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[Denise]

So Solaris IS on the list. Thanks folks. Maybe that's why someone here was recommending it.

I'm not very far, but I like it.

[Nadia]

I agree with both of you Ram and Judith. He definitely has range that as of yet I haven't been able to compare to any other writer.

So far "Dorian" seems to be captivating me, and all of the othe characters. My fascination for Oscar Wilde seems to be growing and I am whisked away into a state of awe when I am reading the book.

I heard De Profundis is worth a read.

[Stacie]

I am going to start Body Artist. I didn't even realize it was on the list...just picked it because it is short and I am waiting on another book from the library...bonus!

[[deleted user]]

Started memoirs of a Geisha and Love in Time of Cholera

[for-much-deliberation]

Currently I'm on Voltaire's 'Candide'. I've never read it before though i've been hearing about it for years, and I'm really enjoying Candide's adventures!

[Kristie]

One Hundred Years of Solitude-Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It's been on my bookshelf for years!! I read one of his shorter stories and fell in love with his style. I'm only a couple chapters in, but so far, I'm liking it.

[Nadia]

Kristie,

I just finished One Hundred Years, it's amazing! I hope you find it as good as I did.

Savour it! :-)

[Deanne]

Just started The Romantics by Pankaj Mishra. Set in Benares, the description of the city is very vivid I can almost see the Ganges.
When I say just started I'm over 100 pages in, very easy read.
Thinking of reading Suite Francaise, think it will be harder emotionally. Saw the front cover and took it for a romantic novel, so I dismissed it. Was surprised to see it on the new list, so I picked up a copy in a bookshop and read the blurb on the back.
I didn't realise that the author Irene Nemirovsky wrote the book in 1940/41. Her two daughters saw her writing in a notebook and thought it was a diary. When France was invaded Nemirovsky was a well known writer but she was also a jew.
She was arrested in 1942 and sent to Auschwitz where she died. Her husband Michel who protested at her arrest was also arrested by the Vichy goverment. Eventually he too was sent to Auschwitz and sent straight to the gas chambers.
Their two daughters took their mother's notebook when they were taken by their governess into hiding. It seems the French police hunted the girls the youngest of whom was 5 until the end of the occupation.
The two daughters kept the notebook but felt it too painful to read for decades. Finally the decision was made to turn the book over to a museum which documents and preserves memories of the war. The surviving daughter started to write out the notebook only to discover that it was a manuscript.
This in itself is an incredible story, the book was published 64 years after Nemirovsky's death.
As I say think it will be a difficult read. Let you know how I feel at the end.

[Karina]

I've just started George Eliot's "Middlemarch". I bought it in a "Vintage Love" pack (with Possession) last year.

I just got my copy of "1001 Wines You Must Try Before You Die" too. I think I'm going to have to drink and read at the same time...

[Juliane]

Just started "Breakfast At Tiffany's". I already know the movie, but I always wanted to read the book.

[Ann from S.C.]

I have picked up CORELLI'S MANDOLIN (aka CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN). I have never seen the movie, but a friend has said the book is pretty good.

[Liz]

Duma Key by Stephen King - I'm hooked already!

[Darcy]

Glamourama! A little late, but yeah :)

[Derrick]

Glamourama is in my box of books to read, so at least you've started it at this point. I'm still on The Time Traveler's Wife (different group book club).

[Dan]

I just started White Noise which has been in my to-read pile for about a year now. I picked it because it's shorter than either Don Quixote or Gravity's Rainbow which have both been on the pile for a while as well.

[Denise]

Dan- I totally get the "picked it because it's shorter" thing. I think I read about 5 books in a row that were somewhere between 700 and 1200 pages. After that I swore I wasn't going to pick up anything over 200. I haven't been able to stick to that, but it's become a definite factor in my choices. I've only read one DeLillo book. I really liked it even though I didn't know what he was talking about.

Just received Cocaine Nights (329pp). I'm only a couple of pages in and find it very engaging. Looking forward to next month's discussion already.

[Deanne]

Just started Kafka on the shore my Murakami, it's
a strange story but full of weird characters but I'm enjoying the experience.

[Heather]

I just started Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie.

[Michelle]

oh, Denise, thank god...i really need a GOOD book for next month's discussion club after the...well, whatever 'glamorama' was. speaking of which, you guys who are just getting it (and, geez, EVERYONE had a tough time getting this book, myself included), head on over to the discussion even if you're late with it. i think there's only 3 of us on this whole list who've so far slogged through it in its entirety.

[Kim]

I just picked up the book Life of Pi by Yann Martel. I've had good recommendations from others that it is a good book. I'm excited to read it. I'll keep you posted.

[akaellen]

I just started House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

[Tai]

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut.
Cos everyone else likes it.

[Tom]

Yelena, I haven't read EC, but I did read Coetzee's Slow Man, which features the character of EC in a prominent role. Though some critics have complained she's too much of a thin device in that novel, I found her a complex character in her own right, enough so that it made me want to read EC. Just haven't had the chance to do so, yet. tom

[Nicole]

I'm just starting Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters.

Actually, when I picked this up, I had no idea it was on the list. I was getting Fingersmith (on my to-read list long before this list came out) and it caught my eye as well. When I added it to my currently reading list, I noticed it was one of the 1001. What a pleasant surprise!

Not much to say about it yet - I think I'm only on page 45, or something like that.

