope you enjoy this greoup.

I started Hitchhiker's Guide this weekend. It may be a bit before I can get into it, as I need to finish Cocaine Nights and start the September selection, but it was HILARIOUS in the first few pages!

[Ravenskya]

The Hitchhiker book is WAY better than anything put on film or TV. Still, you have to enjoy that type of humor.

I just started re-reading Frankenstein, because I can't remember if I ever finished it in Highschool.

[Inder]

I'm reading Isaac Asimov's Foundation, which is a very clever, fun, plot-driven sci-fi.

Laura, they are both excellent, but I liked The Moonstone even better than The Woman in White - detective fiction is more up my alley than gothic horror, I guess? Have fun!

[Coalbanks]

534 Erin: A couple of old favourites there. let us know what you thought of WD & Siddhartha. Which stories of Poe?
507 Logan: The Spy Who... was an eye-opener for me when I read it as a teen. No heroes here, kid. Watch your enemies closely & your allies closer & "good deeds may not go unpunished" was the message I took away. And the teen-aged angst descended full-force!

[Erin]

i have been meaning to read Watership Down for years....and now I'm finally getting to it!! I got a book of Poe's stories from the library and it includes The Fall of the House of Usher, Pit & Pendulum, Purloined Letter, and about 10 more. So...I'll probably read all of them, even though they aren't all on the list. GASP!!!!

hee hee

honestly, I think I have too many "to read" lists!

[Ann from S.C.]

I just started CIDER HOUSE RULES by John Irving.

[Sharron]

I just finished Life of Pi and have started two books. I am now reading The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood and The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides.

[Galen]

Sharron, you are going to need to watch a couple hours of comedy tv or otherwise cheer up to soothe your brain after two such depressing (but good!) reads.
Thanks for the input on Collins' The Woman in White--it was great. I could definitely see the parallels to Rebecca, which I loved. I am putting more Collins and DuMaurier at the top of my 'to read' list.
I am going to try Wells' The War of the Worlds this evening...not my usual type of read, but a friend passed on a copy so I will give it a go.

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Cider House Rules

[Silver]

I just started Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco

[[deleted user]]

Starting New Grub Street by George Gissing.

[H.J.]

Erin -

Watership Down is one of my very favorite books of all time!!! I was so sad to find it missing from this list, but I definitely think it should be! I couldn't even tell you how many times I've read it, lol. What do you think of it so far??

[Denise]

Book of Illusions. I'm not too far into it, but I have a good feeling about this one.

[Charity]

I enjoyed it, Denise. It definitely has some page-turning moments.

[Erin]

Haylee, I'm about 1/4 of the way through Watership Down so far...and I love it!! I had a slow start, but I think that was more of a mental block. I can't believe I waited so long to read this!! I love how the characters have been set up to be so different, and it's getting very dramatic right now. I'm wishing I had more time to read it, instead of having to be at work!

[Tiffany]

The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

[H.J.]

Erin - Yay! I'm so glad you like it! I totally understand. I always have a book in my purse with me and pull it out on my work breaks. It's the only way I can get anything done! lol

[Liz]

"The Lace Reader" - not bad so far, especially since I'm reading about the town next door (Salem, MA).

[Lori]

Watership Down is my all time fav. book - I have read it so many times. I really hope you like it!

[Kieffala]

I just started Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy. HILARIOUS! I started it last weekend while I had to wait for my husband to get food. It happened to be in the car, so there you go!

[Julie]

Liz - I loved The Lace Reader - great setting, wonderful plot twists - such a wonderful read. The '1001 Books Group' location lists San Francisco, but it sounds like you are in MA. If you are going to be in the San Francisco Bay Area, the author, Brunonia Barry, is going to appear at book group expo at the end of October. It is a fantastic event with over 70 authors talking about their books. Great authors, great books, combined with wine and chocolate - very fun! I went last year and saw Khaled Hosseini (Kite Runner) and Anna Quindlen among other authors.

[Linda]

House of the Seven Gables. I remember starting it a number of years ago and didn't get very far, but I'm finding it fairly smooth reading this time; I should be able to get through it in a couple weeks.

[Vicky]

Tonight, I start "The Book of Illusions" by Paul Auster.

[Deanne]

The melancholy of resistance, enjoying it so far. Quite a dark sense of humour with a quirky bunch of characters and an interesting plot.

[Beth F]

I think I’m one of the only people in America who never read Catcher in the Rye for high school English so I’m reading that one now. I’m a little over halfway through and I can definitely see how this is the type of book you either love or hate.

I’m intentionally feeling indifferent towards it right now because I want to wait for the end before I make my final decisions about it. But I will say that on Saturday evening when my husband and I went out with some friends, they all commented on the fact that my reactions to things were angrier and more vulgar than what they’re accustomed to hearing from me.

One of them asked, “Whoa, what’s gotten in to you?”

“I don’t know...” I said.

Then my husband said, “She’s been unusually feisty all day.”

Then I said, “I’ve been reading Catcher in the Rye.”

And they were all like, “Ahhhhh...” As if that made perfect sense, ha!

[Stacie]

I am taking a break from the list and am going to read Fallen by David Maine. Have heard good things about it, so am looking forward to the read.

[Liz]

Thanks for the invite, Julie (at All Ears), but I think my trip to Italy at the beginning of October will be enough of a strain to my budget, LOL! However, the author of The Lace Reader, Brunonia Barry, does live in Salem, MA, with her husband and her dog ... maybe I can catch her closer to home?!?

[P]

Just started "Moon Palace" by Paul Auster - quick and easy read so far. I don't think it's on the list, and neither was my previous read (A Wild Sheep Chase)... oh well, too many books, not enough time - restricting myself to the list would be silly.

[Maria]

I'm reading Hugo Claus' "Sorrow of Belgium". I don't think it's bad, but I have very hard to finish it.

[Anna]

The Idiot by Dostoevsky

[Kristina]

Amsterdam by Ian McEwan. Got started on it last night.

[April]

lol Beth - that is awesome.

I just started my first ever read of "Frankenstein."

[Christophe0808]

Pascal, "Moon Palace" is on the list. The old one, at least. It's quick and easy, but I think you'll enjoy it.
Starting "Libra", good so far.

[Linda]

I have to respond to Beth regarding Catcher in the Rye. I was assigned that book in high school (back in 1978-79) and was so offended after reading the first chapter (primarily by the language) that I actually asked the teacher to assign me a different book to read - which she did! I never have gotten around to reading it...
I had a similar experience when I was reading The Sun Also Rises - I was noticing I had been irritable and down for about a week, then realized it was the book's effect on me. I like reading books that have a positive effect on me, not negative.

[Linda]

So anyway -back to this thread - I just picked up Cider House Rules - which will be my first Irving novel.

[Ravenskya]

Currently working through "Treasure Island" and "The Jungle" online. You can find a bunch of these books online for free at dailyreader.net

[April]

Also just started "Wide Sargasso Sea."

[Deanne]

Antic Hay by Aldous Huxley.

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I just started The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn two days ago. It is my first time reading it. Huck just met up with Kim on the island. I am entirely enveloped by the language and the adventure of it.