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[Jess]

I am starting the monster of a book 2666 by Roberto Bolaño. I figure if I don't like it at least my arms will get nice muscle definition from the size of it. Has anyone else read it and what did you think.

[Judith]

Ivanhoe - Sir Walter Scott

I'm reading a kindle version and watching the latest TV series of the novel at the same time. They compliment each other nicely so far.

[[deleted user]]

I just started Breakfast at Tiffany's. I saw the movie (who hasn't?) but the book seems different. Holly Golightly is much meaner in the book.

[Shea]

Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen

[whimsicalmeerkat]

Still deciding between Catch-22 and All Quiet on the Western Front. Thoughts?

(Also, I haven't seen Breakfast at Tiffany's.)

[Tanya (aka ListObsessedReader)]

Just started Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency as an audio edition read by the author. I absolutely loved The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy so I am surprised it has taken me this long to get around to this series. Feels like classic Adams at this stage!

[Jess]

Tanya wrote: "Just started Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency as an audio edition read by the author. I absolutely loved The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy so I am surprised it has taken me thi..."
Just finished this book and after a rough start couldnt put it down.

[Jess]

Denae wrote: "Still deciding between Catch-22 and All Quiet on the Western Front. Thoughts?

(Also, I haven't seen Breakfast at Tiffany's.)"

Both books start with all quiets then do catch 22

[Deanne]

Started V by Pynchon, and enjoying it so far, not sure where it's going though.
Jessica
I enjoyed 2666 and Savage Detectives both huge books, though I think Savage detectives was better. Both thought provoking books.

Denae
If you want comedy and ww2 go for Catch22, if however you want a book which tries to describe what WW1 was really like in the trenches All Quiet is your book.
The film of All Quiet on the Western Front won the oscar for best picture. Very good but read the book first.
Breakfast at Tiffany's is a great film but I felt it was different from the book in the way it felt.

[Mike]

I just picked up our next book The Trial.

[[deleted user]]

Denae said: Still deciding between Catch-22 and All Quiet on the Western Front. Thoughts?

(Also, I haven't seen Breakfast at Tiffany's.)

Whoops. Well, it is always better to read the book first.

[Genia]

I think it depends on your mood. Catch-22 is basically a satire, but Remarque's book is incredibly dark.

[Leonard]

Denae wrote: "Still deciding between Catch-22 and All Quiet on the Western Front. Thoughts?

(Also, I haven't seen Breakfast at Tiffany's.)"

All Quiet on the Western is a great book, very powerful. It's one of my favorite books.

[Leonard]

Deanne wrote: "Started V by Pynchon, and enjoying it so far, not sure where it's going though.
Jessica
I enjoyed 2666 and Savage Detectives both huge books, though I think Savage detectives was better. Both tho..."

I read Pychon's Gravity's Rainbow and it great, unconventional, wacky, and in ones place very gruesome.

[Craig]

Jessica wrote: "I am starting the monster of a book 2666 by Roberto Bolaño. I figure if I don't like it at least my arms will get nice muscle definition from the size of it. Has anyone else read it and what did yo..."

2666 is Bolano's best and it was unfinished as well (you may have had a better workout if he had completed it). The challenges in this work come from the non-linear plot and more experiential passages which allow for an almost dark and sublime feel to the entire novel.

[Kirsten]

Denae wrote: "Still deciding between Catch-22 and All Quiet on the Western Front. Thoughts?

(Also, I haven't seen Breakfast at Tiffany's.)"

Those are two of my favourite books! If you feel like reading something funny go for Catch-22. If sad and emotional is more what you are looking for then All Quiet would be a better choice.

[whimsicalmeerkat]

Still trying to figure out that whole mood part ;)

[Shay]

Bookbuddies wrote: "Denae said: Still deciding between Catch-22 and All Quiet on the Western Front. Thoughts?

(Also, I haven't seen Breakfast at Tiffany's.)

Whoops. Well, it is always better to read the book fi..."

In the case of Breakfast at Tiffany's, I don't know. It might be an exception. I think reading the book first might ruin the movie- different in tone.

[Genia]

Started on The House of Mirth. Considering my present disappointment with most English language classics, I try not to be too optimistic.

