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[Deanne]

Finished Albert Angelo by Johnson, and started Trawl. Picked up an omnibus which also includes House Mother Normal.

[Melanie]

Cynthia wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Finished The Waves by Virginia Woolf. Amazed by her original style of writing and use of language. Glad to finish it though.

"Life comes; life goes; we make life. So you say.""


I also loved this book when I read it some years ago. Time for a reread, I think! You've inspired me to pick it up again.

[Mekki]

I just finished city primeval.

[Colleen]

2001: a space odyssey and loved it!

[Judith]

Kitchen

Kitchen-Yoshimoto

Not too impressed with this little book and wonder what its merit were to make the 1001 list.....

[Mikela]

Recently finished The Turn of the Screw which I thoroughly enjoyed, Hunger loved it, The Swarm so-so, The Life and Death of Harriett Frean, The Body Artist The History of Love and Enduring Love

[Kelsi]

Anna Karenina. It only took me 2 months!

[Shovelmonkey1]

Ethan Frome which was my second Wharton book from the list. Thought this was a great read and for those of you looking for a quick read to tick another book off the list, then this is it! Brilliant novella.

[Annina]

I did it!! I read Les Misérables!!!

Finally! It took about 2 months to finish.

[Sofia]

Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad. Liked it but no love!

[Christina Stind]

Annina wrote: "I did it!! I read Les Misérables!!!
Finally! It took about 2 months to finish."

I'm reading it right now. Almost at a 1000 pages ... still quite a bit to go. But I like it a lot - how did you feel about it?

[Craig]

What Maisie Knew -Henry James
His writing was a joy to read.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

The Heat of the Day by Elizabeth Bowen, 3 stars but a strong 3 stars.

my review

[Ginny]

Christina Stind wrote: "Annina wrote: "I did it!! I read Les Misérables!!!
Finally! It took about 2 months to finish."

I'm reading it right now. Almost at a 1000 pages ... still quite a bit to go. But I like it a lot - h..."

I'm in the middle of reading as well. Really enjoying it.

[Annina]

Christina Stind wrote: "

I'm reading it right now. Almost at a 1000 pages ... still quite a bit to go. But I like it a lot - h..."

I liked it a lot, but not going to re-read it in years.. it's so long.

[Craig]

Kim -Kipling

Meditative and rich. Different than what I expected from what I knew of Kipling's work.

[Glorianne]

Craig wrote: "Kim -Kipling

Meditative and rich. Different than what I expected from what I knew of Kipling's work."

I just finished that as well. I agree -- not what I expected, but enjoyable.

[Diane]

I just finished Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind. I saw the movie several years ago and expected a book with more mystery, more plot, and faster-paced. I'm slowly learning that not every "1001 book" is extraordinary or enjoyable or good, but there is an interesting or extraordinary element in the book.

[Kristel]

I just started and finished the novella, The Judge and His Hangman by Friedrich Dürrenmatt. Very good. Highly recommend it and it is a quick read.

[Mandy]

Just finishd "Out of Africa". Started really well but felt like I limped to the end. As we got closer to the end my interest waned somewhat but I hate to abandon a book so I stuck it out.

[Yrinsyde]

Finished King Solomon's Mines - it was fun! My review is here: http://independentbookreview.wordpres...

[Alxandra]

I just finished The Great Gatsby. I was surprised that I enjoyed it so much.

[Jennifer W]

After 4 months, I finished The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights!! Overall I enjoyed it, but I'm also glad to be done with it.

[Lisa]

After 3 months, I finally finished The Jungle. I didn't even LIKE this book! This one I will admit I put down more often than I read. SO depressing, & the graphic gore descriptions of the cattle yards & the beef rendering plant processes I could EASILY have done without. I believe, & this is just MY opinion, that the story still would have gotten it's point across WITHOUT those stomach turning descriptives....

[Karina]

Just finished Treasure Island. It was okay but it was a quick read thankfully.

[Genia]

Recently finished a good number of books from the list: Sense and Sensibility - which was decent, not quite as good as P&P, but I didn't dislike it like I disliked other books of hers; The Book of Laughter and Forgetting - which I grew tired of really fast; Measuring the World - which was cute and amusing, but nothing too special; and A Suitable Boy - which was... long.

[Maryellen]

Vile Bodies, Evelyn Waugh - Enjoyed very much.

[Aileen]

Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck. Short read which I found quite unsettling.

[Amie]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Good book. I know that the other books from the series aren't on the list, but I plan to read them....I have to know THE ULTIMATE QUESTION! lol

[Kristel]

Just finished Amateurs by Donald Barthelme and The Judge and His Hangman by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Both very quick reads

[Casey]

Middlemarch

I wasn't in love with it, but I liked Dorothea a lot

[Deanne]

Finished Shikasta by Lessing, which was ok until it started getting preachy. Lessing on a high horse.

[Craig]

Confusions of Young Torless -Musil
and
Where Angels Fear to Tread -Forster

Both were good, but between these two, Musil's work stood out.

[Margie]

I just finished Pride & Prejudice (for the 2nd time) - I must say it enjoyed it a lot more this time around. It's my first 'official' book on the list. I have read a couple of others over the years but was rather surprised to see them appear on a list like this so I thought I better give them another shot and see what I missed the first time around.

[Ginny]

Just finished 1Q84 and Wild Swans. Both were thought provoking.

[Judith]

Castle Richmond - Anthony Trollope

Castle Richmond

Very, very good read!

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Judith wrote: "Castle Richmond - Anthony Trollope

Castle Richmond

Very, very good read!"

Trollope is very good. I look forward to this.

[Diane]

I just finished "The Killer Inside Me". I really enjoy crime novels, so this novel was right up my alley.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald. It's unlikely I would have found this without the list.

my review

[Catherine]

Just finished Lolita by Nabokov. I found it a very disturbing book, yet I couldn't NOT finish it. I wanted to find out what would happen next. And I found Nabokov to be such a wonderful writer; I wondered how such wonderful words and phrasing could be applied to such a difficult topic.

[Deanne]

The Charwoman's Daughter by Stephens, short and with a happy ending.

[Friederike]

I read The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (of course) a few days ago (for university). I found it a lot more accessible than I remember it from last time (a few years ago), and actually, it's quite funny.

I also finished Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie a few days ago (only took me three weeks...) and ugh I sort of want to run around and wave it at people and tell them to read it right now because it's so fantastic.

[Denise]

White Teeth. My first Zadie book. I will be reading some of her others.

[Nadia]

I recently finished The Count of Monte Cristo and it was delicious reading.



The Drawing of the Three I finished today and the Tower is closer

[Cristina]

Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Had a more interesting ending than I expected.

[Mikela]

The Monk. Much better than I had anticipated.

[Mikela]

At the Mountains of Madness. Had expected more from it.

[Denise]

Mikela wrote: "The Monk. Much better than I had anticipated."

I really thought it was pretty amazing. How about the fact the author was a teenager(in today's terms)?

[Ginny]

Mikela wrote: "The Monk. Much better than I had anticipated."

I just finished this one too. I enjoyed it;just read Denise's comment about the author being a teenager. Wow! Impressive!

[Laura]

Last night I finished The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck- I'd heard great things about the book so had high expectations, although I thought the ending was intense and amazing I didn't find much else of the book that compelling, the next Steinbeck I'll read is Of Mice and Men