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[Tomchicago]

I just picked up "Invisible Man". I'll begin to read this one tomorrow.

[Domino (aka Meme)]

Kristin wrote: "I'm about 50 pages into Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence. Lawrence seems to be somebody that I always hope to enjoy, but never do."

i felt the same way Kristin when i read Sons and Lovers. i think Lawrence is great, but i can't seem to get in to his work.

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Ulysses....Am I doomed?

[Becky]

Cat's Cradle by Vonnegut

[Judith]

K.D. wrote: "J. G. Ballard's Crash. Dunno what to expect."

Oh dear, K.D.! After reading your review of "Bonfire of the Vanities", I'm not sure you have picked the best choice for the chaser! Maybe you have though! I hated "Crash" the way you hated "Bonfire"! I saw your issues with Wolfe very plainly, but I still hate "Crash" more.

BTW, does Woolf get any slack for "Bonfire" being his first novel? Not much, huh?

[Regine]

Currently, I'm reading The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie. I'm a little over halfway through the book. I'm liking it so far, although I wouldn't say that I'm enjoying it as much as I did Midnight's Children.

[Yassemin]

The Great Gatsby. Only a few pages in, don't like it so far. Its pretty boring.

[Erik]

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins.

I have the Wordsworth Classics edition, though. Those editions make me saaaaad.

[Nicole]

I am reading stranger with my face...kinda creepy

[K.D.]

Judith wrote: "K.D. wrote: "J. G. Ballard's Crash. Dunno what to expect."

Oh dear, K.D.! After reading your review of "Bonfire of the Vanities", I'm not sure you have picked the best choice for the chaser! May..."

Hi Judith! I also hated Crash I think more than I hated The Bonfire of Vanities. I am not yet into the point of doubting 1001 books though despite reading two 1-star novels one right after the other.

[Denise]

Regine wrote: "Currently, I'm reading The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie. I'm a little over halfway through the book. I'm liking it so far, although I wouldn't say that I'm enjoying it as much as I..."

I felt the same way, but I did like them both.

[Becky]

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (audio)

[Judith]

"The Castle of Otranto" - Horace Walpole

I'm lovin' it! A real page-turner -- for a change!
Who knew?

[Beside]

Jen wrote: "I just started Brave New World, I probably was suppose to read this at some point in high school but never did. i'm about 100 pages into it and i am not sure whether i like it or not.... I have tw..."

I would say you don't like it. I found it really great ... at first, but the whole last half was awful. I never recommend the book for that reason.

[Yassemin]

The woman in White, I gave up on The Great Gatsby temporarily.

[Ivan]

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro - I'm about 90 pages in and find the book thoroughly fascinating.

[Erik]

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

James Joyce is a psycho. After I accepted this, I started liking this book more.

[Rachel]

Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There. I tried to read this in high school but never finished it. I liked Alice in Woderland though. The play of words, puns are rather fascinating. I think I'll finish this book this time!

[Joselito Honestly]

I'm doing some heavy reading with Thank You, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse, after the quick, light reading i did of Saramago's The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis.

[Claire]

I'm over halfway through The Catcher in the Rye and am enjoying it. What a cynical young man is that Holden Caulfield........he is way too young to be that cynical and negative.

[Stacie]

Ivan wrote: "Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro - I'm about 90 pages in and find the book thoroughly fascinating."

I just read this for my book club and we had such a fantastically rich conversation. I found this book insteresting, and very well written.
I hope you continue to enjoy it.

[Cindy]

Joselito wrote: "I'm doing some heavy reading with Thank You, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse, after the quick, light reading i did of Saramago's The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis."

Ha! I didn't realize there was a Wodehouse on the list - thanks for the info.

[K.D.]

Judith wrote: ""The Castle of Otranto" - Horace Walpole

I'm lovin' it! A real page-turner -- for a change!
Who knew?"

Good for you, Judith. I liked it too!

[Teresa]

Yas wrote: "The Great Gatsby. Only a few pages in, don't like it so far. Its pretty boring."

There are some (presumably) much better sections ahead. I've often wanted to read that one, but then felt rather let down when we read it for our college senior capstone course. Maybe I'm becoming too feminist for Fitzgerald; I just wanted to smack all of the women in this work upside the head. I did get a kick out of playing armchair psychologist and analyzing all of the sordid affairs going on!

