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[Ellen]

Hallucinating Foucault

[Peter]

Just finished One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and I can honestly say I hated it. Thank heavens I only have to read it once.

[Craig]

Rashomon -Akutagawa,
Fantomas -Allain and Souvestre
and
Ethan Frome -Wharton

Frome and Fantomas are great! One a fun murder mystery, the other not so fun, but still held appeal--a well-written tragic ride.

Rashomon--short, yet powerful.

[Cecily]

Laura wrote: "Loved The Sense of an Ending! Definitely want to read more by Barnes"

I've only read two Barnes, The Sense of an Ending (which I thought very good) and one of his early books, Starting at the Sun, which has some similarities of theme, but wasn't nearly as good, imo. My two reviews are here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/...

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

The Summer Book by Tove Jansson, a very charming little book, as I say here: my review

[Denise]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "The Summer Book by Tove Jansson, a very charming little book, as I say here: my review"

Love Tove Jansson. discovered her years ago with my children (now young adults). Did not however, realize until now that her Moomintrolls were a series. While the kids are gone I may check out the series for my own enjoyment. Thanks for the memory, Elizabeth.

[Stephanie "Jedigal"]

1Q84 by Murakami, Audible audio edition. Four stars!

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Denise wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "The Summer Book by Tove Jansson, a very charming little book, as I say here: my review"

Love Tove Jansson. discovered her years ago with my children (now young adults). ..."

I did not know about Moomintrolls for either my children nor grandchildren. But should my grandchildren get around to presenting me with great-grandchildren, I'll tuck this idea away for them. Thank you!

[Aileen]

Castle Rackrent, Maria Edgeworth. Two stars, didn't really enjoy it, but it was short.

[Denise]

Alright, I concede defeat, I give up, I surrender! Abandoning Ulysses. I tried, really tried. Even with spark notes I could not do it. Maybe I should just stick with the Moomintrolls.

Phew! Feel better already.

[Alex “Alex Reads All”]

Finished Life of Pi a few days ago. Loved it!

[Jamie]

Just finished So Long a Letter by Mariama Ba. I read it in French, meaning that the 130 pages took me approximately thirteen hours to read. Can't say I'll be tackling Proust in French any time soon!

[~Calyre~]

Just finished Shirley

[Laura]

Peter wrote: "Just finished One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and I can honestly say I hated it. Thank heavens I only have to read it once."
I felt the same and won't read anything else by him

[Agustin]

Treasure Island. A pretty quick read and I found it enjoyable

[Deanne]

Elizabeth (Alaska) why wait til you have great grandchildren, I used to love watching The Moomins as a child. It was a cartoon series based on the books and just hearing the name makes me smile.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Deanne wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) why wait til you have great grandchildren, I used to love watching The Moomins as a child. It was a cartoon series based on the books and just hearing the name makes me smile."

Ah! Well, my husband is a great cartoon-watcher, I'll ask him if he knows when they're on! ;-)

[Kristel]

Just finished The Swarm by Frank Schätzing. Barely a 3 star read for me but for a tome it reads pretty fast.

[Colleen]

Aaron's rod by dh Lawrence. I liked it but not a favourite...

[Judith]

The Third Wedding - Costas Taktsis

Excellent character study and family saga told with insight and compassion.

[Diane]

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. I found it a little heavy-handed at points, but overall I really enjoyed it... and now I can see the movie! :)

[Laura]

I have literally just finished The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins- loved it and eager to read more by him

[Jonpaul]

Spring Flowers, Spring Frost by Ismail Kadare. While it was nice to read something from Albania, I can't really say I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[Nadia]

Megan said: I just finished Watchmen. Alan Moore's characters were complex, diverse, and conflicted. I actually enjoyed all of the moral ambiguity, and believe I'll continue to think about this one for a while. I'd not been a true fan of graphic novels before reading this one, but I'll seek more out now.


I also kept thinking about Watchmen for a long while, and remember wondering that what´s more impressive about Alan Moore´s work is his ability of capturing and displaying the character´s feelings, most of the times withouth using words. Of course it is expected on a graphic novel, but in this particular case, it is remarkable how talented and sucessfull he is.

