Which LIST book did you just finish? Showing 3,651-3,700 of 7,922

[Judith]

HUMBOLDT'S GIFT - SAUL BELLOW ****

[Flora]

Deanne wrote: "Just finished Fantomas by Allain and Souvestre, had to force myself to put it down at midnight in order to get some sleep. Helen if you like mysteries this is one to read.
Flora
The BBC have jus..."

Cool, I will have to watch for that. Thanks Deanne!

[K.D.]

Just finished Javier Cercas's SOLDIERS OF SALAMIS. Great one!

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Finished Wharton's The Age of Innocence. Really liked it, though I prefer House of Mirth.

[Mike]

The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe. Another great Poe short story.

[Rita]

Courtney wrote: "George Elliot's Middlemarch and about to finish Bel Canto. I LOVED Middlemarch and found it to be a revelation. The jury is still out on Bel Canto. "

It is one of the top books on my list. I will be interested in what you think. I am old enough to remember the embassy hostage situation in Peru that the book is loosely based.

[Geoffrey]

Yrinsyde wrote: "Linda wrote: "Just finished The Picture of Dorian Gray" What did you think of it? I thought it was pompous rubbish! Apologies in advance if you liked it. :)"


I totally agree. On the other hand for a good laugh Wilde's plays are a must. I re-read them every year. I am told that his children's stories are also very good, but have yet to read any.
Geoff Lambert

[Joselito Honestly]

THE TWILIGHT YEARS (Sawako Ariyoshi), a thought-provoking book about growing old from an author in a country with an aging population.

[Kristel]

I just finished The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells. Published in 1896.

[Becky]

The Kiss of the Spider Woman by Puig. One of my favorite movies of all time. I enjoyed the book - the style in which it is written lends itself well to a screenplay which is probably why the movie was so true to the book. RIP Raul Julia

[Helen]

Just finished A Passage to Indiaby EM Forster ....

[Carsten]

Bethany wrote: "Finished Wharton's The Age of Innocence. Really liked it, though I prefer House of Mirth."

Good to hear. Because I'm just about to embark on House of Mirth, and I loved the The Age of Innocence. There is a lot of very fine observations into the human soul, it's aspirations, hopes and fears.

Looking forward to more of Edith Wharton.

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Carsten wrote: "Bethany wrote: "Finished Wharton's The Age of Innocence. Really liked it, though I prefer House of Mirth."

Good to hear. Because I'm just about to embark on House of Mirth, and I love..."

She's one of those authors I avoided like the plague because I had such a skewed impression of her work (much like Austen, et al), but you're completely right, she's such an observant and poetic writer. I'm looking forward to more of her work, though I've now read her most famous books. I guess I'll have to do Ethan Frome next.

[Flora]

Kristel wrote: "I just finished The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells. Published in 1896."

I finished this one not too long ago and loved it. One of my favorites so far.

[Deanne]

Finished Ulysses by James Joyce, have to admit not impressed by any of his books on the 1001 list.
However am reading East Lynne, not on the 1001 list but mentioned right at the end of Ulysses just strange as I was already reading it.

[Eva]

I just finished The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain.

A short and really quick read and I liked the "noir"-atmosphere of the book.

[Christina Stind]

Finished Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. A 3 stars read for me - I liked the concept but the book didn't really work for me.

[El]

I read A Room With a View by E.M. Forster yesterday. Solid 4 stars.

[Hubert]

The Return of the Native - incredible!

[El]

Finished Kim by Rudyard Kipling yesterday. For the most part I liked it.

[Jessica]

I just finished Raymond Chandler's "The Big Sleep." I really enjoyed it, can't wait to read his others.

[Karina]

Dr. Zhivago by Pasternak. Loved it! Can't wait to read more Russian Literature!

[Flora]

I finally finished The Blind Assassin and while I liked it ok, I thought it was entirely too long. And I found it very sad. Its not my favorite Margaret Atwood book

[Julie]

I finished War and Peace. Definitely long, but excellent and definitely 'list worthy'.

[M]

I finished All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque and The Berlin Stories: The Last of Mr. Norris and Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood.

All of them good books and really belong to the list. Oh, and I recommend reading both Isherwood books one after the other, it adds more depth to some of the characters in The Last of Mr. Norris.

[Becky]

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. Much better than the movie but the movie is still pretty darn great!

[Joselito Honestly]

PARADISE OF THE BLIND by Miss Duong Thu Huong, a Vietnamese. It made me sad, and hungry. At around page 100 I couldn't control myself anymore and splurged on Vietnamese food at the Pho Bac restaurant.

