Which One of the Thousand Are You Reading Now?

[Jane]

I finished Long Day's Journey into Night by Eugene O'Neill.

I give it 3 stars. I found it somewhat sad but I liked how very well it expressed the dynamics of a family with the mother addicted to morphine and the father and Jamie to alcohol. My father was an alcoholic and James Tyrone was a lot like him because if you didn't do as he said he got very angry as well.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Started Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

[S.L.]

Finished Long Day's Journey into Night - excellent if extremely maudlin

I have started Anna Karenina.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Started White Teeth

[S.L.]

I have also finished Their Eyes Were Watching God -- excellent once you get used to the dialect.

[Jane]

S.L. wrote: "Finished Long Day's Journey into Night - excellent if extremely maudlin

I have started Anna Karenina."

I really liked Anna Karenina. I hope you enjoy reading it.

[Karen]

Just finished Cranford and The Great Train Bazaar.

[Karen]

I’m taking Persuasion, Adventures on the Wine Route, and The Little Virtues with me to a cabin next week.

[Scott]

Karen wrote: "I’m taking Persuasion, Adventures on the Wine Route, and The Little Virtues with me to a cabin next week."

Sounds like a fantastic pile of books!

[Scott]

I just started Gaines' "A Lesson Before Dying"

[Carol Ann]

Reading Atlas Shrugged. Huge undertaking. 17 hours in and only 28% through. Love it so far.

[Kris ——]

Currently reading The Chaneysville Incident by David Bradley. Had never heard of it, but an interesting read.

[S.L.]

Jane wrote: "S.L. wrote: "Finished Long Day's Journey into Night - excellent if extremely maudlin

I have started Anna Karenina."

I really liked Anna Karenina. I hope you enjoy rea..."

So far I do.

[Jane]

I am reading The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells

[Jane]

S.L. wrote: "Jane wrote: "S.L. wrote: "Finished Long Day's Journey into Night - excellent if extremely maudlin

I have started Anna Karenina."

I really liked Anna Karenina. I hope ..."

I'm glad you are enjoying it. Have you read War and Peace?

[Jane]

I finished Invisible Man by H. G. Wells

I have started To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf.

[Kris ——]

Finished 2666 by Roberto Bolaño. Lots of EVERYTHING. This book will be haunting me for some time.

[Jane]

I finished The Time Machine by H. G. Wells

I have started The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells

[Jane]

I finished To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Reading A Fan's Notes, which I'm really enjoying.

[Jane]

I have finished The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells

[Jane]

I read Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee.

A devasting look at a toxic marriage of lies

[Jane]

Now reading The Aeneid by Virgil

[Carol Ann]

I finished Atlas Shrugged! I listened to the audiobook and listened to John Gault's three-hour monologue at double speed to get through it!!!!

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

I read that when I was a youngster--I don't think I could do it now. I just really hate ideological novels, no matter what the ideology is. Even when I agree with it, it makes poor literature, to my mind.

[Jane]

I read Catch-22 by Joseph Heller.

I really liked it. It was very funny in many spots. It made me laugh out loud.

[Jane]

I finished The Island of Dr. Moreau by HG. Wells.
This book, War of the Worlds, and The Time Machine were on the read more section of The Invisble Man.

[Jane]

I finished The Aeneid by Virgil

[Jane]

I finished Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

I liked the book more and more as I got into it. He really draws you into his writing.

[Mariella]

I've just finished July's People by Nadine Gordimer. Has anyone ever read it?

[Jane]

Mariella wrote: "I've just finished July's People by Nadine Gordimer. Has anyone ever read it?"

I haven't but it sounds good. I'll see if the library has it.
Jane

[Jane]

I finished Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

[Jane]

Mariella wrote: "I've just finished July's People by Nadine Gordimer. Has anyone ever read it?"

I don't see this on the list of 1000 books. Where are you getting this from?

[Mariella]

Jane wrote: "Mariella wrote: "I've just finished July's People by Nadine Gordimer. Has anyone ever read it?"

I don't see this on the list of 1000 books. Where are you getting this from?"

This very book is not on the list, but other works by Nadine Gordimer (The Conservationist, Burger's Daughter, which I haven't read yet) have been mentioned as related readings in the "Try" section of James Mustich's work.

[Jane]

Mariella wrote: "Jane wrote: "Mariella wrote: "I've just finished July's People by Nadine Gordimer. Has anyone ever read it?"

I don't see this on the list of 1000 books. Where are you getting this fr..."

The try section of which author? I do not seeNadine Gordimer as an author on the list.

[Carol Ann]

Finished Atlas Shrugged, Bleak House, and Book Lust. I am still working on PROUST! Halfway through Sodom and Gomorrah.

[Mariella]

Jane wrote: "Mariella wrote: "Jane wrote: "Mariella wrote: "I've just finished July's People by Nadine Gordimer. Has anyone ever read it?"

I don't see this on the list of 1000 books. Where are yo..."

There should be an entry in the General Index of the Book. Anyway, The Conservationist is suggested in the 'try' sections of Coetzee's Life and Times of Michael K and Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country; Burger's Daughter is mentoned after The Poisonwood Bible by Kingslover and The Golden Notebook by Lessing.

[Jane]

Mariella wrote: "Jane wrote: "Mariella wrote: "Jane wrote: "Mariella wrote: "I've just finished July's People by Nadine Gordimer. Has anyone ever read it?"

I don't see this on the list of 1000 books...."

Thanks for the info. I don't have the book. I check it out from the library. I just have the list from the back of the book. The library was giving out free copies of the list and I can highlight the books I've read. The checklist doesn't include any of the 'try' section in it.

[Mariella]

Jane wrote: "Mariella wrote: "Jane wrote: "Mariella wrote: "Jane wrote: "Mariella wrote: "I've just finished July's People by Nadine Gordimer. Has anyone ever read it?"

I don't see this on the li..."

Oh, I see. Now it makes sense. :)

[Jane]

I finished reading Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me by Eric Carle to my 3 year old great-niece. She really liked it. I thought it was really cutel

[Jane]

I finished reading The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie.

I really like Alexie's writing. It was a heartwarming and funny but sad look at an adolescent Indian boy coming of age who seems to be attacked on all sides but he does find friends. I'm so glad he had his grandmother to show him what it means to be tolerant, which most people on the res were not to him.

[Carol Ann]

Jane wrote: "I finished reading The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie.

I really like Alexie's writing. It was a heartwarming and funny but sad look at an adolescent In..."
I really enjoyed that one too! Such a lovely surprise of a read.

[Karen]

Hello, I am Karen. This is my first posted selection.

I am finding it difficult to read novels during Covid sheltering, but have just ordered the two Clive James books from my library. Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts and As of This Writing: The Essential Essays, 1968-2002.

[Jane]

Finished reading Closing Time by Joseph Heller. It is the sequel to Catch-22 that Jim recommended to also read.

It was not as good as Catch-22 in my opinion, but there were still some humorous parts.

[Carlton]

Hi Karen
I enjoy dipping into Cultural Amnesia, as although I started to read it cover to cover, it is a series of essays on very different individuals, so I now just look at it from time to time.
I really enjoy James’ “voice”, having seen him on the TV in the late 1970’s and 1980’s. Very humane and gently humorous writing, wearing his erudition lightly (most of the time).

[Jane]

I finished reading The Plague by Albert Camus

[Carol Ann]

The summer reads have been:
A Coffin for Dimitrios
Kidnapped
Bleak House
Atlas Shrugged
The Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Sodom and Gomorrah (more than halfway through Proust!)
Book Lust
Angela's Ashes
Friday Night Lights

Fun times!

[Karen]

Carlton wrote: "Hi Karen
I enjoy dipping into Cultural Amnesia, as although I started to read it cover to cover, it is a series of essays on very different individuals, so I now just look at it from time to time.
..."

Thanks Carlton. I am just looking into Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts - I see what you mean. The six week library loan may not be enough; I foresee a new purchase. The opening essay was very good.

I confess, I had not heard of him before - or registered the name only peripherally - but was interested after reading his requiem essay on Princess Diana and seeing images of his daughter's paintings, and of course, while reading through 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List .

[Jane]

I finished The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty, It was an okay book. I read a story every evening, but it was not a book that I would read again.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Jane wrote: "I finished The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty, It was an okay book. I read a story every evening, but it was not a book that I would read again."

I have that collection. The size is a little intimidating. When and if I get to it, I would probably read it the way you did--I find spacing out short-story collections to work best for me. Otherwise they all start to seem like the same story.