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Leona (mnleona) | 24 comments Lianne (The Towering Pile) wrote: "RJ - Slayer of Trolls wrote: "I started reading Dashiell Hammett's final novel, the basis for a popular film series during the Great Depression:

The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
[book:The Thin Man|..."


I love watching those old movies.


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Karina | 401 comments Michael Kohlhaas by Heinrich von Kleist


RJ - Slayer of Trolls (hawk5391yahoocom) I started reading, for non-Will Smith-related-reasons:

I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov


RJ - Slayer of Trolls (hawk5391yahoocom) Lianne (The Towering Pile) wrote: "I just watched The Thin Man as part of my 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die project! I really liked it. I'm thinking of reading the Dashiell Hammett books soon now."

Leona wrote: "I love watching those old movies."

I liked the book OK, but I hear the film is better. I'll have to check it out.


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Peter | 443 comments Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker


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Karen Hoehne | 1714 comments Mod
Inside Mr. Enderby by Anthony Burgess


message 5819: by George P. (last edited Apr 07, 2022 09:30AM) (new)

George P. | 1402 comments Mod
Love's Work: A Reckoning with Life by British philosophy professor Gillian Rose (who shares my initials- P is my middle name initial). A short one and her sole 1001 list book.


message 5821: by George P. (last edited Apr 07, 2022 03:38PM) (new)

George P. | 1402 comments Mod
Karen wrote: "Ashes and Diamonds by Jerzy Andrzejewski"

There was a very good movie made from this story in 1958 in Poland, dircted by Wajda. I liked it very much. It has the same title. It's listed in "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die".


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Peter | 443 comments White Noise by Don DeLillo


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Sean (fordest) | 988 comments Mod
During the last few days I have started Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol...

...and Extinction by Thomas Bernhard.


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Karen Hoehne | 1714 comments Mod
Sean wrote: "During the last few days I have started Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol...

...and Extinction by Thomas Bernhard."


Extinction is a hard one!! Good luck!


message 5836: by George P. (new)

George P. | 1402 comments Mod
The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy. This will complete the (4) 1001 list Tolstoy books for me.


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Peter | 443 comments Under the Skin by Michel Faber


message 5838: by George P. (last edited Apr 29, 2022 04:31PM) (new)

George P. | 1402 comments Mod
I also started Main Street by Sinclair Lewis, another old "core" novel.


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Peter | 443 comments Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry


RJ - Slayer of Trolls (hawk5391yahoocom) I started reading my first Tolstoy

The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy
The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy


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James Spencer (jspencer78) | 258 comments The Windup Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami


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Sean (fordest) | 988 comments Mod
Karen wrote: "Sean wrote: "During the last few days I have started Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol...

...and Extinction by Thomas Bernhard."

[book:Extinctio..."


It actually wasn't too bad. As long as I didn't have anything on my mind. Took more breaks from it than usual.


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