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[Karina]

Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf. I did not love it as much as I loved Mrs. Dalloway but I love Woolf's writing. I am still suffering through Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens.

[Glorianne]

Lisa, I agree with your interpretation and frankly, I'm surprised at the teacher's take on it. I feel like she missed Hardy's point altogether...

[Beth]

Finished up Cranford. Reviewed it here: http://bethslistlove.wordpress.com/20.... Liked it.

[Rebecca]

The Long Goodbye by Chandler. I can't believe it was written in the 1950s. Chandler had such a timeless voice. I would like to read another book of his. Any suggestions?

[Arukiyomi]

You'll probably love The Big Sleep which is his most famous. And once you finish the book, do check out the movie... absolute classic.

If you like Chandler, you'll probably like Dashiell Hammett. Try outThe Maltese Falcon. I thought that was even better than anything Chandler's written.

[Alyson Of Bathe]

Just finished Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. Thoughts here.

[Rebecca]

Arukiyomi wrote: "You'll probably love The Big Sleep which is his most famous. And once you finish the book, do check out the movie... absolute classic.

If you like Chandler, you'll probably like Dashiell Hammett...."

Arukiyomi, thanks for the recommendations. I'll check them all out.

By the way, I was so disappointed that your app was taken down. For a couple of days, I was on the fence about purchasing it (I'm an unemployed college student, ha)...when I finally decided to buy it, the app was already gone! Hope it all works out in the end for you.

[Beth]

I just finished Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Had fun with it. My review is here: http://bethslistlove.wordpress.com/20...

[Arukiyomi]

thanks DareDevGrl, things are progressing and we hope to have some news in August although I have no real idea what that might be.

[Deanne]

Finished Money to Burn by Piglia, crime in Argentina based on a real case in the 60's.
Also finished Matigari and Remembering Babylon, but in my defense they were all short.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Deanne wrote: "...in my defense they were all short."

You need defending? You're an inspiration!

[Dina]

Just finished Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories. I like it a lot. My favorite story is In grove.

[Linda]

Lisa wrote: "I just finished Tess of the D'Urbervilles,...one of my high school classmates got into a memorable argument with one of the female teachers after she read it. The teacher maintained that Tess was a completely "bad" girl, & deserved what she got in the end. My friend felt that she was purely a victim of her circumstances..."

I was going to say the same thing as Glorianne. I read this book for a college Brit. Lit course and have read others by Hardy as well. One consistent theme in his stories is that individuals are often victims of their circumstances/society, and Tess is a good example. Everyone has a right to their opinion and certainly literature is often interpreted in different ways, but I don't think that teacher knew what they were talking about; at least in light of Hardy's own intent.

[Lisa]

Just finished 1984 last night...wow....that was pretty scary....thankfully it was also fairly short....heading to the library today, so let's see what I come home with...

[Kirsten]

Just finished I'm not Stiller and I'm not sure how I feel about it. It took me a long time to get through it and I didn't realize I was emotionally invested until the end left me feeling really sad.

[Andrew]

Just finished 2001: A Space Odyssey today. Too much science talk and not enough plot.

[Craig]

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes -Doyle

[~Calyre~]

Just finished The Betrothed

[Dina]

I've just finished Things Fall Apart. Good book.

[Juliana]

I just finished Portnoy's Complaint. I didn't really care for it--didn't find it as hilarious as the jacket implied.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Juliana wrote: "I just finished Portnoy's Complaint. I didn't really care for it--didn't find it as hilarious as the jacket implied."

I think that's because it was written for immature males.

[Genia]

Finished The Forsyte Saga which is a 900+ page monster, but which I enjoyed a great deal, and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which I did not.

[Alyson Of Bathe]

Just finished Jane Eyre. I should probably feel bad about not liking it. Thoughts here.

[Arukiyomi]

not at all Alyson. I didn't like it either.

Just finished two today to bring up the 350 so feeling very pleased with myself: The Children's Book and The Three Musketeers. Reviews up soon...

