Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die discussion

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.

Angelique wrote: "Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck."
One of my favorites. Have some tissue ready.

Angelique wrote: "Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck."

Some thing for you to check out after you finish reading that: (view spoiler)[http://youtu.be/CMyLbPvjTvg
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Steve wrote: "Did you type that on a phone? Auto correct? Cannery Row you meant? hahah"

That's wrong..No doubt..I noted that!!

I'm about to start 'The Elementary Particles' by Michel Houellebecq. I've read what my friends have had to say about it and I don't think I'm going to like it very much, but I'll give it a try.

Starting The Color Purple by Alice Walker.

Enduring Love by Ian McEwan

Have read several of this authors books and have failed to enjoy them but am still willing to give him another go.

Started Amadis of Gaul, a 500 year old novel with lots of knights breaking lances, sword fighting, and chivalry. I like it!

Starting The Adventures of Augie March this weekend. :)

There but for the. By Ali Smith (audiobook)

G.K. Chesterton

Peter wrote: "Enduring Love by Ian McEwan

Have read several of this authors books and have failed to enjoy them but am still willing to give him another go."

E.L. is my favorite one of his so far. Granted I haven't read that many, but this one kept me on the edge of my seat.

CandideSo far I'm finding it very over the top, but it doesn't put me off as I was expecting it to be outrageous. I'm enjoying it so far. should be able to finish it when i get home later this evening.

I've just started Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. I'm looking forward to reading this book as it's also on the Guardian Top 100 books of all time and Achebe won the International Booker Prize. This will be my first book by Achebe.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Pride and prejudice after putting it off for years and years thinking I would hate it. I've never been so wrong. It's so witty. So charming. So fun. Never judge a book by a Kiera knightley movie.

Yay Alecksa! I just finished a week ago and LOVED it! So glad you are enjoying it!

Laura wrote: "I've just started Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. I'm looking forward to reading this book as it's also on the Guardian Top 100 books of all time and Achebe won the International Booker Prize. ..."

I read this book in college, and it stuck with me. I hope you enjoy it! Such a great book.

I'm going to start Casino Royale by Ian Fleming, as it's looking more and more like this will be our March read! I was able to download it from the Lender's Library on Amazon for free, so that was a exciting!

I've started Lady Chatterley's Lover on audiobook.

It's a public domain audio book: https://archive.org/details/LadyChatt...

Andrea wrote: "I'm starting the Art of Fielding. Interested to see if I like it since it seems the consensus is if you're not a baseball fan it's boring and I know nothing about baseball."

Well I am a baseball fan but my, at that time girlfriend, hates baseball and loved the book. Its very good.

Lauren wrote: "Laura wrote: "I've just started Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. I'm looking forward to reading this book as it's also on the Guardian Top 100 books of all time and Achebe won the International ..."

Thanks Lauren I hope I enjoy it as much as you have :)

As for Casino Royale it's a really good book! I love Bond films and all of Fleming's bond books but Casino Royale has to be the best- it's so cool :)

Just started Cannery Row by John Steinbeck

Mekki wrote: "I've started Lady Chatterley's Lover on audiobook.

It's a public domain audio book: https://archive.org/details/LadyChatt..."

Thanks for the tip Mekki. I do a majority of my "reading" via audiobook, so I love finding new sources to feed my addiction. :)

Peter wrote: "Enduring Love by Ian McEwan

Have read several of this authors books and have failed to enjoy them but am still willing to give him another go."

I hope you'll like him this time. Ian McEwan is absolutely my favorite contemporary author, but unfortunately I think he's got a voice and a style that are unmistakably his, which you can feel in every one of his novels, and I usually find that people either love him or hate him altogether. Just out of curiosity, which of his books have you already read?

I've just started Tess of the d'Urbervilles. I'd always put off reading this one because unfortunately one of my friends had seen the BBC miniseries and spoiled me the end, but I hope it won't matter and that I'll enjoy it all the same.

I'm reading Billy Bathgate. E.L. Doctorow is so good.

Alessia wrote: "Peter wrote: "Enduring Love by Ian McEwan

Have read several of this authors books and have failed to enjoy them but am still willing to give him another go."

I hope you'll like him this time. Ian..."

Tess is on my list to get to this year. Can't wait to see how you like it. I haven't seen the miniseries so that's good. :-)

Just started Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez.

Started Infinite Jest today. It's going to take some time. Hope it gets more interesting and things connect.

Started Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light by Ivan Klima today.

I just started Sputnik Sweetheart.so far I'm enjoying it.

Since I'm on a roll with books that have an infectious disease in the title (see above re: Love in the Time of Cholera) I just started The Plague by Albert Camus.

Christina wrote: "I just started Sputnik Sweetheart.so far I'm enjoying it."
I started Sputnik Sweetheart a couple of days ago, too!

I'm starting Saul Bellow's Herzog tonight.

Started Chess Story last night. Very compelling.

Started The Left-Handed Woman last night. So far I am not impressed.

Well I started and stopped Catcher in the Rye the kid seemed very annoying and I could not get myself to read it past the first couple of chapters.

Melissa, I've read it a couple of years ago and I hated it. I couldn't see why everybody loved it so much, so it left me the feeling that I wasn't understanding something. Now, I'm happy of not being the only one feeling that way.

I've just started Love in the time of cholera. It was a bit slow at the begining, but I'm liking it so far.

CitR is one of the few books that I read for school and hated. I'm planning on rereading it, but there are other books to get through first. Half the compiled 1001 list seems a decent amount.

I just started Lady Chatterley's Lover.

The NunStarting..I expect a great reading..

Luís wrote: "The NunStarting..I expect a great reading.."

Ooh, I'm curious about this one. I enjoyed The Monk in all it's crazy gothic over-the-topness, and this one sounds like it has some similar things going for it.

Wendy wrote: "Luís wrote: "The NunStarting..I expect a great reading.."

Ooh, I'm curious about this one. I enjoyed The Monk in all it's crazy gothic over-the-topness, and this one s..."

That's a case,I think,of problems of conscience,resumedly..

Luís wrote: "The NunStarting..I expect a great reading.."

Oooh it's been so long since I read that. My literature teacher in High School was a committed anti-clericalist and anti-catholic, so she made us read that book. I remember it to be a painful read, but the discussion that followed was extremely interesting. Of course the basic theme is thought provoking and it was very forward thinking for the times!

Alessia wrote: "Luís wrote: "The NunStarting..I expect a great reading.."

Oooh it's been so long since I read that. My literature teacher in High School was a committed anti-clericalist and anti-c..."

That was a painful read,by now,but I'm loving the read..

Starting North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell.

Just starting Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov a book which I've been meaning to read for quite a while.

Peter wrote: "Just starting Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov a book which I've been meaning to read for quite a while."

I read this book last year, and I really enjoyed it despite the subject matter. Nabokov has such a way with words.

Going to try and crack my aversion to Jane Austen - startedPride and Prejudice...at least it was free on kindle....

I did not know where to post this but Amazon is having a sale and I noticed that there are quite a few 1001 books/authors on the list. The books are under $2.99. Here is the link

http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-eBooks/b...