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[Shovelmonkey1]

40-odd pages into The Picture of Dorian Gray and loving it so far (loving it even more since my copy was bought for a credit crunchtastic 25p!) I've recently discovered that I really like books from this period - does anyone know of anymore from the early 20th century like this?

[Shay]

Ellie wrote: "Is The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe a list book?

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

Yes, it's a list book. Have you read Northanger Abbey yet?

[Jess]

For Whom the Bell Tolls. I read Farewell to Arms and loved it so thought would try this one and I like it so far.

[Ellen]

Shay wrote: "Ellie wrote: "Is The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe a list book?

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

Yes, it's a list book. Have you read Nort..."

Yes, I loved Northanger Abbey. It's not the best Austen maybe but it's fun. And it's good to go back & read what she was mocking.

But it's very long.

[Karina]

Just started The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis. Hope it's a good one!

[Deanne]

Shovelmonkey1
Is it the gothic horror aspect of Dorian Gray or the period.
I love both the Victorian atmosphere, a really good villain and the sort of horror that creeps up on you.
Have you read Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde? I'd also reccommend In a glass darkly by Le Fanu. For a brilliant villain there's Count Fosco in The woman in white by Collins,( Wilde named his cat after the count).
Trying to decide which book to read next, might be the plumed serpent as I've just been to the house where Lawrence was born.

[Christa]

Just started What Maisie Knew by Henry James

[Mike]

I just started "The Invisible Man" by H. G. Wells.

[whimsicalmeerkat]

I'm working on White Noise by Don DeLillo

[Judith]

"A Hero of Our Time" - Lermontov

Quite interesting and, for a Russian novel, easy to read!

[Shovelmonkey1]

Deanne wrote: "Shovelmonkey1
Is it the gothic horror aspect of Dorian Gray or the period.
I love both the Victorian atmosphere, a really good villain and the sort of horror that creeps up on you.
Have you rea..."

Thanks for the recommendations - i actually bought Le Fanu quite recently so i might move onto that one next. I don't know what it is about the period but i just keep finding myself enjoying a lot of stuff written at this time and have been very much surprised by this!

[Amy J.]

I'm just getting ready to sit down and start The Picture of Dorian Gray

[Shovelmonkey1]

Amy wrote: "I'm just getting ready to sit down and start The Picture of Dorian Gray"

It's fantastic - i've nearly finished it and its definitely going to be in my top ten from the 1001 list so far!

[Charity]

Started Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë.

[Shay]

Amy wrote: "I'm just getting ready to sit down and start The Picture of Dorian Gray"

I just started this yesterday.

[Deanne]

Started The Plumed Serpent by D.H.Lawrence, beautifully written but not a fast paced novel.

[Shay]

Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids by Kenzaburō Ōe. This is the only copy left in the library system and I've been waiting for months. They reported it as lost and billed whoever had it and that finally compelled them to return the book. I'm so relieved I don't have to buy it.

[K.D.]

Just started:

SCHINDLER'S LIST
by
Thomas Keneally

I have high hopes that this will be a great read!

[Jennifer]

The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery. Have read a lot of mixed reviews on this one, so I'm curious to see what I think of it.

[Amy J.]

Jennifer wrote: "The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery. Have read a lot of mixed reviews on this one, so I'm curious to see what I think of it."


I'm going to be starting that book in the coming week! Right after I finish my "fluff" novel.

[Carrie]

Jennifer wrote: "The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery. Have read a lot of mixed reviews on this one, so I'm curious to see what I think of it."

I LOVED "The Elegance of the Hedgehog" even though it was a challenge to read (dictionary by my side-LOL). My library is reading it in August for their book club read, and I'm looking forward to savoring it again.

[Carrie]

Shovelmonkey1 wrote: "Amy wrote: "I'm just getting ready to sit down and start The Picture of Dorian Gray"

It's fantastic - i've nearly finished it and its definitely going to be in my top ten from the 1001..."

I listened to the audio version and liked so much I downloaded the e-book to read again.

[Amy J.]

Carrie wrote: "Shovelmonkey1 wrote: "Amy wrote: "I'm just getting ready to sit down and start The Picture of Dorian Gray"

It's fantastic - i've nearly finished it and its definitely going to be in my..."


I enjoyed it. There were times I felt inundated with details about Dorian's life. And I skimmed those parts. I don't think it'll be in my top 10, though

[M]

Starting Sister Carrie this evening.

[M]

Deanne wrote: "Started The Plumed Serpent by D.H.Lawrence, beautifully written but not a fast paced novel."

That is what happens with every D.H. Lawrence novel, and I think that is why I like them.

[Shovelmonkey1]

Just started Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson and it's amazingly easy to read. I'm hoping to finish it in time to start reading What Maisie Knew by Henry James which will be my first time participating in a group read.

