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[P.]

'The Sorrows of Young Werther' Goethe

[Lauli]

Finally done with Fortunata and Jacinta. There are some very enjoyable parts to it, and others which drag endlessly on. All in all, three stars is fair enough.

[Inna]

The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

[Becky]

Portnoy's Complaint by Phillip Roth - enjoyed it much more as an adult with life experience than I did as a teen.

[Yrinsyde]

Finished Remains of the Day today. Very touching and it left me feeling sad. Beautifully written. Now thinking about what book to bring on holiday - Gone with the Wind? A Prayer for Owen Meany? Mmm

[Kerem]

Yrinsyde wrote: "Finished Remains of the Day today. Very touching and it left me feeling sad. Beautifully written. Now thinking about what book to bring on holiday - Gone with the Wind? A Prayer for Owen Meany? Mmm"

remains of the day is like no other book i've read. So sad and beautiful, and there's something about it that kind of stays with me. You can't go wrong with John Irving either.

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[Becky]

Franny & Zooey by Salinger - eh

[Garrett]

I just finished Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham.

[Kristel]

Eliza wrote: "I just finished The Bell Jar."

I am just finishing this one also. It was okay but not great.

[Safinas]

I've just finished Aview from the bridge by A. miller. t's good but not great

[Kerem]

Garrett wrote: "I just finished Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham."

did you like it? I loved it, it's very long but Maugham's writing kind of wraps itself around you. alot better than the razors edge.

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[Judith]

"A Passage to India". Just as compelling the second time around.

[Garrett]

Yes, I thought it was beautifully written, I loved it too. I didn't think it was repetitive at all. My mother and I had a discussion about the book afterward. All that suffering, all because of the bad choices he made. There are many lessons to learn from this book.

Kerem wrote: "Garrett wrote: "I just finished Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham."

did you like it? I loved it, it's very long but Maugham's writing kind of wraps itself around you. alot better than the ra..."

[Katrina]

Just finished If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino, wasn't as good as I was hoping after having loved the initial chapters but still an intriguing read.

[Julie]

Katrina wrote: "Just finished If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino, wasn't as good as I was hoping after having loved the initial chapters but still an intriguing read."

Hi Katrina - I just finished If on a Winter's Night a Traveler also. I thought the writing was good and I love how he addresses me, the reader, as a character in the book, but was extremely frustrated at how each of the stories abruptly stop. After the 3rd or 4th story I felt like I was being suckered into starting another story, getting caught up by an exciting plot and never finding out how it ended. Did you read Cloud Atlasby David Mitchell? Another list book and similar that the stories are interrupted, but they are completed. Much more satisfying in my opinion.

[Becky]

Started and finished The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells - very entertaining (audio version - unabridged)
Rats - just realized it's not on the list. The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau and War of the Worlds are, but not The Invisible Man.

[Chel]

Finished The Thirty-Nine Steps by Buchan. Reminded me of the fugitive as it is a chase and detective type book, supposedly one of the first of this type that has been often copied by Hollywood in movies, ie Catch Me if You Can, The Fugitive, Raiders of teh Lost Ark, etc. It is short and well written.

[Becky]

Just finished Foucault's Pendulum - not impressed at all! Are there are women out there who've enjoyed it? So far I have seen loads of men rave about it, but none of the fairer sex!

[Jennifer]

Becky wrote: "Started and finished The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells - very entertaining (audio version - unabridged)
Rats - just realized it's not on the list. The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau and War..."


The Invisible Man is on my list, although I know I am reading from an older list.

[Pinar]

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

[Tanya (aka ListObsessedReader)]

Jennifer wrote: "Becky wrote: "Started and finished The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells - very entertaining (audio version - unabridged)
Rats - just realized it's not on the list. The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. ..."

The Invisible Man was on the 2006 version of the list, but was removed for the 2008 version

[Katrina]

Julie at All Ears wrote: "Katrina wrote: "Just finished If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino, wasn't as good as I was hoping after having loved the initial chapters but still an i..."

I did rad Cloud Atlas but only half the way through, I loved some of the stories but hated others and when I got to the middle and realised I had to go back into stories I disliked I gave up.

[Δx Δp ≥ ½ ħ]

I Just finished A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

an excelent book in any standards

[Audrey]

Just finished Her Mother's Hope by Francine Rivers. Love this author! She is such an amazing writer.

[Heather]

I just finished Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

[Kristel]

Becky wrote: "Started and finished The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells - very entertaining (audio version - unabridged)
Rats - just realized it's not on the list. The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau and War..."