[Teresa]

Beside wrote: "Jen wrote: "I just started Brave New World, I probably was suppose to read this at some point in high school but never did. i'm about 100 pages into it and i am not sure whether i like it or not....."

Really? Funny how different tastes are! I absolutely devoured both 1984 and BNW, just couldn't get enough.

[Rusty]

Just began I, Claudius. Hope it's a good read.

[Sissy]

Shardae wrote: "Sissy wrote: "Shardae wrote: "I just started the Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, any thoughts on this book?"

I enjoyed it when I read it. It was part of the required reading for an African America..."

We read quite a few diaries in that class - I think we had our choice out of a selection - but Invisible Man was the only novel we read. I thought it was an interesting use of a novel in a course - normally history courses tend to gravitate towards "historical texts" - where I think many could benefit from looking at period novels as well.

[Sissy]

Christine wrote: "Just started Gone With the Wind in bed last night. Such candy. Love it."

Candy is such a perfect description. Such a fun read.

[Leslie]

I started Colm Toibin's The Master.... It's a fascinating part-historical, part-imaginary look at the personal life of Henry James. You learn scads of interesting details about James's love life and family relations, while Toibin brings the historical period (late nineteenth century) to life in vivid prose.

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[Lianne]

I'm currently reading Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone from the list =)

[Stuart]

I am reading The Third Claw of God byAdam-Troy Castro

[jb]

I am reading Through the Looking Glass. I was finally able to download the list today (I had troubles with it).

[Judith]

"The Enormous Room": by E.E. Cummings

I'm surprised to learn that this is a memoir written while Cummings was a prisoner in France.

[Becky]

Rabbit Run by John Updike

[Lauren]

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

[Joselito Honestly]

Is "I, Claudius" about the Roman emperor who was weird, stutters and was very cruel? I remember reading this about 30 years ago (forgot the author). But I think this is not include in the 1001 list.

[K.D.]

Louis de Bernieres' Corelli's Mandolin. So far, so good...

[Elise]

I just started Felicia's Journey, and will be very surprised if something terrible does not happen to poor Felicia by the end of the book. But don't tell me!

[Becky]

Pride and Prejudice (audio version) - talk talk talk talk talk!

[Erik]

Don Quixote!

I feel like when I say his name, I should be saying it with an exclamation point.

[Katherine]

A couple days ago I started The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov. I am on a pretty decent Russian authors kick, and have wanted to read this one for a very long time. Definitely enjoying it so far!

[Joselito Honestly]

I decided to take a break from reading 1001 books and get a well-deserved rest by reading THE DIARY OF PETR GINZ: 1941-1942(about a talented Czech boy, who wrote this diary like Anne Frank, and died in Auschwitz in 1942 aged 16). The book has an introduction by Jonathan Safran Foer who has one novel in the 1001 list, Everything is Illuminated, so I'm now on page 2 of this book.

[Teresa]

I just started this goal and am using the listology version from 2000. Picked up Schoolingby Heather McGowan, which is a bit slow. I don't mind the Post-Mod streaming, but geez louise, the lack of punctuation is driving me batty! Interesting synopsis, so will stick with it and see how the text develops.

[Cynthia]

"White Teeth" by Zadie Smith. Love it so far.

[Anthony]

"Tarzan of the Apes" - Edgar Rice Burroughs

[Cass]

Just started Rabbit, Run. I've heard a lot of people hate this main character. I haven't found the hate yet, but I haven't found the caring, either.
Updike's prose is so interesting though. Ever feel like you know exactly what a writer is talking about?? I'm finding that.

[Becky]

Cass wrote: "Just started Rabbit, Run. I've heard a lot of people hate this main character. I haven't found the hate yet, but I haven't found the caring, either.
Updike's prose is so interesting though. Ever fe..."

Just finished it - I wouldn't say I hated Rabbit, although his actions at times are loathesome - he's a product of the post-war culture. He's not very likeable - I didn't like any of the characters because they were all flawed in some way, just like all of us.

[Shovelmonkey1]

Elise wrote: "I just started Felicia's Journey, and will be very surprised if something terrible does not happen to poor Felicia by the end of the book. But don't tell me!"

It's a really good book! And if you haven't read it already one of his other books on the list, The Story of Lucy Gault is as good, if not better.

[Regine]

I'll be starting Jane Eyre. Really excited to read it.

[jb]

I loved Jane Eyre. It was a fantastic book.