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[Darcy]

Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote.

[Dan]

Just finished Girl With Green Eyes by Edna O'Brien.

[Lianne]

Finished The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. It was an interesting read =)

[Dani]

The Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami. Fantastic.

[Eliza]

Just finished Bleak House. Loved it.

[Justine]

I finished The Hours this morning. It was hard for me to sit down and read it for any longer than about 20 minutes at a time, but I thought it was wonderful.

[Paula]

A Christmas Carol - Dickens. Love Dickens and grabbed this one because I needed a book I knew was uplifting. Is it me or are a lot of these books (especially the modern ones) rather depressing?

[[deleted user]]

Ummmm o Ya -Diary of a chav
and da blue bloods seies

[[deleted user]]

Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and I think Capote's writing is brillant.

[Laura]

Just finished The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. Not quite sure how I feel about the book yet. It is very disjointed, as though seeing someone's life during the sober moments of a doped up existence. As I read in the biographical note at the end, it was meant to be like seeing life through the distorting lens of a bell jar. I can see that - it was definitely a distorted view. What made this book the most interesting, though, is not the story itself, but the connection it has with Sylvia Plath's own experience and sifting through the real moments and the fictionalized parts.

[Judith]

"The Things They Carried" - Tim O'Brian

I was thrilled with the writing style...so insightful, honest and compelling. This book is too short, but oh so worth reading anyway....

[Heidi]

Just finished Sense and Sensibility. It took me a lot longer than any other Austen book I've read.

[Gaston]

The Hamlet-William Faulkner. Besides "As I Lay Dying," may be the best Faulkner I've read. Can't wait to finish the trilogy.

[Kat (A Journey In Reading)]

Just finished Lolita

[Anna]

Objazd | Blaga Dimitrova

[Dan]

Finally finished Don Quixote. Enjoyed it but am glad it's "out of the way."

[Elizabeth]

I'm trying to get through some of the shorter ones. This week I finished The Invisible Man and Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde.

[Dan]

Just finished If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino. A strange but very interesting "format" that Calvino brought together in an intriguing way. Very perceptive analysis of readers, writers, and books and the interrelationships among them.

[Paula]

Kat wrote: "Just finished Lolita"

What did you think? I keep looking at that book at my local b&n but for some reason haven't picked it up.

[Paula]

The Plot Against America, by Philip Roth

One of my favorite books on this list - amazing!

[Kristine]

I just finished reading Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky.

[Kat (A Journey In Reading)]

Paula, it was in interesting book. I can't say that it was one of my favorites though. The subject matter at times made it hard to read.

[Kat (A Journey In Reading)]

Just finished In Cold Blood [image error]

[Mike]

Kris wrote: "I just finished reading Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky."

I read it about a year ago. I don't remember many of the specifics other than I really enjoyed it. It made me wonder what the finished product would have been like.

[FromAna]

I just finished Middlesex

[Kristine]

Mike wrote: "Kris wrote: "I just finished reading Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky."

I read it about a year ago. I don't remember many of the specifics other than I really enjoyed it. It made me wonder what..."

It's a shame we'll never be able to read the finished suite. The notes and plans she had for the rest of the book were really interesting.

[Judith]

"them" - Joyce Carol Oates

This one really packed a wallop for me! Wish I had read it back when it first came out. It might have helped me understand a little more about those very confusing times....

[FromAna]

Number the Stars _ Lois Lowery

[Jen]

Gone With The Wind!!!!

[Anna]

Biała jaskółka. Antologia opowiadań bułgarskich XIX i XX w.

[Gaston]

Okay, this one isn't on the list, but I just finished a book called "North Dallas Forty" by Peter Gent. It's a quasi-autobiographical novel by a former football player. Hold that groan! The book, essentially, has nothing to do with football. It's very, very much like "Fear and Loathing..Vegas" so, if you are a fan of "Vegas" I highly recommend this book. It was amazing.

[Kristi]

Finally finished Cancer Ward. I thought it was OK, but I didn't love it. There were chapters that I loved, and there were sections that I hardly made it through. Perhaps I need to read some Russian history before reading any more Russian lit.

[Dan]

Finished Gravity's Rainbow. It was okay but I'm definitely not among those who would use adjectives like brilliant, inspired, etc. to describe it. The ending was flat given all that lead up to it. Having read this book, I now understand why Pynchon is a recluse.

[Chel]

I just finished A Room With a View by Forster and Schindler's List. The first was very good and the second was excellent, a 10 out of 10!

[[deleted user]]

I just finished reading The Bluest Eye by Morrison. Good book but hard read, in some places devastating

[Mike]

Finished The Melancholy of Resistance. The subject was pretty dark and could have been completely depressing but Lazlo made it sort of humorous and insightful. I'm not sure if I'd recommend it though, it took me 150 pgs to finally get interested...

[Chriss]

MiddlesexI thought it was excellent.

[Tom]

Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin. The first 300 pages are brilliant. The next 100 pages are great. The next 100 pages are good. The remaining 168 pages just go on and on and on and on. He could have lost about 150-200 pages throughout the book and it would have been much better and still retained its magic. Why don't they edit authors?

[Jasmin]

Breakfast at Tiffany's - wonderful!

[Kristi]

Tom wrote: "Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin. The first 300 pages are brilliant. The next 100 pages are great. The next 100 pages are good. The remaining 168 pages just go on and on and on and on. He could have l..."

I agree with you about Winter's Tale! I hated it by the end. A Soldier of the Great War is a much better book, in my opinion.

[Kristi]

I decided to give up on The Birds Fall Down. It's due back at the library, and I'm just not interested.

[Judith]

"Native Son" by Richard Wright

First rate in every respect!

[Judith]

Kris wrote: "I just finished reading Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky."

Kris:

Is this one on the newer 1001 Books You Should Read List..." List?

[Judith]

Dan wrote: "Finished Gravity's Rainbow. It was okay but I'm definitely not among those who would use adjectives like brilliant, inspired, etc. to describe it. The ending was flat given all that lead up to it...."

Have you read "the Crying of Lot 49"? That one sounded more promising to me...I've read nothing be him so far.

[Elke]

I just finished The Crow Road and am REALLY impressed with this book! It is fantastic!!!!

[Dan]

Judith,

Gravity's Rainbow is the only Pynchon I've read. I may give him another shot but it'll probably be a while before I do.

[Eva]

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. I knew the story but had never actually read the book. What a great adventure ;-)

[Dave]

Such a good decision. Not reading books that are uninteresting leaves more time for good books! I returned The Fountainhead recently, after slogging through 180 pages. Life is too short for boring books.

[Mike]

Judith wrote: "Kris wrote: "I just finished reading Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky."

Kris:

Is this one on the newer 1001 Books You Should Read List..." List?"



Yup, it was added to the '08 list. I didn't know that until after I read it, so pleasant surprise there

[Caitlin]

Just finished Lucky Jim & it was wonderful.