[Julie]

Janie wrote: "I started reading All Quiet on the Western Front last night. Keeping me gripped though harrowing. This is one i've wanted to read for years"

I read it twice in high school. I liked it alot even though I thought I would hate it!

[whimsicalmeerkat]

Julie wrote: "Janie wrote: "I started reading All Quiet on the Western Front last night. Keeping me gripped though harrowing. This is one i've wanted to read for years"

I read it twice in high..."

It definitely just became one of my favorites. Such a great book. I think that makes Catch-22 my next list book, although I have some other things to read first.

[Judith]

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas - Gertrude Stein

[Mikela]

Just beginning Never Let Me Go

[Sissy]

The Accidental. Few pages in and I already don't quite like it... Decided to distract myself with an off list book before fully tackling it.

[Liesl]

The Heart of Redness by
Just read - measuring the world. It was ok.

[Mikela]

Beginning Siddhartha

[Heather]

Just started To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee today. I've wanted to read this one for a long time.

[Mikela]

Starting The Remains of the Day

[Deanne]

Think I'll read The Names by DeLillo next, no idea what it's about.
Reading an off list book at the moment A girl in winter by Larkin.

[Judith]

Surfacing - Margaret Atwood

Slow start, and not at all what I expected....

[Cynthia]

Judith, "Surfacing" was the only Atwood I have not loved.

[Kate S]

I also just started To Kill a Mockingbird and Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

[Joy]

The House of Mirth...this one has been on my TBR shelf for awhile now, I'm finally picking it up!

[Judith]

Gormenghast - Mervyn Peake

Not one of my normal genres though I've enjoyed a few fantasies. This one seems a cross between Lewis Caroll
(characters) and Tolkien (dytopian setting).

[Asa]

I started reading Doris Lessing's The Golden Notebook last night. So far I've liked it.

[whimsicalmeerkat]

Kate S wrote: "I also just started To Kill a Mockingbird"

One of my absolute favorites. I hope you enjoy it.

The Trial is my latest begun book, for obvious reasons.

[Deanne]

Next one to read is Strait is the gate by Gide. I've managed to read a few books on my TBR list as I've been off for two weeks.

[Melissa]

I just started Emma. I'm such a bad Austenite. I'll admit, I've never been able to get into Emma or Northanger Abbey, so what better excuse than this list to make me read them!

[laut]

I've not long ago started The Lambs of London. I was worried that it would be dreary and boring, but so far I've been pleasantly surprised.

[Anna]

Just began The Picture of Dorian Gray! On to chapter three, so far so good!

[Judith]

Starting "The Devil's Pool", my first by George Sand

[Mikela]

Just started The Master and Margarita

[Ellen]

Hi Mikela-I'm in about the middle of The Master and Margarita & loving it even though I'm not reading quickly.

[Ana Yael]

About to start The Ravishing of Lol Stein ...my copy finally arrived!!

[Mikela]

Ellie, I've heard nothing but good about the book so expect thzt we have some wonderful reading ahead of us.

[Ellen]

I totally agree. I've already hit some memorable moments!

[[deleted user]]

Just started The Woodlanders. I recently saw the movie so I'm not expecting any surprises.

[Evalina]

I just started The Last Temptation of Christ. My partner loves the movie, I decided to read the book. Next one will be The Ravishing of Lol Stein (finally I've got the copy!)

[[deleted user]]

Evalina wrote: "I just started The Last Temptation of Christ. My partner loves the movie, I decided to read the book.

The Last Temptation of Christ is in my top three all-time favorite books. It took a second read before I got the depth and richness of it, but when I did, it truly knocked me over. Hope you like it!

[Cindy]

Evalina wrote: "I just started The Last Temptation of Christ. My partner loves the movie, I decided to read the book."

Not long after the movie came out, I was wine tasting in the Santa Maria appellation in California. I ran into Jim Caviezel at one of the wineries - the guy who played the lead in the movie. He introduced us to the guy he was there with as his "personal priest" (wtf). Anyway, we loved joking around that after we ran into Jesus, we now know how the winery made its wine. All it needed was water!