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[Bucket]

I loved Moby Dick - and people always look at me sideways when I say that. :)

[Robin]

Bucket wrote: "I loved Moby Dick - and people always look at me sideways when I say that. :)"

I'm looking at you sideways right now, actually.

[Julia]

Robin wrote: "Bucket wrote: "I loved Moby Dick - and people always look at me sideways when I say that. :)"

I'm looking at you sideways right now, actually."

He-he - me too ... I just couldn't do it!! But maybe you'll enjoy it Bucket ... :)

[Robin]

Julia wrote: "Robin wrote: "Bucket wrote: "I loved Moby Dick - and people always look at me sideways when I say that. :)"

I'm looking at you sideways right now, actually."

He-he - me too ... I just couldn't do..."

(smile)

[Bucket]

Or maybe I'm looking at Robin and Julia sideways.... :)

[Robin]

Bucket wrote: "Or maybe I'm looking at Robin and Julia sideways.... :)"

We're all sideways. Tada!

[Kate S]

I started The Color Purple today and will be starting Oryx and Crake tomorrow. So far enjoying The Color Purple ok, hoping to enjoy yet another Atwood this summer. :)

[whimsicalmeerkat]

I read Oryx and Crake not long ago and loved it. I don't believe it's on the list though, if that's a concern for you.

[Kelly]

Just started Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky. Studied Russian in college, but this one was not in any of my lit courses, so I am looking forward to it.

[Kate S]

Denae wrote: "I read Oryx and Crake not long ago and loved it. I don't believe it's on the list though, if that's a concern for you."

You're right this one is not on the list,I also have Cat's Eye and Surfacing sitting on my stack of "to read soon"

[whimsicalmeerkat]

Kate S wrote: "Denae wrote: "I read Oryx and Crake not long ago and loved it. I don't believe it's on the list though, if that's a concern for you."

You're right this one is not on the list,I also h..."

It's unquestionably worth the read, but I thought I would mention it. :)

[Judith]

"The God of Small Things" by A. Roy

Very interesting so far...

[El]

When I worked in a bookstore a customer quoted the entire first paragraph of One Hundred Years of Solitude to me. He didn't miss one word or punctuation point. He said it was his all-time favorite book and couldn't remember how many times he had read it. I always think of him when I see someone reading it now.

[Bucket]

I love One Hundred Years of Solitude also - and can't wait to get my hands on more of his work.

Amanda, I friended you. We have too much in common (taste-in-classics-wise) to not be goodreads friends!

[Melissa]

I just started Brave New World. I've wanted to read it ever since I read 1984.

[whimsicalmeerkat]

Personally, I greatly preferred the latter.

[Asa]

Started reading Kipling's Kim last night. So far it seems like a fun read.

[Duane]

Denae wrote: "Personally, I greatly preferred the latter."

You enjoyed 1984 a lot more? Hmm. It's been a while since I read either one, probably around 4 years or so.

But I know that I loved Brave New World more than I did 1984. Both are great books, and 1984 is up there, but I just loved the way Brave New World was done. It was even more futuristic and dystopian in some ways. I loved the character John the Savage and what he represented -- it really did show the hopelessness of that world.

Funnily enough, I remember a professor I had two years ago who hated 1984, claiming Orwell plagiarized his ideas, and that I should read "We" by Yevegeny Zamyatin. I still haven't read that, haha.

[Cindy]

You should absolutely, definitely read We, Duane! Not only is it great, it's a list book, too.

[Robin]

I just started "The Children's Book." I just finished her sister's book, which I didn't care for ("The Red Queen").

[Anthony]

I started "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote.

[Yassemin]

To Kill a Mockingbird

[Debra]

Denae wrote: "Not exactly a list book, but in preparation for reading Nineteen Seventy-Seven, I just started reading Nineteen Seventy Four. So far I am very relieved to find I like it..."

I just finished Nineteen Seventy-Four. Would love to discuss it with someone. Anyone else?

[Lisa]

I am just starting Rabbit, Run. I've read the reviews, & they're mixed, so I'm going to keep an open mind. It's on several lists, plus the Banned Books list, which I'm rather partial to, LOL, so I'm going to work my way through the ones that are on both the Banned list & the 1001 list first.

[Deanne]

Just started Tarka the Otter, remember watching the film as a child.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

About to start Wharton's Summer.

[Amanda]

Just started Clarissa. It is supposed to be the longest English book.

