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Which LIST book did you just start?
Aesop's fables. It's okay but a bit boring lol
Dree wrote: "A Suitable Boy--this is going to take awhile!"It is well worth the time. I loved A Suitable Boy and it was my favorite book of 2015. I hope you like it.
Gisela wrote: "Jean wrote: "I started The Black Dahlia."I have also just started it, is one of the book of the month's in one of the other Goodread books, I belong to and, so far it seems to be bri..."
I read Rickshaw Boy last year and liked it. Hope you do too.
I just started two books - Hard Times by Charles Dickens and The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen. The Corrections is a reread, but I remember almost nothing about it since I read it 12 years ago. Enjoying both so far.
Diane wrote: "Dree wrote: "A Suitable Boy--this is going to take awhile!"It is well worth the time. I loved A Suitable Boy and it was my favorite book of 2015. I hope you like it."
I read this when it first came out and I was in my early 20s. It started a real appreciation for Seth's book. I was really captivated and I guess it is due a re-read. Wonder how it feels 30 years later.
Just started The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
I just started "The Enchanted Wanderer" by Nikolai Leskov My edition is part of Melville House's "Art of the Novella" series, and I really credit it with getting me into Russian lit. So quirky, absurd and hilarious.
started The Black Dahlia today. Hoping to get past all the stuff about boxing soon and into the investigation part.
I am going to start a Charles Dickens novel this evening but I am still attempting to pick out what one. Given how I've only ever read A Christmas Carol, I have a lot to choose from.
Kirsten *Dogs Welcome - People Tolerated" wrote: "I started A Dance to the Music of Time: 1st Movement by Anthony Powell earlier this week."Are you going to read it as a yearly project like so many of us do Kirsten? Or are you going to try to read it in 'one go'?
I started Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind a few days ago. I'm really looking forward to it.
I started House of Leaves last week, but a well-timed spooky moment convinced me to put it on hold until my husband comes back from his weekend trip. I've decided to take my time with this one anyway.
Suffering through The Magic Mountain. Please tell me if gets better. I feel like I'm stuck in the cold with a bunch of crazy hypochondriacs.
Kirsten *Dogs Welcome - People Tolerated" wrote: "I started A Dance to the Music of Time: 1st Movement by Anthony Powell earlier this week."I started that recently and think I will a different book in between each volume. I like it so far and having already gone through Proust, I am optimistic.
Just started The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes. Seems like a short read and so far, so good. Still need to finish Glamorama but I think I am going to shelve it for now.
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Karina wrote: "Just started The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes. Seems like a short read and so far, so good. Still need to finish Glamorama but I think I am going to shelve it for now."I loved that one.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou...so far I am really enjoying this book.
Just beginning Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope, Can't find my edition in the listing so I'm just listing it here.
Yesterday I started The Charwoman's Daughter by James Stephens.The writing style is very dated and simplistic. I am already halfway through. I have no idea why this book is on the list, but I do have half the book left. I have not read anything else by this author so have nothing to compare it to.
Linda wrote: "I'm about 250 pages in to Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset."I loved this book, and it's one I would never have found if not for the list!
Dree wrote: "Linda wrote: "I'm about 250 pages in to Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset."I loved this book, and it's one I would never have found if not for the list!"
I'm loving it too! I hadn't heard of it until someone mentioned it in another group awhile back, and then I happened to see that it was on the list. :)
Forster 'A Passage to India'. I hated 'Howard's End', so hope this is better
I didn't care for Howard's End either. I preferred On Beauty by Zadie Smith which was, I guess, a modernized version of Howard's End. It was on the original list but I guess I haven't checked to see if it's still on there now.
What a Carve Up! by Jonathan Coe. Enjoyed the author's Rotter's Club, not on the 1001 list, so live in hope.
It took me three attempts to get past the opening chapters; but, it was well worth the effort. An incredible novel.
I've just finished The Bridal Wreath by Undset, the first in the series, and am beginning The Mistress of Husaby, the second in the Kristin Lavransdatter series. Liked Wreath very much!
Rusty wrote: "I've just finished The Bridal Wreath by Undset, the first in the series, and am beginning The Mistress of Husaby, the second in the Kristin Lavransdatter series. Liked Wre..."I just finished The Wreath too! I've got to wait until March to begin the second, though, as I'm buddy reading it with a couple of friends.
1st timer here..not sure if its ok or not with : Julius Ceasar and War and Peace(By Leo Tolstoy).Will update in a week or so.
I'm justing starting my 86th book from the list - To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf. It's my first Woolf, so I'm quite excited to begin.
Iesan wrote: "1st timer here..not sure if its ok or not with : Julius Ceasar and War and Peace(By Leo Tolstoy).Will update in a week or so."
War and Peace is on the list, but Julius Caesar isn't. The list is mostly novels (though there are some exceptions)
Elise wrote: "I'm justing starting my 86th book from the list - To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf. It's my first Woolf, so I'm quite excited to begin."Let's see if you retain that enthusiasm :-) Woolfe is rather more miss than hit with a few people.
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Also startingThe New York Trilogy, as it's the March-Apr group read. I'll go slowly since I'm a little early, and I'm reading 3 other novels as well.
Really struggling with Stranger in a Strange Land. I'm 80% through,but really disliking it. I don't like any of the characters and getting to the point that I don't even care what happens just as long as the book ends. Not a good feeling.
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Looking forward to this one - no periods! Well reviewed however.