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Lori's List Is Completed - 4 months ahead of schedule!!!
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All done. Not bad. quick, light easy read.Going to start--
Book49:20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Jules Verne
Ooofff.. 12 days it took me to finish this one. Tho it was from no fault of the novel, which I loved. I just had a couple of busy weeks back to back which left me less reading time :(Tonite I am starting--
Book50:Invitation To A Beheading - Vladamir Nabokov
Interesting novel. I will be reading more from this guy in the future!I have completed my 50 book challenge.. and I am 4 months ahead of myself!! Yeah for me!!
Book51:The Abstinence Teacher - Tom Perrotta
Oh, you braggart! I'm behind this year and since you have extras to throw around, maybe???
Haa Haa Jen, I grossly underestimated my reading abilities this year. I have never kept track before tho, so I guess I will know better for next year!Finished Abstinence Teacher today.
And started:
Book52:The Old Man And The Sea - Ernest Hemingway
Finshed Old Man and the Sea.Tomorrow I wil start--
Book53:Lord of the Flies - William Golding
LOTF is finished. That a reread for me!Book54:The Third Policeman- Flann OBrien
TTP was a really interesting novel. Scratch another off the Lost Lit List for me :DStarting today:
Book55: Journey to the Center of the Earth- Jules Verne
JTTCOTE took a little while to get through. i had alot going on last week, and was really only able to dig in this week :)starting in a bit:
Book56:Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
Congratulations! What are you going to try next?
Cynthia, do you mean what other challenge might I try? i dont know, I am still trying to fillup my author challenge....Something Wicked This Way Comes was a tough novel for me, i had to force myself to read it quickly... I much prefered the movie to the novel.
Last nite I started
Book57:Motherless Brooklyn
Really liked Motherless Brooklyn.Started
Book58:Metamorphasis - Kafka
Kafka is done. Phew. I never thought I would read one of his novels. And thank goodness it was a short one :)ALready started for the Sawyers Book Club on Myspace:
Book59:Wrinkle In Time - L'engle
WIT is over and done with. I really should steer clear of YA books....uhhh...Starting:
Book60:The Cave - Saramago
Sorry. I forgot to update, between coming back from vacation and wroking this weekend... I finished this novel three days ago. Wow. wow wow wow.Starting--
Book61:Heart Of Darkness - Conrad
Not sure why Heart of Darkness is on the Lost Lit List.. if its linked to the show, its not easy to identify why. Going to Start--
Book62:Laughter In The Dark - Nabokov
Heart of Darkness was referenced in some of the dialog on Lost. Episode: Walkabout, Numbers
Reference: Tell me something.. How come any time there's a hike into the heart of darkness, you sign up?" Jack to Kate.
"One minute you're happy go lucky good time Hurley, the next you're Colonel bloody Kurtz." Charlie to Hurley.
You've got the Jungle [the island], the natives[the others], colonization and control of the land[Dharma], the crazy leader[Ben], the ambiguity of morality and the darkness within each person.
I think I'm going to start reading off that list...since I haen't read most of them.
Wow, Kristen, you must be a huge Lost fan! I feel like a blind person for not having seen those connections. I think I was looking for something deeper and totally missed the obvious!Finished Laughter in the Dark.
Onto--
Book63: The Pearl - Steinbeck
whoda thunk a short book like The Pearl would take me the better part of three days? It's all because of work, I swear!Reading now--
Book64:Lancelot - Walker Percy
I hate it when a book just sort of ....ends....Havent decided what to read next. Will figure it out in the morning!
ok so last nite i started--Book65:The Brothers Karamazov
In case anyone is wondering, no I havent forgotten to update this thread. no I havent gone off reading for awhile. I am still reading Brothers Karamazov, and am about 550 pages into. I really really like the novel, but cant seem to find the time to sit and invest in it lately. Summer sure is keeping my family and I busy....Phew!
Phew!!!After nearly a month.. I have finally finshed Brothers Karamazov... great, great novel!!!
Onto --
Book66:Turn of the Screw- Henry James
what crap that was. Thank god it was short!Monday I plan on starting:
Book67:Child of God- Cormac McCarthy
Lori...even with taking a month on Bro K you end up making me look like a slacker! :-)
Finished Child of God yesterdayand have started:
Book68:The Year of the Death of Richardo Reis - Saramago
Can you believe that I forgot to update my list... Oh No!I had finished YotDoRR this past weekend. And started tucking into:
Book69: Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao
You better move your thread down to the "Finished Challenges" section, girly girl or I'm calling the OCD Police on you. :-) hee hee
Haa haa... Yea I know, but Im not done yet really... I have until Sept 24th... Then I am going to start a new one!!!
Good deal! :-)(I still feel like a slacker next to you...)
Oscar Wao was not so wow, as just 'oh'.Starting--
Book70:Wuthering Heights - Bronte
(yup, made it this far thru life without having read it!!)
Ugh! No more Bronte for me. Yeck!Book71:Of Mice and Men - Steinbeck
(a reread for a myspace group, I read this back in HS)
Aww, Poor Lennie. Its still sad the second time around.About to dive into--
Book72:Odd Hours -Koontz
Love me some Odd One.Started my copy of:
Book73: Smashed, Squashed... Lance Carbuncle
OK so I finished Smashed and forgot to update myself... ANd this is the end of my challenge. Its been a year, I set a goal of 50 books, and grossly underestimated my thirst for reading.
As you can see....
I made it all the way to 73!!!
Started last nite--
Book48: Between the Bridge and the River - Craig Ferguson