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The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence

Asphodel by Hilda Doolittle (H.D.)

Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady by Samuel Richardson

and

Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

First time reading this. The ending had me sobbing uncontrollably on the train (and thankful that I was wearing a mask so my crying wasn't so obvious!)

March Moonlight by Dorothy M. Richardson. The last book in the Pilgrimage series.

Finished this brilliant novella:
Chess Story by Stefan Zweig - 5* - My Review

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin - 4* - My Review

The Inferno, by Henri Barbusse ... Tr. from the 100th French Ed. with an Introduction by Edward J. O'Brien
The Man of Feeling by Henry MacKenzie
The Immoralist by André Gide
Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks

I'm done posting for the year.

The Stechlin by Theodor Fontane

In December I finished War with the Newts by Karel ÄŒapek, a strange one blending fantasy and imagined history. Now I'm finishing up Quicksand by Nella Larsen, a tale of a young mixed-race woman who identifies as "Negro" in 1928.

I just finished Northanger Abbey which is a delightful read and quite satirical.

I finished The Children's Bookby A.S. Byatt - December 31, 2023

The 13 Clocks by James Thurber

A short and easy read.

A Question of Upbringing by Anthony Powell.

Finished:
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins - 4* - My Review

Pierre & Jean by Guy de Maupassant

Just finished The Great Gatsby. I have to admit that I didn't enjoy it, but that means I don't feel so bad about not reading it sooner.

Finished:
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery - 4* - My Review

I finished Blood and Guts in High School by Kathy Ackers. I’m certain it was added to the list purely for shock value. Personally, I think it’s a vile book and 10/10 do not recommend, but if your goal is to complete the list then know it is very graphic and made no sense to me.

I have finished The Melancholy of Resistance by László Krasznahorkai of Hungary. About 3.5* for me. There are no chapter breaks or even paragraphs but some of the sentences are not too long :) That reminded me somewhat of Henry James but the style is quite different so you may like one and not the other. He also wrote Satantango which I may read some day though it's not a list book.
There was a weird movie based on this unusual novel that I saw about ten years ago- the title is Werckmeister Harmonies. It was directed by Bela Tarr (also Hungarian) and was from Krasznahorkai's screenplay.

Quicksand by Nella Larsen. She wrote two novels, both on the list. I wish she'd written more!

The Viceroys by Federico De Roberto

Kathleen wrote: "Quicksand by Nella Larsen. She wrote two novels, both on the list. I wish she'd written more!"

So do I! But she achieved more with these two novels than a lot of authors have done so with dozens.

Andrea wrote: "I finished Blood and Guts in High School by Kathy Ackers. I’m certain it was added to the list purely for shock value. Personally, I think it’s a vile book and 10/10 do not recommend, but if your g..."

I totally agree with you; this book has absolutely no redeeming qualities. If you look at the Wikipedia article on the book, the only "legacy" is that it is on the Boxall list.

Karen wrote: "Andrea wrote: "I finished Blood and Guts in High School by Kathy Ackers. I’m certain it was added to the list purely for shock value. Personally, I think it’s a vile book and 10/10 do not recommend..."

I get it that a lot of people hate it but I have encountered plenty of people for whom it was very impactful. There is a community to whom Blood and Guts meant a lot.

Nocturnalux wrote: "Kathleen wrote: "Quicksand by Nella Larsen. She wrote two novels, both on the list. I wish she'd written more!"

So do I! But she achieved more with these two novels than than a lot of authors have done so with dozens."

So true, Nocturnalux!

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark. Mixed feelings about this one. Odd, but fascinating.

The Children's Book - lengthy but I do like the author and overall enjoyed it.

The Immoralist - second book by this author and not this readers "cup of tea"

I started the year with The Third Man by Graham Green. It was a good story. Now I must see the film!

Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle by Vladimir Nabokov.

Compassion (the English translation of Misericordia) by Benito Pérez Galdós

Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady by Samuel Richardson
The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson
The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi
The Man with the Golden Arm by Nelson Algren
Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
Black Box by Amos Oz
Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter
Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

October 28, 2023 -- January 3, 2024

Vanhurskaan syntisen yksityiset muistelmat ja tunnustukset by James Hogg. 5 stars.

Cannery Row by John Steinbeck

The House in Paris by Elizabeth Bowen

Lots of people find this book "hilarious" but I found it tedious:
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole - 2* - My Review

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks.

Just finished The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins this morning. Very good! The writing was excellent.

#118 - I finished my first 5-star read of the year, Steinbeck's classic short novel


Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
Rating: 5 stars
Review: /review/show...

Nos Cumes do Desespero by Emil M. Cioran

All I could think was Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei: The Power of Negative Thinking Volume 1.

Hadrian the Seventh by Frederick Rolfe
and
Tono-Bungay by H.G. Wells

Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence

The Midwich Cuckoos - 4 stars

King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard.

Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh

The Saga of Gösta Berling by Selma Lagerlöf

Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg

Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto - 4* - My Review

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro I loved Ishiguro's other books but this disappointed badly.