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[Amalie]

I just finished Aesop’s Fables – Aesopus. I've read it before in this I reading I enjoyed it more than ever.

[Becky]

Sissy wrote: "Vernon God Little. Took me time to get into it and still didn't quite enjoy it once I had. Don't think it needs to be on the list."

Hi Sissy: I had a similar reaction. The narrative was interesting but I don't think the book contributed to the development of the novel. English majors - correct me if I'm wrong!

[K.D.]

The End of the Affair by Graham Greene

[Laura]

K.D. wrote: "The End of the Affair by Graham Greene"

Did you like it??

[Lauli]

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. Great fun. Not as good as The Hitchhiker's Guide, which is a 5 star for me, but still hilarious.

[Cindy]

Lauli wrote: "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. Great fun. Not as good as The Hitchhiker's Guide, which is a 5 star for me, but still hilarious."

That's how I felt, too, Lauli.

[Sissy]

Becky wrote: "Hi Sissy: I had a similar reaction. The narrative was interesting but I don't think the book contributed to the development of the novel. English majors - correct me if I'm wrong! "

Agreed. I felt it was drawing on existing novels - a combination of Salinger and Palihniuk. I really dislike Palihniuk but IMO its his style that contributed to the development of this novel. Not sure I see this novel building on that style further or contributing anything new. If the editors are looking for something that deals with school violence/shooting - Columbine is a much more powerful (although non-fiction) novel and at least presents something new in the way a non-fiction is presented - as far as mapping and novel development go.

[Kristel]

I just finished Pere Goriot by Balzac. I really enjoyed this and would read more by this author. He does a wonderful job of developing his characters.

[M]

I finally finished Celestial Harmonies by Péter Esterházy. It's not that I didn't like it, but it wasn't a pleasure to read it. I'm glad this is the only book by this author on the list.

[Alicia]

Animal Farm by George Orwell

[Christina Stind]

Just finished Dickens A Christmas Carol. Never got around to reading it before but really enjoyed it! And I'm surprised that it has been taken off the list and is only on the 2006 edition.

[Jennifer W]

July's People Not sure what I think about this one.

[Deanne]

Finished Night and Day by Woolf, really enjoyed it.

[Sandysconnected]

The Poisonwood Bible.

[Cindy]

I finished Sandokan: The Tigers of Mompracem. It turns out that this book wasn't translated into English until 2003 when it was self-published. A small publisher picked up the series in 2007. There are virtually no English copies in libraries in North America, and no ebook, so you're pretty much stuck buying the tree book.

That said, it was a ton of swashbuckling fun!

[Lauli]

Cindy wrote: "I finished Sandokan: The Tigers of Mompracem. It turns out that this book wasn't translated into English until 2003 when it was self-published. A small publisher picked up the series..."

That's funny. In Argentina Salgari is included in every collection of fiction for young people, alongside Dumas, Verne or Alcott. It's a very popular book.

[Cindy]

Lauli wrote: "That's funny. In Argentina Salgari is included in every collection of fiction for young people, alongside Dumas, Verne or Alcott. It's a very popular book."

Yes, isn't it strange, Lauli? In my research, Sandokan is most popular in Italian and Spanish, and fairly popular in German. It's sad that Anglophone audiences never had access to the stories before.

[Tanya (aka ListObsessedReader)]

Just finished Treasure Island!

[Linda]

JF Howards End - enjoyed it quite a bit.

[Shay]

Finished War and Peace.

[Shovelmonkey1]

Just finished Under the Skin by Michael Faber - if you're looking for a good, unexpected story which is easy to read then i recommend this one. It was not what i thought it would be like at all and I loved it. Definitely in my top ten 1001 books!

[Linda]

JF The History of Rasselas: Prince of Abissinia - mostly as an audio book.

[Linda]

JF The Time Machine, also mainly on Audio!

[Sissy]

The Master. Not a bad read - but nothing something that needs to be read before you die. Pretty much like most of the 2000 year+ books.

[Shovelmonkey1]

Followed Under the Skin by reading World's End by TC Boyle. Not a bad read but not really sure it warrants a place on the 1001 books list.

