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[Julia]

Finished Anna Karenina - what a wonderful book, i'm really sad it's finished....i tried to really savour the last couple of pages - one of the deepest, all-engrossing reads of a long time, Tolstoy had real genius....So many topics are addressed, so many great characters (main and secondary) people this book, the writing is beautifully elegant and clear - one of my absolute favourites, must read more Tolstoy in the future.....

[Denise]

Julia,

Anna Karenina is one of my all time favorites.

[Emma]

I finished Lady Chatterley's Lover last night.

All in all, I really liked it.

[Anna]

Felietony zdjęte przez cenzurę by Stefan Kisielewski
Great, witty and funny.

[Inna]

Julia wrote: "Finished Anna Karenina - what a wonderful book, i'm really sad it's finished....i tried to really savour the last couple of pages - one of the deepest, all-engrossing reads of a long..."
For me, it's never finished. I've read it 7 times!

[David]

I just knocked off all 900 pages of Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (I am unemployed and hence have the time to do this kind of thing!). This is the second book I've read by him (Diamond Age was the other) and they are similar in style and structure--he lays out three or four narrative story lines without revealing their connection, then follows them until the stories merge into one. If you can stick with the initial confusion, you are rewarded when everything starts to click.

I'm not sure how one would describe Stephenson's genre. Sci-fi potboilers? Techno-geek epics? This book is a fictional story about some individuals involved in World War II, and then their descendants in the present day, but it also mixes in some real people (such as mathmetician Alan Turing, one of the key people involved in creating the first computers). Nothing real fantastic here: it's essentially about war, math, sex, and gold. Call it what you will, it's a heck of a ride!

[David]

MG wrote: "Melinda wrote: "I just finished Everything Is Illuminated: A Novel

I know a lot of people don't like it, but I enjoyed it a lot. I'm looking forward to reading his second book as ..."

I read and enjoyed them both, and I would give the nod to Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Amazing stuff.

[Book.Wayfarer]

Steve-O wrote: "Hmm, either Never Let Me Go, or Stranger in a Strange Land."

I read Stranger in a Strange Land in 9th grade. It's seriously one of those books I actually regret reading. I'd check out other reviews of that book before reading it. Unless you have to.

[Gini]

David wrote: "I just knocked off all 900 pages of Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (I am unemployed and hence have the time to do this kind of thing!). This is the second book I've read by him (Diamond Age was t..."

Techno-geek is probably the best description. You should read Snow Crash. It's my favorite of his.

[Cynthia]

Gini wrote: "David wrote: "I just knocked off all 900 pages of Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (I am unemployed and hence have the time to do this kind of thing!). This is the second book I've read by him (Dia..."

Neal went to my high school!

[Joy]

Catch-22

[Julia]

Inna wrote: "Julia wrote: "Finished Anna Karenina - what a wonderful book, i'm really sad it's finished....i tried to really savour the last couple of pages - one of the deepest, all-engrossing r..."

How true!!! There's so much detail and so many secondary stories, i'm sure that any new reading will be as rich as the first....

[Charity]

Finished Ulysses yesterday evening.

[Jamaie]

Just finished The Year of the Flood. I'm gonna put this one down as my favorite book so far this year! It's the follow-up to Oryx and Crake. Both books are phenomenal. I might go so far as to say Margaret Atwood is my favorite author. She has not disapointed me yet!

[Erik]

Silk by Baricco.
Really quick and really good.

[Chel]

Hideous Kinky yesterday. I liked it.

[Vanessa]

Just finished pride and prejudice...can't believe I've never read it before now. I loved it!

[Anna]

Filozofia jako polityka kulturalna by Richard M. Rorty

[Dan]

Read The Yellow Wallpaper a couple of days ago. Very short but a very good story. Great writing style.

Finished Ulysses last night. Not an experience I enjoyed.

[Erik]

The Devil's Pool by George Sand.

Apparently George is a girl.

Surprise!

[Johnny]

Charity wrote: "Finished Ulysses yesterday evening."

I am sooooo green with envy.

[Kristi]

The Master: A Novel. Really liked it, even though I've only read one Henry James.

[Leigh]

I just finished The Hours by Michale Cunningham. It's the first book I've read by him, and I absolutely loved it. It was sad and beautiful and left me feeling very introspective.

[Annemaria]

I just read Blonde. It was breathtaking. Whether or not the character Joyce Carol Oates created really is Marilyn or not is irrelevant....The story was so wonderful and heartbreaking at the same time....Has anyone else read it?

[martha]

Just finished Dining on Stones by Iain Sinclair. In a word, it was weird. I can't say I liked it much at all, but I also wonder if that's because it's one of those weird, dense books that require a book group and several doctorates to really understand and enjoy.

[Cynthia]

Annemaria, I loved "Blonde" as well. It made me want to know more about Marilyn, and read more JC Oates! Have you read "We Were the Mulvaneys"? It's a tough one, but really sticks with you. Be warned, JC Oates can be a bit intense with the "men are shitheads" thread.

