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message 6204: by Sheryl (new)
Jan 03, 2023 08:58AM

Sheryl Hartmann | 2 comments OMG - how did you ever get through it? I tried years ago and gave up after about 100 pages.


message 6205: by Marti (new)
Jan 03, 2023 02:29PM

Marti | 94 comments Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid


message 6210: by Marti (new)
Jan 05, 2023 09:03PM

Marti | 94 comments Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert


message 6212: by Peter (new)
Jan 07, 2023 10:11AM

Peter | 443 comments Dead Air by Iain Banks


message 6218: by Tashii (new)
Jan 09, 2023 04:30PM

Tashii (tashypnw) The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath


message 6220: by Dianna (new)
Jan 10, 2023 09:28AM

Dianna | 83 comments No Laughing Matter


message 6222: by Alice (last edited Jan 10, 2023 06:54PM) (new)
Jan 10, 2023 05:38PM

Alice Yoder | 466 comments The Grass Is Singing by Doris Lessing


message 6224: by George P. (new)
Jan 11, 2023 03:56AM

George P. | 1402 comments Mod
To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway. This is my second reading, the 1st was about 40 years ago.


message 6225: by George P. (new)
Jan 11, 2023 03:58AM

George P. | 1402 comments Mod
Pamela wrote: "Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov"

I'm also planning to start Oblomov in a couple of weeks.


message 6226: by Mike (new)
Jan 11, 2023 10:33AM

Mike (nmpreach) | 9 comments I'm excited to think through some Japanese literature and read The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter.


message 6227: by Tashii (new)
Jan 11, 2023 11:08AM

Tashii (tashypnw) Not really my type of book but I'm trying to broaden my horizons! Emma by Jane Austen


message 6228: by Mike (new)
Jan 11, 2023 11:30AM

Mike (nmpreach) | 9 comments Angie wrote: "I started Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck today. I think I'm one of the few people, who did not read this in school."
I'm intending to read this as well this year. I look forward to your review.


message 6233: by James (new)
Jan 16, 2023 06:03PM

James Spencer (jspencer78) | 258 comments Runaway Horses by Yukio Mishima the second book in the Sea of Fertility tetralogy.


message 6234: by Marti (new)
Jan 17, 2023 10:17AM

Marti | 94 comments Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë


message 6236: by George P. (new)
Jan 18, 2023 03:39PM

George P. | 1402 comments Mod
Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov of Russia, 1869. It's considered one of the more humorous of the old Russian classic novels.


message 6238: by George P. (new)
Jan 18, 2023 03:44PM

George P. | 1402 comments Mod
Karen wrote: "The Man of Property (Book 1 of The Forsyte Saga) by John Galsworthy -..."

The BBC movies of the Forsyte Saga are pretty good, made about 20 yrs ago with Damien Lewis as Soames Forsyte; other good actors also. Probably at your library.


message 6239: by Peter (new)
Jan 19, 2023 10:25AM

Peter | 443 comments Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh.


message 6240: by Karen (new)
Jan 19, 2023 11:18AM

Karen Hoehne | 1714 comments Mod
George P. wrote: "Karen wrote: "The Man of Property (Book 1 of The Forsyte Saga) by John Galsworthy -..."

The BBC movies of the Forsyte Saga are pretty good, made about 2..."

I've seen it, and also the Masterpiece Theater series from 1969.


message 6242: by Nocturnalux (new)
Jan 19, 2023 11:28AM

Nocturnalux | 465 comments The Story of the Stone: The Dreamer Wakes, the final volume of the Chinese novel also known as Dream of Red Mansion


message 6243: by Michelle (new)
Jan 19, 2023 09:55PM

Michelle King (selenegonecrazy) | 17 comments Karen wrote: "Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady by Samuel Richardson"

Same! Doing the TikTok readalong of this mighty tome :D


message 6244: by Karen (new)
Jan 20, 2023 01:28AM

Karen Hoehne | 1714 comments Mod
Michelle wrote: "Karen wrote: "Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady by Samuel Richardson"

Same! Doing the TikTok readalong of this mighty tome :D"

Me too! Just caught up yesterday!


message 6247: by Yrinsyde (new)
Jan 20, 2023 10:47PM

Yrinsyde | 295 comments I've just started The Reader and for those who are doing the Food Challenge, it mentions wheat, cabbage and beans within the first few pages.


message 6249: by Mia (last edited Jan 21, 2023 08:26AM) (new)
Jan 21, 2023 08:25AM

Mia | 1185 comments Pilgrimage, Honeycomb by Dorothy M. Richardson. Third book from Pilgrimage series. And Midaqq-kuja by Naguib Mahfouz.


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