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[Lauli]

I've just started "The Poisonwood Bible" taking up the challenge presented by the group. Unfortunately O'Connor's book is not available in my country, so I'll have to pass on that one!

[Kristi]

I started The Awakening last night. I really like it so far.

[Anthony]

I'll be starting "Lolita" by Nabokov tonight

[Lolita]

Tony wrote: "I'll be starting "Lolita" by Nabokov tonight"

yippee :D

i love to hear that.

i actually liked the newer movie better than the book. Although the book was great too

[Lauli]

Just got started with "Pepita Jiménez" by Juan Valera. Quite easy-reading, especially since I love XIX century novels. I'll let you know about it when I finish.

[Emma]

I had The Woman in White on hold at the library for the longest time. My turn finally came up so I've started reading that. (It would seem that there's only one copy in the entire New York Public Library system.)

I'm still working on A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and planning, at least, to try Ulysses again when that's finished.

[Stacey]

Just started "The Corrections" by Jonathan Franzen. Pretty interesting so far.

[Anna]

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[Kat (A Journey In Reading)]

Kristi wrote: "I started The Awakening last night. I really like it so far."

I loved this book..... and another that is somewhat similar in the "strong women" category that I loved is The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

[Katia]

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea

Can't believe I never read this in high school. Love it so far - very easy to read and it's amazing how realistic the story is considering when it was written!

[Gini]

Reading Absolom! Absolom! and Siddhartha.

[Anna]

Gini wrote: "Reading Absolom! Absolom! and Siddhartha."

I liked Ansolom! Absolom!.

[Chel]

I finished volume 2 of 3 of Kristin Lavransdatter so between that and the last volume I started Animal's People (the newest entry on the 2008 list) and Dracula on my new Kindle (I love the Kindle and both books too!)

[Gini]

Anna wrote: "I liked Ansolom! Absolom!."

I'm not sure I will ever really *like* a Faulkner book, but the characters are intriguing.

[Katrina]

I'm reading both A Suitable Boy and Les Miserables as part of readalongs so I'm takling them very slowly.

[Mark]

I have just begun Jane Eyre, which I had read in college, but have completely forgotten. I count this as a "first read". I am astonished by Charolotte Bronte's vocabulary and use of symbolism. While not very subtle, it must have been quite unique for the period in which she wrote.

[Gerald]

Chel wrote: "I finished volume 2 of 3 of Kristin Lavransdatter so between that and the last volume I started Animal's People (the newest entry on the 2008 list) and Dracula on my new Kindle (I love the Kindle a..."Hey Chel,
I read Animal's People a couple of months ago. I thought it was a fantastic book. I hope you talk about it as you go along so other people will get turned on to it.
I'm also reading Kristin Lavransdatter (though I've moved vols. 2 and 3 to next year because of other committments.) Perhaps you and I should be friends.
Gerry

[Deanne]

Started The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann, enjoying it so far.

[Linda]

Also started Wise Blood over the weekend and am almost finished. Really strange characters and story, and I am curious to see how it will end.

[Dan]

Linda wrote: "Lolita - what is it about Nabokov's book (about a young girl being enslaved and sexually abused by an evil man) that you like SO MUCH?? Help me out here. "

Lolita isn't about what the vast majority of people who've never read it think it's about. At its heart it's about obsession and about a man trying to understand how obsession has controlled and destroyed his life. There is also much more balance in the "relationship" than people realize or would like to admit. The girl is not quite the innocent victim most people want her to be so that they can neatly classify the book in a certain way and not deal with what Nabokov really had to say.

[Linda]

Lolita wrote: "i HATED frankenstein and LOVED lolita. i've read it probably 5 times...

Lolita - What is it about Nabokov's book (about a young girl being enslaved and sexually abused by an evil man) that you like SO MUCH? Help me out here.

Over the weekend I started Reading Lolita in Tehran A Memoir in Books, which for some reason I thought was on the list, but it's not. It's not as much about Nabokov's novel as it is about a group of women in Iran discussing the book, and other "forbidden" books.

Regarding Lolita itself, I am somewhat hesitant to read it because of the nature of the plot, but I am intrigued now.

[Eliza]

I've started Alice in Wonderland and Everything that Rises Must Converge.

[Lauli]

I've just started "Cry, the Beloved Country". Looks promising. I've been meaning to read this book for ages.

[Kristi]

Kat--I read The Age of Innocence earlier this year, it is on my 'favorites' list now!

Kat wrote: "Kristi wrote: "I started The Awakening last night. I really like it so far."

I loved this book..... and another that is somewhat similar in the "strong women" category that I love..."

[Jenna]

I'm currently reading The Plot Against America. Less than 100 pages from finishing. Not thrilled with it, but it's not bad.

[Anthony]

I loved "The Plot Against America".

