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[Savita]

Nice review , RJ

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Rachel wrote: "Johnny Tremaine!"

I love Johnny Tremaine. It's a very good children's book.

[Janice]

RJ - Slayer of Trolls wrote: "I finished a classic "romantic suspense" novel by the author of Rebecca and The Birds


My Cousin Rachel by [author..."

I got this recently at a wonderful Little Free Library in my town. :) I have only read Rebecca so far by this author.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Savita wrote: "Nice review , RJ"

Thank you, Savita.

Janice wrote: "I got this recently at a wonderful Little Free Library in my town. :) I have only read Rebecca so far by this author."

I liked it better than Rebecca but I suspect I am in the minority there.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished the classic Science-Fiction novel (by my favorite SF author)


The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and the Pulitzer and National Book Award winner


The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading the "authorized" sequel to The Time Machine by H.G. Wells


The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter

[Luffy Sempai]

I'm rereading Oathbringer, and it is like reading a book first time. The e-book is close to the print book in its chapter headings. And I'm reading it on my Kobo Elipsa, so the maps are presentable. Not that I memorised them or anything. I'm not going to become a Stormlight Archives nut... I'm just halfway there.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished the third book in A.B. Guthrie's Dick Summers series about the American West:


Fair Land, Fair Land by A.B. Guthrie Jr.
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading:


Matilda by Roald Dahl

which is not my usual fare, I know. I don't usually do well with reading children's books as an adult but my daughter cleaned out her shelves recently and I decided to read this one before it is given away.

[Gavin]

Started From the Earth to the Moon and 'Round the Moon

RJ - Slayer of Trolls wrote: "Gavin wrote: "I'm reading Vortex"

How do you like it? I still need to read Spin. I've had it on my shelf forever."
Finished it and it was an absolutely beautiful conclusion to the series. Definitely worth the read.

[Richard]

RJ - Slayer of Trolls wrote: "I finished the third book in A.B. Guthrie's Dick Summers series about the American West:


Fair Land, Fair Land by [author:A.B. Guthrie Jr.|117..."

The best children's novel I have ever read just has to be Treasure Island.

[Janice]

RJ - Slayer of Trolls wrote: "Savita wrote: "Nice review , RJ"

Thank you, Savita.

Janice wrote: "I got this recently at a wonderful Little Free Library in my town. :) I have only read Rebecca so far by this author."

I liked..."

That's interesting. :) Maybe I will like it better than Rebecca, too.

[Janice]

I am still rereading Middlemarch by George Eliot and have started A Complicated Goodbye by Laurie Carmichael

[Terry]

I am listening to The Rose Code by Kate Quinn and really enjoying the story. Meanwhile, I am also thickly into a paperback of All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished the third book in the Chronicles of Narnia series


The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started the third book in the Dragonriders of Pern series (first in the Harper Hall trilogy)


Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey

[Pharmacdon]

I am reading Rabbits by Terry Miles.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished the Australian classic


Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading perhaps the most revered war novel ever


All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

[Richard]

I finished Thérèse Desqueyroux, which I read in the original French and thought was absolutely superb, and have started The White Peacock

[Michele]

Currently reading: by Neil deGrasse Tyson

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Michele wrote: "Currently reading: by Neil deGrasse Tyson"

I just picked that one up to read.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished the greatest war novel ever


All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading


The Death of Sweet Mister by Daniel Woodrell

[Wreade1872]

Completed another James Branch Cabell work, a poetry collection, its pretty decent but i'm grading on a curve Ballades from the Hidden Way [3/5] review also finished my LotR's reread review

Currently reading the rather schlocky The Burrowers Beneath by Brian Lumley , i think its getting better, and just started Will Destroy the Galaxy for Cash by Yahtzee Croshaw, a sequel, i gave the first one 5-stars.

[Luffy Sempai]

I'm reading The Blood Of Crows and it is a stroll so far.

[Richard]

I finished The White Peacock, a hugely impressive achievement as a first novel, and have now started reading Andre Gide's disturbing pederasty novel L'Immoraliste in the original French.

[Lynn, New School Classics]

RJ - Slayer of Trolls wrote: "I finished the greatest war novel ever


All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Rating: 5 stars
Review: ..."



Absolutely RJ. All Quiet on the Western Front is fantastic.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Lynn wrote: "Absolutely RJ. All Quiet on the Western Front is fantastic."

Yes. Easily one of my favorites this year.

I just started what already promises to be another all-time fave


Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

[Heather L]

This has shaped up to be one of those rare months in which I read all four group reads. All. Four! I think this is the third such occurrence in two years. I’m ending the month with twelve books and ten short stories. In addition to the group reads, one romance and four cozy mysteries, reading this month also included:

* Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness (my longest book this year)
* The All Souls Real-Time Reading Companion by Deborah Harkness
* 4:50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie
* The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (a reread)

[Erin]

RJ - Slayer of Trolls wrote: "I finished a classic "romantic suspense" novel by the author of Rebecca and The Birds


My Cousin Rachel by [author..."

I'm reading this at the minute and loving it so far.

[Janice]

Erin wrote: "RJ - Slayer of Trolls wrote: "I finished a classic "romantic suspense" novel by the author of Rebecca and The Birds


[book:My Cou..."

