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The Interesting Narrative - Olaudah Equiano
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Just starting In Cold Blood by Truman Capote.
Congratulations to Ziyanda on becoming our 9000th member. Didn't we used to have an introduce yourself thread? Where is that?
I just joined a short time ago. I'm reading Gone With the Wind and Wuthering Heights.
I'm a little over halfway through "The Long Goodbye" by Raymond Chandler. I like it, but Marlowe is a little too locquacious in this book for me, I think I like "The Big Sleep" better.
Lauli wrote: "I'm halfway down The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (finished the first volume) and I'm going to take a breather and read The Waves by Virginia Woolf before I pick up t..."How do you get through The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling? I got through 70 pages a year ago and then just couldn't go on.
Gini wrote: "Reading The Elegance of the Hedgehog and liking it very much."Great choice, but not a 1001 Book right?
Hubert, it is a 1001 book, but it's off of the most recent edition, 2010. Count it!
Hubert wrote: "Gini wrote: "Reading The Elegance of the Hedgehog and liking it very much."Great choice, but not a 1001 Book right?"
I'm so sorry - for some reason I was certain that it was!
Gini wrote: "Hubert wrote: "Gini wrote: "Reading The Elegance of the Hedgehog and liking it very much."Great choice, but not a 1001 Book right?"
I'm so sorry - for some reason I was certain th..."
On "Arukiyomi's" Excel list for 2010 books, Elegance is actually book number 1. Hope you haven't stopped reading it yet Gini.
Hubert wrote: "Gini wrote: "Reading The Elegance of the Hedgehog and liking it very much."Great choice, but not a 1001 Book right?"
A doublechecked. It's the first book on the newest list. Glad to know I'm not crazy after all!
Just started What a Carve Up by Coe, very enjoyable book so far with a cast of disreputable characters.
Karina wrote: "I just started Fingersmith by Sarah Waters"I loved Fingersmith, I think you will be quite taken with this. Starts off a little slow but then - watch out!
Gini wrote: "Hubert wrote: "Gini wrote: "Reading The Elegance of the Hedgehog and liking it very much."Great choice, but not a 1001 Book right?"
A doublechecked. It's the first book on the ne..."
There's actually a posting for this book under "Specific Books". I knew I had seemed familiar.
Shay wrote: "There's actually a posting for this book under "Specific Books". I knew I had seemed familiar."I knew I wasn't crazy! And I did finish it some time back! Haven't been posting here much because I've been reading a lot of non-list books of late.
Just started The Count of Monte Cristo.. Going to be reading this one for some time! But I'm really excited about starting!! :)
Just started The Enigma of Arrival by V.S. Naipaul. I have read all of the other Naipaul on the list, and enjoyed. This one appears to be highly autobiographical, though it was marketed as fiction. The first 50 pages or so have reminded me a lot of W.G. Sebald (who I love), which surprises me. No narrative structure--just evocation, description and reminiscence.
Drew wrote: "The first 50 pages or so have reminded me a lot of W.G. Sebald (who I love), which surprises me. No narrative structure--just evocation, description and reminiscence."Thanks for that note - I will remember to stay far away!! I highly disliked Sebald's Austerlitz for exactly that reason. =)
I've just started reading A Severed Head by Iris Murdoch - i was scared off for a long time by the sinister 1970's Penguin Paper back cover (demented woman wielding machete) and the blurb on the back cover which basically says " this is a story about depression, suicide, castration and incest". Yay, cheery! But it's pretty good so far.
Just getting started on Vampire Chronicles: Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned
Kayla wrote: "I just started The Handmaid's Tale by Atwood last night."Loved that one. She's one of my fav authors.
Conversacion en la Catedral by Mario Vargas Llosa, nobel prize winner 2010
that Llosa, not in the 1001 list.
Joselito wrote: "that Llosa, not in the 1001 list."It should be, though.
I agree. He's the flavor of the month right now having won the Nobel. remove the murakamis and the coelhos and replace them with Llosas
I've just started Their Eyes were Watching God - not sure what to expect from this one but I like the front cover!
Just started Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China on the bus this morning. Have only heard good comments from folks about it so far.
Shovelmonkey1 wrote: "I've just started Their Eyes were Watching God - not sure what to expect from this one but I like the front cover!"Hurston is a master at dialect. I'm reading Gone With the Wind and Mitchell's dialect is stilted and hard to read. Hurston's dialect is lyrical- if you have a hard time with it, read it out loud, beautiful.
Started Your Face Tomorrow by Javier Marias, which I have seen described as a Proustian espionage novel (with emphasis on the Proustian). At three volumes and over 1,200 pages, I will probably see how I feel about volume 1 before buying the other two.
Shovelmonkey1 wrote: "I've just started Their Eyes were Watching God - not sure what to expect from this one but I like the front cover!"One of my favorite books!! One I will likely read again sometime. Hope you like it.
I've just started The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas, any comment? I enjoy the beginning, i hope there are more surprises 'til the end :)
Recently started The Hours. I think it helps having read Mrs. Dalloway. Some people may not like the style, weaving the stories of three women's lives together, but I find it interesting and creative. However, as far as the characters go, it is a bit depressing: most of the main characters are either unhappy/unsatisfied in their relationships, suicidal or depressed, or sick with AIDS... (is that a "spoiler"?)
Just started Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison. She's one of my favourite authors, so I'm hoping I'll enjoy this one.
Just started Steppenwolf by Hesse, not a long book but beautifully written. Realise now that the title refers to a wolf of the steppes, something which the main character identifies with.
Today I started reading Fateless by Imre Kertesz. Half way through already - it's a really well written book and the author survived Auschwitz and went on to win the Nobel Prize. The book details a fictional characters time in the camp.
Flora wrote: "Shovelmonkey1 wrote: "I've just started Their Eyes were Watching God - not sure what to expect from this one but I like the front cover!"One of my favorite books!! One I will likely read again ..."
Loved it thanks Flora - definitely deserving of its place on the 1001 list. It took a few pages to get into the narrative because of the way it was written but it is a great story. I'm sending it on to someone else on bookcrossing so hopefully they'll enjoy it too.
Shay wrote: "Shovelmonkey1 wrote: "I've just started Their Eyes were Watching God - not sure what to expect from this one but I like the front cover!"Hurston is a master at dialect. I'm reading Gone With the ..."
Yup - i loved it although it took me a few pages to get into it but once I was in the zone it was great.
Deanne wrote: "Just started What a Carve Up by Coe, very enjoyable book so far with a cast of disreputable characters."I really didn't like this book - I took it abroad with me when I went away to work and kind of regretted giving it space in my suitcase. Would love to know what you think of it when you're done.
Starting War and Peace today. Will hopefully get through it this time.
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess.
North & South - Gaskell. I'd never heard of this novel or even Gaskell until a friend and 19th century fiend recommended it to me. so far so good and i am surprised that neither the title nor author ever came across my path before!
Marina,I love your description of W&P...I, too, loved that book.
I just started Crime and Punishment. Am not that far into it, but am liking it so far. It is my first Dostoyevsky...not sure why it is my first - I mean, I can't believe I have NEVER read anything by him before!
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China- About 200 pages into this 544 page book and I am really enjoying it. I have learned so much about China and how incredibly oppressed these people were.
Just started Moon Palace by Paul Auster this morning and read 100 pages on the train on the way to work. Not really sure what i think about it so far. It's good but not as good as The Music of Chance.
Shovelmonkey1I enjoyed What a Carve Up, but I grew up in the 80's so I remember Maggie Thatcher the milk snatcher, and at the time of the miner's strike we were living on the border of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. This book just brought back a lot of memories and really enjoyed the last quarter of the book.
I'm intrigued about the film mentioned in the book so I've ordered it from Lovefilm, I was surprised that it was a real film.
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