The Invisible Man was in the original 1001 Books...but removed with the second edition. If you use all three lists, it still works.

[Becky]

Kristel wrote: "Becky wrote: "Started and finished The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells - very entertaining (audio version - unabridged)
Rats - just realized it's not on the list. The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. M..."

Thanks Kristel - I thought I had seen it on the list!

[Becky]

Tanya wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Becky wrote: "Started and finished The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells - very entertaining (audio version - unabridged)
Rats - just realized it's not on the list. The Time Machine, Th..."

Thanks Jennifer! Although I would never consider reading a classic a waste of time, this list has me a bit obsessive about meeting my monthly quota! Which is silly, because I can't even keep up with the books that are being added and subtracted!!!

[Jay]

Just finished 26666 by Roberto Bolano... I am SO glad to have got that one out of the way!

[K.D.]

The Children's Book by A. S. Byatt. Refreshingly good but the ending is a letdown.

[Karen]

I just finished Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl, which was not exactly inspiring. Probably not on the list of 1000 books to read but it was at the thrift store for a quarter. Not a keeper, passed it on.

[Katrina]

A quick and easy one Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll

[Frankie]

i just finshed the shining by stephen king, and i found it really interesting, althrough there were a few slow areas like when jack's looking through the scrap book.

i'm now looking forward to reading lord of the ring (i think that was recommended here)after my current book

[Jennifer]

Becky wrote: "Tanya wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Becky wrote: "Started and finished The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells - very entertaining (audio version - unabridged)
Rats - just realized it's not on the list. The T..."

Becky-I know what you mean. I am currently not reading any classics not on the list and I am not switching to the new versions because I have a very low percentage completed and I can't afford to lose any books! Good Luck!

[Kristel]

Just finished The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe.

[M]

Just finished The Rainbow by D.H. Lawrence and A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. Strange pairing, but both great readings.

[Lauli]

Finished Mansfield Park by Jane Austen. Not my favourite Jane Austen book. The hero and heroine are just dull, prudish, boring people. The setting is interesting, as usual, and Austen's display of wit and irony are delightful, but I still prefer Northanger Abbey or Persuasion to this one.

[Charity]

Finished Mansfield Park by Jane Austen. Not my favourite Jane Austen book. The hero and heroine are just dull, prudish, boring people. The setting is interesting, as usual, and Austen's display of wit and irony are delightful, but I still prefer Northanger Abbey or Persuasion to this one.

Absolutely agree!! About Mansfield Park, about Northanger Abbey and Persuasion...all of it! :)

[Lauli]

The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy. Found it a bit depressing, as it deals with a man trying to come to terms with the fact that he has to die. Apparently Tolstoy was dying when he wrote it, so it is quite autobiographical. To be read on a very optimistic day.

[K.D.]

A Passage to India by Edward Morgan Forster. This is my first time to read this group's recommended book for the month. I made it early then scheduled start. Maybe I should read D. H. Lawrence next.

[Joselito Honestly]

You better. Except for me, all those participating in the Rainbow discussion are girls. They all think Anton's crying was cute.

[Melissa]

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte'

[Becky]

The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith - fun

[Judith]

"The Day of the Triffids" - John Wyndham

[K.D.]

Just finished Invisible by Paul Auster. Well written. With the main characters as young adults, it is full of sex some even incest. It is like Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita: delicate theme but superb writing.

[Joselito Honestly]

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler. I was fighting off sleep while reading it.

[Trice]

Dickens' Bleak House, which may be my favorite Dickens so far. It (sort of) centers around a court case that has dragged on through and thus ruined generations, but in many ways it's about how we prioritize concerns and people in our lives

I also read Scoop by Evelyn Waugh, a story of foreign correspondents following a semi-fictional (inside the story) war in Africa. There are several of his books on the list, but I don't think this one made it, even though it's hilarious and quite insightful. There was some racial language in there I didn't particularly enjoy though; still haven't decided if this was completely or only partially intentional.

[Kerem]

Kuya Doni wrote: "Just finished Invisible by Paul Auster. Well written. With the main characters as young adults, it is full of sex some even incest. It is like Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita: delicate theme but superb w..."


i loved Auster's earlier stuff, but perhaps i should check this out, it sounds good. Is it as good as NYT?

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[Michelle]

Read To Kill a Mockingbird over the weekend. Loved it as most people that read it do. Found it sort of funny that the book takes prejudice very seriously but then makes a joke out of women being on a jury.

[Heather]

I finished Wittgenstein's Nephew: A Novel yesterday.