1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die Challenge

[Sammy]

That was one of those books where I liked the ideas, but wasn't a fan of the execution.
didn't enjoy the movie either!

[Sammy]

I'm beginning to think Marquez may have needed some serious therapy for his unresolved sexual issues...

Or maybe he should have just gone and changed to writing pure smut. It may have helped him work through some stuff. 😆

[Denise]

I finished A Passage to India E.M. Forster. I did not enjoy it as much as Howard's End and A Room With A View

[Sammy]

I feel much the same about A Passage to India I preferred the other two as well.

[Gabby]

I haven't read a large number of these but am interested in reading more.
Read prior start 16

My Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Not sure how far I will get but it definately a good long term project :D

[Denise]

I finished The Razor’s Edge W. Somerset Maugham. I really liked it and want to read more of his books

[Sammy]

I love Maugham! The Painted Veil is my personal favourite, but I haven't read a bad one yet!

[Eldarwen]

I've only read "The Painted Veil" so far and I enjoyed that a lot. I also watched the film first, not realising it was based on a book, and I loved that, so I was pretty sure I wasn't going to not like the book ;-)

[Sammy]

And finally finished

Easier said than done, because I broke my reading glasses, and the print in this book was easily the tiniest I've seen yet 😆

really enjoyed it though, but that didn't come as much of a surprise, as I love Murakami.

[Sammy]

so I hated Money, but I mostly loved this one.

It's becoming a pattern with most male literary fiction authors I read... I always hate the first one and tend to love the rest.

Except for Saul Bellow and Jonathan Franzen. they just can't seem to budge from the 3-star range in either direction 😆