[Mikela]

Just finished Midnight's Children. Not an easy book to understand without knowledge of the Indian culture and history, but one that I thoroughly appreciated. Kept my interest throughout.

[Velma]

I just finished One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and loved it even more than the film. Review here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Velma]

Diane wrote: "Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. I found it a little heavy-handed at points, but overall I really enjoyed it... and now I can see the movie! :)"

I read it a few weeks ago just so I could see the movie with it under my belt!

[Bucket]

Just finished Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton. I wasn't overwhelmingly impressed, but Wharton does have a good feel for writing vivid, visual scenes. Looking forward to trying out something else she's written soon.

[Mandy]

Finish The Story of Lucy Gault...sad but still very good.

[Mikela]

Just finished Nemesis and overall found it a rather mediocre book.

[Mekki]

I just finished Madame Bovary and I loved it.

[Kelsi]

I just finished Perfume:The Story of a Murderer. I was not in love with it, but the writing was good and the main character creeped me out.

[Stephanie "Jedigal"]

Just finished Poisonwood Bible by Kingsolver. LOVED IT!!! I "read" the Audible version, and it was a TAD difficult for me to sort out the characters at first, but the narration was good, and the book is fabulous. I think I need to re-read this one in print someday though, as the 'language games' (my term) of one of the narrating daughters, might better come to life in print.

[Craig]

A Tale of Two Cities -Dickens
and
Death in Venice -Mann

One of the best of Dickens' work I have read. It is up there with Bleak House, Great Expectations, and Nicholas Nickleby. For me probably better than each of those (and that holds weight for me as I thought those were the best of his writings when I read them).

Death in Venice was an interesting piece, but it felt more like a writing exercise in some ways.

[Linda]

Craig wrote: "A Tale of Two Cities -Dickens

One of the best of Dickens' work I have read. It is up there with Bleak House, Great Expectations, and Nicholas Nickleby..."

I've read almost all of Dickens' novels and TTC is my favorite, with GE coming in at a close second.

[Linda]

I just finished To the Lighthouse, and it was a little rough, as Woolf can be, but not long. Her stream-of- consciousness style takes some getting used to, and most of the "action" in this story takes place in the thoughts of the characters.

[Kristel]

Finished Hard Times by Charles Dickens. Only 277 pages. Free e book here at Goodreads. I liked it.

[Mikela]

Just finished (thank goodness) There but for the. I almost abandoned this book many times during the 275 pages but hung in there with the conviction that it would all come together and make sense before the end. Sadly, I admit that I'm just not clever enough to ascertain what the point was so was hugely disappointed with it.

[Karina]

Just finished Emma by Jane Austen. I still prefer Pride and Prejudice but I think this one trumps Sense & Sensibility, Persuasion and definitely Northanger Abbey. I only have one Austen novel left on the list, Mansfield Park, but I think I will read other authors for a while before I return to her.

[Judith]

Notes Form Underground - Dostoyevsky

Notes from Underground

Never read anything like it for getting inside a mentally sick person's mind! Marvelously insightful!

[Velma]

I just finished All Quiet on the Western Front (never read it in school), and was thoroughly taken with it; I'm on a war books tear right now.

And Mekki: I loved Madame Bovary too!

[Deborah Wells]

A Visit from the Goon Squad. It was OK - not really my style.

[Kristel]

Just finished The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes.

[Hima]

Out of Africa, and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time. Don't really understand why The Curious Incident is on the list. Oh well.

[Karena]

Cloud Atlas

[Laura]

Kristel wrote: "Just finished The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes."
I loved The Sense of an Ending- what did you think?

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, which was good enough!

my review

[Mikela]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, which was good enough!

my review"

I remember loving this book although It's been years since I read it. This is one of the many books that I'd like to re-read this year.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Mikela wrote: "I remember loving this book although It's been years since I read it. This is one of the many books that I'd like to re-read this year. "

I loved the story. There may be no more sympathetic character than Quasimodo. But I did get bogged down in a few places.

[Kristel]

Laura wrote: "Kristel wrote: "Just finished The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes."
I loved The Sense of an Ending- what did you think?"

For so few pages, there's a lot to ponder. This is my second Barnes. He's a good writer.