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[Katherine]

I just started Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan. It seems like a quicker read before winter term begins.

[Kristi]

Just started Washington Square, which isn't on the list but it is my first Henry James. Trying to convince myself to finish The Poisonwood Bible and Everything That Rises Must Converge...

[Katrina]

I've just started Doctor Zhivago, 120 pages in, its okay but I'm not gripped yet...

[Judith]

Kristi wrote: "Just started Washington Square, which isn't on the list but it is my first Henry James. Trying to convince myself to finish The Poisonwood Bible and [book:Everything That..."

I've abandoned James "The Ambassadors" for John Steinbeck's "East of Eden" -- started it last night.

I'll go back to the James volume when I get a better edition with larger type! I was struggling too much with both the language and the readability of the pages!
I usually like Henry James very much, and I have read quite of few of his novels.

[Judith]

Judith wrote: "Kristi wrote: "Just started Washington Square, which isn't on the list but it is my first Henry James. Trying to convince myself to finish The Poisonwood Bible and [book:..."

Good luck the "Washington Square". I liked it!

[Judith]

Lauli wrote: "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."

I never thought much of "Billy Budd" either, Lauli. NOT his best work by any means!

[Judith]

Julia wrote: "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 t..."

I finished it and want to wait just for some "settling" before I comment further on it, but I did really enjoy it and found a good deal to admire!

[Judith]

I started "The Leopard".

It started a little slowly for me because I am not informed of the historical references of the time very well. I'm doing a little research to fill in some gaps in my history of the area and time period.

[Kristi]

Judith--I'm about halfway through Washington Square, and I am really enjoying it!

[Kristi]

I'm getting a head start on July's People.

[Anna]

Perfekcyjna niedoskonałość | Jacek Dukaj
Hannibal | Thomas Harris

[Judith]

I am reading "Around the World in 80 Days" by Verne for the first time. I saw the movie years ago and hated it; but some of you have praised Verne's adventure stories recently, so I decided to take it down from the dusty shelf where it has rested for many years. I'm enjoying it~

[Katherine]

I am about to start Tolstoy's The Kreutzer Sonata. I loved Anna Karenina, so I am anxious to see how this, much shorter, tale effects me.

[Natalie]

Yesterday I started Mansfield Park and I'm enjoying it .

[Lauli]

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton. Loving it so far.

[Shelley]

Just started the Swimming Pool Library by Hollinghurst.

I think it just okay despite all the rave reviews I read but it had the potential to be a really great book. I feel like just as the important part of the story gets going the author feels it necessary to burst in and say "HEY, remember, the main character is gay!!! Did you forget that from the sex scene three pages ago???? Well here's another indiscriminate, promiscuous, sex act to remind you!" The sex doesn't bother me at all, just the way it seems to be thrown in just because it has been a while since it happened last.

[Shelley]

Erik wrote: "Gone With the Wind

Ohmigod. Amazing."

Read this the first time when I was 11 and could not forget it EVER!!! Have re-read it and re-read it throughout the years and it is still just as magical and fascinating as the first time.

[Johnny]

Just halfway through reading Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez.

[Anna]

The Rotters' Club by Jonathan Coe

[Anthony]

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

[Charity]

Ulysses - James Joyce

[Judith]

Started "The Old Devils" by Kingley Amis this morning.
Lots of humor!

[David]

Just started getting into Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson. I enjoyed one of his other books, and this seems interesting so far. But 900 pages.... ugh. Needed a good editor!

[Vanessa]

Just started Madame Bovary....it took me a little bit to get into it but I'm about 80 pages in and it's getting pretty good!

Also reading Pride and Prejudice and Gone with the Wind.

[Kristi]

You've got some great reading ahead of you, Vanessa!

[Vanessa]

Oh I know! I'm glad I'm reading Gone with the Wind over winter break because I can't put it down!

[Gini]

Vanessa wrote: "Oh I know! I'm glad I'm reading Gone with the Wind over winter break because I can't put it down!"

The first time I read it was over Thanksgiving break my senior year of highschool and I pretty much came up only to do chores as demanded. I *inhaled* that book in three days!

[Lynn]

Vanessa wrote: "Just started Madame Bovary....it took me a little bit to get into it but I'm about 80 pages in and it's getting pretty good!

Also reading Pride and Prejudice and Gone with the Wind."

Sounds like some great choices!

[Anna]

Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert

[melita]

just started gone with the wind today! wonder how long it will take...

[Johnny]

Just started reading Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky. Looking forward to finishing it.

[Alissa]

the book: Why Geography Matters....
is really hard to understand, and very difficult to find answers.....too many big words, but then again its probably not made for a high school kid to read and understand

[Vanessa]

melita wrote: "just started gone with the wind today! wonder how long it will take... "

I'm making my way through but it's taking some time...I can't believe some read it SO fast ;) but I can completely see why. You'll have to let me know what you think of it since we'll be reading it at the same time

[Jay]

I started 'July's People' a few days ago, in anticipation of the January book discussion. I was introduced to Nadine Gordimer over a decade ago and didn't enjoy the experience, so am surprised to find how much I am appreciating this book.
I am also just about to start 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime' by Mark Haddon.

[Susan]

Johnny wrote: "Just started reading Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky. Looking forward to finishing it."

Really enjoyed that book, what potential. Also, have probably reread Gone With the Wind a few times, its definitely one of my all time favorites!

[Stacie]

I just started The Age of Innocence.

[Lauli]

Of Love and Shadows by Isabel Allende. Lovely so far.

[Author Jonathan]

Irresistible yOU by Francis Ray

[Anna]

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon

[Julia]

Anna Karenina as well.......Looking forward to discuss it in the Classics and the Western Canon group. I wouldn't have picked it up on my own impulse right now, but so far I really like it and it's a wonderful book for cold winter evenings - I like the furry clothes, the sleighs and the Russian names, gives a special touch to everything, even though this may sound childish now....

[Deanne]

Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee, wonderful little book and very poignant.

[Anna]

Ta, którą nigdy nie byłam by Majgull Axelsson

[Anthony]

I'm starting "July's People" by Nadine Gordimer.

[Anna]

Water Touching Stone by Eliot Pattison

[Kristi]

I am reading Silk. It's short enough to read in one day.

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Just started July's People.

[Rhiannon]

Currently reading:

The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
Porno - Irvine Welsh

So far I am enjoying both books.

[Kristi]

Just started Cat's Cradle for my work book group.

[Lynn]

Snow by Orhan Pamuk, not sure if it's on the list.

[Jay]

Just started 'Foucault's Pendulum' by Umberto Eco... finding it hard to get into.