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[Jennifer]

Genia wrote: "My summer courses in history are in full swing, so I'm reading Les Liaisons Dangereuses for school."

Oh, this has been on my list for awhile; I'll be eager to hear your thoughts on it. :-)

[Anne]

Jennifer wrote: "Genia wrote: "My summer courses in history are in full swing, so I'm reading Les Liaisons Dangereuses for school."

I love the language in this book. It must be so much better in French.

[Deanne]

Started Of Human Bondage last night, not sure at the moment what I think of the main character Carey.

[Shovelmonkey1]

Currently reading Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis. The blurb says, to paraphrase, mwwwaaaahahahaha hilarious. I say, hmmmm, maybe humour has changed a little over the years.

[Robin]

I think instead of "Animal's People" I'm going to read "Mother's Milk" by St. Aubyn. I'd never heard of it before this list.

[Kelly]

Ok, it is with great trepidation that I join this group. I just found this crazy challenge two days ago and it inspired me to start a blog. It just so happens that two books that I am currently reading for a summer reading challenge are on the 2006 list (Have not verified if they are still on the 2008 or 2010 lists). I am currently reading 1984 and A Prayer for Owen Meany

[Shovelmonkey1]

Kelly wrote: "Ok, it is with great trepidation that I join this group. I just found this crazy challenge two days ago and it inspired me to start a blog. It just so happens that two books that I am currently r..."

Well you've come to the right place. Welcome! Come on in to the house of crazy. Ok, not really, everyone is sane but specific about their reading choices.

[Robin]

Shovelmonkey1 wrote: "Kelly wrote: "Ok, it is with great trepidation that I join this group. I just found this crazy challenge two days ago and it inspired me to start a blog. It just so happens that two books that I ..."

Hey, speak for yourself. I is krazeeeeee!

[Shovelmonkey1]

Ok, Robin is krazeeeeee and everyone else may or may not chip in, in due time, with an appraisal of their own mental state ;)

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Shovelmonkey1 wrote: "Ok, Robin is krazeeeeee and everyone else may or may not chip in, in due time, with an appraisal of their own mental state ;)"

I don't think I'm competent enough to appraise my mental state.

[Shovelmonkey1]

Why not get a fellow goodreader to do it for you?

[Bucket]

Kelly wrote: "Ok, it is with great trepidation that I join this group. I just found this crazy challenge two days ago and it inspired me to start a blog. It just so happens that two books that I am currently r..."

A Prayer for Owen Meany is one of my all-time favorite books! Good luck with the blog - what's the url?

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Maggie wrote: "I am reading The Count of Monte Cristo. That is an admission that I've never read it before. So far it is not particularly interesting, but I have read that it is a real page turner."

I love The Count of Monte Cristo. Hang in there! It is worth it!:)

[Robin]

Shovelmonkey1 wrote: "Ok, Robin is krazeeeeee and everyone else may or may not chip in, in due time, with an appraisal of their own mental state ;)"

Heehaw!!

[Chel]

I started The Man of Feeling a few weeks ago.

[Chel]

I started (and finished) The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson yesterday. I would recommend it and described why in the just finished section.

[Terri Lynn]

I am reading The Count of Monte Cristo. I am reading it here on Goodreads for free. I really like it a lot so far.

[Sandi]

Started Sense and Sensibility yesterday, my first Austen.

[Lisa]

I am about 125 or so pages into The Life of Pi, & so far am really enjoying it. The ship sinking part is really sad!

[Lisa]

Lemon wrote: "Since I'm new to GR (though some of you may know me from BC or LT), I'll have to put what I'm currently reading from the 1001 list - even though I started one of them a few weeks back.

[book:Stepp..."

I read the Shipping News last year, I felt the same way, LOL. White Tiger was another one that had a hard time holding my attention. What is it with all these Indian books/authors on the list anyway?

[Mikela]

I've been putting it off but can no longer delay. Here goes with White Noise.

[Robin]

Lisa wrote: "Lemon wrote: "Since I'm new to GR (though some of you may know me from BC or LT), I'll have to put what I'm currently reading from the 1001 list - even though I started one of them a few weeks back..."

What's wrong with it. My question is, why all the White men? Thank goodness for diversity!

[Judith]

Shovelmonkey1 wrote: "Currently reading Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis. The blurb says, to paraphrase, mwwwaaaahahahaha hilarious. I say, hmmmm, maybe humour has changed a little over the years."

It helps to be british with a prejudice against academic snobbery! I found both "Lucky Jim" and "Cold Comfort Farm" (unfinished at present) humorous but not hilarious, so I know what you mean....

[Kelly]

Bucket wrote: "Kelly wrote: "Ok, it is with great trepidation that I join this group. I just found this crazy challenge two days ago and it inspired me to start a blog. It just so happens that two books that I ..."

Prayer for Owen Meany is one of my father's favorite books, too. I love Irving's writing style and have read many of his, but hadn't read this one yet. I am enjoying it so far. The url for the blog is:

http://kelly-abookaday.blogspot.com/

[Bucket]

Mikela wrote: "I've been putting it off but can no longer delay. Here goes with White Noise."

Funny, I enjoyed this book! But I haven't read it since high school. Mao II is my favorite DeLillo though of the ones I've read.

