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[Christine]

I got a copy of Life of Pi as a Christmas present and I've just opened the cover. :)

[Nandan]

Beckie wrote: "Just finished Untouchable, not a bad read. I am now half way through Kitchen, which is suprisingly good."

Untouchable(by Mulk Raj Anand) is very good book. it is so touching and really represent true situation in time when it was written.

[Audrey]

Finally started reading "The Penny," a book inspired by Joyce Meyer's true story about her child abuse. Very touching book.

[Candace]

The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie and I have no idea what the man is trying to say!

[Chel]

I started (and quickly finished, see impressions in finished thread) The White Tiger, one of 11 new books added to the list in the 2010 edition of 1001 Books... This was a 2008 Man Booker Prize winner. Then I started the 2005 Man Booker Prize winner, The Sea by John Banville.

[K.D.]

Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto. Looks interesting!

[Laura]

I just started 1001 Nights. I tried to start the list at the beginning but there have been a lot of books I cannot find as well as the fact that I get somewhat bored, so I still bop around a bit. I just ordered the 1001 Book so I am enjoying browsing that and it renewed my vigor.

[Judith]

Kuya Doni wrote: "Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto. Looks interesting!"

Hmm...this one is on my tbr shelf. Please let us know how you like it!

[Ginny]

Decided to take a break from some of the regular fiction books on the list and have been working on the sci fi on the list. I'm in the middle of Foundation by Asimov and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Adams. Almost finished with Contact by Sagan....hmm, why can't I just start one book and finish it before I start another one??

[K.D.]

Judith wrote: "Kuya Doni wrote: "Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto. Looks interesting!"

Hmm...this one is on my tbr shelf. Please let us know how you like it!"

Just finished The Castle of Otranto. It's an easy read (115 pages) and fast-paced. Because it uses old English (thou, thee, etc), it just feels old (first published in 1764). My training and work are on information technology so I am not so crazy about this kind of english used in a book. But I give it the right credit for starting a new genre 245 years ago! This genre (gothic fiction) has become more popular by the works of Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, Ann Radcliffe, etc.

[P.]

Wll be starting One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest shortly :)

[Judith]

Starting an off list book by a listed author: Wm. Faulkner, "The Town". It is part of the Snopes Family Trilogy of which only "The Hamlet" was listed on any of the 1001 lists.

My opinion is that regardless of the list committees' choices of which books in the different series to include, some of them should be read in their entirety to get a full appreciation. I definitely feel more strongly in favor of Faulkner's trilogy than "The Dance to the Music Time" series with 12 books! Just my opinion though....

[Norman]

Believe it or not I've avoided the movie at all opportunities knowing I would one day read Howard's End. Wish me luck.

[ms.petra]

Christine wrote: "I got a copy of Life of Pi as a Christmas present and I've just opened the cover. :)"

an amazing, wonderful story...enjoy!

[K.D.]

Oliver Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield.

[Rebeca]

I just satrted reading The Razor's Edge...really enjoying it....

[K.D.]

Marilynne Robinson's Home. Would anybody know if it is okay to read this even if I have not read her earlier Housekeeping and Gilead. I read somewhere that Home is a sequel of Gilead? Reason why I am jumping straight to Home is that those earlier 2 are not in 1001 list!

[Kristel]

Kuya Doni wrote: "Marilynne Robinson's Home. Would anybody know if it is okay to read this even if I have not read her earlier Housekeeping and Gilead. I read somewhere that Home is a sequel of Gilead? Reason why I ..." It shouldn't be a problem. Home The novel chronicles the life of the Boughton family, specifically the father, Reverend Robert Boughton, and Glory and Jack, two of Robert's adult children who return home to Gilead, Iowa. A companion to Gilead, Home is an independent novel that takes place concurrently. It is in the 3rd edition.

[Rebeca]

Karina wrote: "Just started "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez that I am reading for another group I am in. I am enjoying this immensely so far!"

great book!!!that's real love.....

[Rebeca]

Dianna wrote: "I loved War and Peace; it was my favorite book of all time. But I am a history fanatic. I have not read Ulysses yet. My Everest was Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. I don't think it is on this list...."
Atlas Shrugged "It's The Book" that everyone should read....

[Rebeca]

Cathy wrote: "No, I know other people who've been bored by it! I feel like it's one of those books you have to relax and immerse yourself in the atmosphere and the lushness of the prose, because it's not like th..."
hahaha!!I love your comment. love your ideas of having a drink on the beach,,with a great book...

[Rebeca]

Dordaneh wrote: "I,VE JUST STARTED 11 MINUETS [BY PAUOLO COEHLO:]"

you are going to love it....

[Rebeca]

Nadia wrote: "Kristie,

I just finished One Hundred Years, it's amazing! I hope you find it as good as I did.

Savour it! :-)

" I agreed with you the book is very totally one of my favorites

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I'm about midway through Ovid's METAMORPHOSES. Which is interesting - it's kind of the source for all of those "Greek myths" tales that get reprinted and circulated in kids' collections of "Tales from Ancient Greece" that seem to be all over the damn place when you're in school. I've had to stop myself from skimming passages because 'Oh, it's the story of Arachne, I know what happens next...'

