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[Mikela]

Oh, I loved the Poisonwood Bible. Have just started to re-read Foundation. First read it almost 30 years ago and am enjoying it as much on the second reading.

[Shea]

Just started A Room With a View by E.M. Forster.

[Shovelmonkey1]

I'm just starting by

I decided to go with this one next as it is becoming rapidly apparent that out of everyone who I know that likes to read, I'm the only person who has not read this book!

[Judith]

Gini wrote: "I'm reading Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day. It's light and fluffy fun so far."

There is a great movie version of Miss Pettigrew that I heartily recommend if you like the book!

[Mike]

The Brothers Karamazov by F. Dostoyevski.

[Mikela]

Just started The Devil and Miss Prym

[Gini]

Judith wrote: "There is a great movie version of Miss Pettigrew that I heartily recommend if you like the..."

I have seen the movie, actually, and enjoyed it quite a lot!

[Karina]

Just started The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. This is my first Dostoyevsky book so I hope it's a good one!

[Leonard]

Mike wrote: "The Brothers Karamazov by F. Dostoyevski."

Enjoy. This is one of the greatest novels I have read. Interesting plot, memorable characters and great philosophical debates.

[Craig]

Vathek by William Beckford
and
The Monk by Matthew Lewis

[Lisa]

Ferdydurke by Witold Gombrowicz

[Shay]

Karina wrote: "Just started The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. This is my first Dostoyevsky book so I hope it's a good one!"

I'm reading it too. About halfway through.

[Amy J.]

I just started The Unbearable Lightness of Being and so far (50 pages in), I'm loving it.

[Shovelmonkey1]

I've started Beloved by Toni Morrisson - have checked out the Goodreads reviews for this one and they both mixed and impassioned. I'm really enjoying it so far.

[Shovelmonkey1]

Mikela wrote: "There are just so many good books that selecting my next read was difficult. Finally decided on I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings."

I really liked this too but was startled to learn while reading that it only deals with about the first 18 years of her life and that she wrote another four volumes of her autobiography after this one. Phew!

[Kat (A Journey In Reading)]

Shovelmonkey1 wrote: "I've started Beloved by Toni Morrisson - have checked out the Goodreads reviews for this one and they both mixed and impassioned. I'm really enjoying it so far."

I listened to this one a few months ago. I absolutely loved it. Toni Morrison herself narrated it. She has such a mesmerizing voice in her narration.

[southpaw285]

I am currently in the middle of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey.

[Trice]

All Quiet on the Western Front although I had some semi-stupid reasons for choosing this next - one reason, I admit, was that it's short, plus I had it on my shelves. Another reason is I just finished Catch-22, and it seemed like an interesting idea to continue in the World War book line, though they're not from the same one.

[Trice]

Shovelmonkey1 wrote: "Mikela wrote: "There are just so many good books that selecting my next read was difficult. Finally decided on I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings."

I really liked this too but was startled to learn while reading that it only deals with about the first 18 years of her life and that she wrote another four volumes of her autobiography after this one. Phew! "

Came across a copy of All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes which takes place in Africa around the time her son is starting college and it was good - want to go back and read I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings at some point. Her way of seeing things is really interesting and important I think, although for her writing I still think I like her poetry better (looooove her poetry :) )

[Sophie]

I feel a little guilty when I pick up a book that isn't on the '1001 books' list.

I received The Book With No Name in the post today and it has been on my own personal to-read list for so long - and having just finished a list book - I instantly picked it up and started reading (which means I then have to finish it!)

I feel a little guilty I shan't be striking a book from the list when I finish this one; anyone else feel this way?

[Genia]

To be honest, my reading habits are far too eclectic to just stick to one list, diverse though it may be. And my reading needs are different, too. What if I don't want to read a heavy classic, even if it's glorious? What if my brain is leaking through my ears after a week of university work, and I just want something light and fluffy? It happens.

I've got time before I die (potentially); I've read classics that aren't on that list. I can choose my reading material for quite a few years yet. Right now, I've finished a list book - Foucault's Pendulum - which was excellent, but wouldn't suit my needs in the next two weeks, and I can already see that dreaded influx of schoolwork coming in. I have The Wealth of Nations to study, so I picked up The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, which I know is at most cute, and will be reading that.

I know that in May a new Mary Doria Russell book is coming out which I've been anticipating for years and believe me, I'll be reading that, too, just as soon as it arrives at my doorstep (probably to the detriment of that aforementioned schoolwork).

I can't say I feel any guilt about it.

[Deanne]

Started Confessions by Rousseau, quite enjoying so far.

[Ellen]

I'm just starting The Master and Margarita.

[Regine]

Ellie wrote: "I'm just starting The Master and Margarita."

Ughh. I read this one and I fell in love!

I'm reading Beloved. It's interesting because I've been skimming the ratings and most people either love or hate this one.

I'm enjoying it so far.

