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[Carin]

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

[Erin]

Haylee, I agree, I think everyone should read Les Miserables!!! I read it every few years, and I'm thinking of reading it this winter again. I adore that book!!!

[Anna]

The cement garden by Ian McEwan

[Kristina]

Amsterdam by Ian McEwan, but I wasn't impressed. I've enjoyed his books Atonement and Enduring Love so much more.

[Lori]

Never let me go by Kazuo Ishiguro

[Silver]

I just finnished reading Three Lives by Gertude Stien, it was interesting

[Kristi]

"Timbuktu" by Paul Auster. I loved Mr. Bones and his voice, but felt that something was missing from the story. I can't put my finger on it, though. A very short read, and I was a little stunned by the ending.

[Deanne]

The Wind-up bird chronicle, I really enjoyed it even though at times it was a bit out there.

[Mixioiphia]

Timbuktu, it was um...hartwarming?
........the dog dies.

[Liz]

Sula by Toni Morrison. It only took 1 day to read. It was OK, interesting.

[Denise]

It's been more than 20 years since I read Sula, but I remember loving it. I recently tried to find a quote in it, but it seemed different when i found it.

[Kieffala]

Don't you hate that Denise?

[Kara]

Crime and Punishment is in my top 5 all time faves. to hear that it "sucked bad," hurts me! lol

[Kristi]

Finished Shipping News: A Novel last night. I didn't like the first few chapters, but I'm glad that I stuck it out!

[Charlotte]

Hi folks, I'm new to posting here but really like the idea of reading these books. I just recently finished: The Portrait of Dorian Grey and Lady Chatterley’s Lover. I'm now reading 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - but it's not actually on the list! (Although two others by Verne made it on.) Best wishes to everyone to keep reading!

[Melissa]

Listened to the audiobook of Lolita. Its greatness was lost on me...

[Ann from S.C.]

Tara, Yes I did like CHOKE. It was funny but sad.

[Galen]

This weekend I finally finished Middlemarch (my second read, but the first time it took so long to read that I didn't get much out of it), and followed that with American Psycho. Which was brilliant, but pornography as art was a shock to the system--perhaps especially after 700 pages/2 weeks straight of Victorian literature.

[Anna]

The Mystery of the Enchanted Crypt by Eduardo Mendoza

[Pam]

Hi Galen, I'm getting ready to pick up Middlemarch. Did you enjoy it? I hope I like it...19th century English Lit is hit or miss with me.

[Ami]

Tess of the d'Urbervilles... It was a wonderful story but a bit too bleak for my tastes.

[Kristi]

I have The Red Queen checked out from the library, but I think I'm going to forget about it. I haven't read any good comments about it! And it's not on the updated list, so I don't feel like I have to read it.

[Laura]

The Three Musketeers. A fun read but not as good as The Count of Monte Cristo. It was a bit sillier than I expected...

[Silvana]

Just finished Moby Dick (liked it).
Currently reading 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Still a long way to go (only finished 64 books, teehee!)

[Ravenskya]

Just finished Moby Dick - My opinion of it is strange... I liked the story, but he kept meandering off and discussing whale anatomy... which would have been interesting had I not wanted to slap him and scream "GET BACK TO THE PEQUAD!!!"

I'm now on to "The Three Musketeers" and "The Man in the Iron Mask" - not sure if that one was on the list but figured I'd read it anyway

[Hashi]

I just bailed on "At Swim-Too-Birds" after 100 pages, which is VERY unusual for me; I normally force myself to finish books that I dislike but in this case I decided life was too short to waste on this random nonsense.

Before that was "All the Pretty Horses" which I loved.

[Deanne]

The Last Chronicle of Barset- Anthony Trollope. Who knew that clerical life could be so full of such characters, hated Mrs Proudie what a bully.

[Judith]

The House of Seven Gables - Nathaniel Hawthorne

Missed this one in earlier life, so thought I should "fill in the gap". I really liked it! Oh how I do occasionally need a happy ending! Love those Gothic mysteries too.

[Julie]

Hi, Pam.
I'm almost done with Middlemarch. I found the beginning really slow, but I don't know if it just took me awhile to get into the Victorian lifestyle, but I am really enjoying it. The characters and the relationships are fascinating. I saw a review on Amazon that said it was one of the best English books ever written - I don't know if I would go that far, but I am definitely glad to be reading it.

[Amy]

I recently finished Wise Blood by Flannery O'Conner, a very strange book! It's one I won't soon forget.

[Jennifer]

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess.

[Anna]

Kane and Abel by Jefferey Archer

[Sandra]

Lord of the flies (William Golding), and I loved it!!! I also finished The Stranger by Camus... I'm sorry for the existencialist fans, but I didn't like it much :-\

[Laura]

I love Lord of the Flies, too. I also love The Stranger, but it's more because it was my introduction to Existentialism than any respect for the quality of the ideas or writing. I read the last three pages over and over, just blown away, when I was a teenager. I think Cormac McCarthy covers much of the same ground in Blood Meridian much more artfully, with a little less reductionism.

[Denise]

I liked Lord of the Flies. I remember my ninth grade english teacher getting really mad at us, though, for not being able to identify the "metaphors of darkness" on our own. She still brought in the movie for us to watch.

I liked The Stranger.

[Galen]

Pam,
I enjoyed Middlemarch, but I have read quite a few other Eliot books this year so I had a "warm-up" to the writing. It is pretty dense at times, and there is not always much action. But it has so many more ideas to it than, for example, Pride and Prejudice, so it is more satisfying. It takes effort...but in the end I think it is definitely worth the trouble. There are some fascinating insights on marriage and on charity, and on women's roles in that era. That said, I feel no guilt in indulging in a few absolutely no-redeeming-qualities thrillers in the next few weeks to give my brain a break!

[Jon]

Just finished The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton.

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First Love, Last Rites by Ian McEwan. Very distrubing!

[Kristi]

I finished The Picture of Dorian Gray last night. I really enjoyed it!

[Charity]

Yay Kristi!! I only read it recently...last week, in fact...but, I was very impressed. Glad to hear you enjoyed it.

[Linda]

Bibliocrates - regarding Flannery O'Connor... I haven't read her novels yet, but have you read any of her short stories? They are all sort of disturbing and grotesque, so I'm wondering if Wise Blood is similar. Her works explore the evil that resides in mankind, and the need and desire for redemption.

[Linda]

BTW, Lord of Flies actually examines a similar idea - what evil or corruption man is capable when left to his own devices without external laws.

[Stacie]

Just finished Dracula. While it was slow-going at times, I enjoyed it and found that the action made up for the inaction.

[Katie]

I finished reading Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen

[Amy]

Linda: No, I have never read any of her short stories. Wise Blood was my first sampling, a very strange book that seems to have very mixed reviews. I will try her short stories sometime.

[Deanne]

Old Goriot by Balzac, very enjoyable though would have liked to see his two daughters get what they deserved at the end.

[Charity]

Wow!! Spoiler?!

[Marie]

Just finished Anna Karenina - so sad!!

[Jasmine]

I just read Aesop's Fables, figured I'd read the one at the END of the list

[Dani]

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz.