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[Amy J.]

Candide by Voltaire

I really enjoyed it. Excellent satire.

[Shovelmonkey1]

Becky wrote: "A Passage to India by Forster. A challenging read."

I totally agree, and even though I was really looking forward to reading it I didn't find it challenging in a good way. I was not a big fan of this book and was glad to turn the final page and say "yup read that, not going back there again!"

[Becky]

Shovelmonkey1 wrote: "Becky wrote: "A Passage to India by Forster. A challenging read."

I totally agree, and even though I was really looking forward to reading it I didn't find it challenging in a good way. I was not ..."

Yes, I really lost interest in the 3rd section and somewhat skimmed it. I listened to most of the 1st section, and then read it - this method, although slower, was preferable, because the audio version provided the accents and the method of speaking that distinguished the different characters and the social tensions.

[Ginny]

Finished What Maisie Knew last week- interesting.

[Inna]

The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe

[Evelyn]

I read People of the Book which was great. I got an advanced copy of Caleb's Crossing also by Geraldine Brooks. This book was wonderful and touching. I think it's a must read.

[Drew]

Finally finished War and Peace. It was my third try, and I was proud to make it to the end. My attention waxed and waned multiple times as I was reading, so I wasn't surprised that I had abandoned this one when I was younger.

[Tanya (aka ListObsessedReader)]

Just finished The Trial by Franz Kafka and The Third Man by Graham Greene

This was definitely the best Graham Greene book from the list I have read so far, even if it was removed after the first list!

[Asa]

I'm finished reading Orwell's Burmese Days.

[Katrina]

I had no computer for a week, and managed to get loads read.
I finished the last 400 pages of War and Peace - a great read, I'd definitely give it 4 stars
Balthasar and Blimunda, to carry on my journey of 1001 books - I loved this, thats two great Portugese reads in a matter of days.
Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids - not so keen on this one.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist - fantastic, can't believe I haven't read it sooner!

[Shay]

Katrina wrote: "I had no computer for a week, and managed to get loads read.
I finished the last 400 pages of War and Peace - a great read, I'd definitely give it 4 stars
Balthasar and Blimunda, to carry on my j..."

I just finished Nip the Buds and I found myself unable to rate it. It read like it had lost something in translation.

[Laura]

Just finished Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Overall, a pretty good book. Can't say it changed my life, and there were parts of it that dragged, but it picked up as it moved toward the end and provided some interesting things to think about. What is true? What isn't? Can allegory ease our acceptance of truths too terrible to face?

[Liz]

I just finished The Brothers Karamazov. It took me a long time to finish, I guess because I was just savoring and digesting each chapter. Amazing novel!

[Jennifer W]

Just finished The Return of the Soldier. Wonderful prose, but I'm not sure what I thought of the story. It didn't do what I had thought it might, and I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing. It will take me a day or so to digest it.

[Katrina]

Shay wrote: "Katrina wrote: "I had no computer for a week, and managed to get loads read.
I finished the last 400 pages of War and Peace - a great read, I'd definitely give it 4 stars
Balthasar and Blimunda, to..."

It certainly had that feel, some of the language just didn't fit

[Alicia]

Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote

[Ellen]

I finished The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler yesterday. It was pretty awesome.

[Judith]

Atwood's "The Robber Bride" - ****

Really great read for women!

[Shay]

Katrina wrote: "Shay wrote: "Katrina wrote: "I had no computer for a week, and managed to get loads read.
I finished the last 400 pages of War and Peace - a great read, I'd definitely give it 4 stars
Balthasar a..."

I don't know which version you read, but Oe, the author, said that he didn't think the book was meant to be read by non-Japanese people. (I think specifically people who are citizens of Japan.) I got the impression he meant that there was something beyond the language.

[Deanne]

Finished Callirhoe by Chariton, ancient Greek story of romance.

[Shovelmonkey1]

Just finished In a Glass Darkly by Sheridan Le Fanu. This is a really great read and much better than manyt modern horror/ghost stories. I've seen Twilight (should i really admit this??) and Carmilla kicks it in the hind quarters.

[Maria]

Howard's End, I liked the story but it was a little slow for me.

[Katherine]

I just finished A Prayer for Owen Meany. I know many people love it, but the first third really dragged for me and I abandoned it for awhile. However, when I picked it up again I found it a really enjoyable read.

[Genia]

Just finished Fielding's Tom Jones - it was required reading for class. I enjoyed it very well, though found myself sometimes skimming.

[Karina]

Just finished Brave New World. No utopian society for me thanks! send me off to an island with the other "dangerous thinkers". enjoyed the book immensely

[Shovelmonkey1]

Brent wrote: "Hi! I wrote the 2012 asteroid-impact novel Regolith (sign up for the giveaway!). I just finished Michael Crichton's Pirate Latitudes, which I thought was good, but not thought-provoking like his ..."
Umm this is a site to discuss books from the 1001 books list and Michael Crichtons Pirate Latitudes doesn't fall under that category, sorry!

[Craig]

Finally! Finished Clarissa by Samuel Richardson. Already posted my review. Very well written.

[Deanne]

Finished American Pastoral this morning, quite enjoyed it though I think it could have been longer and left me with questions.

[Regine]

I just finished The Master and Margarita. It's now one of my new favourites.

[Kat (A Journey In Reading)]

Regine wrote: "I just finished The Master and Margarita. It's now one of my new favourites."

I just got that a couple of weeks ago... haven't started it, but glad to know its one of your favorites. Hope to start it this week.

[Shovelmonkey1]

Kat (LvnEvryMin) wrote: "Regine wrote: "I just finished The Master and Margarita. It's now one of my new favourites."

I just got that a couple of weeks ago... haven't started it, but glad to know its one o..."

I loved this book. I read it while I was working in Turkey and i'm so glad that it made it into my suitcase for that trip

[Genia]

I love The Master and Margarita. I've grown up on that book, and it's been one of my favourites since a shamefully young age. I always eagerly haded it to friends, but, alas, sometimes, to my immense surprise and chagrin, even the ones not averse to the weird and supernatural failed to like it. I never could figure out what it was; perhaps Bulgakov's humour eluded them, perhaps it was the lack of knowledge of what Russia had been like.. I don't know.

This is why it always thrills me all the more when the book becomes the favourite of another non native-Russian speaker. Glad you liked it.

[Shovelmonkey1]

I've just finished The Turn of the Screw by Henry James and i didn't love it as much as i thought i would. Too much talk and not enough action Mr James! Or maybe i'm just not into cerebral horror and need to have the gore and nefarious evilness spelled out for me!

[K.D.]

I just finished:

THE HANDMAID'S TALE
by
Margaret Atwood.

It's okay.

[El]

I finished Ellison's Invisible Man. It disappointingly did not rock my world; but I am glad to have read it.

[Althesia]

Just Finished The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett - Amazing Friendship Story

[Casey]

In cold blood, truman capote. It was a really great book, I enjoyed it.

[Elisabeth]

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams... I didn't go in with high expectations and I still felt let down... just didn't think it was as funny and amazing as everyone said it was... not intelligently so anyways.

[Inna]

Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf

[Amir]

The Alchemist by Paolp Coehlo

[Judith]

"The Sea" - Banville

The emotions, pace and the vocabulary were, at times, challenging for me; but I liked the book and thought it well
worth the time spent.

[Asa]

William Gibson's Neuromancer - interesting.

[Gini]

I just finished A Passage to India, which I was hesitant to read because I disliked the movie. The book is much better, and the central incident makes considerably more sense. I enjoyed it.

[Dylan]

The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells.

[Laura]

Just finished Captain Corelli's Mandolin

[Tracey]

the Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

[Sandi]

Tracey wrote: "the Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett"


The Pillars of the Earth is not on the list, thankfully. I disliked it immensely.

[Genia]

Finished The Elegance of the Hedgehog - I was so irritated by that book I actually shouted while ranting about it; an almost unprecedented occurrence.

[Asa]

Finished Buchan's The 39 Steps yesterday - easy and fun.

[Shovelmonkey1]

I've just finished Fear of Flying by Erica Jong which was an enjoyable read but I didn't exactly greet it with the same level of shock and awe it must have met with in the 1970's. I've only ever read women's reviews of this book so it would be interesting to know what the men think of this one?