I have My Cousin Rachel on my shelves. :)

[Janice]

The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeyn Joukhadar

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Erin wrote: "I'm reading this at the minute and loving it so far."

Janice wrote: "I have My Cousin Rachel on my shelves. :)"

I hope you both enjoy it as much as I did. :)

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished the first book in the Harper Hall trilogy, which is the third book in the larger Dragonriders of Pern series (publication order)


Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading a collection of stories and material related to the Amber series


The Road to Amber by Roger Zelazny

[Luffy Sempai]

I have listed my currently reading books from another thread in this group, but forgot to mention two:-

- The Goblin Emperor
- Crying in H Mart

These two books are for a challenge.

[Janice]

RJ - Slayer of Trolls wrote: "Erin wrote: "I'm reading this at the minute and loving it so far."

Janice wrote: "I have My Cousin Rachel on my shelves. :)"

I hope you both enjoy it as much as I did. :)"

Thanks :) Just not sure when I will be reading it; maybe in 2023? :)

[Janice]

I am reading Part 4 of Middlemarch by George Eliot

[Wreade1872]

Janice wrote: "I am reading Part 4 of Middlemarch by George Eliot"

Wow, i always assumed that was like a normal length, not like War and Peace length... you live and learn. Never heard anyone mention it in discussions of long books before.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished


The Third Man / The Fallen Idol by Graham Greene
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started


Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain

[Luffy Sempai]

Wreade1872 wrote: "Janice wrote: "I am reading Part 4 of Middlemarch by George Eliot"

Wow, i always assumed that was like a normal length, not like War and Peace length... you live and learn. Never h..."


Middlemarch is a book that I tried to read. It is not for me, even though I have not had a serious attempt in reading the book beyond half a chapter. I'll try to read it when I'd have reduced my TBR.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I started


Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck

[Gavin]

I'm reading The Lost Symbol

[Linda R,]

Luffy wrote: "Middlemarch is a book that I tried to read. It is not for me, even though I have not had a serious attempt in reading the book beyond half a chapter. I'll try to read it when I'd have reduced my TBR.

I finished Middlemarch once but I didn't enjoy it. Afraid I don't see why it is such a popular book. I much preferred the Mill on the Floss if you want to try an easier read from the same author.
The Mill on the Floss

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[Squire]

The Adventures of Captain Hatteras Another in a vain attempt to read all 54 of Verne's Voyages Extraordinaire. lol

Vain because not all of them have been translated into English.

[Wreade1872]

Squire wrote: "The Adventures of Captain Hatteras Another in a vain attempt to read all 54 of Verne's Voyages Extraordinaire. lol

Vain because not all of them have been translated into English."

I thought that was one of his better ones. Hatteras is an interestingly terrible person, kind of a Captain Ahab type i guess.

[Kevin]

Squire wrote: "The Adventures of Captain Hatteras Another in a vain attempt to read all 54 of Verne's Voyages Extraordinaire. lol

Vain because not all of them have been translated into English."

Ha Ha, my goal is to read them all in French (but I have only read in English so far)

[Janice]

Wreade1872 wrote: "Janice wrote: "I am reading Part 4 of Middlemarch by George Eliot"

Wow, i always assumed that was like a normal length, not like War and Peace length... you live and learn. Never h..."

We are reading it in 6 months, with each section of the book being a month. We started in September and will finish in February. It's with the Everyone Has Read This But Me group in the Read Along section. :) It is a very long book, maybe not quite as long as War and Peace.

[Jayson]

Currently reading George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” for the first time. Then I’ll reread “1984.”

[Brian E]

The Word Count of Some Classic novels:

47,094 – The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
61,922 – All Quiet on the Western Front – Erich Remarque
73,404 – The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger
100,388 – To Kill A Mockingbird – Harper Lee
135,420 – A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens
169,481 – The Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck
206,052 – Moby Dick – Herman Melville
211,591 – Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
316,059 – Middlemarch – George Eliot
349,736 – Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy
364,153 – The Brothers Karamazov – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
365,712 – Lonesome Dove – McMurtry, Larry
418,053 – Gone with the Wind – Margaret Mitchell
587,287 – War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy

So while Middlemarch may not be as long as War and Peace it's still long enough for one to have read A Tale of Four Cities within the same time frame.

[Kathleen]

Brian E wrote: "The Word Count of Some Classic novels:

47,094 – The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
61,922 – All Quiet on the Western Front – Erich Remarque
73,404 – The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger
100,..."

This is so interesting, Brian--thank you!

It's funny how so much goes into how long a book feels, and it's such a personal reaction. I could have sworn Moby-Dick or, the Whale was twice as long as War and Peace. :-)

[Luffy Sempai]

Kathleen wrote: "I could have sworn Moby-Dick or, the Whale was twice as long as War and Peace. :-)."

You are not alone in that thought.

[Luffy Sempai]

Brian E wrote: "The Word Count of Some Classic novels:

47,094 – The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
61,922 – All Quiet on the Western Front – Erich Remarque
73,404 – The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger
100,..."

Thank you so much!

[Lynn, New School Classics]

I agree. This is an interesting way to look at the books.

[Darren]

I recently found out that the great Spanish writer Javier Marías had recently sadly died

I was coincidentally planning on soon reading his Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me
which I have now started, and am enjoying with added poignancy