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

Andrea wrote: "Started House of Leaves yesterday. Just got through chapter 9. Wooo that made my head hurt, how did the author ever manage to keep that straight?!"



Brace yourself! It doesn't get easier> A real trip!

Starting Antic Hay later today.

Antic Hay

Starting Balzac's Lost Illusions.

Judith wrote: "Andrea wrote: "Started House of Leaves yesterday. Just got through chapter 9. Wooo that made my head hurt, how did the author ever manage to keep that straight?!"



Brace yourself! It doesn't g..."
Borrowed this off a friend this evening. It looks exciting.

Passing -Nella Larsen

In the middle of

Started The Club Dumas last night (by which I mean, pulled it off the shelf and set it on the coffee table). Its premise sounds really interesting, so I am eager to see what it's like.

David wrote: "Judith wrote: "Andrea wrote: "Started House of Leaves yesterday. Just got through chapter 9. Wooo that made my head hurt, how did the author ever manage to keep that straight?!"



Brace yourself..."

Judith wrote: "Andrea wrote: "Started House of Leaves yesterday. Just got through chapter 9. Wooo that made my head hurt, how did the author ever manage to keep that straight?!"



Brace yourself! It doesn't g..."



I'm definitely enjoying it. I've just never worked so hard to follow the path of writing before. Lol

I am currently loving the bizarre The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien.

Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin

Just started The Poisonwood Bible. Wasn't too excited when I picked it up, but now I'm about 50 pages in and I'm loving it.

Halfway through Roxana by Daniel Defoe. Coming to the conclusion that I don't like his storytelling. But, it's the last one on this list for me (out of a whopping 3), and it'll feel good to have one author's works done with. (As far as this list goes, of course.)

Starting House of Leaves. Looking forward to this.

Started:

Mary Barton

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

And considering re-reading House of Leaves, since I think I ran through it a bit too quickly my first time around.

1Q84- 925 pages...here we go. Hope its enjoyable.

O Conde de Monte Cristo of Alexandre Dumas ... GREAT CHALLENGE!!

Starting on Mary Barton. A little worried that it's gonna drag on. I'm in need of a quick read.

Currently reading The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid.

Genia wrote: "Started The Club Dumas last night (by which I mean, pulled it off the shelf and set it on the coffee table)..."

This made me chuckle. I can relate. :)

Burmese Days

Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote. Never read or saw the movie. Time to experience both!

Kathy wrote: "Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote. Never read or saw the movie. Time to experience both!"


4 GREATEST STARS

Starting A Prayer for Owen Meany. This has been languishing on my shelf for over a decade. I've kind of been saving it. For right now, it seems.

Tale of Two Cities (again) on Kindle.
The Things They Carried on audio.

Still plodding through Finnegan's Wake in paper.

Of Mice and Men.

Have been reading The Jungle by Upton Sinclair and The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett for a few days now.

Both gritty and mean, but for quite different reasons.

Atonement by Ian McEwan

Starting Rickshaw Boy by Lao She tonight, and looking forward to it!

On audio, Edith Wharton House of Mirth, I love her writing style!
On Kindle, Hemingway The Old Man and The Sea.

I'm well into "He Knew He Was Right" - Trollope

and

"Troubles" - Farrell

Troubles
He Knew He Was Right

"In the Forest," Edna O'Brien.

Creepy!

Eliot's Silas Marner.

Started The Golden Bowl (*shudder*) and Suite Française. I really can't wait to just get all the Henry Jameses out of my way.

Started The Turn of the Screw and The Grapes of Wraith. I'm really enjoying the latter one so far and I'm hoping that the former one will be really scary.

Currently reading Dead Souls

Stephanie "Jedigal" wrote: "Eliot's Silas Marner."

Thats one of my favorite all time books, have you read middlemarch? I never did but everyone says it is better than Silas which I can hardly believe let me know please.

I'm in the middle of The Accidental. I really enjoy some parts of it, others are just incredibly strange.

Frankenstein A good read for October! So far, it is beautifully written.

Steve wrote: "Stephanie "Jedigal" wrote: "Eliot's Silas Marner."

Thats one of my favorite all time books, have you read middlemarch? I never did but everyone says it is better than Silas which I can hardly believe..."

Hi Steve, the only other Eliot I've read was Adam Bede. I give 5* to Silas, having just finished this weekend, but only 3* to Adam. I'm interested to see how Middlemarch stacks up.

On Kindle, Robinson Crusoe. (I plan to follow it with Coetzee's Foe.)
On audio, Great Expectations.

So far, enjoying both.

Recently started The Last of the Mohicans.

the waves -- woolf

The Big Money - Dos Passos

The Big Money

The third in the acclaimed USA Trilogy.

Following Robinson Crusoe getting ready for Coetzee's treatment of it in Foe.

Crud. I don't know why I had in my head that Foe was available for Kindle. Only a few Coetzee titles are. So while I wait for a paper copy to get to me, I'm taking up Wilkie Collins' Moonstone on kindle. I understand a character refers regularly to Robinson Crusoe, so at least I'll have some connection with the RC story while I wait for Foe in the mail.

Just started Madame Bovary. Enjoying it so far.

Just started Home by Marilyn Robinson. Absolutely love it at the moment, about halfway through. Reminds me of The Gathering - Anne Enright...

Veronika Decides to Die.

Ulysses.., I think I'm in for a lengthy read

Kristine wrote: "Ulysses.., I think I'm in for a lengthy read"

I LIKED IT!!