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message 5401: by Rose (new)
Sep 15, 2021 04:10PM

Rose W | 389 comments I am starting The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna


message 5405: by Peter (new)
Sep 17, 2021 12:09PM

Peter | 443 comments Candide by Voltaire


message 5408: by Rose (new)
Sep 18, 2021 10:23AM

Rose W | 389 comments I am starting An Obedient Father by Akhil Sharma


message 5412: by RJ - Slayer of Trolls (new)
Sep 20, 2021 09:34AM

RJ - Slayer of Trolls (hawk5391yahoocom) Diane wrote: "Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey."

I read that one earlier this year and really enjoyed it.


message 5414: by Peter (new)
Sep 21, 2021 05:21AM

Peter | 443 comments Great Apes by Will Self


message 5416: by Sean (new)
Sep 23, 2021 09:50AM

Sean (fordest) | 988 comments Mod
Barely got started on The Sound and the Fury, then took a trip to the library where I found Dom Casmurro so I started that one too.


message 5417: by Mia (last edited Sep 24, 2021 07:29AM) (new)
Sep 24, 2021 07:28AM

Mia | 1185 comments Herzog by Saul Bellow.


message 5419: by Karen (new)
Sep 26, 2021 01:08PM

Karen Hoehne | 1714 comments Mod
The Years by Virginia Woolf


message 5421: by Sean (new)
Sep 27, 2021 11:33AM

Sean (fordest) | 988 comments Mod
Started In the First Circle by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Our bookshelf contains The First Circle. The difference being that the latter is the original censored version and the former is the uncut version with 200 extra pages.


message 5422: by S.L. (new)
Sep 27, 2021 03:13PM

S.L. Berry | 117 comments Listening to A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Twenty percent into and pretty good so far but there are times I feel like saying, “Get on with it.”


message 5423: by Kimberly (new)
Sep 27, 2021 05:29PM

Kimberly | 164 comments I'd like to start reading Journey to the West so I can get the "X" for the A-Z Challenge. Any recommendations as to which translation to read?


message 5425: by Karen (new)
Sep 28, 2021 12:54PM

Karen Hoehne | 1714 comments Mod
Kokoro by Natsume Sōseki


message 5426: by Karen (new)
Sep 28, 2021 12:58PM

Karen Hoehne | 1714 comments Mod
Kimberly wrote: "I'd like to start reading Journey to the West so I can get the "X" for the A-Z Challenge. Any recommendations as to which translation to read?"

The best translation is the 4 volume translation by Anthony C. Yu -- The Journey to the West, Revised Edition, Volume 1. I just finished on August 13 and really enjoyed it. It is an excellent translation. Introduction is around 100 pages but provides a lot of background information for the story and the footnotes are excellent (though after a while I really didn't need them).


message 5427: by Kimberly (new)
Sep 28, 2021 06:37PM

Kimberly | 164 comments Karen wrote: "Kimberly wrote: "I'd like to start reading Journey to the West so I can get the "X" for the A-Z Challenge. Any recommendations as to which translation to read?"

The best translation is the 4 volum..."

Thank you!


message 5429: by Ellinor (new)
Sep 30, 2021 02:40AM

Ellinor (1001andmore) | 912 comments Mod
After a long absence from list books I finally started one again, The Colour by Rose Tremain.

In spring I read a few long titles from the list which were very slowgoing and left me really frustrated. I needed some distance and hope that this book is a good re-start for me.


message 5431: by Diane (new)
Oct 01, 2021 06:45AM

Diane | 2336 comments Mod
Ellinor wrote: "After a long absence from list books I finally started one again, The Colour by Rose Tremain.

In spring I read a few long titles from the list which were very slowgoi..."

I enjoyed that one.


message 5434: by Bucket (new)
Oct 01, 2021 10:21AM

Bucket | 248 comments Voss by Patrick White


message 5438: by Yrinsyde (new)
Oct 02, 2021 04:50AM

Yrinsyde | 295 comments Bucket wrote: "Voss by Patrick White"

What did you think? I'm just about to start.


message 5440: by George P. (last edited Oct 02, 2021 11:46AM) (new)
Oct 02, 2021 11:36AM

George P. | 1402 comments Mod
The Discovery of Heaven by Harry Mulisch- I'm actually over half-way through it- and The Arabian Nights- listening to an 11 hour audiobook- I know this is an abridged version- don't really know how many pages that equals - about 300?


message 5441: by Karen (new)
Oct 02, 2021 03:06PM

Karen Hoehne | 1714 comments Mod
Under Fire by Henri Barbusse


message 5443: by Mia (new)
Oct 03, 2021 08:30AM

Mia | 1185 comments Evelina by Frances Burney.


message 5444: by Nocturnalux (new)
Oct 03, 2021 05:51PM

Nocturnalux | 465 comments Story of O (Gah, why)
Hideous Kinky (Liking it thus far)
Excellent Women (Really funny)


message 5447: by Bucket (new)
Oct 04, 2021 10:47AM

Bucket | 248 comments I'm still reading - so far, so good! It's easy reading but I'm still waiting for the adventure to start.

Yrinsyde wrote: "Bucket wrote: "Voss by Patrick White"

What did you think? I'm just about to start."


message 5448: by George P. (new)
Oct 06, 2021 08:25AM

George P. | 1402 comments Mod
An old one, Gösta Berling's Saga by Selma Lagerlöf. Will take it slow for a couple weeks before buddy-read.


message 5449: by Diane (new)
Oct 06, 2021 03:46PM

Diane | 2336 comments Mod
Freedom by Jonathan Franzen.


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