[Rose]

i'm halfway through Anna Karenina right now and i'm liking it. which is a good thing. because i have 400 more pages to go.

[M]

Izzy wrote: "i'm halfway through Anna Karenina right now and i'm liking it. which is a good thing. because i have 400 more pages to go."

I LOVE that book. It was my first exposure to Russian literature and it was perfect. Some people complain about Levin being too boring, but he was my favourite character from the lot, and enjoyed his parts better than the rest.

[Rose]

yeah, Levin's my favorite, too ! i can relate to him a lot more, haha he made me interested in farming.

[Yassemin]

I liked Levin too, he was lovely! I adored Anna Karenina. One of fave books ever I reckon.

[Donna]

Just started 'The White Tiger' by Aravind Adiga

[Judith]

Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates

I was a great fan of Ted Kennedy, so it should be interesting how I react to this story. I took a long time before deciding to read it.

[M]

There seem to be some serious Levin fanbase around here! :)
That's why it's great to be in this group, nobody looks at you as if you were a pretentious snob whenever you say things like 'I love Anna Karenina'. Instead you get a bunch of people agreeing with you!

Yeah, I feel like harvesting some wheat every time I read about Levin working with the peasants! I think I wouldn't have cared about AK if someone had told me -before I read it, of course- how much farming and politics are discussed in the book, but Tolstoi makes you interested.

This is so out-of-topic I should better stop cluttering the board!

[Becky]

A Passage to India by Forster - both audio & print. I discovered that I was missing too much of Forster's wonderful writing by listening to it (plus the narration, while good, is a bit fast for my ears)so just picked up a used copy to read, too.

[Ana]

Yelena wrote: "The Devil and Miss Prym by Paulo Coehlo. I don't have high hopes from the first 40 or so pages. "

I don't like Paulo Coelho, I think the translation isn't very good ... give it a try.. :)

[Ana]

Charity wrote: "I am halfway through Atonement and I'm really impressed. The story took a chapter or two to really get going, but now it is becoming increasingly harder to put down. Damn those cliff-hangers at the..."

It IS Fantastic indeed !!! I couldn't put down either!!
I kept reading all night...Much more interesting as you are getting to the end , enjoy it!!

[Sissy]

Starting Wild Swans - based on the comments here. Hope I enjoy as much as everyone else!

[Sissy]

Judith wrote: "Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates

I was a great fan of Ted Kennedy, so it should be interesting how I react to this story. I took a long time before deciding to read it."

I didn't enjoy the writing style but hopefully you will be able to get into more than I could. I think I only finished it (instead of throwing it back to the library) because it was so darn short. =)

[Maureen]

I haved started Grimus by Salman Rushdie this morning. I am about 50 pages in so far and am impressed.

[Lisa]

I have been reading Jane Eyre, it seemed a good time to finally read it.

[Yassemin]

Masanobu wrote: "There seem to be some serious Levin fanbase around here! :)
That's why it's great to be in this group, nobody looks at you as if you were a pretentious snob whenever you say things like 'I love An..."

Lets go harvest! Lol! :)

[Judith]

Sissy wrote: "Judith wrote: "Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates

I was a great fan of Ted Kennedy, so it should be interesting how I react to this story. I took a long time before deciding to read it."

I didn't ..."


I actually liked it better than I thought I would. I was gratified that it was not presented as anything but a composite of an American senator, not Ted Kennedy; and it was not intended to be a version of what happened with his accident other than the bare outline of the event. I did see what she was trying to do with the writing style and appreciated the effect she was trying to create.

Oates, it seems to me, always takes the darker view of people in her writing, regardless of the facts available.
I'm thinking of both "Blonde" and "Wild Nights". It bothers me that she starts with facts and then does whatever with them that will make a better story. I wish she would just stick to pure fiction without taking real people's lives, emotions and motivations into her imagination. I have enjoyed several of her books not based on any real story or person much more than I did those I just mentioned.

[Alicia]

Breakfast at Tiffany's by the wonderful Truman Capote :)

[Maureen]

Just started Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin - a 1001 book.

[Becky]

What Maisie Knew - yikes, difficult prose thus far!

[K.D.]

Just started:

THE GOOD SOLDIER
by Ford Madox Ford

Quite interesting!

[Judith]

"The Line of Beauty"

[Shay]

I just started two that are re-reads: The Picture of Dorian Gray and A Tale of Two Cities. One that I've never read, for some reason- Jane Eyre. A group I belong to is reading Tale of Two Cities and I just finished Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution and thought it would be interesting to compare the two. (Didn't care for Madame Tussaud very much)

[Ginny]

I started Uncle Tom's Cabin and Around the World in 80 Days.

[Deanne]

Started Blindness by Henry Green after picking it up at the library, interesting story and I like Green's writing style.