Which LIST book did you just finish? Showing 7,401-7,450 of 7,921

[[deleted user]]

Lisa wrote: "Just finished Never Let Me Go & Ivanhoe :)"

Ivanhoe - For a Future Reading ...

[Ellinor]

The Scarlet Letter. It was a bit difficult to get into because of the old-fashioned language but once I'd read past the introduction I was fascinated.

[Lauren]

Untouchable

It was interesting.

[Judith]

Agnes Grey - Anne Bronte

Agnes Grey

Another good Victorian Romance from the wonderful Bronte sisters.

[Steve]

Ellinor wrote: "The Summer Book by Tove Janson. A lovely little book."

Agreed! A simple quick story about young and old and simple life.

[Ellinor]

A Visit from the Goon Squad, an absolutely great book!

[Stephanie "Jedigal"]

Forsyte Saga.

Like Austen but written by a man with male protagonists instead of female. Glad to have read!

[Heather]

I just finished reading Watchmen. It took me forever to get through this book and the best thing I can say about it is that I am glad it is over.

[Steve]

Leora wrote: "Just finished Ulysses by James Joyce. Yuck. Glad to have that one crossed off."

Hah, glad I'm not the only one to say Yuck, how did you like the lack of punctuation? Did you have a hard time figuring out what was dialogue and what was internal prose, and who was speaking to whom?

[[deleted user]]

[Kari]

Steve wrote: "Leora wrote: "Just finished Ulysses by James Joyce. Yuck. Glad to have that one crossed off."

Hah, glad I'm not the only one to say Yuck, how did you like the lack of punctuation? Did you have a ..."

Didn't like it either.

[[deleted user]]

I just finished The Great Gatsby. Not knowing practically anything about it, the end more or less took me by surprise.
I liked it.

[Mikela]

Heather wrote: "I just finished reading Watchmen. It took me forever to get through this book and the best thing I can say about it is that I am glad it is over."

I so agree with you. Graphic novels just aren't my thing.

[Juliana]

I just finished Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald and I loved it.

[[deleted user]]

Zanahoria (Taly) wrote: "I just finished The Great Gatsby. Not knowing practically anything about it, the end more or less took me by surprise.
I liked it."

I Liked it either... For me,the final was awsome...

[Mekki]

I just finished Crossfire. The translated prose bothered me but the ending was good. An ok book over all

[[deleted user]]

Luís wrote: "Zanahoria (Taly) wrote: "I just finished The Great Gatsby. Not knowing practically anything about it, the end more or less took me by surprise.
I liked it."

I Liked it either... For me,the final ..."

Yes, though it did a number on me. And suddenly, I got the beginning lines all too well.

[Craig]

The Idiot -Dostoyevsky
L'Assomoir -Zola
Max Havelaar -Multatuli
Silas Marner -Eliot
Lord Jim -Conrad
and
The Awakening -Chopin

[[deleted user]]

[Stephanie "Jedigal"]

Dangerous Liaisons

[Judith]

Growth of the Soil - Knut Hamsun

Growth of the Soil

Lovely book!

[Stephanie "Jedigal"]

Choke.

I don't see at all how this could get on the List. I still want to try more of Palahniuk's, but I sure hope I like my next selection better. This was clever but not much else. I "got it" but just am not impressed. I will say, it was a quick read and not annoying just - meh.

[Ed]

Billy Budd--- I had to rate this just three stars. Melville's language, although clear and distinct, is just so overdone. I used to think this was just an affectation of his times...but, having more recently read other authors of the era...or slightly afterwards...I realize that isn't necessarily so.

[Diane]

Stephanie "Jedigal" wrote: "Choke.

I don't see at all how this could get on the List. I still want to try more of Palahniuk's, but I sure hope I like my next selection better. This was clever but not much else. I "got i..."

I have this in audio ready to put in my CD player. Hmm.
I did like Haunted, which is not on the list of course, but had some really interesting social commentary.

[[deleted user]]

[James]

Dead Air - Iain Banks. One of those books I wonder how it made the cut for the list. Enjoyed it, but not a classic.

[Ellinor]

1984 by George Orwell. Best thing I've read in a long time if not ever. Definitely deserves 6 stars!

[[deleted user]]

Ellinor wrote: "1984 by George Orwell. Best thing I've read in a long time if not ever. Definitely deserves 6 stars!"

It really was something. Though after I had to make a purge through brain candy. Left me feeling... scourged? Didn't it depress you?

[Stephanie "Jedigal"]

Diane,
Do you do other stuff while you listen? Like the dishes? It's not so very long, and its not BAD, its mildly entertaining, just - nothing to write home about. I might try Haunted to get a different taste of CP.

