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[Jessie]

Yesterday I finished Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton. I can definitely see why it is on this list. It gives real insight into South Africa's struggles while telling a heartbreaking story about two fathers. I highly recomend it.

[Magdalena]

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
I didn't expect that this book is so good!

[Gini]

I started and finished Choke in about a day and a half. Palaniuk is my daughter's favorite writer, so I am interested in reading him for the conversation with her. I realize that a lot of people in the group hate him, but I find him entertaining. He is a bit like Quentin Tarantino - you cannot sit back and assume that your guide to the tale before you is a reliable one. Sometimes he is just plain wrong.

[Denise]

Finished Woman at point zero, small book, well written and an interesting subject.

Deanne, I read Searching by Nawal El Saadawi earlier this fall. It wasn't the greatest book ever, but it was as interesting as it was sad. It did inspire we to look up the author. She's a fascinating and admirable woman. I hope to read her autobiography eventually.

[Linda]

Finished Things Fall Apart. Very interesting and insightful perspective of African colonialism; I thought the ending was especially well done.

[Anna]

The Mitrokhin Archive by Christopher Andrew and Vasiliy Mitrokhin

[Yrinsyde]

Linda wrote: "Finished Things Fall Apart. Very interesting and insightful perspective of African colonialism; I thought the ending was especially well done." I did too! It was a shock - like a sudden amputation, but a brilliant ending.

[Yrinsyde]

I finished reading Animals People which I loved. The characters were so alive to me and I loved the conversations, the jokes and asides. I'm reading A Boy's Own Story at the moment - have nearly finished it. I think it is terrible - superficial and self indulgent. The author has been overly influenced by William Burroughs, whom I enjoy reading.

[Anthony]

Magdalena wrote: "Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
I didn't expect that this book is so good!"

One of my favorite books of all time.

[Knarik]

I finished "One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich" and "A room with a view" I liked them both. Am going to start "Dracula".

[Chel]

Knarik wrote: "I finished "One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich" and "A room with a view" I liked them both. Am going to start "Dracula"."
I just read all three recently. We might have the same method to select books. I vary books by their length and time period. Also, I divided the 1001 books in order by date published into 20 pages of 50 (plus one) and try to have read nearly even numbers on each page so it is chronologically balanced.

[Anna]

Perfekcyjna niedoskonałość | Jacek Dukaj

[Katherine]

I just finished Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan. It was a very quick read, and entertaining.

[Judith]

I finished "The Leopard" a few days ago. Not an easy read for me, but so full of good history and philosophy it was well worth the effort.

[jocelyn • coolgalreading]

I just finished reading Gabriel's Gift by Hanif Kureishi . Now I'm reading A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham.

[Judith]

Chel wrote: "Knarik wrote: "I finished "One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich" and "A room with a view" I liked them both. Am going to start "Dracula"."
I just read all three recently. We might have the same..."

Chel, is there a chance you could share your list fy date published? I 've done a pretty good job of choosing books from all time periods, but I have no system for doing so. Your list makes sense!

[Anna]

Hannibal | Thomas Harris
Great book.

[Eliza]

Just finished July's People. Not really my cup pf tea.

[Lauli]

Death in Venice by Thomas Mann. Twisted, very twisted. Liked it very much.

[Eva]

The Awakening by Kate Chopin.

Liked it a lot!

[Chel]

Judith wrote: "Chel wrote: "Knarik wrote: "I finished "One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich" and "A room with a view" I liked them both. Am going to start "Dracula"."
I just read all three recently. We might h..."

