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message 5801: by Deborah Wells (new)

Deborah Wells | 39 comments Just opened Invisible Man, 1001 list book and winner of the National Award for Fiction.

Enjoyed The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Gave it 3 1/2 stars. :)


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Judith (jloucks) | 1202 comments Billiards at Half-Past Nine


Looking forward to this one as I enjoyed Boll's "Group Portrait with Lady".


message 5803: by Deanne (new)

Deanne | 681 comments Started Kokoro by Soseki, interesting for the relationship between the narrator and sensei.


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Danyellemastro | 170 comments Strait is the gate by Andre Gide. Love doesn't have patience like Jerome's in the modern world.


message 5805: by Mandy (new)

Mandy | 154 comments Just started Elizabeth Costello.....


message 5806: by Amerynth (new)

Amerynth | 16 comments Started The Elegance of the Hedgehoglast night.


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Cynthia Paschen | 72 comments Mandy wrote: "Just started Elizabeth Costello....."

Mandy, is that the author or the title?


message 5808: by Liz M (new)

Liz M Elizabeth Costello by J.M. Coetzee


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Cynthia Paschen | 72 comments Thanks Liz M.!


message 5810: by Craig (new)

Craig | 241 comments Wuthering Heights -Bronte
and
Ben Hur -Wallace


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Mikela | 378 comments Bucket wrote: "Mikela wrote: "Hopefully they will send a search party out for us in a month or so."

I finished the whole thing recently, so I'll take responsibility for wading back in and finding you if you brea..."


Thanks, Bucket. It is so reassuring to know that a helping hand is nearby. Your finishing the series tells me that this is well worth reading.


message 5812: by Danyellemastro (new)

Danyellemastro | 170 comments The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. For some reason I've been avoiding it for a while (this is my second copy - I sold the first unread) but now that I'm into it I'm loving it.


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Karina | 401 comments I just started The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells. I have a feeling I will be entertained as well as grossed out.


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Judith (jloucks) | 1202 comments The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings by Paz

This one is nonfiction and a thorough discussion of Mexican history. Very interesting.


message 5815: by Karina (new)

Karina | 401 comments Just started The Master of Petersburg by J.M. Coetzee. This is my first novel by him. I ordered the book and had to read the first chapter and now I am hooked!


message 5816: by Ginny (new)

Ginny | 165 comments Mikela wrote: "Bucket wrote: "Mikela wrote: "Hopefully they will send a search party out for us in a month or so."

I finished the whole thing recently, so I'll take responsibility for wading back in and finding ..."


Thank you for the encouragement; I guess while I'm still on summer break I will go back to reading them We can do this!


message 5817: by Deborah Wells (new)

Deborah Wells | 39 comments I just started The Plague. Eeek!


message 5818: by Lesley (new)

Lesley | 58 comments The Red Queen; the GR reviews are mixed for this one.


message 5819: by Arukiyomi (new)

Arukiyomi | 271 comments Hey Deborah... you do know what Camus was really writing about, right? If you don't, the book won't be as special.


message 5820: by Deborah Wells (new)

Deborah Wells | 39 comments Arukiyomi wrote: "Hey Deborah... you do know what Camus was really writing about, right? If you don't, the book won't be as special."

I read the reviews and I understand it is ultimately about appreciation for life. Is that what you mean?

By "eeek", I was referring to the rats, the disease, the bodies, etc. before actually getting to the moral of the story. :)


message 5821: by Amie (last edited Aug 09, 2012 10:21AM) (new)

Amie (amie-b) | 25 comments I am starting The Optimist's Daughter


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message 5823: by Lisa (new)

Lisa James (sthwnd) | 352 comments I have recently started Delta of Venus, & Claudine's House....very different genres, they play off each other well....


message 5824: by Judith (last edited Aug 09, 2012 12:20PM) (new)

Judith (jloucks) | 1202 comments The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Time for something light! I'm re-reading Huckleberry Finn by Twain and expect to be at least as amused as I was when I read it as a young adult.


message 5825: by Sunny (new)

Sunny (travellingsunny) | 96 comments Pray for me. Starting Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace.


message 5826: by Lisa (new)

Lisa James (sthwnd) | 352 comments Just started Moon Palace-Paul Auster, as well as the 2 others....almost done with Claudine's House already, should finish that sometime this morning, very easy read...


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Katrina (katmcv) | 35 comments Sunny in Wonderland wrote: "Pray for me. Starting Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace."

