Which LIST book did you just start? Showing 5,551-5,600 of 6,816

[Deanne]

Bucket
I'm down to the last 100, have to get round to some I've put off and tracking down others.

[Grada (BoekenTrol)]

I've started The House in Paris by Elizabeth Bowen, but I'm not very fond of it....

[Bucket]

Wow! Last 100 total or last 100 from the 2006 list? Either way, it's impressive! :)

Deanne wrote: "Bucket
I'm down to the last 100, have to get round to some I've put off and tracking down others."

[Craig]

Deanne wrote: "Started Infinite Jest by Wallace, it's been on the shelf for a while and I thought I'd give it a go."

IJ is one of my all-time favorite novels. I have read it twice and it has so much to offer everytime I read it.

[Mikela]

I've just begun Wise Blood. This is my first introduction to this author so I'm anxious to see how I like her and the book.

[Donna]

I'm re-starting David Copperfield. I started it about 4 months ago but lost momentum about 15% in. Hope round 2 goes better.

[Corina]

I`ve just started Ballard`s Crash and it kind of creeps me out. I hope I`ll get used to his writing and shocking descriptions. I feel it might be too much for me.

[Lisa]

Ian wrote: "Have just begun Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure.
Started reading it on our Wedding Anniversary - not sure what that says!" LOLOL!!! it says your husband is going to have a good night! Seriously though, I read this one & adored it! It was truly cute as all get out!

[Lisa]

Donna wrote: "I'm re-starting David Copperfield. I started it about 4 months ago but lost momentum about 15% in. Hope round 2 goes better." I had that issue too right at first, but stuck with it. It does get better, & it's a great read. One of my favorite Dickens works.

[Lisa]

I started The Tin Drum, by Gunter Grass late last night. That's going well. Can't go wrong with a book that's designed to be a satire & starts out with a guy in an insane asylum, LOL. I also just got done working my through the foreward to Madame Bovary, & now I can get into the real book.

[Tara]

Charity wrote: "Tara wrote: "About to re-start 'The Idiot' by Dostoevsky. Briefly began it last summer but got distracted and never finished. Looking forward to it though."

I read The Idiot (Pevear/Volokhonsky ..."

Thanks! I'm about 15% of the way in now, and totally hooked. :)

[Charity]

Tara wrote: "Thanks! I'm about 15% of the way in now, and totally hooked. :)"

Whoo hoo! Looks like you'll make quick work of it! :)

[Charity]

Ian wrote: "Have just begun Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure.
Started reading it on our Wedding Anniversary - not sure what that says!"

Lisa wrote: "LOLOL!!! it says your husband is going to have a good night! Seriously though, I read this one & adored it! It was truly cute as all get out!"


Too funny!! :D

[Mikela]

Currently reading Candide and enjoying it considerably more than I had anticipated.

[Agustin]

Just started "Life of Pi". Already found a quote I really liked:

"The reason death sticks so closely to life isn't biological necessity-it's envy. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can."

[Glynis]

Started reading Catch-22 for book club. About time I read it, always put it off. Having just read the first few lines, think I will be nicely surprised...

[Danyellemastro]

Just started the Wasp Factory. My colleague just looked at in horror. I'm scared.

[Karina]

Just started The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte. I was not a fan of Wuthering Heights or Jane Eyre by her siblings so hopefully I will enjoy this novel.

[Vanessa]

Just started Grimus by Salman Rushdie, going well so far.
Dbolden, hope you enjoy The Wasp Factory.

[Kristine]

Glynis wrote: "Started reading Catch-22 for book club. About time I read it, always put it off. Having just read the first few lines, think I will be nicely surprised..."

Me too, it has been sitting in my to read pile for a while but I've finally relented and commenced reading.

[Rachael]

Just began On the Road by Jack Kerouac, and I think I may have found a new favorite. :)

[Rachel (Sfogs)]

Slowly working my way through Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

[Donna]

Just starting The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway.

[Dina]

I've just started Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee

[Sandi]

Started Moll Flanders.

[Donna]

Just starting The Godfather by Mario Puzo. I love love love the film, which is probably why it's taken me so long to get around to reading it - hope I can separate myself from picturing Pacino and Brando too much!

