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[Deanne]

Started Gravity's Rainbow yesterday, only 100 pages in so far. It's similar in some ways to V in that the plot changes frequently.

[Shay]

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys. Because I just finished Jane Eyre. I wonder if that's a good idea- to read them in close proximity.

[Susanna]

Starting Great Expectations , my first Dickens.

[Genia]

Started Crome Yellow as a quick read before exams. I love Orwell, and hope this will be up to my expectations.

[KOMET]

Genia,

I read Crome Yellow years ago when I was 15. While it was interesting, I can't say I fully understood it, given my then virtually non-existent knowledge of British society/culture in the immediate aftermath of the First World War.

Will be interested to know what you think of the book after you've read it.

[Patrick]

I just started Heart of Darkness this morning. I was supposed to read it in high school but blew it off. Looking forward to it this time!

[Evalina]

Lisa wrote: "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 favorit..."

Thank you Lisa. What the other two?

[Evalina]

Cindy wrote: "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 San..."

Thank you Cindy. That is a great story and funny too!

[Elisabeth]

Amanda wrote: "Cassi wrote: "Gini wrote: "Elisabeth wrote: "Karina wrote: "Just started Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. I hope it is better than Jane Eyre, which her sister wrote and I throughly di..."

I never saw it, but I had friends who did and they said that the movie didn't do a good enough job building up the relationship between the two of them... like the movie kinda went along and then suddenly they were in love... was it kinda like that?

[[deleted user]]

Evalina wrote: "Thank you Lisa. What the other two? "

To Kill a Mockingbird and Cannery Row by John Steinbeck.

[Evalina]

Lisa wrote: "Evalina wrote: "Thank you Lisa. What the other two? "

To Kill a Mockingbird and Cannery Row by John Steinbeck."

Mine top three are:

1. Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz
2. Ben Hur by Lew Wallace, and
3. Ann of Green Gables by Lucy Montgomery

The top two are on our 1001 list.

I love To Kill a Mockingbird but I'd never read Cannery Row. By John Steinbeck I only read Grapes of wrath and I loved it. Now, since Cannery Row was originally on 1001 list (removed in 2006) I think I will put on my "to-read" shelf.

[[deleted user]]

Evalina wrote: "I love To Kill a Mockingbird but I'd never read Cannery Row. By John Steinbeck I only read Grapes of wrath and I loved it. Now, since Cannery Row was originally on 1001 list (removed in 2006) I think I will put on my "to-read" shelf."

You should definitely read Cannery Row, but be warned, it's nothing like Grapes of Wrath. It's simply a series of short, loosely-related vignettes. Not much of a plot at all. But it's beautifully written!

[Kate S]

Just started Family Matters Interesting so far. . .

[Ian]

I have two on the go currently: Gargantua and Pantagruel by Rabelais and Nightwood by Djuna Barnes and they are both blowing my mind in completely different ways!

[Asa]

Started Knut Hamsun's Growth of the Soil yesterday.

[Maggie]

I just started The Unbearable Lightness of Being. I thought it would be difficult and annoying, but actually its not hard and it's fun.

[Jennifer W]

I just started The Sea on audio book. I don't have high hopes for the plot/story, but I like the narrator, kind of a mix between Christopher Lee and Sean Connery.

[whimsicalmeerkat]

Maggie wrote: "I just started The Unbearable Lightness of Being. I thought it would be difficult and annoying, but actually its not hard and it's fun."

I love that book so much

[Tanya (aka ListObsessedReader)]

Just started The Golden Ass and Enduring Love. Enjoying both so far.

[Judith]

Started Thomas Hardy's "The Woodlanders" yesterday.

[Shovelmonkey1]

Reading Decline And Fall, a very old Penguin Classic volume with a Quentin Blake (pre-Roald Dahl) illustrated cover.

[Liz M]

The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides, so far I'm mildly intrigued by the narrator's perspective, hopefully all will be revealed...

[Shovelmonkey1]

Liz M wrote: "The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides, so far I'm mildly intrigued by the narrator's perspective, hopefully all will be revealed..."

Thought this was great read as was Middlesex. Hope you enjoy this one.

[Shovelmonkey1]

Just started Looking for the Possible Dance by A.L Kennedy. Excellent so far.

[Anna]

I'm about half way through Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon.

I have to admit I was really skeptical about this one. The title conjures up images of horribly cheesy movies like Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. Not to mention at the outset it looks like a very long book (600 pages) about a couple of kids and comic books.

However, this is an amazing book! In fact, it is one of the better books I've read in awhile... and I read a lot, mostly the 19th and early 20th century classics.

[Anna]

Ian wrote: "I have two on the go currently: Gargantua and Pantagruel by Rabelais and Nightwood by Djuna Barnes and they are both blowing my mind in completely different ways!"

How is Gargantua and Pantagruel? I've been putting off reading it for awhile. For some reason I keep thinking it is going to be like Don Quixote.... which I wasn't all that into at the time that I read it.

