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Me too! and then
Ulysses by James Joyce. Review, very limited until I reread it, is at http://bethslistlove.wordpress.com/20... and the review of The Shining will be the next post.

my review

I love my kindle for that! I recently got Poisonwood Bible for a couple of dollars when it was on special.

So did I David, O'Briens other book at swim two birds is even better I think.


And I liked it more than I thought I would. It even has some humorous fragments!

City Primeval
In my opinion, all Leonard's novels are good. I really enjoyed this one, but I have no idea why City Primeval or LaBrava were chosen from all his titles for the 1001 List.... Good read though!
I just finished 1984. Now I can rest peacefully when I proclaim I'm never, ever, reading Orwell again.

I loved the book...but had wished it had gone full tilt outlandish comedy. The premise would make a great movie. Apparently only a silent one was done right after the work was published.
BTW I,m typing this in Costa Rica...and can,t find the apostrophe on the keyboard..so..substituted with commas.. LOL


Also Winterson's Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. Re-reading that one immediately, trying to relate the fairy-tale type side stories to the direct first-person narration.


by Émile Zola
Thérèse Raquin
Thérèse Raquin is the title of a novel (first published in 1867) and a play (first performed in 1873) by the French writer Émile Zola. The novel was originally published in serial format in the journal L'Artiste and in book format in December of the same year.
Glad I read/listened to it but it is dark and dreary.


The Charterhouse of Parma
Not as distinctive as "The Read and The Black" was for me though it is quite a plot-twisting adventure story that shows Stendhal's insights into the foibles of the human heart.

Iam with you Wayne, felt a bit like a cop out, cheesey, or how a made for TV film would end.




Season of Migration to the North
I liked this novel but thought perhaps it tried to tackle too many hefty themes to bring about a satisfying conclusion in such a brief work.


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