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Which LIST book did you just start?
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Jan 22, 2015 04:07PM
I need a positive/happy book to read - any suggestions? Seen a ton of war movies, and just finished reading Unbroken, so I need something happy to read.
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Emily wrote: "I need a positive/happy book to read - any suggestions? Seen a ton of war movies, and just finished reading Unbroken, so I need something happy to read."There has recently been a thread opened for happy/positive list books. You should be able to find it here...https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Kaycie wrote: "Emily wrote: "I need a positive/happy book to read - any suggestions? Seen a ton of war movies, and just finished reading Unbroken, so I need something happy to read."There has recently been a t..."
Thanks! Forgot about that thread.
Just started House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. I've been told by a reading buddy that this is considered "Infinite Jest Jr.", and considering I just finished IJ, it will be interesting to be able to read them back-to-back for comparison. Although I did not plan it that way!
The Beautiful Mrs. Seidenman by Andrzej Szczypiorski.Piggybacking this onto another group's February theme of Eastern Europe.
I just started "Pride and Prejudice" . Third time reading but many years apart.
I just finished "Precious Bane" by Mary Webb. Set in Napoleonic England in a rural community in Shropshire. Published in 1924. 'Nothing quite like it in English literature''. I loved the setting, the CHARACTERS, the story and will reread it many times. A real find.
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This is not a LIST book however!
Nicola wrote: "House of Leaves - This one I'm very curious about."This is a very curious book indeed. Brilliant and extraordinary in places, but ultimately falls short, in my opinion. Definitely worth a read though.
Starting The Big Sleep. I've heard a lot about this one, so I'm looking forward to it.
Starting The Big Sleep. I've heard a lot about this one, so I'm looking forward to it.
The History Of Love. A somewhat random choice on my part as I wasn't familiar with the book or author. I am captivated...
Nicola wrote: "The Colour - I feel a little odd 'reading' a story set in my country which isn't written by a kiwi."I had to look this up, because I couldn't image that there were many books on the list written by fruit :)
I'm just getting ready to start The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing.This is the first book written by Doris Lessing that I've read. I hope it's a good one!
Dichotomy Girl wrote: "Nicola wrote: "The Colour - I feel a little odd 'reading' a story set in my country which isn't written by a kiwi."I had to look this up, because I couldn't image that there were m..."
Hah, yes. To us a 'kiwi' is either a bird or NZ'er. It's 'kiwi fruit' to us.
Krista wrote: "I'm just getting ready to start The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing.This is the first book written by Doris Lessing that I've read. I hope it's a good one!"
Hope you enjoy it Krista! It's a very intense reading experience, but Lessing is absolutely outstanding. This is her debut novel and it is one of the greatest debut novels I've ever read.
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut, one of my favourite authors so I'm a little bit upset that this is the last of his on the list that I have to read :(
Of Mice and Men! This one will be a easy read. I liked the last Steinbeck I read, so we shall see how it goes. :)
Ghost Road by Pat Barker. Having read the first two in the trilogy its now time to finish it off.
Peter wrote: "Ghost Road by Pat Barker. Having read the first two in the trilogy its now time to finish it off."I really want to read that trilogy. I loved Barker's Life Class
Just started Tess of the d'Urbervilles. This is my second Hardy book. Hope it's better than Return of the Native.
The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
Just started The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie. I'm about 50 pages in and enjoying it so far, although a little less so than Midnight's Children which is an all-time favorite book of mine.
Sula - this will probably be my first Toni Morrison book as I'm listening to her read this while Jazz is stuck behind a large traffic jam of books and will probably take a while to clear.
Starting Ancestral Voices by Etienne van Heerden tonight.
I took a few months break from the 1001 list, but I'm back, and a little over half way through The Brothers Karamazov. Took a few hundred pages to get going, but once it did...I think the rest is going to be a very quick read!
A Question of Upbringing which is the first in the 12 volume epic, A Dance to the Music of Time. And I've also started listening to Love in the Time of Cholera whenever it's too noisy to listen to Sula. Toni Morrison is a great writer but is not a professional reader and her voice is far too quiet on the audio. I can only hear it properly under perfect conditions and even then I miss bits all of the time.
Slowly working my way through Moby-Dick. Loved the first 150 pp or so (even the cetology chapter!), but now I feel like he's utterly and completely lost sight of the fact that it's a novel. Most of the time it reads like a poorly edited (very long) essay.Also started The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. A few short stories a day is perfect for lightening the burden of reading Moby-Dick! ;)
I just started Timbuktu! I have read The Art of Racing in the Rain and loved it! This one is from the dog's point of view too. I'm excited to see how they compare!
Kennie wrote: "I just started Timbuktu! I have read The Art of Racing in the Rain and loved it! This one is from the dog's point of view too. I'm excited to see how they compare!"Really? I loved "Racing in the Rain" ... let us know what you think. I love "dog" books.
Just started The Tale of Genji and I'm really not liking it right now. Some of the poems are really cool, but I'm just not into all the rape scenes I've read so far. I might have a hard time reading a 1000 page book about a character that I'm disliking.
Aleta wrote: "Slowly working my way through Moby-Dick. Loved the first 150 pp or so (even the cetology chapter!), but now I feel like he's utterly and completely lost sight of the fact that it's a ..."Yes, that's exactly how I felt about Moby Dick, too! Ishmael & Queequeg have such a beautiful lovestory :) ...which is basically forgotten about for most of the rest of the book. Things do pick up a bit later on, if it's any consolation, though it may be too little, too late. It was for me, anyway.
Excited to start 1984 this afternoon. It's been one that I've wanted to read for a really long time :)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Illustrated and Through the Looking Glass: With Lewis Carroll's original illustrations. One book, but two checked off the list!
~*Sara*~ wrote: "Excited to start 1984 this afternoon. It's been one that I've wanted to read for a really long time :)"Best of luck, it's rather traumatising.
Nicola wrote: "~*Sara*~ wrote: "Excited to start 1984 this afternoon. It's been one that I've wanted to read for a really long time :)"
Best of luck, it's rather traumatising."
I'm about halfway through and I'm really enjoying it so far-reminds me a bit of The Curfew and The Giver.
Best of luck, it's rather traumatising."
I'm about halfway through and I'm really enjoying it so far-reminds me a bit of The Curfew and The Giver.
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