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message 6001: by Ginny (new)

Ginny | 165 comments Just finished Enduring Love, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Agnes Grey.


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Lauli | 263 comments Diane wrote: "Lauli wrote: "Just finished Invisible Cities by Calvino and Their Eyes Were Watching God. Both wonderful books."

I have LOVED Calvino's If on a winter's night a traveler how does Inv..."


I haven't read any other book by Calvino. Invisible Cities I think is wonderful in terms of structure, since it consists in conversations between Marco Polo and Kublai Kan and short texts where Marco Polo describes cities which are imaginary but reminiscent of real cities somehow. You can just open it at random and read an individual city and enjoy it as much as if you read it linearly.


message 6003: by Diane (new)

Diane (readingrl) | 58 comments Lauli wrote: "Diane wrote: "Lauli wrote: "Just finished Invisible Cities by Calvino and Their Eyes Were Watching God. Both wonderful books."

I have LOVED Calvino's If on a winter's night a traveler is structured as 10 opening chapters of 10 different novels interupted with interludes of a male and female reader. So, Invisible Cities sounds similar in that it has a unique structure. I'll put it on my TBR list. Thanks



message 6004: by Gini (new)

Gini | 138 comments Tarzan of the Apes. It was ridiculous and amusing. Very quick read.


message 6005: by Amanda (new)

Amanda | 191 comments Just finished The Woman in White. I thought it was Wilkie Collins' best work. I love Marian.


message 6006: by Judith (last edited Apr 01, 2012 11:15AM) (new)

Judith (jloucks) | 1202 comments EUGENIE GRANDET by Balzac

I liked very much!


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Nicole | 47 comments Vicar of Wakefield


message 6008: by Denise (new)

Denise In the last 2 weeks I have completed the following: The Shipping News, Excellent Women and Dracula.


message 6009: by Rachel (Sfogs) (new)

Rachel (Sfogs) | 226 comments I've finished The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield, it was a beautiful little story.


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Bucket | 248 comments Finished The Bell Jar last night. More fascinated by the growing pains of feminism than anything else. :)


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message 6012: by Judith (new)

Judith (jloucks) | 1202 comments Moby-Dick - Herman Melville

So much better the second time around.


message 6013: by Alexandra (new)

Alexandra | 13 comments Just finished Of Mice and Men. Was reminded of why I love Steinbeck.


message 6014: by Lisa (new)

Lisa James (sthwnd) | 352 comments Just turned the final page of Schindler's List....STUNNING read......


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~Calyre~ | 103 comments Just finished Nineteen Seventy-Seven


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Craig | 241 comments King Solomon's Mines -Haggard
and
Treasure Island -Stevenson

Both fast-paced adventure tales. I was slightly let down by the accents in Treasure Island. They were good but after reading Rob Roy by Scott, I had high expectations for coarse, pirate exhalations (much like the rich brogues found in Scott's novel).


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Rachel (Sfogs) | 226 comments Gwen wrote: "Rachel (Sfogs) wrote: "I've finished The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield, it was a beautiful little story."

Mansfield is brilliant.

I just..."


I wasn't able to get it as a book, but found an audio book of it. It's beautiful to listen to.


message 6018: by Rachel (Sfogs) (new)

Rachel (Sfogs) | 226 comments I'VE FINALLY FINISHED The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights~!!

This is going onto my favourites shelf, it's just sooo amazing!!
A very long story full of other stories. Within these pages you shall find; enchantments, murders, thieves, magicians, animals and rocks that are really people, mermaids, royalty, magic carpets, magic lamps, magic artifical apples..... and a hole lot more!


message 6019: by Jonpaul (new)

Jonpaul The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick, Less Than Zero, and High-Rise. I finished the three of these over the past week. I enjoyed Ellis the most. After the three of these, though, I almost feel like I need a bath. All of these kind of plumb the depths of depravity and insanity but if you want short reads...


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Kristine (leggygal) | 52 comments Thank You, Jeeves was so delightful


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Yrinsyde | 295 comments Gwen wrote: "I also just finished The Sorrows of Young Werther. It probably would have affected me more if I'd read it back when I was a love-addled teenager." Yes, I agree! I would burst into tears at the end!


message 6022: by Yrinsyde (new)

Yrinsyde | 295 comments I just finished The Summer Book by Tove Jannson today. It is a sad but also a happy read. It is a wonderfully contemplative series of vignettes, just delightful. I had so much pleasure reading this and will reread again and again.


message 6023: by Anne (new)

Anne  (reachannereach) Yrinsyde wrote: "I just finished The Summer Book by Tove Jannson today. It is a sad but also a happy read. It is a wonderfully contemplative series of vignettes, just delightful. I had so much pleasure reading this..."

It's a special book, isn't it? I loved it when I read it last year.


message 6024: by Judith (new)

Judith (jloucks) | 1202 comments Rachel (Sfogs) wrote: "Gwen wrote: "Rachel (Sfogs) wrote: "I've finished The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield, it was a beautiful little story."