[Debbie]

I am going to start The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo tonight. I was going to start it last night but I read A Child called "It" instead...I have heard good things about the book so fingers crossed I can get throught the 700 pages! :o)

[Sissy]

All The Pretty Horses - Cormac McCarthy. I've already read Blood Meridian (and the Road) and didn't find either of them really my style - but I am enjoying this one so far. Maybe because I loved the movie?

[Judith]

Rebeca wrote: "Dianna wrote: "I loved War and Peace; it was my favorite book of all time. But I am a history fanatic. I have not read Ulysses yet. My Everest was Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. I don't think it i..."

Why is "Atlas..." a book everyone should read?

[Debbie]

sorry just realized I wrote my response on here instead of another thread...my bad :o)

[K.D.]

Kristel wrote: "Kuya Doni wrote: "Marilynne Robinson's Home. Would anybody know if it is okay to read this even if I have not read her earlier Housekeeping and Gilead. I read somewhere that Home is a sequel of Gil..."

Thanks, Kristel. I just finished that book: Marilynne Robinson's Home. It is indeed a tearjerker. What I like about Mrs. Robinson's writing is her brilliant way of building the climax. Sweet and smooth!

[K.D.]

I am now reading VATHEK.

[Becky]

The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai

[Sissy]

Austerlitz - Sebald.

[K.D.]

Sissy wrote: "Austerlitz - Sebald."

I liked this book! Hope you like it too!

[Joselito Honestly]

Dom Casmurro by Machado de Assis

[P.]

I've got 2 on the go... Spring Flowers, Spring Frost and the Ken Kesey... oh boy.

[K.D.]

Philipp Meyer's American Rust

[Judith]

"The City of Glass" - Paul Auster (one of the New York Trilogy titles)

"Les Mis" - Victor Hugo

Now this one will take awhile!

[Lauli]

The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James, one of my favourite authors

[Linda]

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. Thought I'd like to get a glimpse of what life may be like in the U.S. if our government continues heading in the totalitarian direction it's currently going...

[Joselito Honestly]

Madame de Lafayette's The Princesse de Cleves.

[Anthony]

Life of Pi by Yann Martell

[Lauli]

Joselito wrote: "Madame de Lafayette's The Princesse de Cleves."

I found that book so extremely boring!

[Joselito Honestly]

I, on the other hand, couldn't let go of the book so that now I've finished reading it. What kept me reading on and on was the anticipatory excitement brought by the question of when the extremely handsome M. de Nemours will finally get to have sex with the exceptionally beautiful Mme de Cleves the suspense of which reached its climax that one night when M. de Nemours secretly went to the place where Mme de Cleves was staying and, as the book says, "(i)t was hot, and on her head and breast she wore nothing but her loosely gathered hair."

[K.D.]

Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Wether

[Evelina A.]

Joselito; I liked The Princess de Cleves, too, once I got over my expectation that it would in any way resemble our fiction of today. Wondering whether the Princess will continue to resist or fall for M. de Nemours and whether he really loves her or is simply trying to seduce her were questions that continually intrigued me as I read.

Reading: The Lion of Justice by Margaret Butler

[Sissy]

Kuya Doni wrote: "Sissy wrote: "Austerlitz - Sebald."

I liked this book! Hope you like it too!"

I am having a tough time getting into it - I actually put it down this weekend and went to a rapid read just to feel like I had accomplished something holiday Monday.

[Joselito Honestly]

Evelina wrote: "Joselito; I liked The Princess de Cleves, too, once I got over my expectation that it would in any way resemble our fiction of today. Wondering whether the Princess will continue to resist or fa..."


Evelina, was it really believable that Mme. de Cleves confessed to her husband that she had fallen in love with another man? Would a woman (like you) really do that in an attempt to resist the temptation of having an extramarital affair?

[Tasha]

I'm not sure if this is the place to ask this question, but how do you decide which book to read from the list? I'm curious b/c I just got the book and while looking through it, with all these interesting books, how do you decide which one you want to read?

[K.D.]

Tasha wrote: "I'm not sure if this is the place to ask this question, but how do you decide which book to read from the list? I'm curious b/c I just got the book and while looking through it, with all these int..."

I have theme for each month. This month, I go for classics (1700s) and I try to finish as many as I can. So as not to get bored, I intersperse it with the newly additions in 2010 version (Elegance of the Hedgehog which is #1, etc). Next month, I will go with Guy Lit books like Junky, Crash, The Green Man, etc. The month after that, I will go sci-fi, etc.

[Evelina A.]

Joselito wrote: "Evelina wrote: "Joselito; I liked The Princess de Cleves, too, once I got over my expectation that it would in any way resemble our fiction of today. Wondering whether the Princess will continue..."

Joselito; I thought it believable for the person she was or by the moral path she was trying not to stray from, so obviously different from others in her milieu. Madame de Cleves not only had to resist the temptation of an extramarital affair, but also, the expectation in her society to have one as well. Though she did not love her husband, she felt it her duty to stay faithful. And because she saw pitfalls in having a lover, duty was the safest path.

I think telling her husband she has fallen in love with another man as a way of protecting herself from infidelity very naive. I would think the same of any woman today.

Do you think The Princess de Cleves still has relevance today, or is it passé?