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Which LIST book did you just start?
Kristel wrote: "I am just starting Midnight's Children by Rushdie"Good luck. It can get long (I've heard that this is one of the most-started-and-not-finished books out there) but it's worth it (and I am not a Rushdie fan).
Emma wrote: "Sissy wrote: "Tanya wrote: "The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera. Going well so far, got through a lot in my first sitting."I found Lightness aggravating -..."
It left me underwhelmed as well. Read it years ago before the 1001 Lists started coming out. Anyone seen the movie? I was thinking of renting it....
Koula wrote: "I just started reading Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates"Anxious to read what you think of this one. The subject matter, of course, is interesting; but Kennedy was just a grand citizen in the end....I've wondered how Oates treated the event when she wrote this one...
Dan wrote: "Kristel wrote: "I am just starting Midnight's Children by Rushdie"Good luck. It can get long (I've heard that this is one of the most-started-and-not-finished books out there) but it's worth it (..."
It was all I could do to get through "Satanic Verses", so I'm not surprised to read the above mentioned fact. Still, I want to read at least one more by Rushdie, and "Midnight's Children" was my choice. Let us know!
I have just started The Music of Chance by my one of my favorite authors, Paul Auster. I both liked NYT and Invisible so I am looking forward to cracking another Auster book. He rocks!
You're not alone. I read it many years ago. I disliked it immensely.I almost forgot everything about it, fortunately, but I remember I found it shallow and pretentious.
I didn't realize there was a movie based on Lightness. I can imagine they must have added to the script quite a bit - the novel is so lacking in actual plot I can't imagine them being able to make a 90 minute movie out of it.
The Devil and Miss Prymby Paulo Coelho
Rabbit: Chasing Beth Riderby ellen c. maze
Judith wrote: "Koula wrote: "I just started reading Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates"Anxious to read what you think of this one. The subject matter, of course, is interesting; but Kennedy was just..."
I am just not happy with this book,already I had to restart the book.
Judith wrote: "Koula wrote: "I just started reading Black Water by Joyce Carol OatesAnxious to read what you think of this one."
i thought it was somewhat interesting but very minor overall. minor note in narrative and certainly minor Oates. i think there are many stronger Oates out there.
Sissy wrote: "I didn't realize there was a movie based on Lightness. I can imagine they must have added to the script quite a bit - the novel is so lacking in actual plot I can't imagine them being able to make ..."I saw the movie years ago and liked it a lot. I only recently read the book. There's a lot of years in between, but I don't think they did add vey much plot, if any. I was amazed in retrospect how much of the feel and philosophizing they were able to portray. I think it was a well done film. However, I LOVED the book. So keep that in mind while I rave about the movie!
Celeste wrote: "The great gatsby. on pg 21"it is nice book you will enjoy it
Denise wrote: "Sissy wrote: "I didn't realize there was a movie based on Lightness. I can imagine they must have added to the script quite a bit - the novel is so lacking in actual plot I can't imagine them being..."I dont like reading the books after watching their film versions
The Catcher in the Rye by Salinger
Koula wrote: "Judith wrote: "Koula wrote: "I just started reading Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates"Anxious to read what you think of this one. The subject matter, of course, is interesting; but..."
Oh dear! This is one of my faves! I remember being really blown away by this one.
"She seems to speak for women drawn to the power that certain men command":
I think I was really drawn to this aspect of the novel, from http://jco.usfca.edu/works/novels/bla....
Judith wrote: "Emma wrote: "Sissy wrote: "Tanya wrote: "The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera. Going well so far, got through a lot in my first sitting."I found Lightness ..."
It's a sexy movie.
I think I just don't "get behind" the philosophy espoused in this story.
STILL on Cloudsplitter- had to renew it at the library and the librarian called it "Cloudspitter"-sigh. This book will NOT defeat me!
I am new here and I was wondering, what is the list?
Sorry if I sound completely ignorant.
Sorry if I sound completely ignorant.
the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. But now I also use Hallie Ephron's 1001 Books for Every Mood.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark. I like this as a teenager, and like it still so far on this re-read.
One of my favorite books. I feel it's under-rated. Blackwater not only opens discussion of an historical event, it explores women's place in the political and male oriented world of Washington D.C.
The book i just started reading is Vampire Diaries: Nightfall
The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler. My first book by him. Excited!