Mansfield is brilliant. ..."


Mansfield is, indeed, brilliant!


message 6025: by Judith (new)

Judith (jloucks) | 1202 comments Rachel (Sfogs) wrote: "I'VE FINALLY FINISHED The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights~!!

This is going onto my favourites shelf, it's just sooo amazing!!
A very long story full of other stor..."


Thanks for the encouragement here! I've been putting this one off..... well, all my reading life!


message 6026: by Ginny (new)

Ginny | 165 comments The Hunchback of Notre Dame. I have to start reading some happier books!


message 6027: by Mikela (new)

Mikela | 378 comments Just finished The Crow Road and highly recommend.


message 6028: by Liz M (new)

Liz M Mikela wrote: "Just finished The Crow Road and highly recommend."

Best. opening. sentence. ever.


message 6029: by Mikela (last edited Apr 08, 2012 02:32PM) (new)

Mikela | 378 comments Have to agree with you there. It is certainly memorable. Did you enjoy the book as much as I did - I gave it 5*s?


message 6030: by Yrinsyde (new)

Yrinsyde | 295 comments I finished reading Pippi Longstocking 2 days ago. What a fun read!


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Kris (krisrabberman) | 16 comments I just finished Life and Times of Michael K and The Lover. I loved them both, for very different reasons - Michael K is such a compelling examination of resistance, while The Lover's stream of consciousness style works so well as an evocation of memory.


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Stuart (asfus) | 46 comments Yrinsyde wrote: "I just finished The Summer Book by Tove Jannson today. It is a sad but also a happy read. It is a wonderfully contemplative series of vignettes, just delightful. I had so much pleasure reading this..."

I liked it very much too.


message 6033: by Judith (last edited Apr 09, 2012 11:17AM) (new)


message 6034: by Mikela (new)

Mikela | 378 comments Just finished LaBrava. Very good read.


message 6035: by Tara (new)

Tara A (quartinsession) | 59 comments Just finished Lord of the Rings, whew! I always find it a bit difficult to read something after I've seen the film adaptation, so this was a bit of a slog for me in parts, but I mostly enjoyed it. Mind-blowing how much work and detail Tolkien put into it.


message 6036: by Denise (new)

Denise Finished Bunner Sisters, Summer, Vile Bodies and The Plot Against America(audioversion. First Phillip Roth I have read. Will be reading others


message 6037: by Kris (new)

Kris (krisrabberman) | 16 comments I just finished The Master - I loved it!


message 6038: by Christina Stind (new)

Christina Stind | 180 comments Recently finished Don DeLillo Falling Man. I feel very frustrated after reading it, I keep feeling that there are more in it that I'm just not getting.


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Genia Lukin | 205 comments Finished Memoirs of Hadrian - which was pretty good, though the way the author dealt with the Bar Kochba revolt annoyed me too much for a five-star review, and Gösta Berling's Saga - which was weird, and I found I didn't like it at all.


message 6040: by Elizabeth (Alaska) (new)

Elizabeth (Alaska) The Bridge on the Drina, which I'd hoped to like more.

my review


message 6041: by Wendy (new)

Wendy (wendyneedsbooks) | 154 comments Finished The English Patient...and it seems that you either love it or hate it. I fall into the latter category, unfortunately. My review is here.


message 6042: by Bea (new)

Bea | 110 comments Just finished listening to the audiobook of The Age of Innocence, narrated by David Horovitch. It was my first Edith Wharton read since absolutely hating Ethan Frome in high school. I'm glad I gave her another try. This was a five-star experience.


message 6043: by Cam (new)

Cam | 25 comments Finished The Three Musketeers....Almost halfway through Gone with the Wind and 50 pgs in to Thier Eyes were Watching God.....

Next up is Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?


message 6044: by Danyellemastro (new)

Danyellemastro | 170 comments Trainspotting - wow! I haven't seen a lot of reviews by other people I know from this group on the books page but I urge you (especially the brits) to not write this one off as being too rough and ready. It offers some fantastic insights into human relationships when they are at their most fragile.

http://bookbebeautiful.blogspot.co.uk/


message 6045: by Kristine (new)

Kristine (leggygal) | 52 comments Waiting for the Barbarians...it was hard going but beautifully written, I've turned to Wodehouse for some sweet relief


message 6046: by Kris (new)

Kris (krisrabberman) | 16 comments Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture: A Novel of Mathematical Obsession - engaging, even for someone who isn't a mathematician. :)


message 6047: by Dina (new)

Dina Goluza | 327 comments I've just finished King Solomon's Minesby H. Rider Haggard


message 6048: by Deanne (new)

Deanne | 681 comments Almost finished Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford.


message 6049: by Judith (new)

Judith (jloucks) | 1202 comments Great Expectations - Dickens

A re-read and worth every minute of time devoted to it the second time.


message 6050: by Amanda (new)

Amanda | 191 comments On the Road (blah) and Tristram Shandy. My review for the latter is up on 1001everything.blogspot.com


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