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[Beth]

Loved Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler.

[Charity]

Finished Walden.
A delightful, little romp in the woods.

[Rebeca]

Just finished Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.

[Ian]

Finished Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. If you want a nice, light, fun read to start the New Year, then it's not for you..

[~Calyre~]

Finished The Nose & Ethan Frome

[Melissa]

The Brothers Karamazov

[M]

Finished Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

My Review

[Craig]

La Bete Humaine -Zola

Whew!! What a ride! This is one of the darker novels I have read. Multiple murders, screaming horses (again--see Germinal), hurtling violent machines. Great work!

[Liz M]

(Finally) finished The Grapes of Wrath. I thought the more story driven East of Eden was better, but this is still a very good read.

[Kristel]

Liz M wrote: "(Finally) finished The Grapes of Wrath. I thought the more story driven East of Eden was better, but this is still a very good read."

Love East of Eden.

[Beth]

Kristel wrote: "Just finished Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges. A collection of short stories published 1944, author is brilliant."

LOVED that one.

[Beth]

Riona wrote: "Just finished If on a Winter's Night a Traveler."

Did you like it? I loved that one.

[Mikela]

Just finished A Dance to the Music of Time: 1st Movement. 3 down only 9 to go..thank goodness I'm loving this book.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Mikela wrote: "Just finished A Dance to the Music of Time: 1st Movement. 3 down only 9 to go..thank goodness I'm loving this book."

So glad to hear this! I doubt I'll read it in the same year as Proust ...

[Karina]

Just finished Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler. I enjoyed this better than The Big Sleep and the plot seemed a little more organized but he still can be all over the place!

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

I didn't realize Poe's The Purloined Letter is on the list. I read it last month as part of the trilogy of The Murders in the Rue Morgue: The Dupin Tales. Taken as a collection, these are very interesting, which I rated 4 stars.

[Lisa]

Well, Slammerkin was in the group bookshelf, so I read it. Anyway, I just finished Candide by Voltaire. Trippy, makes you wonder what he was smoking...LOL

[Charity]

Hmm, I just checked the bookshelf and didn't see it listed. Are you sure it was in this group?

[Christina Stind]

Recently finished The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell from the 2008 list. A slightly disturbing book about the genocide of the Jews during WWII told from the pov of a German officer.

[Sophia]

The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene. I enjoyed it. Have a copy if anyone wants to swap.

[Rebeca]

Just finished Middlesex.....I took me so long to finish it,,,,the end was not particularly a good one, and I think the title wasn't the appropriate.

[Ed]

Just finished Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart.... Wow! Talk about being introduced to a different culture (the Ibo of Nigeria in colonial times)and way of thinking. Very powerful...now motivated to read the rest of his works. I can see why this is the most widely read book by an African author.

[Rebeca]

Just finished A Farewell to Arms. It wasn't what I expected it to be, but I found myself enjoying every bit.

[Deanne]

Finished U.S.A by Dos Passos, the sort of book which just sucks you in.

[Liz M]

Read Moon Palace which was a four star book right up until the introduction of Solomon Barber. Then, the more the author pulled it together, the more the book fell apart.

[Mikela]

Liz M wrote: "Read Moon Palace which was a four start book right up until the introduction of Solomon Barber. Then, the more the author pulled it together, the more the book fell apart."

It appears to me that Auster has a problem with endings. I understand exactly what you mean as that was my feeling after reading his Invisible and The Music of Chance.

[Colleen]

Just finished The Poisonwood Bible

[Mikela]

Deanne wrote: "Finished U.S.A by Dos Passos, the sort of book which just sucks you in."

Another book on my "don't know why but scared to attempt it list". Glad to hear it isn't all that intimidating.

[Diane]

I just finished Casino Royale.

[Karena]

The Age of Innocence

[Mikela]

Karena wrote: "The Age of Innocence"

Another book I loved!

[Sofia]

Just finished Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh. Really liked it!!

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Mikela wrote: "Karena wrote: "The Age of Innocence"

Another book I loved!"

Yes! That one surely makes my (fictitious) top ten list.

[Judith]

The Underdogs - Mariano Azuela

The Underdogs

Gritty, true-to-life account of the Mexican Revolution of 1910.

[Jonpaul]

Finished Against The Day by Thomas Pynchon and The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien. I loved Against The Day even though it took a long time to really start enjoying it. It's the first of his books I've really thoroughly admired.

The Third Policeman was not to my liking. I felt that if one didn't find it funny, it's just aggravating and boring. But I can understand why people would like it. I think I would have enjoyed it more about 15 years ago.

[Mikela]

Just finished Ragtime and loved it!

[Mikela]

Just finished Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day and adored this book.

[Sofia]

Catching up with some of those that are "unforgivable" to have not read - finished Hound of the Baskervilles yesterday, looking to finish Of Mice and Men today :)

[~Calyre~]

Finished The Talented Mr. Ripley I really liked it ;)

[Genia]

Just finished The Awakening and other short stories. I can't say I liked this book at all.

[Denise]

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. I'll probably try to add something to the discussion when it starts

[Peter]

Just finished The Go-Between by L.P.Hartley. A real gem and a classic in every sense of the word. A Dickens is up next.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Finished Ragtime, which was a reading pleasure. Now off to the discussion.

my review

[Dimity]

The Hobbit. Was a great novel...now to see the movie. It won't live up to the book but hopefully it does it some justice.

[Ginny]

Dimity wrote: "The Hobbit. Was a great novel...now to see the movie. It won't live up to the book but hopefully it does it some justice."

I've been a Tolkien fan for years( read The Hobbit and LOTR many times. The movie was pretty true to the book (as well as adding some information found in Tolkien's history of Middle Earth). Very good movie.

[Christina Stind]

Finished Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. Actually, I finished it a while ago but it's not until now I've pulled my thoughts enough together to actually write a review if it. I loved it! It's a fascinating story written so beautifully that you don't care about all the chance encounters.

[Sophia]

The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick by Peter Handke. Not sure I understood this Austrian author's avant-garde message about language and experience.

[Ginny]

Finally finished Dead Souls. Not sure how I felt about it other than being thankful that I could post that I had finally finished it.

[Lynn]

Great Gatsby - Fitzgerald

[Mikela]

Just completed The Tin Drum