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[G]

I have read it once on my own, and listened to an abridged version in audio, and I think this is a work that, at least for me, would improve with a chance to discuss with others.

[Nigeyb]

I’ll join in. I’d love to reread “Norris”


Anytime works for me

[Cphe]

Read them several years ago when I was reading from the Boxall 1000 books to read before you die list.

Believe Cabaret was based on the novels

[Nigeyb]

Yes, Cabaret is based on the novels

[Roman Clodia]

Great, so Sam, G, Sonia, me and part of Nigeyb!

How about November for Mr Norris Changes Trains and December for Goodbye to Berlin?

I'll set up threads. Don't forget, both are contained within the single volume The Berlin Novels.

Edit: Instead of setting up new threads, I'll update the existing one.

[Roman Clodia]

Ben and I are talking about a buddy read of Wonderland by Joyce Carol Oates - anyone else interested?

[Blaine]

Thanks RC. I've been looking forward to this, as I slowly make my way through her work. Two of the three I've read in the Wonderland series were magnificent and along with Wonderland are usually ranked among her best.

I'm away and fairly busy in October. Happy to read in November or any month afterwards.

[Susan]

If it were on kindle, I might, but I just can't cope with physical books anymore. She's great though - enjoy!

[Roman Clodia]

It's odd that so many of her books seem to have been forgotten or be out of print, especially when they have been well-regarded, even winning prizes. I can get a copy of this from the library.

I'm sure it won't be our last JCO and we're talking of Cardiff, by the Sea: Four Novellas of Suspense at some point in the future which is available on Kindle so hopefully you can join that, Susan.

[Roman Clodia]

Ben wrote: "Happy to read in November or any month afterwards."

November's pretty busy for me so how about December?

[Sam]

I am supplementing some of my various group reads with some novels or projects I wished to pursue on my own. One goal was to read some of the "sex" novels I missed in my life so far so I am reading Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller for the first time in September, if anyone cares to join?

(This will probably lead to Anais Nin and Gertrude Stein in the future.)
https://www.theguardian.com/books/202...




Another goal was to read deeply into Nabokov's back catalogue and having read Mary I was very pleased. It was a flawed but short novel and I was quite engaged. I am moving on to The Enchanter and Lolita with another group next month but plan to read another Russian novel the following month, probably The Gift

[Roman Clodia]

I might join with Tropic of Cancer. I'm the opposite to you in that I came to Miller via Anais Nin, and read his Sexus (my review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3068681254).

Would also read more Nin, and have been meaning to get to Gertrude Stein as part of my American project.

We read Lolita here and there's a thread if you're interested: I found it too much for me on our reread and dnf - unusual for me and a testament to how deeply Nabokov got into Humberto's head.

[Blaine]

December is great.

Many of her non-Kindle books are also available on Open Library/Internet Archive

[Alwynne]

Do we have a thread for Major Barbara yet btw? I'm planning to start soon but can't find it. Probably me!

[Nigeyb]

Alwynne wrote: "Do we have a thread for Major Barbara yet btw? I'm planning to start soon but can't find it. Probably me!"


We do

I'll give it a bump

[Alwynne]

Nigeyb wrote: "Alwynne wrote: "Do we have a thread for Major Barbara yet btw? I'm planning to start soon but can't find it. Probably me!"


We do

I'll give it a bump"

Thanks Nigey!

[Sam]

Some book prize longlists are out that I follow and I was going to start another nonfiction. John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs from the Baillie-Gifford longlist and Baldwin: A Love Story from the Kirkus Prize finalists made me think of this group, and if anyone wants to buddy read one for October, let me know.

[Roman Clodia]

I'm in for Baldwin - it will complement our reading of Another Country that same month.

[Sam]

Roman Clodia wrote: "I'm in for Baldwin - it will complement our reading of Another Country that same month."

Great! I will prioritize it then. I thought it might make a good complement to Another Country too.

[Susan]

I read John & Paul A Love Story and highly recommend.

[Sam]

Susan wrote: "I read John & Paul A Love Story and highly recommend."

Thanks Susan, I will be looking to this soon. It is getting great reviews even among readers who have read multiple Beatles biographies.

[Susan]

Of which I must admit I am one - hundreds in fact...

[Roman Clodia]

Sam wrote: "Great! I will prioritize it then. I thought it might make a good complement to Another Country too.

Here's the Baldwin thread:

www.goodreads.com/topic/show/23224023...

[Brian E]

I was looking to purchase some Barbara Pym's for when I join in the Buddy Read with Jane and Prudence (which I already own) having read the first 3 entries too recently for re-reads. I have kept several of the books in my Amazon Saved for Later list and Blackwell's Wishlist

One I was going to purchase was An Academic Question which has several available editions. the latter being the one I had in my Blackwell's Wishlist.

But in looking at the Pym reading order I see that the book is not on the list. While it was posthumously published in 1986, I presumed that wasn't the issue as several of the books on the list also were. I presume the problem is that it was "unfinished" and so the published version was a "reconstructed version."