[Judith]

Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

Been putting this one off most of my life! Guess it is time to dive in!

[Maryann]

I just started I'm Not Scared and it's quick- I'm through almost half in one sitting.

[Rachel (Sfogs)]

I've just started For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway, my first for this author.

[Judith]

The Berlin Stories: The Last of Mr. Norris and Goodbye to Berlin - Christopher Isherwood

I've been looking for a good used copy of this one for ages. Finally checked it out of the library!

[Hima]

50 pages into "The Elegance of the Hedgehog"...I'm not really feeling it yet. :/ But, I won't give up on it. I hope that the Group Discussion helps with more insight.

[Peter]

Just started Beloved by Toni Morrison. This is a book that I have been meaning to read for a while and am looking forward to it.

[Craig]

Kidnapped -Stevenson
and
Phineas Finn -Trollope

[Tasha]

The Remains of the Day

[Vanessa]

Just started Lord of the Flies. Been putting it off for ages because I already know what happens.

[Genia]

Starting Captain Corelli's Mandolin. So far I like the writing style, but I am literally two chapters in.

[Danyellemastro]

Tasha wrote: "The Remains of the Day"

Loved that!

[Danyellemastro]

Chocky by Wyndham - not bad, not bad at all. About halfway through.

[Sunny]

Mikela wrote: "Currently reading Candide and enjoying it considerably more than I had anticipated."

I've been on a comedy / satire kick myself. I've recently read The Diary of a Nobody by Grossman, A Modest Proposal by Swift, and The Nose by Gogol. So, Candide seemed like the logical next up for me. Did you end up enjoying it to the end?

[Deanne]

Reading Infinite Jest, nearly 900 pages in and it's grown on me, beginning to enjoy the hour I put by to read about Hal, Mario, Orin, Moms etc.
I've also started Independent people, not so heavy when travelling to work, plus it has to be back at the library on june 6th. Have got the diamond jubilee off so I'm hoping to finish it before then.

[Ellen]

Deanne wrote: "Reading Infinite Jest, nearly 900 pages in and it's grown on me, beginning to enjoy the hour I put by to read about Hal, Mario, Orin, Moms etc.
I've also started Independent people, not so heavy wh..."

You are an inspiration for me. For some reason, the way you worded your post made me want to go back and continue IJ (I loved what I read but was overwhelmed by the sheer size of it all).

I also just bought Independent People which I've wanted to read for years. I look forward to reading what you think of it.

[Ellen]

Dbolden wrote: "Just started the Wasp Factory. My colleague just looked at in horror. I'm scared."

I hope you enjoyed Wasp Factory-I liked it very much. Even though it did deal with horrors.

[K.D.]

Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon

[LindaD]

Ellie wrote: "Deanne wrote: "Reading Infinite Jest, nearly 900 pages in and it's grown on me, beginning to enjoy the hour I put by to read about Hal, Mario, Orin, Moms etc.
I've also started Independent people, ..."

hey, check out this map of characters in IJ:

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1662829/i...

[LindaD]

Deanne wrote: "Reading Infinite Jest, nearly 900 pages in and it's grown on me, beginning to enjoy the hour I put by to read about Hal, Mario, Orin, Moms etc.
I've also started Independent people, not so heavy wh..."

posting this for you, as well as, Ellie in case you missed it:

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1662829/i...

[Judith]

Shirley* by Charlotte Bronte

[LindaD]

Agustin wrote: "Just started "Life of Pi". Already found a quote I really liked:

"The reason death sticks so closely to life isn't biological necessity-it's envy. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in lo..."

nice one!

[Rachel (Sfogs)]

I'm just about to start Amsterdam by Ian McEwan.

[Annina]

I just started Pride and Prejudice

[Deanne]

Trying to decide which one to read next, got a few on my shelf at home.
Patterns of childhood
Billiards at half past nine
Promise at dawn
Dog years
The Corrections
The water margin
or The conquest of new spain.
Currently reading a non list book The invention of murder where some 1001 books have made an appearance. Vanity Fair, Becky goes to a team of lawyers Burke, Thurtell and Hayes, a trio of murderers.
Mary Barton by Gaskell was written 10 years after the murder of Thomas Ashton, just full of I remember reading that in such and such.