[Julia]

Bucket wrote: "Or maybe I'm looking at Robin and Julia sideways.... :)"

Good point!! :)

[Trudie]

Debra wrote: "Denae wrote: "Not exactly a list book, but in preparation for reading Nineteen Seventy-Seven, I just started reading Nineteen Seventy Four. So far I am very relieved to ..."

I just started 1974 as well, my first book since joining the group. It has taken awhile to get used to the noir-ish style, but I am enjoying it.

[Rachel (Sfogs)]

I've just started Mr. Vertigo, it's good so far. My first of Paul Auster books I'm really hoping I enjoy it because quite alot of his books are on the 1001-books list(s). :)

[Erik]

Delta of Venus by Nin. I love accidently buying erotica. its the best.

[Erik]

Oh awk. sarcasm on the internet doesnt always look like sarcasm...

[Rachel (Sfogs)]

Craig wrote: "Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Robert Maturin

and

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen"

I loved Sense and Sensibility, but then I have always been an Austen fan. :)

[Rachel (Sfogs)]

VeganMedusa wrote: "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 ..."

I now have a copy of Moby Dick on my reading pile, I've very slowly getting closer to reading it. Though another pile of bookcrossing bookrays will then arrive XD

[Judith]

Gargantua and Pantagruel - Rabelais

Not sure I can stick with this one all the way to the end, but I just had to see what it was like. Raunchy is too delicate a word!

[Jennifer W]

Yesterday I started S. AKA As If I Am Not There by Slavenka Drakulić. I was a little apprehensive about reading a book about gang rape, but 45 pages in it hasn't happened yet and is no more (or less) disturbing than novels about the Holocaust.

[Bucket]

Erik wrote: "Delta of Venus by Nin. I love accidently buying erotica. its the best."

Haha! Love this statement! When it's an accident, it's 100% guilt-free. :)

[Amanda]

Judith wrote: "Gargantua and Pantagruel - Rabelais

Not sure I can stick with this one all the way to the end, but I just had to see what it was like. Raunchy is too delicate a word!"

Oh, that one was so gross! Good luck!

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Lol - I remember one of the songs from the movie/musical The Music Man, and that the librarian scandalously read things like Balzac and Rabelais!

[Mandy]

Juststarted Captain corelli's mandolin... enjoying it so far... seems to flow well.

[Rachel (Sfogs)]

Mandy wrote: "Juststarted Captain corelli's mandolin... enjoying it so far... seems to flow well."

A lovely bookcrosser is sending me this book soon!
I'll be interested to see what you think of it.

[Melissa]

I'm slogging my way through Emma. I just don't know what it is. I absolutely adore Austen's work, but I've never been able to get into Emma or Northanger Abbey.

[Sissy]

Starting to read Cloud Atlas. Very excited to finally get this from the library - really enjoyed the other Mitchell book I read that isn't on the list (yet!)

[Agustin]

I just started "The Two Towers" by JRR Tolkien. Really enjoyed the first one and the second one so far is good as well.

[Liz M]

I started Les Liaisons Dangereuses a couple of days ago & am about half done. It's been about the right amount of time since I've seen the movie--long enough that the differences between the two are unnoticed, but recently enough to add distinction to the letters.

[Rachel (Sfogs)]

Melissa wrote: "I'm slogging my way through Emma. I just don't know what it is. I absolutely adore Austen's work, but I've never been able to get into Emma or Northanger Abbey."

Though I'm an Austen fan I found Emma's character to be very silly, though of cause the ending is nice.

[Rachel (Sfogs)]

I've just started Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson.

[Melissa]

Rachel (Sfogs) wrote: "Melissa wrote: "I'm slogging my way through Emma. I just don't know what it is. I absolutely adore Austen's work, but I've never been able to get into Emma or Northanger Abbey."

Th..." I'm about two thirds of the way through the book, and I'll admit it is getting better.

[Amanda]

Melissa wrote: "Rachel (Sfogs) wrote: "Melissa wrote: "I'm slogging my way through Emma. I just don't know what it is. I absolutely adore Austen's work, but I've never been able to get into Emma or N..."

Emma is one of my favorite books of Austen's. The romance in it is so different. Emma is such a relatable character. I like how she wasn't perfect like Elinor from Sense and Sensibility or Elizabeth from Pride and Prejudice (not that I didn't love those novels).

[Kerem]

Sissy wrote: "Starting to read Cloud Atlas. Very excited to finally get this from the library - really enjoyed the other Mitchell book I read that isn't on the list (yet!)"

I finished reading his newest one, and i have to say i found it very disappointing, WAY too long. I loved cloud atlas and Number9dream and ghostwritten though. You are in for a great read!