[Judith]

Demons also known as "The Devils" and "The Possessed"

Dark psychological novel with complex characters, typical of the great Dostoyevsky.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Just finished The Secret Agent, which I gave 5 stars.

my review

[Lisa]

Just late last night finished Wise Children-Angela Carter. I gave it 4 stars, & reviewed it. If anyone is looking for a relatively fast, easy, & all around FUN read, I would recommend it. It's highly tongue in cheek funny, & Dora, the teller of the story, pulls no punches, & minces no words, LOL. She tells it exactly as she sees it. I found it HIGHLY entertaining :)

[Karina]

Just finally finished Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens. I was really hoping for a Ralph Nickleby redemption.

[Beth]

Lisa wrote: "Just late last night finished Wise Children-Angela Carter. I gave it 4 stars, & reviewed it. If anyone is looking for a relatively fast, easy, & all around FUN read, I would recommend it. It's h..."

Hmm, maybe I will read it before returning it to the library horrifically overdue (which is why I don't tend to borrow books...).

[Beth]

Just finished The Hours by Michael Cunningham. My review is http://bethslistlove.wordpress.com/20...

[Amerynth]

Finally made it through Celestial Harmonies by Peter Esterhazy... I can't say I particularly liked it but I did appreciate Esterhazy's way with words.

[Diane]

This week I finished Persuasion by Jane Austen, and last night (or early this morning) I finishedThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

[Fiona]

"The Tale of Genji". It was absolutely no fun at all!

[Liz M]

Fiona wrote: ""The Tale of Genji". It was absolutely no fun at all!"

Really? What translation did you read? I thought it was delightful when read in short bits over a period of time.

[Lesley]

Birdsong, and I really enjoyed it.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Lesley wrote: "Birdsong, and I really enjoyed it."

One of my 5-star reads on the list. Just excellent!

[Judith]

The Master of Petersburg by Coetzee

I think I need a break from the Russian "almost revolution" topics after the last two! Glad I read this one though.

[Fiona]

Just finished "Out of Africa", which was beautifully written, but had very little in common with the feature film.

[Deanne]

Finished The Discovery of Heaven by Mulisch, beautifully written with characters you can care about. A book with both joy and sadness, and one if I hadn't been reading the 1001 list would probably have past me by.

[Mikela]

Just finished Castle Rackrent and enjoyed it immensely. Found the dynamics of interaction between the tenants, servants and gentry to be fascinating. A fast easy read.

[Amerynth]

Finished with Agnes Grey today... and easy and enjoyable read, though probably my least favorite of the Bronte books I've read so far.

[Kristel]

Just finished, Blue of Noon by Georges Bataille, I am sorry to say. This book is considered erotic but mostly it was disgusting. I give it one star because it is set during the Spanish Civil War and the prelude to WWII.

[Andrew]

Just finished A Clockwork Orange. I loved it and thought it was brilliant from start to end. You get use to the rather alien language after reading it a while and I found I could read page after page and not get bored. **** stars

[Nancy]

Just finished Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee

My first Coetzee, and I couldn't put this book down (truthfully, I did take a break to eat lunch).

[Danyellemastro]

It's been a while for me. Have just been through one of the most painful things I've ever experienced and I thought I would never read again. Every time I picked up a book e letters seemed to swim and I couldn't concentrate. Thankfully I picked up a short Tolstoy to bring me back into the fold, the Kreutzer Sonata, and whilst it painfully seemed to mirror my own life at present, I genuinely really loved it. For all the good lovers scorned out there, you'll find elements of this book very disturbing but incredibly cathartic. Enjoy.

[Christina Stind]

Deanne wrote: "Finished The Discovery of Heaven by Mulisch, beautifully written with characters you can care about. A book with both joy and sadness, and one if I hadn't been reading the 1001 list would probably ..."

A lady in a Dutch bookstore recommended this to me while I was vacationing in Amsterdam. It's a really great read - I so enjoyed it and plan on rereading it soon(isn).

[Madeeha]

Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte....a little slow but one of the greatest pieces of English literature.

[Kristine]

by Ballard and for someone not easily shocked, well, I was. I've really enjoyed some of his other books but the outlandish mix of sex and violence was a little trying for me, having said that it is amazingly written, I mean I pushed down the accelerator and finished it in a hurry.

[Craig]

Nana -Zola
and
Journey to the Center of the Earth -Verne

Both very good in their own unique way.

[Lynecia]

I just finished Doctor Zhivago. Slow beginning, but a pleasant surprise.