Hi! There is a website call lists of bests. Go there and type 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (after creating a password to join) and you will get to the list I use that lists them 50 per page in chronological order (or reverse chron. order). You can check mark the ones you read. If you type 1001... and 2008 you will also get the newer edition list. One is listed from newest to oldest and the other from oldest to newest. I printed these lists by clicking a link called list source at the top of the pages then cut and pasted them to MS Word then used an option called columns and put that cut and pasted list in three or four columns per printed page. That is handy when shopping for books and I check off with H for have or change the H to an R for have read. I also have a few where I put R don't H for read don't have and a K for Kindle if I have one on my Kindle. But the site has 50 per page and you can see if you have read to many from the 1920's and need to read more from the 1980's. That way I'm a little more balanced in time periods.

[Anthony]

The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon. It certainly had its moments.

[Knarik]

Finished "Things fall apart", am still reading "Dracula".

[Kristi]

Finished Washington Square. It's not on the list, but I will definitely try the ones by James that are on there. I really liked it!

[LeeAnn]

I just finished The Poisonwood Bible. It was a very compelling story, but I had to force myself to keep going after one of the characters passes away. (Not a spoiler, the very first chapter says that someone is not going to leave Africa :-))

[Anna]

The Rotters' Club | Jonathan Coe
Under the Tuscan Sun | Frances Mayes

[Judith]

Finished "Around the World in 80 Days" and will be reading more by Jules Verne. Great fun!

[Johnny]

I'm replying to Chel (Message 2424)

Thanks for the tip! It was really helpful.

[Chel]

Johnny wrote: "I'm replying to Chel (Message 2424)

Thanks for the tip! It was really helpful.

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No problem!

[[deleted user]]

I recently read The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. It was a pretty good period mystery novel, although it seemed a bit long (but that's probably because of modern perception)

[melita]

just finished kakfa on the shore!! didn't even know it was on the list! good stuff!!

[Carmen]

I finished The Plot Against America. It was pretty good and had some very interesting ideas.

[Yrinsyde]

I've just begun Anna Karenina - fabulous so far, loving it!

[Lauli]

Just finished The Age of Innocence. Would definitely include it in my list of favourites. Very subtle and powerful at the same time. Beautiful narrative.

[Jay]

I just finished 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time' by Mark Haddon. It took me less than three days to read this book - I just couldn't put it down!

[Author Jonathan]

I just finiwshed The Equation by Omar Tyree

[Anna]

Milosevic: The People's Tyrant | Vidosav Stevanovic

[Laura]

Just finished Mansfield Park. The least favorite of my Austen reads so far.

[Anna]

Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert

[Charity]

Laura Ashlee wrote: "Just finished Mansfield Park. The least favorite of my Austen reads so far."

Oh, totally!! I couldn't agree more. :-)

[Judith]

"Brave New World" - Aldous Huxley

I took a break from "The Old Devils" to read the classic, Brave New World. I'm glad I finally got around to that one as it was a serious omission from my reading list up to now!

[Johnny]

Just finished Suite Française by Irene Nemirovsky. Liked it a lot!

[Jay]

Just finished Nadine Gordimer's 'July's People'.

[Kristi]

I also finished July's People. It didn't interest me that much.

[Anthony]

I just finished "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison. I'm looking forward to reading more from her.

[Anna]

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
Ta, którą nigdy nie byłam by Majgull Axelsson

[Kristi]

Also finished Silk today. Easy read, I liked it.

[Jay]

Just finished 'Life of Pi' by Yann Martel. I enjoyed the book, but honestly had no idea where it would take me and how it would end. A bit windy and overblown in parts, the book was quite enjoyable nonetheless.

[Melinda]

I just finished "The Hours" by Michael Cunningham. I had already seen the movie, but have not yet read Mrs. Dalloway. I really enjoyed it, though. It was a very quick read and had such lovely writing. The flipping between the different stories didn't seem confusing to me at all. Overall, I really liked it.

I needed a likeable book after the last one I tried to read ("Even cowgirls get the blues" by Tom Robbins). I haven't looked to see if it's on the 1001 list, but I really hated it and quit 200 pages in.

[Denise]

Melinda,
I just read The Hours last year and really liked it. However, I also really liked Cowgirls, which I read many, many years ago.