Good luck! I started it once but didn't get there in the end, it was too big to read from. Will have to get it for kindle when I get round to reading it again so that the weight doesn't become an issue.


message 5828: by Lisa (new)

Lisa James (sthwnd) | 352 comments Decided that since Heart of Darkness is only a 72 page tale, that I'd read that one today & knock it out.....I have read mixed reviews of it...so I'm being open minded....


message 5829: by Chelsea (new)

Chelsea I just started Vernon God Little last night. I've been waiting to read it for a while.. hopefully it lives up to my expectations.


message 5830: by Donna (new)

Donna (donnareadstheworld) | 0 comments Just started Life of Pi - can't believe it's taken me this long to get round to reading it! Loving it so far!


message 5831: by Amerynth (new)

Amerynth | 16 comments Starting on Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy... just a smidge late for the group read.


message 5832: by Lisa (new)

Lisa James (sthwnd) | 352 comments Finished both Claudine's House & Heart of Darkness...one is a light, happy read, the other is a pretty dark tale, even though it's short...halfway through Moon palace...easy read as well, his writing is very fluid...


message 5833: by Melissa (new)

Melissa Lenhardt (melissalenhardt) | 6 comments I started Moll Flanders last week but have lost Interest. I cannot get Past the excessive, nonsensical Capitalization.


message 5834: by ~Calyre~ (new)

~Calyre~ | 103 comments Currently reading House of Leaves


message 5835: by Judy (new)

Judy | 11 comments Just starting The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.


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Judith (jloucks) | 1202 comments Cane

Cane by Jean Toomer

My first exposure to this author's writing. Very creative, lyrical and sensual.


message 5837: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer | 5 comments Reading (and not fully comprehending) Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon. I can't wait to finish this book... it gives me nightmares.


message 5838: by Deanne (new)

Deanne | 681 comments Halfway through Outlaws of the Marsh, reminds me a lot of A Dream of Red Mansions.


message 5839: by Karina (new)

Karina | 401 comments Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. This is my third story by him (The Pearl, East of Eden) and I feel like everyone has read this but me so I will get this one done and over with!


message 5840: by Craig (new)

Craig | 241 comments Adam Bede -Eliot


message 5841: by Sunny (new)

Sunny (travellingsunny) | 96 comments Katrina wrote: "Sunny in Wonderland wrote: "Pray for me. Starting Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace."

Good luck! I started it once but didn't get there in the end, it was too big to read from. Will have to g..."


*sigh* STILL reading Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace


message 5842: by Craig (new)

Craig | 241 comments Stick with it! It is so worth it. I have traveled the IJ path twice and each time brought wonders.

Sunny in Wonderland wrote: "Katrina wrote: "Sunny in Wonderland wrote: "Pray for me. Starting Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace."

Good luck! I started it once but didn't get there in the end, it was too big to read from..."



message 5843: by Gregory (new)

Gregory | 3 comments hole in my life-Jack Gantos. Seemed like a pretty good book.


message 5844: by Elizabeth (Alaska) (new)

Elizabeth (Alaska) Gregory wrote: "hole in my life-Jack Gantos. Seemed like a pretty good book."

not a list book


Alex “Alex Reads All” | 8 comments War and Peace. Wish me luck! I loved Anna Karenina, hopefully I will feel the same about this second Tolstoy tome I am attempting.


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Lynecia (luvnecia) | 40 comments I've just started reading "Under the Net" by Iris Murdoch


message 5847: by Sunny (new)

Sunny (travellingsunny) | 96 comments Craig wrote: "Stick with it! It is so worth it. I have traveled the IJ path twice and each time brought wonders.

Sunny in Wonderland wrote: "Katrina wrote: "Sunny in Wonderland wrote: "Pray for me. Starting ..."


I'm enjoying it, but it's actually longer than it looks. I fell asleep last night after being referred to end note 39, which referred me to end note 304, which during the 6 pages of THAT referred me to two other end notes. Which is kind of hysterical when you're in the thick of it. I ran out of page markers! LOL!


message 5848: by Karina (new)

Karina | 401 comments Started Aesop's Fables last night as my book to read before bed. Going by very quickly. I put down the The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights since I can't get into it.


message 5849: by Karina (new)

Karina | 401 comments Also, I started reading Cranford byElizabeth Gaskell this morning. This is my first novel from her so I hope I enjoy it!


message 5850: by M (last edited Aug 15, 2012 07:13AM) (new)

M (masanobu) | 110 comments Started The Hunchback of Notre-Dame after a long while away from list books. I'm even enjoying the long descriptions of Paris.


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