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Invisible by Paul Auster. It receives mixed reviews. I really liked it - maybe that means I am twisted.

Just finished The 39 Steps by John Buchan- I quite enjoyed it! Will read Greenmantle next

Just finished The Albigensis by Maturin, got confused for a short while over Simon de Montfort. In Leicester he's considered a hero, a university and the concert hall are named after him and he appears on the clock tower, he's the only one of the four statues I can name. In Albigenses he's a bad guy, but then it turned out that he was the fifth earl of Leicester, the Simon on the clock tower is his son,Simon de Monfort, sixth earl of Leicester, phew!!

It will be a while before I finish The Tale of Genji :-P

Just finished The Great Gatsby. I really enjoyed it but I'm still trying to figure out exactly why... It's a novel filled with moods and sensations - despite it's short length.

I finished The Island of Dr. Moreau last night. I found the tone surprising, but that forced me to approach the theme from a different angle than I expected. I always fall into the trap of thinking Wells was a campfire story teller, but then he sneaks in some marvelous, eloquently framed ethical questions that we are still asking over a century later.

Just finished How the Dead Live by Will Self. I really disliked the first part, but grew to like it during the second half.

Just finished The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and enjoyed it. The humor was spot on.

I just finished Solaris, but I didn't know it was a 1001 Book until I'd finished!

The Blithedale Romance.

A Visit From the Goon Squad - Egan

A Visit from the Goon Squad

Really enjoyed this one!

I just finished The Gathering by Anne Enright. It was okay. The story was quite different from what I expected. I enjoyed the way it was structured.

White Tiger. A good read. Nice in contrast to A Fine Balance. I would recommend them as books to read in close proximity to each other, due to some similarities in theme and setting, but yet marked difference in tone and style.

Just finished Anna Kerenina... Wow..... Wonderful! I had always expected that this was going to be a difficult read...far from it. Tolstoy has a wonderful style...so different than other writers in his era. I thought his descriptions were almost like a screenplay.... actors need only do what Tolstoy explained...and so much of the action takes place just in gestures or facial expressions. Put Anna on your MUST READ list!

Finished A Montanha Mágica by Thomas Mann

My Review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

The Sun Also Rises. Really enjoyed, and looking forward to more Hemingway.

Finished "Fifth Business" by Robertson Davies yesterday. Wonderful. Read it 30 years ago, or so. Now, I have to re-read the other two books in the trilogy.

Just finished City of God by E.L. Doctorow. I enjoyed how he examined the roles of religion and science in the 20th century, as well as most of the sub-plots.

I just finished "Great Expectations" by Charles dickens .. one remarkable novel, loved it

The Accidental. Readable, so maybe 'enjoyable', but yet I feel like I was left in the end with nothing.

I was inspired by Stephanie "Jedigal"'s post about how rare are copies of The Crow Road by to see if my library owns it, and it did! So happily I read my first Iain Banks novel...

Sophia wrote: "I was inspired by Stephanie "Jedigal"'s post about how rare are copies of The Crow Road by to see if my library owns it, and it did! So happily I read my first Iain Banks novel..."

Sounds like you enjoyed it! I'm about 1/4 of the way through it now. And of course, liking. I am definitely grateful to the list for bringing Mr. Banks to my attention. :o)

Just finished listening to: The Spy Who Came In From the Cold. Excellent!

I just finished The Time Machine, I got it in installments via dailylit.com, but I ended up getting impatient and requesting more than one section a day! It was a very fun read.

Stephanie "Jedigal" wrote: "The Accidental. Readable, so maybe 'enjoyable', but yet I feel like I was left in the end with nothing."

I agree with the feeling of being left with nothing when the book concluded. Does not inspire me to read anything else by the author as I was just glad to be able to check this one off.

Finished Downriver by Sinclair.

Caleb Williams by William Godwin

The 13 Clocks. Almost feels like I'm cheating when I cross this one off as read.

Just finished The Color Purple. Fantastic book!

In a Free State by V.S. Naipaul. An impressive piece of literature!

The History of Love by Nicole Krauss. Really enjoyed it.

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Over the past year I have also read
1984 by George Orwell
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Rand.. wrote: "I just finished "Great Expectations" by Charles dickens .. one remarkable novel, loved it"

Seems to me the real one...

Angelique wrote: "Animal Farm by George Orwell"

My next-to-read book...In Portuguese Edition..

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. This books is very powerful, despite it's small size. Highly recommend!

Finished "The Secret Agent" by Joseph Conrad. Really had a mixed reaction to this one. Some parts are great and then there are deadly dull stretches.

The Catcher in the Rye

Catcher in the Rye - Salinger

If you haven't read this little gem in many years (like me), I recommend a re-read. I had forgotten just how amazingly well-crafted it was.

The Diary of a Young Girl
Very Good One ...It Touched Me..

A Visit from the Goon Squad.

This seems to be a book one really loves or really doesn't...I didn't like it, but "check," I have completed it.

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks.
Wow! This book will not be for everyone, topic-wise.
It reminds me of 'The Lord of the Flies', though far better..
VERY WELL WRITTEN!!
I felt sorry for Frank, especially at the end of the book and
the plot twist at the end was completely out of the blue.
A fast read as well.

I recently finished The Yellow Wallpaper. I have heard so much about it. But, I was surprised to find it a short story rather than a novel. So, it was a quick read but I still can't quite figure out how I feel about it... At any rate, another one checked off the list, although it was so short it feels like I cheated somehow.

by George Orwell
Another Great Book on my list!

Mikela wrote: "The 13 Clocks. Almost feels like I'm cheating when I cross this one off as read."

I know, I know!!!

I wish I could find a good used copy of his other title on the list. I wonder if it is out of print....?

Finished my last Hawthorne, The Blithedale Romance. Thank God, that's all I can say.

The Age of Innocence. **** :o)

Just finished The Lover by Marguerite Duras and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. I enjoyed the latter more than the former.

Just finished The Power and the Glory, my first Graham Greene. Such beautiful writing!

The Cryptonomicon. Very long, and the end felt surprisingly rushed for being 900+ pages.

Just finished Fingersmith which was not at all what I was expecting, but still an interesting book.