[Katrina]

Finished Gone With The Wind yesterday. Very wonderful novel, pleased to have read it.

[Erik]

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

Pretty good.

I should probably try and read some of the longer ones on the list. If I don't, I'll be 74 and kicking myself because the only book I have left is Les Miserables, or War and Peace(:

[Lauli]

The Crime of Father Amaro by Eça de Queirós. It is really gripping. As most nineteenth century novels, the plot flows very easily and fast, and so I haven't been able to put it down for the last couple of days. Complex characters and social criticism. Really good read.

[Cindy]

The Time Machine by HG Wells. I got to read this lovely 1931 re-release for which Wells wrote the introduction. Finding out how the story came about with Well's self-deprecating wit was fascinating. In addition this edition has these fantastic multi-colored lithograph illustrations.

[Anna]

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

[Jessica]

Just finished White Teeth, Zadie Smith.

[Lauli]

Jessica wrote: "Just finished White Teeth, Zadie Smith. "

I'm reading On Beauty and liking it so far. What did you think of White Teeth? Is it good?

[Melinda]

I just finished Middlesex



I really enjoyed this one a lot. It took me longer than it should have, as I got sidelined for a bit when I was sick last week.

[Jessica]

Lauli wrote: "Jessica wrote: "Just finished White Teeth, Zadie Smith. "

I'm reading On Beauty and liking it so far. What did you think of White Teeth? Is it good?"

I really, really liked White Teeth. Next trip to the library, On Beauty!!!

[Jessica]

Cynthia wrote: "Annemaria, I loved "Blonde" as well. It made me want to know more about Marilyn, and read more JC Oates! Have you read "We Were the Mulvaneys"? It's a tough one, but really sticks with you. Be warn..."

I liked "We Were The Mulvaneys" but NEVER read it if you're down in the dumps, lol...As a matter of fact, never read JCE at all if you're not feeling strong!

[Jay]

Just finished 'The Swarm'... Ready for the discussion on the 15th!

[Jay]

Just finished 'The Swarm'... Ready for the discussion on the 15th!

[Julia]

Jay wrote: "Just finished 'The Swarm'... Ready for the discussion on the 15th!"

Jay, did you like it? i'm really doubtful about this one, particularly as it's so long and i don't care much for thrillers or natural science....are there any interesting characters which grab you and make you want to read more about them?

[Teresa]

I just finished The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami. I really liked it. The beginning more that the end. Wished he had provided a bit more detail. Cinnamon's story would have been interesting.

[Chel]

I finished Sexing The Cherry. I would mildly recommend it. There are fantasy elements of medieval England and a morally ambiguous Paul Bunyon-like mother character in it that are interesting as well as an interlude with a new take on the Twelve Dancing Princesses tale. There is also alot of talk of the non-linearity of time. Overall, it was mildly good enough to say it was worth reading.

[Jay]

Julia wrote: "Jay wrote: "Just finished 'The Swarm'... Ready for the discussion on the 15th!"

Jay, did you like it? i'm really doubtful about this one, particularly as it's so long and i don't care much for t..."

I surprised myself with how much I enjoyed it. Its one of the few such books where I haven't felt cheated by the ending and I could count the number pages where I lost interest on the fingers of one hand. Leon Anawak is an intriguing character, as is Sigur Johanson, but what really kept me kept me coming back for more was unseen reason for it all in the sea. Read my review for a bit more in depth info - I don't want to give away too much!

[Julia]

Jay wrote: "Julia wrote: "Jay wrote: "Just finished 'The Swarm'... Ready for the discussion on the 15th!"

Jay, did you like it? i'm really doubtful about this one, particularly as it's so long and i don't car..."

Thanks, Jay, I've read your review and it sounds better than i expected it - even though i really didn't like the Da Vinci-Code, either.......hmmmmm - probably i'll borrow a friend's copy and just start, in the end i can always throw it into a corner if it's not my cup of tea at all.......

[Anna]

Tabu by Kinga Dunin
The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

[Eliza]

I just finished The Tenant of Wildfell Hall I really wanted to like it but in the end thought it was just OK

[Jay]

Just finished 'Perfume' by Patrick Suskind. Really enjoyed and now want to see the movie, which I thought looked stupied when it came out a few months ago.

[Suzanne]

Just finished "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" by Mohsin Hamid, which I thought was excellent, both as a novel and a piece of writing that brings to the fore some important issues about the American experience in the early 21st century.

[Elise]

Jay wrote: "Just finished 'Perfume' by Patrick Suskind. Really enjoyed and now want to see the movie, which I thought looked stupied when it came out a few months ago."

Don't do it! The movie is absolutely terrible, captures nothing of what made the book so great.

[Lauli]

Finished "On Beauty" by Zadie Smith. I loved it! How I envy the way that woman writes... lovely language, great insight into characters, great read.

[Clare]

Just finished 'The Woman in White', not what I expected but I really enjoyed it.