[Laura Jean]

Rysia wrote: "Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie- am about 100 pages in and love it. In some ways reminds of Gabriel Garcia Marquez."

Rysia, I LOVED Midnight's Children. I actually found Salman Rushdie's writing reminded me of Nabokov. I like how he plays around with language.

[whimsicalmeerkat]

I adore Rushdie, for the most part.

[Amanda]

I am new to this group and figured I start off with one of those older books no one has ever heard of: Pamela by Samuel Richardson. Anyone read this?

[Bucket]

Amanda wrote: "I am new to this group and figured I start off with one of those older books no one has ever heard of: Pamela by Samuel Richardson. Anyone read this?"

Hi Amanda! I haven't read Pamela, but I HAVE read Shamela by Henry Fielding. It's a comic novella poking fun at Samuel Richardson's book. When you finish Pamela, you should try it! As well as Henry Fielding's Joseph Andrews, which is a comic novel about Joseph - supposedly Pamela's brother. AND it's on the 1001 list. :)

[Judith]

Amanda:

I haven't read Pamela yet, but I did read his Clarissa, which was very long and melodramatic. I really enjoyed Fielding's Joseph Andrews. As for Clarissa, I'm glad I could mark it off the list! It really was okay though if you take it for why it is on the list: the best examples of very early novels.

Correction: I read the first of the three volumns of Clarissa! It is the second or third longest novel ever written, I believe!

[Judith]

"Amongst Women" - John MGahern

[Deanne]

Amanda
Read Pamela a while back, it was such a different world back then, quite enjoyed it but felt that they can be quite long-winded.
Took me about 3 months to read Clarissa, watched a programme on the BBC which describes Lovelace as the first villain in literature. It took a while to get into and the first volume seems to go on forever but once Clarissa falls into Lovelace's clutches things do move on quicker.

[Ellen]

Jennifer wrote: "I'm about half way through Fowles' The French Lieutenant's Woman and am really enjoying it. I wasn't sure if I was going to be okay with the narrative voice, but I actually think it is great."

I'm glad you're making your way through this book, Jennifer. I am a true fan of Fowles, and think that once you finished this one you'll want to read more of his, particularly "The Collector". This one's rather weird, but a really excellent read. Let us know what you think of the "French Lieutenant's Woman" when you've finished it. Thanks!

[Robin]

Margaret Drabble's "The Red Queen".

[whimsicalmeerkat]

Uncle Silas by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

[Laura]

Just started Les Liaisons Dangereuses in French. I've had this one on the shelf for forever. So far I am enjoying it.

[Genia]

Started Ford Madox Ford's The Good Soldier.

[Pinar]

I just started reading Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

[Jenna]

I just started Amsterdam byIan McEwan

[Deanne]

Started The man who loved children by Stead and The Monastery by Scott on kindle.
Not sure what I think at the moment.

[Karina]

Just started At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror by H.P. Lovecraft. A switch of pace for me to read a short story and I've had this on the shelf forever!

[Judith]

"Tropic of Cancer" - Henry Miller

I'd never read this if it wasn't on at least three of the lists of highly acclaimed novels that I use for recommendations. What I know of Miller tells me I won't care for any of his books, but I'll see....

[Bea]

I just loved "The Good Soldier." If you are interested after you finished, we had a good discussion of the novel in the Constant Reader group here on Goodreads.

[Craig]

Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Robert Maturin

and

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

[Catherine]

I'm just starting To Kill a Mockingbird. Actually, I think it's a reread, but it's been so many years since I read TKaM that I need to remind myself of the book (and not the movie :)); I'll be interning in an 11th grade American Lit class this coming year and this is one of the books they'll be reading. The rest of the month I'll be catching up on the rest of the books they're reading this year, Of Mice and Men, The Color Purple, and a couple of other books that aren't on the List.

[Amanda]

Deanne wrote: "Amanda
Read Pamela a while back, it was such a different world back then, quite enjoyed it but felt that they can be quite long-winded.
Took me about 3 months to read Clarissa, watched a programm..."

I might start Clarissa soon. Do you think I am up for it? I thought some parts went on too long as well. That story was so creepy!

[Amanda]

Just started Memoirs of Martius Scribberlus. I had never heard of this before the list. Has anyone read it?

[Bucket]

Amanda wrote: "Just started Memoirs of Martius Scribberlus. I had never heard of this before the list. Has anyone read it?"

Is that the one that the group of authors wrote together? (Swift and Pope and some other guys?) I haven't read it, but I've heard it's very tongue-in-cheek.

[Amanda]

Bucket wrote: "Amanda wrote: "Just started Memoirs of Martius Scribberlus. I had never heard of this before the list. Has anyone read it?"

Is that the one that the group of authors wrote together? (Swift and..."

Yeah it is. It is extremely short so I am already finished. The humor was a little too pretentious and uppity for me.

[VeganMedusa]

Amanda wrote: "Deanne wrote: "Amanda
Read Pamela a while back, it was such a different world back then, quite enjoyed it but felt that they can be quite long-winded.
Took me about 3 months to read Clarissa, wat..."

I thought Clarissa was much better than Pamela. Clarissa is a much more likeable character (she gets a bit pious but at least she's not constantly grovelling) and although it does go on for too long I was greatly entertained by her efforts to evade Lovelace.

I just started Moby Dick a couple of days ago, and am surprised at how much I'm enjoying it.