Just started A Room With a View today, and I can tell it's going to go very quickly for me. I love this kind of story - reminds me of Jane Austen's novels, only 100 years later.
I've just started reading the blurbs on the cover of Tom Wolfe's The Bonfire of Vanities before I opened my GR account. I have been putting this book in my back burner and before the pages get yellowed, I think I better start now. My apprehension is due to the fact that the setting was before the bubble burst and 9/11 so it could be a bit dated. New York before those two seems to be New York of long time ago.
the count of monte cristo. I didn't realize it was 1500pgs but I will get it done!
Karina wrote: "the count of monte cristo. I didn't realize it was 1500pgs but I will get it done!"thats what i'm reading too although i knew how long it was. a lot of people told me to get the shorter abridged version but i feel like the longer version is the full tale as the author intended it as opposed to the abridged one. good luck
DraculaI'm going off the 2006 list so not sure whether its on the other ones. Brilliant book so far can see why it got on tbh!
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden, i like it so far..Let you know how it goes.
K.D. wrote: "I've just started reading the blurbs on the cover of Tom Wolfe's The Bonfire of Vanities before I opened my GR account. I have been putting this book in my back burner and before the pages get yell..."Interested to hear what you think - I picked a copy of Bonfire up at a booksale a couple months ago but haven't gotten to it yet. I thought it seemed like it would be a good read.
Kehinde wrote: "Karina wrote: "the count of monte cristo. I didn't realize it was 1500pgs but I will get it done!"thats what i'm reading too although i knew how long it was. a lot of people told me to get the..."
I'm also reading this one at the same time as the ever present Cloudsplitter-STILL plowing through this one. For every three chapters I read of Cloudsplitters, I allow myself three chapters of The count of Monte Cristo! Really loving that book!
Linda wrote: "Just started A Room With a View today, and I can tell it's going to go very quickly for me. I love this kind of story - reminds me of Jane Austen's novels, only 100 years later."One of my favorite books! It reminded me a lot of Jane Austen as well, though I liked that A Room With a View's characters are a little bit more complex than those in Austen's novels.
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood. (audio version)
I'm trying to get through some more list books now ...I've just finished The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins and absolutely loved it ... and have started The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie .... enjoying this too .... nice to have a little light reading within the list :)
Kehinde wrote: "Karina wrote: "the count of monte cristo. I didn't realize it was 1500pgs but I will get it done!"thats what i'm reading too although i knew how long it was. a lot of people told me to get the..."
This truly is one of the best novels ever written. Do yourself a huge favor and DON'T get an abridged version. There isn't a lot of fluff or filler in anything Dumas wrote. You'd be missing a lot with an abridged version.
The Count of Monte Cristo was one of my absolute favorite books ever. Be sure to get the Robin Buss translation. This book is very long but I have read it about 10 times. You will enjoy it if you like action.
Started The House of Mirth a few days agoI like Edith Wharton
Becky wrote: "The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood. (audio version)"I hope it's a good reader. I loved that book.
Incommunicado wrote: "Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco is next for me. It's been on my list/shelf forever, long before I picked up 1001..."I love FP! It was excellent. Hope you enjoy.
Cathy wrote: "I started The Ground Beneath Her Feet yesterday. I found Moor's Last Sigh and Satanic Verses unfinishable, but I'm really enjoying this so far! I finished Maximum City, a nonfiction account of mode..."I hate putting down a book and not finishing, but Satanic Verses is one I still have on shelf and have not gotten through. I think I started it 4 years ago. I usually read 2-3 books a week, so it's def a difficult one.
That said, I had a hard time getting into Girl w the Dragon Tattoo. I put it down for a few months and was able to pick it back up and breeze through the end and into the next 2 books. I think it was a translation issue, but once I started to figure it out I was fine.
Haven't figured out what the problem is w Satanic Verses yet.
I just started [The Maltese Falcon:] by Dashiell Hammett. Seeing the Bogart film the other night made me want to read the novel again. I love how Sam Spade is so cynical and cryptic in his motivations.... The femme fatale figure also fascinates me (my grandmother reminded me of a femme fatale, when I saw some black-and-white photos of her).... www.the-reading-list.com
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Tanya - I'm glad you at least enjoyed it. I found it dragged and became completely monotonous and tedious -(and no life changing moment for me either).