I will delay purchasing a copy until I hear back about the omission. Based on the posted reading schedule it looks like if the book was included it would be scheduled for July of 2027. But to provide me a little ordering and Blackwell's a little delivery leeway, could I please get a response by the end of April 2027? I appreciate the consideration.

Seriously, though, I'm not asking for its inclusion but was just curious about its exclusion. I'm fine with cutting off the reading project in July of 2027 if that is what was intended.

P.S. There is also Civil to Strangers and Other Writings published in 1987 but that is more of a hodge-podge posthumously published collection.

[Roman Clodia]

I suspect An Academic Question was just overlooked inadvertently, Brian, not deliberately excluded for any thought-out reason. Very happy to add it to our Pym schedule for 2027!

[Blaine]

Agreed

[Roman Clodia]

Anubha said: "I'm planning to read The Age of Innocence sometime in January. Would anybody be interested in a buddy read?

This would be my first Wharton! Over the next year I'm also hoping to read The House of Mirth and Ethan Frome."

If anyone is interested in joining Anubha, post here and I'll happily set up a thread for you.

We read The House of Mirth in the group back in 2021 and you can find the thread with interesting discussions here:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Cynda]

Sam wrote: "Some book prize longlists are out that I follow and I was going to start another nonfiction. John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs from the Baillie-Gifford longlist and [book:Baldwin:..."

Sam if you have not read the book yet, I would be happy to buddy read early in 2026. Would you be interested

[Sam]

Cynda wrote: "Sam wrote: "Some book prize longlists are out that I follow and I was going to start another nonfiction. John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs from the Baillie-Gifford longlist and [b..."

Very nice of you to offer. I am however planning to read this in November. My library has become a lot tighter with purchases and i have been taking my holds when they become available, with John & Paul available in less than two weeks. Feel free to join me then or bring the book up when you read it next year if you want to compare notes.

[Nigeyb]

You could use our Books About The Beatles thread to discuss it….


https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


I plan to read this book at some point but am snowed under at the moment so will get to it when I have a chance

[Anubha]

Roman Clodia wrote: "Anubha said: "I'm planning to read The Age of Innocence sometime in January. Would anybody be interested in a buddy read?

This would be my first Wharton! Over the next year I'm also hoping to read..."
Thank you RC.

[Cynda]

Sam wrote: "Cynda wrote: "Sam wrote: "Some book prize longlists are out that I follow and I was going to start another nonfiction. John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs from the Baillie-Gifford l..."

Thank you Sam. We may compare notes in 2026 :)

[Sam]

Looking back over 2025, I feel it was a great year for literary women's memoirs and biographies with far too many to recall. I am already ready Helen Garner's How to End a Story: Diaries: 1995–1998, but over a long period because this book is in small excerpts that are best taken in tiny bits, digested, and then returning to the book, nibbled at once more.
Next week I am reading A Truce That Is Not Peace by Miriam Toews

Other books in this category that I would like to read are:
Bread of Angels: A Memoir Patti Smith
Memorial Days Geraldine Brooks
The Chronology of Water and Reading the Waves: A Memoir Lidia Yuknavitch
Mother Mary Comes to Me Arundhati Roy
Indignity: A Life Reimagined Lea Ypi
Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife Francesca Wade
Electric Spark: The Enigma of Muriel Spark Frances Wilson

I have missed a couple of heavyweights but the above are all books I have either acquired or anticipated. If anyone is planning or wants to read one of the above including the Toews or Garner and wants to buddy read, let me know.

[Susan]

I definitely plan to read Electric Spark.

[Sam]

Susan wrote: "I definitely plan to read Electric Spark."

I am going to wait and see if there is any more interest and then make more concrete plans.

[Roman Clodia]

I've listened to Electric Spark and read Indignity, am planning to read the Arundhati Roy and Wade on Gertrude Stein.

And what about the Margaret Atwood memoir? I have the feeling we've never read her in the group which seems like a massive oversight if I'm correct.

[Sam]

Roman Clodia wrote: "I've listened to Electric Spark and read Indignity, am planning to read the Arundhati Roy and Wade on Gertrude Stein.

And what about the Margaret Atwood memoir? I have the feeling we've never rea..."
That would be an oversight and that was one of the heavyweights to which I alluded. I haven't picked up a copy nor have I previewed it so I held off mentioning that one. Same with All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation by Elizabeth Gilbert which has great reviews but I haven't viewed it personally. I have read five Margaret Atwood books and some poetry.

[Roman Clodia]

I've checked and yes, we've never read Atwood in the group - how strange! I've read about eight of her books, mainly her later work, including her essays - and I use some of her poetry in teaching, mainly the Orpheus and Eurydice poems. I'm waitlisted at the library for her memoir but can't see where I am in the queue.

I'd never heard of Helen Garner until she suddenly popped up onto my radar earlier this year - could anyone tell me about her?

[Sam]

I stopped investigating when I decided to read the diaries but it seems she writes in various genres and is most known for nonfiction and true-crime in her later years. I did look at her first novel Monkey Grip from 1977 which is a novel about a young couple where one is a drug addict and thought it might go well in this group so I planned to nominate it some time soon. But I think some other members are better suited to define her than I.