[Kieffala]

Ah, yes, peer pressure. I just picked up Like Water for Elephants since there are so many saying good things!

Actually, I'd gone into the bookstore on the off-chance they had Cocaine Nights, they didn't, so I looked at other things, and ended up walking out with four books, four bookmark magnets, and one book rug! Yes, it IS a sickness! The same thing happens when I go on Amazon.

[Denise]

Kieffala--A book rug? Wow. I am sorry you didn't find a copy of Cocaine Nights. It would be nice to have you in the discussion.

Funny you mention Like Water for Elephants. I almost grabbed it out of a pile of a friend's books headed to a thrift store. I was afraid I wouldn't get to it before I left and I'm trying to keep my luggage under 50 pounds.

[Deanne]

I'm trying to keep the book buying down as I'm planning to move countries at the start of next year. Finding my addiction very hard to keep in check, stood in a bookstore yesterday for twenty minutes without buying a book. Kept reminding myself of the books at home to read.
Just started the huchback of Notre Dame by Hugo.
Book rugs, hmm think I saw some in my library store, I've got a collection of book thongs.

[Kieffala]

I did end up ordering Cocaine Nights, at least. It should even be here before I go on vacation!

Book rugs are from the same people that do the mouse rugs and little coaster rugs. They're really pretty bookmarks that are actually little rugs! They're a little thick, but don't seem to mess up the book at all. They have a rubbery back, so they don't fall out as easily.

[Karen]

What is a "book rug"?

[Stacie]

I took a bit of a break from the list and am now getting back to it with Lord of the Flies. As I mentioned in another group, I am bit embarrassed to admit that I am just now reading it for the first time.

[[deleted user]]

Started Great Expectations. Thus far really good. I need to really concentrate on reading one book at a time because I am just reading too many. Hard to put them down!

[Judith]

I wondered that too! Thanks for asking!

[Judith]

I just started "Middlemarch" by George Eliot

I, too, have been reading off the list for a while; but I think I've made a great choice from it with this one. She had me with the first chapter -- even though I already know the story.

[Kieffala]

I agree about too many books. I read Lord of the Flies a LONG time ago. I need to read it again.

[Shary]

I'm reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel.

[Courtney]

Judith,

I just adore MIDDLEMARCH...it just may be time for a re-re-re-read...LOL.

Peace,
C

[Karen]

Judith, Middlemarch is on my list of favorite books of all time. I have read it twice and watched the BBC miniseries (which I highly recommend). I hope you enjoy it.

In my classics groups, one of the male members prides himself on not reading female authors. ;-0
So we picked Middlemarch thinking the pen name George Eliot would fool him. But he knew about the pen name and declined to join us for that book. Later, he was bored and had nothing to read so decided to give it a try. He loved it! And has not complained about reading a female author since.

Barbara Kingsolver, in her book of essays "Small Wonder", asks why waste time reading the Danielle Steel's when there are books like Middlemarch in the world? and I agree with her whole-heartedly!

[Charity]

Currently reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This is a reread for me, but since it has been at least 20 years since I read it, I haven't counted it toward my list %.

I'm amazed at how many details I had forgotten. Sure, I remember the big events of the book, but the little details are what makes it so endearing. Like Huck saying he knows his multiplication table up to 'six times seven is thirty-five' and when they form their secret society and want to ransom somebody, but they don't know what ransom means. Fun stuff that you forget about over time.

[Karen]

I just started The Geurmantes Way, #3 in Proust's series "In Search of Lost Time". I'm trying to read at least two volumes a year, until I've read them all.

[Charity]

Karen, I'm dying to get my hands on the full set. As soon as I get a gift card, it is all mine!! How are you liking the books?

[Jessica]

I just started Zadie Smith's White Teeth, which is going well so far. This is one that I've waffled back and forth on, so taking on the 1001 was the push I needed to go for it. I've also got The Maltese Falcon, The Handmaid's Tale, The Remains of the Day, and The Postman Always Rings Twice in my carryon for my vacation.

[Kailey Cornick]

I'm in the middle of Atonement. I'm liking it so far, and it's the first one I've read by this author. I'm planning on reading Gargantua and Pantagruel next.

[Ram]

I have read "Life of Pi". It is quite a fascinating book

[Derrick]

I just started Glamourama for the book club of the month. Yeah, I'm WAY behind!

[Anne]

Such an excellent book. I have recommended this book to my ed. phil. professor to be used as part of his curriculum. So good. Enjoy!

[Lola]

I'm reading Uncle Tom's Cabin
and Razor's Edge(audio) which I didn't realize was on the list until I was looking over it just now.

So far, Uncle Tom's Cabin is the better book.

[Karen]

Charity, I am reading the new Penguin classics editions of In Search of Lost Time. Each edition has a different translator, but they have all been good so far--and they editions themselves are nice--paperback, good type and the pages hold open easily which helps immensely with such large books!

I liked the first two a lot--this third one is taking longer to get into but I am sticking with it. The beauty of his use of language makes it worth it.

[Chloe]

After finishing The Brothers Karamazov I took a short break from the list until picking up Steinbeck's Cannery Row this morning. So far I am loving this read more than any other of his that I've picked up. The descriptions are absolutely breath-taking and I love the characters that populate his small fishing town.

[Charity]

I'm looking into the Modern Library editions...and hoping the translation is good. I know they are tough reads. I feel encouraged by you, Karen.

[Nicole]

I just started Atonement this afternoon.