Which LIST book did you just finish? Showing 6,451-6,500 of 7,922

[Lynecia]

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

[Arukiyomi]

ah... I'm about halfway through the Dr and enjoying it very much. I"m a big fan of the film too (on the 1001 Movies list).

[Danyellemastro]

Kristine wrote: " 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, havi..."

I found it really, really repetitively boring. And overtly sexually explicit. I just tuned out at the end. Never has semen seemed so uninteresting.

[Danyellemastro]

Just finished Strait is the Gate. It was fine although it was frustrating at times. It was a constantly rollercoaster of anticlimax, which I suppose in retrospect was exactly what Gide was trying to convey. My first by him, I found a lot of his prose very beautiful.

[Deanne]

Finished Seasons of Migration to the North which was really great
Also read How it is by Beckett, at last finished the Beckett books and have decided he's a marmite author. Whilst I love marmite, I don't love Beckett.

[Karina]

Finished The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain last night. Not sure if I would label it as the great American novel, I still enjoyed it.

[Lynecia]

Arukiyomi wrote: "ah... I'm about halfway through the Dr and enjoying it very much. I"m a big fan of the film too (on the 1001 Movies list)."

I definitely plan to watch the movie!

[Cynthia]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "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."

Ha!

[Judith]

Billiards at Half-Past Nine by Boll

I thought it was terrific in every way.

[Denise]

Within this week I finished Suite Francais which I thoroughly enjoyed and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy with which I had a tough time. I guess espionage just is not my genre.

[Amy]

I just read Animal Farm by George Orwell.

[Diane]

I just finished Bel-Ami by Guy de Maupassant. I was really enjoying the book until the last 3 chapters. I'm going to need to process before I rate and review it.

[Karina]

Just finished The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells. Definitely not what I was expecting but I liked it better than Frankenstein. Also, I am glad Moreau got his in the end.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Karina wrote: "Just finished The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells. Definitely not what I was expecting but I liked it better than Frankenstein. Also, I am glad Moreau got his in the end."

why oh why would you even allude to the ending!

[Sandi]

As someone whose first language is not English I'm curious, does "got his in the end" imply he dies or just that he gets punished in some way?

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Please don't answer that. Please do not put spoilers in this thread.

[Sandi]

Ah, sorry. I guess that means that it can have more than one implication. Thanks. (I've read the book and know how it ends, by the way. I just wanted to know what that phrase can mean.)

[Maureen]

Lesley wrote: "I felt exactly the same way about it. I was not sure if anyone else would find it funny in places as well.
I have Light in August on my bookshelf to get to one day. "

I'm reading Light in August and it starts out fast and easy. Mid-way gets a little too philosophical for me. I wonder if Faulkner was heavily drinking when he wrote the second half of the book...

[Katherine]

I just finished Passing by Nella Larsen. I have now read both of her contributions to the list, but far preferred Passing to Quicksand. Unreliable narrators make reading so much more enjoyable!

[Laini]

Just finished Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, it was a struggle but I got there, even if I had lost interest halfway through!

[Arukiyomi]

@ Maureen and Lesley... is Light in August on the lists? I've not heard of it before.

[Ginny]

Finished Under the Skin- an interesting book that wasn't what I expected-definitely science fiction type of writing. I also finished After the Quake and Sputnik Sweetheart. Both of these were fairly quick reads for me and I enjoyed them. Now to get back to Proust...

[Lesley]

Arukiyomi wrote: "@ Maureen and Lesley... is Light in August on the lists? I've not heard of it before."

No I don't think it is.

[Tamica]

1984 by George Orwell

[Genia]

Just finished The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. I somehow didn't find it as amazing as people said, and I hoped, I would. It was okay, but I am sort of disappointed.

[Mikela]

Just finished Swann's Way. One down and 5 more to go.

[Arukiyomi]

I'm with you Genia. I thought it was okay too.

[Amie]

I just finished Paradise of the Blind by Duong Thu Huong. Good book. I enjoyed reading about life in Vietnam, which I wasn't sure I would. Her writing is very beautiful. Anyone else?

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Just finished Dracula: A Norton Critical Edition. It was okay. The first and last third were much better than the middle.

Also, had to keep reminding myself of the time period every time they talked about the inferiority of women.

[Lisa]

I just finished Blonde, by Joyce Carol Oates, & reviewed it. This book was a real tear jerker! Poor Marilyn.....this book exposes the author's interpretation of the sadness behind the glitz & glamor of her Hollywood life...

[Judith]

The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings - Paz

I was quite taken with Paz's extensive essay and sweeping observations. I highly recommend this one to all the "searchers after truth" out there in our reading community.

[Genia]

Arukiyomi wrote: "I'm with you Genia. I thought it was okay too."

I suspect it may have to do with never having been interested in comics, or familiar with them.

[Arukiyomi]

Genia wrote: "never having been interested in comics, or familiar with them."
I'm a boy. Comics were how I learned to read.

Actually, I suspect it may have to do with having been interested in excellent novels, and familiar with them.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Arukiyomi wrote: "Genia wrote: "never having been interested in comics, or familiar with them."
I'm a boy. Comics were how I learned to read."

Comics were not restricted to boys. I liked Little Lulu a lot.

[Chelsea]

Just finished A Prayer for Owen Meany...I enjoyed it a lot

[Danyellemastro]

Laini wrote: "Just finished Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, it was a struggle but I got there, even if I had lost interest halfway through!"

I found the trick is not to read her work in bits (a few pages here and there) but solidly for an hour or so at a time, then you really get into the rhythm and the characters start to come alive.

[Mikela]

This is rapidly coming to the top of my to-read pile so appreciate the tip.

[Mikela]

Just finished Flaubert's Parrot. It started rather slowly but gained my interest as it progressed.

[Laini]

Dbolden wrote:I found the trick is not to read her work in bits (a f..."

I think you might have a point there alright, if I could have read it all in one go it probably wouldn't have been so bad, problem was when I did put it down, I found it very hard to muster the enthusiasm to pick it up again!

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

I think the enjoyment of any book would be hampered by not having stretches of reading time.

[Karina]

Just finished The Master of Petersburg by J.M. Coetzee. Not sure how I feel about this one since I really wanted an ending that brought it all together.

[Beth]

Just finished The Moonstone. What fun. I was shocked (having read it on Kindle) to discover how long it was. I raced through it. Here's the link to my review: http://bethslistlove.wordpress.com/20...

[Judith]

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Of course I am more critical of the novel's flaws at this point in my life, but I'm even more impressed with Huck's evolving moral compass than I was when I first read it as a young adult. Well worth the re-read!

[Judith]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "I think the enjoyment of any book would be hampered by not having stretches of reading time."

That is quite true, but some authors demand it more than others. Woolf is one of them.

[Mikela]

Just finished Possessing the Secret of Joy and still wonder at the ways people practice cruelty to others. Very thought provoking.

[Yrinsyde]

I finished Call of the Wild - not my sort of book but brilliantly written, and Like Water for Cholocale, which I absolutely adored!!

[Emma]

I just read Memento Mori by Muriel Spark which I enjoyed much more than I anticipated having thought the synopsis sounded good but that the subject might make it hard going. Blew through it in two sittings and particularly liked the ending.

[Lisa]

I just finished both Claudine's House and Heart of Darkness

One was a light, happy read, the other, dark on several levels, but a short read as well.....

[~Calyre~]

Just finished Vanity Fair

[Lisa]

Also just finished up Delta of Venus.....it has the distinction of being on this list AND on the Banned Book List! So if anyone else besides me (grins) is also working their way through those lists(there are several banned/challenged book lists), reading this one will get you both :)