James,
I agree on Dead Air.

[[deleted user]]

Zanahoria (Taly) wrote: "Ellinor wrote: "1984 by George Orwell. Best thing I've read in a long time if not ever. Definitely deserves 6 stars!"

It really was something. Though after I had to make a purge through brain cand..."

Definitely 6 Stars...

[Glorianne]

I finished The White Tiger. Still not sure how I feel about it. Review here: http://www.gloriannescott.com/the-whi...

[Diane]

Stephanie,
I usually listen in the car when I don't have children around. If an audiobook is really good, I will listen to it in the kitchen while I cook or do dishes. But it has to be really good. :)

[Rachel (Sfogs)]

Lisa wrote: "Just finished Never Let Me Go & Ivanhoe :)"

OH!! I loved Ivanhoe!!

[Rachel (Sfogs)]

Still working my way through The Moonstone,
it's really good, just very little reading time at the moment..

[[deleted user]]

Rachel (Sfogs) wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Just finished Never Let Me Go & Ivanhoe :)"

OH!! I loved Ivanhoe!!"

IVANHOE is on my list ....

[Kari]

Luís wrote: "Rachel (Sfogs) wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Just finished Never Let Me Go & Ivanhoe :)"

OH!! I loved Ivanhoe!!"

IVANHOE is on my list ...."

I really liked Never Let Me Go. I haven't read Ivanhoe yet.

[Kathleen]

The End of the Affair (5/5)

[Ellinor]

Zanahoria (Taly) wrote: "Ellinor wrote: "1984 by George Orwell. Best thing I've read in a long time if not ever. Definitely deserves 6 stars!"

It really was something. Though after I had to make a purge through brain cand..."

I didn't feel depressed actually. I was just completely fascinated.

I've now finished I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou. This one made me feel quite depressed at times.

[Stuart]

Glorianne wrote: "I finished The White Tiger. Still not sure how I feel about it. Review here: http://www.gloriannescott.com/the-whi..."

It is a difficult book to like, as you point out the main character is far from pleasant.

[Shriya]

Stuart wrote: "Glorianne wrote: "I finished The White Tiger. Still not sure how I feel about it. Review here: http://www.gloriannescott.com/the-whi..."

It is a difficult book to like, as you point out the ..."

I get that! I started reading "The White Tiger" a little while ago and coming from India, I was shocked how this man really projected the society. One, it's not as caste ridden anymore as this book shows, two, Arvind Adiga paints a deplorable, hopeless and pathetic picture of a country which is actually progressing by leaps and bounds considering it's been independent for a little more than half a century and which isn't half as bad as this man portrays it to be. I am not saying that out of blind patriotism because corruption, political problems and economic crisis are a part of India but they are only as much a part of it as they are of almost any other country in the world.Books like these paint a picture of the country in a manner that people believe all we have is snake charmers, bus drivers, slums, a blatantly corrupt political system-all of which is true to some extent but not the complete truth. Not everyone is like that. Not every part of India is like that. It's a huge country and you just can't classify it as absolutely lovely or absolutely backward at all because it's so diverse.
I never had any patience left with him when I started reading it so, I abandoned it mid-way.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Shriya wrote: "Just finished "The Midnight Palace" by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. Here's the review:
http://tometravelling.blogspot.co.uk/"

I don't believe this is a list book.

[Stephanie "Jedigal"]

Just finished re-read of Cat's Eye by Atwood. Good. Looking forward to some more Atwood as soon as I'm done with one of the other 3 or 4 books I have going right now.

[Karena]

Just finished Slaughterhouse-Five and while it's not my new favorite book, I did find it interesting and I also finished Tender Is the Night which I started when I realized Gatsby was my only Fitzgerald novel that I'd read.

[Laura]

Just finished The Great Gatsby- I didn't think it was that good, although I still want to see the film

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Laura wrote: "Just finished The Great Gatsby- I didn't think it was that good, although I still want to see the film"

Robert Redford was so good in that!

[[deleted user]]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Laura wrote: "Just finished The Great Gatsby- I didn't think it was that good, although I still want to see the film"

Robert Redford was so good in that!"

I didn't see the film,though will be good...

[[deleted user]]

I've finished Huis clos, suivi de Les mouches by Jean-Paul Sartre

[[deleted user]]

I've finished of Sophocles .. Another Play ... 3 Stars ...
Reasonable ...

[Mekki]

i just finished Silence

[Rachel (Sfogs)]

I've just finished The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins.
A classic mystery, and would have to be one of my all-time favourites.
The twists and turns in this book are amazing! I was not able to guess the ending at all!