[Becky]

The Book of Daniel by Doctorow - it was a challenging read because of the narrative structure - told by Daniel - sometimes straight narrative, sometimes stream of consciousness as he reflects on his childhood, early adulthood and early 30s. Based on Julius and Ethel Rosenberg - even though I knew the basics of their trial and subsequent execution, I had to go to the Internet for specific facts, timeline, etc.

[Lauli]

Kidnapped by Stevenson. An entertaining adventure story, though the Scot was quite difficult to get into. Great prose.

[Drew]

I finally finished The Idiot by Dostoevsky. It was a worthwhile read, but I could only read 30 or so pages a day. I am looking forward to the discussion of this book in the book club (February, I think).

I also finished The 39 Steps, which was a very quick, trifle of a read. While it was a fun adventure story, I did not find there to be much literary merit here.

[Kristel]

Just finished, Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood. My favorite Atwood so far.

[Diane]

I just finished two this week that I enjoyed a lot:

The History of Rasselas: Prince of Abissinia by Samuel Johnson

Apparently this is a book he threw together in a relatively short amount of time. It may have even been his only novel. Surprisingly good and very thought-provoking.

and

A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov

I really loved this book. It's a shame that Lermontov died so young. I would have loved to read more from him. Did you know that he was also a very talented painter as well?

[Jennifer W]

I finished A Christmas Carol for the first time on Christmas Eve. Enjoyable!

[Alicia]

Amsterdam by Ian McEwan

[Judith]

Diane wrote: "I just finished two this week that I enjoyed a lot:

The History of Rasselas: Prince of Abissinia by Samuel Johnson

Apparently this is a book he threw together in ..."

So glad to hear these are good reads! I traded for "A Hero of Our Time" on bookmooch without knowing much about it or the author. Now I'm looking forward to the read!

[Christa]

Kristel wrote: "Just finished, Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood. My favorite Atwood so far."

Ooh mine too. I`ve re read it so many times I had to buy a replacement copy

[Deanne]

Finished Wild Harbour by MacPherson, set in 1943 but written in 1936, it describes the difficulties faced by a couple living rough, and in fear after the outbreak of war. Very strange to read a book where the war starts in 1943, but then I remind myself that the author was writing 3 years before the war.

[Beth]

Just finished the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime. LOVED it! It's been sitting in my house since summer and can't believe it took so long to pick it up and enjoy it.

[Kristel]

Just finished The Music of Chance by Paul Auster.

[Helen]

Finished The Grass Is Singingby Doris Lessing ...

[Becky]

The Thin Man (audio) - fun - I love Nick Charles' witty remarks. Was amused by the number of times "let's have a drink" or some variation was uttered.

[Charity]

Becky wrote: "I love Nick Charles' witty remarks."

Me too! Such a great character.

[Alicia]

Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho

[Katrina]

Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson

[KHoopMan]

Life of Pi...sooo good!! I think it gets even better about 2 hours after you're done...it just sort of settles in your brain and doesn't stop with the hidden meanings and metaphors and what-not. Loved it!

[Sissy]

finished i, robot, the hours, ragtime and ethan frome during holiday break.

ragtime was an interesting read - the writing style is quite different - very clipped and short. won't be one of my favorites ever read but i understand its inclusion on the list.

out of the bunch i finished i found i, robot the most interesting to read taking into account the period the stories were written/compiled. written in the 1940s and the author's "main" scientist of the future is a woman? super interesting considering the period he was putting it down!

[Drew]

I finished We. I am a little weary of sf dystopias, and I think that this book (one of the first written) suffered from my having read too many similar books. I enjoyed the narrator's tendency to use math to illustrate his thinking, and to describe people using geometry, but I found this surprisingly difficult to get through given its relative brevity.

[Judith]

Katrina wrote: "Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson"

How did you like it?

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I just finished Jane Eyre.

I was hoping I would love it, but I just didn't. I thought Jane was a great character, but I didn't like the style and the story dragged.

[Katrina]

Judith wrote: "Katrina wrote: "Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson"

How did you like it?"

I enjoyed it this time, but was in the mood for something fantastical to take my brain into a spin. I started it a few years ago and gave up because I got lost. Not as good as The Passion which I loved.

[Lauli]

The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul. LOVE Douglas Adams!

[Beth]

Hound of the Baskervilles. It was good, but I didn't love it.