[Sissy]

Fugitive Pieces - Anne Michaels. This is a book I don't think I would ordinarily like - but I was in a place this weekend where it really just hit me.

[Leslie T.]

I just finished The Picture of Dorian Gray. I really liked the beginning but at about the halfway point, I was just wishing the book would end already. Pages and pages of useless information on Mysticism, music, jewels, etc. It really reminded me of American Psycho (or I guess that should be the other way around). Only I think the pages and pages about Genesis, Whitney Houston, etc. actually served a purpose. It's just a bunch of filler in ...Dorian Gray and at only 254 pages, that doesn't leave much of a book.

[Inna]

Aaron's Rod by D.H. Lawrence

[Susan]

Just finished The Diary of a Nobody

[Galen]

Just finished The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks). It was a dark read--hard to read before bed--and I hated the ending. But it was really well written and thought-provoking.

[Linda]

Yrinsyde wrote: "Linda wrote: "Just finished The Picture of Dorian Gray" What did you think of it? I thought it was pompous rubbish! Apologies in advance if you liked it. :)"

Not offended at all; it was a disappointment to me - all the philosophical dialogue was boring. I just wanted to find out exactly it was going to end.

[Linda]

BTW, I agree with Geoffrey about Wilde's plays - most entertaining and I will stick with those from now on.

[Linda]

Flora wrote: "I finally finished The Blind Assassin and while I liked it ok, I thought it was entirely too long. And I found it very sad. Its not my favorite Margaret Atwood book"

Have you read The Handmaid's Tale by Atwood? I have a copy of it but haven't read it yet, then again it's not a 1001 list title. Wondering which of these two is better.

[Linda]

Rita wrote: "Courtney wrote: "George Elliot's Middlemarch and about to finish Bel Canto...The jury is still out on Bel Canto."

Bel Canto is not a LIST book, is it? I inadvertently picked it up at a used book store thinking that it was, but I don't see it there.

[Linda]

Just finished Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons. I really enjoyed it and want to see the movie. I was a little disappointed that some of Flora's questions remained unanswered, but I guess the answers weren't really important to the story. I'm sure this is one I will re-read.

[Joselito Honestly]

Bel-Ami by guy de maupassant on this list; bel canto by patchett, not.

[Deanne]

Linda
The Handmaiden's tale by Atwood is on the original list of 1001 at 242.
On nights again and so I've read The museum of unconditional surrender by Ugresic, not a story as such but a collection of memories of a refugee, beautifully written and eventually it all comes together.
Also finished Kieron Smith, Boy by Kelman very difficult to put down.

[Becky]

Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis - a really enjoyable book. As a college teacher, I particularly savored the critique of the academe.

[Cindy]

I finished Infinite Jest on Saturday night, then promptly opened a nice bottle of wine...

[Sissy]

Linda wrote: "Have you read The Handmaid's Tale by Atwood? I have a copy of it but haven't read it yet, then again it's not a 1001 list title. Wondering which of these two is better. "

Handmaid's Tale is a list book - Blind Assassin was dropped from the list (but I think it can still be considered a list book). I've read both (just finished Handmaid this weeked) - I enjoyed Blind Assassin better. Its a longer read but the story seemed more evolved than Handmaid. JMO.

[Judith]

WHAT MAISIE KNEW - Henry James ****

Very unusual story told from an interesting point of view for James.

[Sterlingcindysu]

Becky wrote: "Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis - a really enjoyable book. As a college teacher, I particularly savored the critique of the academe."

I was wondering if someone in the field would find more humor in it--I read it and just didn't find it as humorous as it was advertised. That girlfriend was a piece of work!

[Regine]

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry. Excellent book.

[Stephanie]

Regine wrote: "A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry. Excellent book."

In my TBR pile, this has actually made it to my bedside table, which means it is in the running for one of the next 5 or 6 books I read. So glad to hear yo liked it.

[Carsten]

I have just read Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne and The Time Machine by H. G. Wells - and I liked both a lot.

[Deanne]

Just finished stranger in a strangeland by Heinlein, was pleasntly surprised to find I enjoyed it.
Trying to decide which book to read next.

[Helen]

Regine wrote: "A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry. Excellent book."

I've just finished it too .... I'm finding it hard to pick up a new book as I'm still thinking about this one .... very engaging .... haunting and heartbreaking ....

[Jennifer W]

I finally finished Mansfield Park. It took me all summer to read. It wasn't bad, I enjyoed it, but I struggle with books that have very little plot.