Which LIST book did you just finish? Showing 1,001-1,050 of 7,922

[Emma]

Finished Choke by Chuck Palahniuk off the 2006 list, cut from the 2008 list.

[Darcy]

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

Very intellectually stimulating.

[Jeff]

One thing to keep in mind about Animal Farm and 1984. Orwell's intention wasn't to demonstrate Stalinist Russia, but to demonstrate that this could happen anywhere. A group supports one thing when out of power, but opposes it once they come to power. That's a general truth.

[Judith]

I finished "The Power and the Glory" by Graham Greene the other day. It was a really exceptional read....so honest about human nature and religion!

[Christina Stind]

Just finished 'Jane Eyre' - loved it. 5 stars from me :-)

[Michelle]

I just finished The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison as well as The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Gilman

[Linda]

Just finished Cannery Row. It was okay, somewhat sad though.

[Coalbanks]

So true, so often proven true.

[Kristi]

Glad to be rid of Chrome Yellow

[Ravenskya]

Just finished "Tale of Two Cities" very different than what I was expecting.

I'm doing the 2006 list, because the 2008 list cut just about everything I had read, or was interested in reading. BOO!

[Stacie]

I finished Return of the Soldier the other day. It was a sad story, but well written. West's writing was very poetic and she has the great ability to say so much with very few words.

[April]

Michelle, wasn't "The Yellow Wallpaper" fabulous? I'm also a huge Toni Morrison fan but my favorite is "Song of Solomon" by far.

[Emma]

I took a break from Prozac Nation (not on the list) to read Silk. What a lovely reprieve!

[Michelle]

A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
A super quick story.

[Lisa]

What did you think of it? It's in my TBR pile.

[Deanne]

Really enjoyed in a glass darkly, my favourite was the dragon room, very creepy.
Just finished the tale of Genji by Lady Murasaki, very long book but well worth the time.

[Ravenskya]

Just finished "Sense and Sensibility" well written but not really my cup of tea.

[Kristi]

I finished Gone With The Wind last night. Amazing!

[Christina Stind]

Just finished 'Pride and Prejudice' right now - enjoyed the dialogue a lot and loved Mr. Bennet and his comments to his silly wife and daughters! :-)

[Tony]

I read these books from the list: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides, Legend by David Gemmell, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, The Godfather by Mario Puzo, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, On The Road by Jack Kerouac, Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, Foundation by Issac Asimov, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton, Animal Farm by George Orwell, Cannery Row by John Steinbeck, For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway, Native Son by Richard Wright, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, Siddhartha by Herman Hesse, Germinal by Emile Zola, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, & Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

[Glenn]

Just finished reading Through the Looking Glass. Very quick read and a very good book.

[Kevin]

I just finished Far From the Madding Crowd. I really enjoyed it a lot and I'm looking forward to reading the rest of Thomas Hardy.

[Glenn]

Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote. My first Capote book that I've read, and I really enjoyed it. I'm looking forward to reading In Cold Blood.

[Deanne]

Just finished All soul's day by Cees Nooteboom, interesting book. Off to the library in a few minutes to get more books.

[Glenn]

Enduring Love by Ian McEwan. I'm still not sure what to think, it was definitely well written. For the first 100 or so pages I couldn't put it down. Then it took me a little effort to get through the rest. I liked it, but just not sure how much I liked it yet.

[Kristin]

Just completed A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell. The book was in four movements and over 3,000 pages in length. However, it was quite good so well worth the effort to read.

[Kristi]

The Shadow of the Wind

[Karina]

I loved In Cold Blood. Breakfast at Tiffany's is still on my to read list.

[Karina]

I just finished the Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver and The Secret History by Donna Tartt. I really enjoyed them both and they were quite interesting to read at the same time. On the surface, they are completely different, but they both start with you knowing to expect a death, but not knowing any details. Also, the malaria dreams in one reminded me of the drug / quilt induced dreams in the other.

[Heather]

I just finished Jane Eyre.. Still not sure how I felt about it. It was okay, but not as good as I was expecting.

[Darcy]

I've been reading Jane Eyre for a while, and for some reason can really not get into it. But I keep going and hopefully it will become more interesting to me?

[Jon]

I just finished Frankenstein.

[Amber]

The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

It's ok...

[Christina Stind]

Just finished 'Wide Sargasso Sea' - not an amazing book but interesting to read it right after 'Jane Eyre'.

[Lori]

The Golden Ass - It was much more interesting than I thought it would be. Lots of insight of the days of old.

[Glenn]

In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan - it was a pretty bizarre book, I guess that is the best way to describe it. It was a really good book, and fun to read though.

[Glenn]

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon. Excellent book!

[Deanna]

I just finished "Brideshead Revisited." What an amazing, amazing book:

http://tragicrighthip.blogspot.com/20...

[Nubia]

I just finished The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz. Read it in 1 week (and probably would have done it in 3 days if I didn't have all this work going on) It was a lot of fun!! I am Dominican myself, and so I understood all the points he was making when talking about our histoy and our culture. I was amazed by the incredible way of putting all together (the story of Oscar and the History of DR), the use of our native words and phrases, it made a lot of sense to me! Some times I laughed until crying, sometimes he brought so many memories to me that I needed to take a break... It was amazing!!! I believe that for those of you who are from a different background it dtill can be a good book, and give you a sense of our not so well understood culture.

[Samara]

Finally finished Anna Karenina (Tolstoy). Some parts I found were really difficult to get through, he is heavy on the description. And Anna frustrated me beyond belief. Still a pretty good book.

[Glenn]

Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee

[Linda]

jf The Outsiders and almost finished with Catcher in the Rye - both about teens trying to find their place in the world. I much preferred The Outsiders - I found the "greasers" more sympathetic than Holden Caulfield, and it ended on a more positive hopeful note. Didn't care for all the profanity in CITR either, although I get that it reflects Holden's outlook on life.

[Kristi]

I came home sick today, but at least I had time to finish Little Women.

[Liz]

i just finished The Bell Jar

[Glenn]

I finished reading Like Water For Chocolate by Laura Esquivel earlier tonight, and just finished re-reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Like Water for Chocolate was ok, and To Kill a Mockingbird was even better than I remember.

[Christina Stind]

Just finished 'An Interview with the Vampire'. It was a lot better than I thought and I really liked it. Before reading it, I was kind of wondering why it was on the list but now I understand.

[Laura]

Fascinating, Carl. But what book did you just finish? That's what we're talking about here.

I just finished Cormac McCarthy's The Orchard Keeper and Delillo's The Names. Both great. The ideas about language in The Names were very thought provoking and I've yet to construct a complete picture of how parts of the book fit with other parts of the book. A very challenging read.

[Carl]

Just finished reading "A Touch Of Hope" by Dean Kraft. Fascinating. Actually experienced several sessions with him years ago and his hands were indeed charged with some very powerful energy!

A good read. Makes you want to see him for his healing touch!

[Glenn]

Just finished reading Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys. I didn't really like it though.

[Paula]

Bleak House by Dickens. Actually started it before I found this list. Boy am I thankful it's on the list! Took a month to chew through it but not mad. There were plenty of times when I wanted to smack the main character, but she's still lovable.