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Amy J. | 30 comments I've just started Little Women by Louisa May Alcott


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I loved both Their Eyes were Watching God and Drop City. Gobbled them up.


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Becky (munchkinland_farm) | 248 comments The Prime of Miss Jesn Brodie by Muriel Spark - audio version


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Tracey (traceyjoa) Amy wrote: "I've just started Little Women by Louisa May Alcott"

One of my favourites. Hope you enjoy the tales of the Miss Marches!


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Regine I'm starting The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass. I'm excited to start.


message 3606: by Anja (last edited Feb 27, 2011 01:19PM) (new)

Anja | 3 comments I'm listening to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Since I know the truth already, it isn't really that exciting, but it is okey I think.


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Gini | 138 comments Started Brideshead Revisited on audiobook, read by Jeremy Irons. I had to get used to that deep, steady voice - it's kind of hypnotic and bad for long drives. But I'm liking it so far.


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Sonja (crvena_sonja) | 5 comments I just started The Maltese Falcon.


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K.D. Absolutely (oldkd) | 248 comments All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
by Erich Maria Remarque

So far, so good!


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Shay | 71 comments To Kill a Mockingbird and The Name of the Rose. I haven't read TKAM, but Name of the Rose is a re-read.


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Amy J. | 30 comments I've just started I, Robot


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I just started Emma. I'm looking forward to reading another book by Austen. Love her.


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Karina | 401 comments Just started Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. Interesting so far, once I am finished maybe I'll watch Blade Runner, no idea who is even in that movie!


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Cindy (newtomato) | 195 comments *gasp!* Harrison Ford!


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Susanna (jb_slasher) Rutger Hauer! :D


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Craig | 241 comments One of my favorite books and movies--that does not happen very often.


Karina wrote: "Just started Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. Interesting so far, once I am finished maybe I'll watch Blade Runner, no idea who is even in that movie!"


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Craig | 241 comments Clarissa -Samuel Richardson
and
The Sorrows of Young Werther -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


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Lauli | 263 comments Susanna wrote: "Rutger Hauer! :D"

Looooove him!


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Lauli | 263 comments Getting started with Vanity Fair. I'm very excited about finally reading this classic.


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Craig | 241 comments In addition to Clarissa, I started Reveries by Rousseau. Something to break up the length of Clarissa.


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M (masanobu) | 110 comments I'm about to start A Heart So White. I think this was a 2008 addition.


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Cynthia Paschen | 72 comments "The Things They Carried." So far, brilliant. Don't want to rush through this one.


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Amy J. | 30 comments I read the things they carried for a class I took several years ago. What a wonderful book. Though my reactions sometimes shocked me.


message 3625: by RedSycamore (last edited Mar 04, 2011 06:29AM) (new)

RedSycamore | 5 comments Finally got around to starting The Idiot for this month's group read.

Apparently a wildly popular adaptation of the book was filmed fairly recently in Russia. I should be getting it from Netflix (hopefully with English subtitles!) about the same time I finish the book. I'm a sucker for really well done 'movie versions' of books I enjoy, and the first book/part of The Idiot has been great so far.


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Stephanie | 19 comments Wuthering Heights- by Emily Bronte- looking forward to this one. It's about time it comes down from my bookshelf and is read.


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K.D. Absolutely (oldkd) | 248 comments Just started:
The Country Girls Trilogy and Epilogue by Edna O'Brien
THE COUNTRY GIRLS
by Edna O'Brien


Her Royal Orangeness (onlyorangery) I've started Broken April by Ismail Kadare. If I didn't know this was based on cultural fact, I'd think it was ludicrous. Woa.

Megan wrote: "Two of my favorite books I've read in the last several years are non-fiction memoirs of counterculture communes..."

Thanks! I'll check those out.

Sonia wrote: "I loved both Their Eyes were Watching God and Drop City. Gobbled them up."

I agree...both were very captivating reads.


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Just started Human Stain, I'm excited about this one


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Judith (jloucks) | 1202 comments Megan wrote: "Just picked up my copy of What Maisie Knew from the library (for the group read). It looks REALLY interesting, much more so than I imagined. I can't wait to start it! Trying to rea..."

It IS very interesting. One of my favorite James novels.


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Judith (jloucks) | 1202 comments Rachel Renee wrote: "Finally got around to starting The Idiot for this month's group read.

Apparently a wildly popular adaptation of the book was filmed fairly recently in Russia. I should be getting it..."


What is the name of the film? Would love to see it if it has English subtitles. I read the novel so long ago....but really was impressed by it.


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Judith (jloucks) | 1202 comments Her Royal Orangeness wrote: "I've started Broken April by Ismail Kadare. If I didn't know this was based on cultural fact, I'd think it was ludicrous. Woa.

Megan wrote: "Two of my favorite books ..."


I just finished Kadare's "Spring Flowers, Spring Frost" and was not than enthralled. I would love to know what you think about this one. Can you compare it to others of his titles? Have you read Spring Flowers, for instance?


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Laura | 56 comments Just started Life of Pi. I have heard some mixed messages on this book so not sure what to expect.


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Asa | 65 comments I'm slowly working my way through Tirant lo Blanc.


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Katrina (katrinasreads) LDB wrote: "Just started Life of Pi. I have heard some mixed messages on this book so not sure what to expect."

I loved this and gave it to my brother who isn't much of a reader and he loved it too. I have the gorgeous illustrated copy too - beautiful but big and awkward to read.


message 3637: by Katrina (new)

Katrina (katrinasreads) I started Tender is the Night this morning, good so far.


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Jennifer W | 251 comments I read Broken April last summer and hated it. I was glad it was so short or I wouldn't have finished it.


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Christa Seeley (christajls) | 20 comments LDB wrote: "Just started Life of Pi. I have heard some mixed messages on this book so not sure what to expect."

I loved Life of Pi! I hope you like it.


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Christa Seeley (christajls) | 20 comments Working my way through Jane Eyre. So far I'm in love with it and can't believe I've never read it before.


message 3641: by Helen (new)

Helen | 27 comments Just started Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell .... I loved the Wallander TV series .... ands the book is living up to expectations .... surprised I haven't read this before as it is my usual reading genre ...


message 3642: by Tracey (new)

Tracey (traceyjoa) I've just started The King's Speech : How One Man Saved The Monarchy by Lionel Logue and Peter Conradi. I'm 35 pages in and hooked already.


message 3643: by Charity (new)

Charity (charityross) Tracey wrote: "I've just started The King's Speech : How One Man Saved The Monarchy by Lionel Logue and Peter Conradi. I'm 35 pages in and hooked already."

Not on the list. Sorry.


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Charity (charityross) Just started The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky.


message 3645: by Karina (new)

Karina | 401 comments Just started The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. I really like it so far


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Michael (knowledgelost) Recently started The Thin Man


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Deanne | 681 comments Started The female quixote by Lennox, finding the main female character a bit irritating.


message 3648: by El (new)

El Deanne, Arabella is way irritating. I had taht trouble with it also. I wound up giving the book 2 stars. I loved Don Quixote, but the Lennox left me wanting more.


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Deanne | 681 comments El
Finished it this morning and then donated it to my local library, what with budget cuts I thought it might be a good idea, not going to read it again.


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Ellen (elliearcher) Is The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe a list book?

In that case, I just began The Mysteries of Udolpho.


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