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[Katie ATX]

I'm hoping to start AND finish A Clockwork Orange this weekend. First I need to finish Cider House Rules.

[Judith]

Middlesex

I've been avoiding this one, but so many of you have enjoyed it that I decided to give it a try. Very compelling so far.

[Judith]

Charity wrote: "This morning I started If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino."

Oh this one is such fun! Enjoy!

[Judith]

Cindy wrote: "Just starting Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - looking forward to the mystery/sci-fi combo."

This one is so much fun! I do hope you enjoy it.

[Judith]

Anna wrote: "Judith wrote: ""The Bridge on the Drina""
My sister was reading it during Polish studies at Jagiellonian University.

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I understand they use if quite often in college courses that deal with that part of the world. I loved it!

[CaveMobster]

I'm starting 'Back to Oegstgeest' written by Jan Wolkers. The book spent a long time in the bookcase without being touched, it's about time. :)

[Yrinsyde]

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. I read a lot of Christie when I was a teen but not this one. What fun eh chaps?

[M]

I'm reading Ficciones by Borges. This stories are awesome!

[Becky]

Casino Royale. I'm glad it's short - not my type of read (and I'm listening to the audible.com version!) I suppose it's on the list because it's the first of the "spy" genre?!? I'm finding the actual story to be somewhat dull.

[Jay]

Though the Looking Glass, by Lewis Carroll.

[Cindy]

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.

[Linda]

Anna wrote: "Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi"

I'm working my way through this; it's not as interesting as I thought it would be, but I'll get through it and I don't think it will be a total waste of my time.

[Linda]

I took a break from the 1001 Books List for a while, but I just started A Clockwork Orange and am a little apprehensive about catching onto the vocabulary and not being completely turned off by the plot line and (what looks like will be) horrible characters. I hope it is worth my effort.

[Anthony]

Just started "Everything is Illuminated" by Jonathan Safran Foer.

[Katrina]

Didn't exactly just start, but now 78 pages into Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons and loving it. This is going to be a quick read, and an amusing one at that.

[Charity]

Started Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak.

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

I am finally starting Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro and so far I really like it.

[P.]

Just starting 'Beloved'

[Tanya (aka ListObsessedReader)]

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

This is one I've been meaning to get around to for some time!

[Becky]

I Robot

[Jessica]

Zee wrote: "Just starting 'Beloved'"

LOVE this one.

[Anna]

Bogowie Przeklęci by Tomasz Bochiński

[Gini]

Anna wrote: "Bogowie Przeklęci by Tomasz Bochiński"

Does this have an English title on the list? Because I can't find it and am confused!

[Gini]

Anna wrote: "Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi"

Lolita is on the list, but Reading Lolita in Tehran is not - the list is all fiction and Reading Lolita is a memoir, albeit one that I enjoyed.

[Anthony]

... the list is all fiction ..."

I know it's picking nits, but the list is not all fiction. "In Cold Blood" comes to mind.

[Gini]

Tony wrote: "I know it's picking nits, but the list is not all fiction. "In Cold Blood" comes to mind."

Ooo, good point. It's mostly fiction. Thanks!

[Anna]

Gini wrote: "Anna wrote: "Bogowie Przeklęci by Tomasz Bochiński"

Does this have an English title on the list? Because I can't find it and am confused!"

English title is Cursed Gods.

Gini wrote: "Anna wrote: "Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi"

Lolita is on the list, but Reading Lolita in Tehran is not - the list is all fiction and Reading ..."

These two books aren't on the list at all. I'm not able to get half of the books from the list, cause of distance (published in USA and not avaiable in Polish bookshops) and finincial reasons (I think 10 times before I buy a book that cost more than 8$).

[Lauli]

The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood. Liking it so far.

[Susan]

For some reason I'm restless when reading books, so I have a few started: Gulliver's Travels, On Beauty, and then at least two not on the list.

[Elise]

I'm not able to get half of the books from the list, cause of distance (published in USA and not avaiable in Polish bookshops) and finincial reasons (I think 10 times before I buy a book that cost more than 8$).

Anna, have you heard of Bookmooch.com? You list books that you have, people request them from you, and you earn points to request the books you want from the people who have them. It's a pretty great (and cheap) system. You earn 3 points for shipping internationally, but requesting internationally only costs 2 points. I've gotten a ton of list books this way.

To get back on topic: I just started "Les choses," by Georges Perec. Much more engaging than I thought it would be; French novels from the 1960s ("le nouveau roman" and all that) usually turn me off in a big way.

[Becky]

Dead Babies by Martin Amis

[Joy]

Just started Conrad's Lord Jim, which is on the 2006 list, but was removed from the 2008 list. But I'm counting it anyway! So there. ;)

[Anna]

Czerwona księga. Stalin i Żydzi by Arno Lustiger
Żmija by Andrzej Sapkowski

[Chel]

I started Like Life

[Michelle]

Just started The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, so far so good.

[Becky]

Interpreter of Maladies
by Jhumpa Lahiri

[Charity]

Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure by John Cleland

[KHoopMan]

Is The Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis on the updated list?? That's what I'm reading now, and I'm totally loving it!

Judith- how are you liking Middlesex? That book made me fall in love with reading again.

[Becky]

Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe

[Katrina]

Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne, should be interesting.

[Charity]

Is The Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis on the updated list??

No, Less Than Zero, American Psycho, and Glamorama are on the list, but not The Rules of Attraction. You never know about the forthcoming 2010 list though.

[Anna]

Raport Badeni by Krzysztof Maćkowski

[Judith]

Eliza wrote: "Is The Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis on the updated list?? That's what I'm reading now, and I'm totally loving it!

Judith- how are you liking Middlesex? That book made me fall in love..."

Actually, I'm not finished with it yet; but I loved the chapter I read today when Callie first discovers she's Cal. So sensitively written..very moving yet mixed with humor. He does adolescents'/teenager's emotions and dialogue so well...

[Deanne]

2666 by Bolano, on nights this weekend so I'll be taking this to work in the hope that no one needs an operation at two in the morning.

[M]

I'm about to start Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. I expect much from this book!

[Coalbanks]

Tony wrote: "
... the list is all fiction ..."

I know it's picking nits, but the list is not all fiction. "In Cold Blood" comes to mind."

Some critics claim Capote fictionalized the lives of his subjects as much as not.

[Charity]

Some critics claim Capote fictionalized the lives of his subjects as much as not.

Granted. There are other examples of nonfiction on the list, however. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson, for example.

[Anna]

The Echo Maker: A Novel by Richard Powers

[Coalbanks]

Charity wrote: "Some critics claim Capote fictionalized the lives of his subjects as much as not.

Granted. There are other examples of nonfiction on the list, however. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Ange..."

Whaat? Fear & Loathing was NOT fiction???!!!

[Yrinsyde]

I'm reading The Bluest Eye by T Morrison and The Enigma of Arrival by VS Naipaul. I'm loving both so far. The first is so raw but loving and the other so empty and full of longing. Fantastic writing!! I keep on thinking that - gosh, I'm so glad I started this challenge! I've been doing this challenge for almost a year now.