[Ian]

G&P (as I've taken to calling it) is enormous. I have about 100 pages to go and it is more mad and bizarre than Don Quixote. I love the reckless bawdiness of it, some bits are unspeakably rude, and there is a good deal of satire too - the later sections are more akin to Gullivers Travels. I would recommend trying it, but make sure you have an annotated edition and a large bottle of red wine permanently to hand

[Maggie]

I just started The Club Dumas

[Robin]

I'm about 100 pages in to "The Stone Diaries" and am loving it!! I'm going to try to finish it by morning.

[Asa]

I'm going to start reading Rebecca West's The Birds Fall Down today. Looking forward to it, since I've enjoyed the other books by her on the list.

[Ellen]

I didn't just start this but there's no thread for "what 1001 books are you in the middle of" so I'll post here I'm reading The Master and Margarita.

I love it but I'm frustrated with how slowly I'm reading it. I can't wait until I can post I finished it in the "What list book did you just finish" thread.

If that ever happens.

[Yrinsyde]

Anna wrote: "I'm about half way through Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon.

I have to admit I was really skeptical about this one. The title conjures up images of horribly cheesy movies ..."

I'm a little over 1/2 way through and finding this a very enjoyable read! Loving all the pop/high culture references.

[Mikela]

That was one very enjoyable book ... loved it.

[[deleted user]]

I just started Moll Flanders. Defoe is pretty disgustedly racist but I have read a lot of the early list books and they all have elements of racism in them. I guess you just have to accept that that was what it was like back then and focus on the story. Still kind of distracting...

[Jennifer]

I just printed out my list and my first book off the list is A Room With A View.

[Liz M]

I recently read the short ebook version of Rashomon and Other Stories and am now reading the longer version: Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.

[whimsicalmeerkat]

Catch-22

[Robin]

I'm starting Curious Incident of a Dog. I just finished The Stone Diaries which I loved so much I hope Curious will be great, too.

[Julia]

Robin wrote: "I'm starting Curious Incident of a Dog. I just finished The Stone Diaries which I loved so much I hope Curious will be great, too."

I read all your reviews about this book. Sounds very good - I added to my to read list ... :) "Curious Incident" quite cool - I liked it.

[Robin]

Julia wrote: "Robin wrote: "I'm starting Curious Incident of a Dog. I just finished The Stone Diaries which I loved so much I hope Curious will be great, too."

I read all your reviews about this book. Sounds v..."
I'm 56 pages into Curious and am already loving it!! Have you read a lot of the 1001 books? I've read under 150 but so many were so long ago I don't remember them all. There's so much great stuff to read, and then all the new lit I also want to read.

[Melissa]

I just started The Remains of the Day I'm only a couple dozen pages in and man is it slow. Hopefully this picks up soon. What are other people's experiences with this book?

[Liz M]

Melissa wrote: "I just started The Remains of the Day I'm only a couple dozen pages in and man is it slow. Hopefully this picks up soon. What are other people's experiences with this book?"

I enjoyed this book very much. I suspect 'slow' is the point. The book is about mood/atmosphere and the suppression of emotions and actions. Plot is sort intuited by sensing what the narrator is omitting.

[Mikela]

Melissa wrote: "I just started The Remains of the Day I'm only a couple dozen pages in and man is it slow. Hopefully this picks up soon. What are other people's experiences with this book?"

It isn't an action packed book..very slow paced all the way through...but still a good study of a self repressed man who gets his self-identity through his employers. His entire sense of worth is based on how well he performs as head butler and how he defines dignity. While slow it is still worth reading.

[Cait]

I just started The Bell Jar. It's on my "I can't believe I haven't read it yet" list.

[Robin]

I've just started The Lambs of London. What have others felt about this book?

[Liz M]

The Underdogs: A Novel of the Mexican Revolution by Mariano Azuela

[Julia]

Robin wrote: "Julia wrote: "Robin wrote: "I'm starting Curious Incident of a Dog. I just finished The Stone Diaries which I loved so much I hope Curious will be great, too."

I read all your reviews about this b..."

Robin wrote: "Julia wrote: "Robin wrote: "I'm starting Curious Incident of a Dog. I just finished The Stone Diaries which I loved so much I hope Curious will be great, too."

I read all your reviews about this b..."

I haven't even counted how many books I've read on the list, but my favorite authors don't appear on the list, and the other thing is - there are so many books I still want to read, so I want to get through my own list as well. And everyday you guys and gals comment on at least one book that I add to my list ... it's getting worse and worse - enough time to read all these book?!?! Arghhhh!! :)

[Robin]

Julia wrote: "Robin wrote: "Julia wrote: "Robin wrote: "I'm starting Curious Incident of a Dog. I just finished The Stone Diaries which I loved so much I hope Curious will be great, too."

I read all your review..."

I know. One of my friends curses me for introducing her to goodreads!

[Melissa]

Mikela wrote: "Melissa wrote: "I just started The Remains of the Day I'm only a couple dozen pages in and man is it slow. Hopefully this picks up soon. What are other people's experiences with this..."

Now that I'm further in, I'm liking the pace a lot more. Just needed to give it some time.

[Robin]

I just started this evening DeLillo's The Body Artist. Just a few pages into it I'm intrigued. How do you all pick what you're going to read next?