[Richard]

Just started Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and loving it so far. This is the first book by this author, and at this rate it won't be the last :)

[Cait]

I am about to start Gone With the Wind. I did see the movie, but that was 20+ years ago and I can't remember much of the story.

[Cindy]

Cait wrote: "I am about to start Gone With the Wind. I did see the movie, but that was 20+ years ago and I can't remember much of the story."

Yay! I didn't know what to expect from GWTW when I went into it. Enjoy!

[Mikela]

Just started The Once and Future King

[Jennifer W]

I've started Crome Yellow, very tongue in cheek.

[Genia]

Just beginning Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, which I escaped reading in school, because I didn't go to an English speaking one. Time to fill the gap.

[LindaD]

I'm about a quarter way through The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. So far interesting, but lots of language unbecoming a lady, lol

[Claire]

I just started Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. So far, so good. I usually don't like to read a book if I've seen the movie (in this case about 5 adaptations) but I know there is much more detail to the book.

[Kate S]

I have just started The Big Sleep and Interview With the Vampire. Am really enjoying Interview, haven't gotten very far into Big Sleep. . .

[Gini]

Just started Middlesex. I'm digging the writing style.

[CD]

Jennifer W wrote: "I've started Crome Yellow, very tongue in cheek."

One of my favorite books. Quite a discovery and revelation for me as a part of English Literature.

Huxley taught me several new words and ways to express things in 'proper' English.

Hope you enjoy it a lot!

[Lianne]

Gini wrote: "I'm reading Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day. It's light and fluffy fun so far."

I read this book last year and absolutely loved it =D Such a treat to read =)

I've finally started reading Tolstoy's Anna Karenina (in attempts of getting through my rather long TBR pile that's been stacking up since last year). I haven't gotten far because I'm reading a number of other books at the moment but it's an interesting start =)

[LindaD]

Anna Karenina and The Graveyard Book are in my currently reading pile. Also, just brought home The Idiot to start. Also, will be rereading To Kill a Mockingbird for a group read this month.

[Kat (A Journey In Reading)]

Li wrote: "I've finally started reading Tolstoy's Anna Karenina (in attempts of getting through my rather long TBR pile that's been stacking up since last year). I haven't gotten far because I'm reading a number of other books at the moment but it's an interesting start =) ."

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Anna K is one of my favorites. Hope you enjoy it.

[Lianne]

Kat (LvnEvryMin) wrote: "Li wrote: "I've finally started reading Tolstoy's Anna Karenina (in attempts of getting through my rather long TBR pile that's been stacking up since last year). I haven't gotten far because I'm re..."

Thanks, I'm looking forward to really getting into the story =)

Linda wrote: "Anna Karenina and The Graveyard Book are in my currently reading pile. Also, just brought home The Idiot to start. Also, will be rereading [book:To Kill a Moc..."

I read The Graveyard Book earlier this year and just loved it, hope you enjoy it too! I sadly did not get around to The Idiot when it was read here a few months ago but I hope to get around to it this summer.

[Yrinsyde]

Haven't posted for a little while due to new job thingieness. Anyway, I'm reading 3 list books at the moment: Phineas Finn (Anthony Trollope), which is the second reading for me - I love it! The Watchmen - which I found really hard to read at first as it is my first graphic novel and I wasn't used to letting my gaze wander over each scene. And finally, I'm reading Tristram Shandy as a Kindle e-book (30% through).

[Genia]

I needed a short book, so I am picking up martin Amis' Time's Arrow.

[Sofia]

Just started The Unnamed - it started off a little blegh but is now keeping my interest :)

[M]

Just started Doctor Zhivago. Russian lit! :)

[Katherine]

I am splitting my time between Northanger Abbeyby Jane Austen and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmesby Arthur Conan Doyle. So far, Austen is winning my interest more than Doyle.

[Denise]

To those of you just starting Anna K: Hope you have time to savor it. It's one of my favorites, also,Kat.

[whimsicalmeerkat]

One of mine as well.

[Shovelmonkey1]

I've just started Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. Not normally much of a sci fi bod and although i'm already ten pages in i've already got my sceptical eye brow slightly raised. Although this can be cancelled out by thinking of Harrison Ford in Blade Runner. Nice.

[Shovelmonkey1]

Masanobu wrote: "Just started Doctor Zhivago. Russian lit! :)"

I bought this one a few weeks ago and i'm excited about getting to it on my TBR pile!

[Genia]

A spree of several books queued up: Hawthorne's The House of the Seven Gables on the computer, and Murder Must Advertise and I, Claudius in paperback.

[M]

Shovelmonkey1 wrote: "Masanobu wrote: "Just started Doctor Zhivago. Russian lit! :)"

I bought this one a few weeks ago and i'm excited about getting to it on my TBR pile!"

It's starting slowly - too many characters (with too many names) to keep track! But I think it's going to be a great book!