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[Gerald]

Cindy wrote: "Just started Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro - very intriguing so far.
" I think this a great and totally fascinating book. I suggest you don't read anything about it; just let it gradually reveal its secrets to you.
Gerry

[Cindy]

Thanks Gerry! It's conversational and mysterious...

[Meera]

Started Villette, Everything That Rises Must Converge & Love in Excess. O'Conner book is going a little slow. The stories are heavy.

[Lauli]

War of the End of the World by Mario Vargas Llosa

[Susanna]

Starting Alcott's Little Women tomorrow. I need something that doesn't require heavy lifting after two 600-page books, phew!

[Anthony]

I'm starting "On the Road" by Kerouac

[Stacie]

I just started reading A Christmas Carol.

[Judith]

"The Blind Assassin" by Atwood. I think it was removed from the latest version of the list.

I'm also reading "A Razor's Edge" by Maugham, and I think the same is true about it.

Anyone, please correct me if I'm wrong.

[Anthony]

Razor's Edge is still on '08 list.

Blind Assassin was removed from the '08 list.

[Pollopicu]

Just started The Metamorphosis by Kafka.

[Anna]

The Long Walk The True Story of a Trek to Freedom | Slavomir Rawicz

[Kristi]

Still working on Stranger in a Strange Land and The Poisonwood Bible, but have started Brooklyn A Novel on my Kindle.

[Arlina]

I just started Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami , I really enjoy it so far, just like The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles and Norwegian Wood.

[Shelley]

Started Cloud Atlas on Tuesday and I really like it. I can't wait to see how it all fits together.

[Anna]

Hearts in Atlantis | Stephen King

[Magdalena]

Sons and Loversby D.H. Lawrence

[Stacie]

I am reading Moby Dick.

[Anthony]

Franny and Zooey, J.D. Salinger

[Lauli]

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

[Deanne]

Started Testament of youth by Brittain, have a feeling this is going to be fairly harrowing in parts.
Taking it to work tonight in the hopes that we won't be too busy.

[Chel]

I just started the 1,540 print pages long The Water Margin also known as The Outlaws of the Marsh. This is one of the four, what are termed, Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese Literature". All four are on the list. They are the aforementioned and Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Dream of the Red Chamber (also known as The Dream of Red Mansions), and Journey to the West (also known as Monkey or The Monkey King). I am glad I am reading it on my Kindle because it is so long and takes up less space that way. According to the Kindle I am 7 percent done with it. It is an enjoyable read that reminds me of video RPG's and fantasy anime. The first Suikoden video games were based on it for anyone whose interested. It is very interesting so far, I must say.

[Pollopicu]

I'm on page 276 of "The Idiot" by Dostoevsky.

[Judith]

Chel wrote: "I just started the 1,540 print pages long The Water Margin also known as The Outlaws of the Marsh. This is one of the four, what are termed, Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese Literature". A..."

Chel, What great information. Thanks for sharing!

[Erik]

Gone With the Wind

Ohmigod. Amazing.

[Johnny]

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison. Have been meaning to read this for quite a while now.

[southpaw285]

Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor.

[Yassemin]

Ive just started the Wind-up Bird Chronical. Its seems promising so far, I like the way its written..very descriptive.

[Laura]

Just started Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.

[Rannie]

The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy. A reread from 8th grade.

[Shelley]

Needed something quick to read at work today so I picked Journey to the Center of the Earth out of the library. Have not read it since Jr. High School I guess.

[Judith]

Love Medicine - Louise Erdrich

[Lauli]

Cat and Mouse by Günter Grass. It's going to be a quick read. Half way through already.

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

I am just starting Everything That Rises Must Converge.

[Kerlip Bintang]

Just starting Gardens of Water A Novel

[Lauli]

I've just started Empire of the Sun. Fascinating so far.

[Anthony]

just started Journey to the Center of the Earth.

[Kristi]

I just started The Reluctant Fundamentalist & The Zookeeper's Wife A War Story. I'm trying to crank out some shorter books by the end of the year...

[Lauli]

Starting The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa today.

[Bárbara]

I just started Dickens' Christmas Books (which includes A Christmas Carol), I thought it'd be season-appropriate ;)

[barutiel]

"The shadow of the wind" by Carlos Luis Zafón

[Anthony]

The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon

[Emma]

I got The Invention of Curried Sausage as a Christmas gift but in the meantime I had started Lady Chatterley's Lover. I'm mere pages in and finding it a bit frustrating...

[Julia]

As a good Christmas read I've chosen Little Women & Good Wives by Louisa M. Alcott....I know the film version with Susan Sarandon and Winona Ryder, but somehow i've never read the book as a girl, and i find myself really enjoying it in a fluffy, girlish kind of way.....it's a lovely read when there's snow outside and one snuggles up in a cozy chair with a fire, and then just enjoy this simple tale.

[Judith]

I started "If On a Winter's Night a Traveler" by Calvino a few days ago. I'm pretty hooked, which surprises me a bit after I read a summary/review of the work.

[Judith]

Lauli wrote: "Starting The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa today."

I KNOW you are going to like this one, but let us know how it rates with the others you've read by Llosa when you finish. Happy reading!

[Kristi]

I started Regeneration yesterday. It's pretty easy reading, I'm already more than halfway through.

[Julia]

Judith wrote: "I started "If On a Winter's Night a Traveler" by Calvino a few days ago. I'm pretty hooked, which surprises me a bit after I read a summary/review of the work."

Judith, I loved this one.....It was really surprising and fun, it's really a book for the avid reader, and really well-written, too. I especially liked the chapters in which the different "novels" start, so many I'd have liked to finish....

[Elise]

Just started "Measuring the World," by Daniel Kehlmann. (Got a lot of the most recent books for Xmas... yay!)

[Lauli]

Judith wrote: "Lauli wrote: "Starting The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa today."

I KNOW you are going to like this one, but let us know how it rates with the others you've read by Llosa whe..."

Of course I liked it! It's just that Vargas Llosa is one of those 100% reliable authors, so you can count on good story-telling to begin with. I liked the story the book tells, and the way he uses polyphony and multiperspectivism to give the events in the story three dimensions. Personally, I like his early work better, especially The Time of the Hero, Captain Pantoja and the Special Service and Conversation in the Cathedral. In these books he experiments a lot with different narrative techniques, influenced by Faulkner, Dos Passos and García Márquez, whereas in his latest novels he has chosen to write historical books, and while the topics tackled in these novels are still very interesting, his narration has become less experimental and more traditional (omniscient or limited 3rd person narration). Still, The Feast of the Goat is beautifully written and keeps you going to the very end. Highly recommendable.

[Lauli]

Just started Billy Budd, Sailor by Melville. Third attempt. Nautical themes are just not my cup of tea, but it's short, so I'm hoping to pull it through this time.