[Jenna]

Tony wrote: "I loved "The Plot Against America"."

Have you read anything else by Roth? I'm just curious if this is one of his best, or if he's written better... I may read more of his work at a later time.

I plan on starting Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency tonight. It's rare for me to have two books going at once, but I need a change.

[Anthony]

No, it's the only I've read, though I'm planning to read "The Human Stain" shortly, and I have a couple more of his books at home ("Operation Shylock" and "My Life as a Man"), that I will eventually get to.

Too many books, too little time.

[Lauli]

Tony wrote: "No, it's the only I've read, though I'm planning to read "The Human Stain" shortly, and I have a couple more of his books at home ("Operation Shylock" and "My Life as a Man"), that I will eventuall..."

I strongly recommend Roth's American trilogy, "American Pastoral", "I Married a Communist" and "The Human Stain". The three of them are absolutely wonderful, but "The Human Stain" is the best. I really loved "The Plot Against America" too.

[Pollopicu]

Just started The Picture of Dorian Gray

[Anna]

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[Gerald]

Jenna wrote: "Tony wrote: "I loved "The Plot Against America"."

Have you read anything else by Roth? I'm just curious if this is one of his best, or if he's written better... I may read more of his work at a l..." I've read a lot of Roth, including this one, since reading "The Human Stain." That one is still my favorite. I suggest you give it a try.
Gerry

[Jenna]

Lauli and Gerald-- thanks! Looks like I'll have to check out The Human Stain.

[Gerald]

Jenna wrote: "Lauli and Gerald-- thanks! Looks like I'll have to check out The Human Stain." I suggest you avoid "Sabbath's Theater" which some people (not me) think is his greatest work. I found the protagonist to be a totally repellent character--though the genius of Roth makes it possible to continue to read a very long book about a very nasty man, if you're just into great writing.

[Judith]

Jenna wrote: "I'm currently reading The Plot Against America. Less than 100 pages from finishing. Not thrilled with it, but it's not bad."

I read "The Human Stain" and "The Plot Against America" and liked them both. To me, "Plot" was the best of the two.

[Rannie]

I'm starting and The Everything That Rises Must Convergeand The Habit of Being Letters of Flannery O'Connor.

[Donna]

I'm starting Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad

[Kristi]

I began Stranger in a Strange Land last night.

[Carol Wagers]

I'm 1/2 way thru "Bridge of Sighs" by Richard Russo: its VERY good!

[Christina Stind]

Olympia wrote: "I just started Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates.And it looks like its going to be a long read 700+pages. But so far its interesting,I'm hoping it will grab me in. I've always found Marilyn Monroe quite ..."

Olympia, Blonde is one of my favourite books! It was my introduction to Joyce Carol Oates and now she's one of my favourite authors.

[Christina Stind]

I'm 2/3 through The Poisonwood Bible. I must admit that I didn't want to read this book - I thought it was going to be way too preachy. Instead I find it to be so good - and not preachy at all. I highly recommend it and am looking forward to finishing it.

[Lauli]

Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne. Page-turner, can't put it down.

[Chel]

Gerald wrote: "Chel wrote: "I finished volume 2 of 3 of Kristin Lavransdatter so between that and the last volume I started Animal's People (the newest entry on the 2008 list) and Dracula on my new Kindle (I love..."

Hey, sounds good.

[Chel]

Jenna wrote: "Tony wrote: "I loved "The Plot Against America"."

Have you read anything else by Roth? I'm just curious if this is one of his best, or if he's written better... I may read more of his work at a l..."

I would not recommend Sabbath's Theater by Roth. It is really bad. The big classic of his is Portnoy's Complaint which I haven't read yet.

[Deanne]

Started The Arabian Nights yesterday and already 200 pages in, I'm reading the Burton translation which has been sitting on the shelf for a year. Really enjoying the mix of fantasy and magic and can't wait to get back to Shahrazad.
Of the two Roth books I've read so far I prefer Portnoy's complaint to The plot against America. I've looked for his other books but haven't had much luck, wonder if this is a British thing.

[Kerlip Bintang]

Diary of Wimpy Kid #1.
I always interested in the diary someone. Eventhough Gregory, the main character in this book refused to call this book is a diary. He would rather call it a journal.
So Simple, funny, innocent, and so light.

[fried.rambutans]

on page 28 of Under the Dome - anyone here finish this weighty matter already?

[Judith]

I am about half way through with "Jack Maggs" by Peter Carey. I like everything I've read by this author, and this one is no exception.

[Judith]

Chel wrote: "Jenna wrote: "Tony wrote: "I loved "The Plot Against America"."

Have you read anything else by Roth? I'm just curious if this is one of his best, or if he's written better... I may read more of..."

And I couldn't recommend "The Breast" though I've known those who liked it!

[Cindy]

Just started Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro - very intriguing so far.