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angelicfi · Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 2:12 pm Post subject:

It was rough I have to say and I have no idea how I finished it, but I am glad I did!!!! ( If only to add it to my list)

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blueflower · Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 4:51 pm Post subject:

well done, did you enjoy it?

Ruth · Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:18 am Post subject:

I have just finished my fourth challenge book - Tipping The Velvet. I enjoyed it - would definitely recommend it to anyone who hasn't read it.
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Daniela-26

I started reading Notes from Underground by Dostoevsky yesterday. I got to page 25 and had to stop

- I may try again but I had no idea what was going on. Has anyone else thought the same? It's basically a man ranting to himself and though it's very funny in places I found myself getting wound up like he does. So have put this to one side for now...Then I picked up another on the list and on my TBR, which is Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson.

I loved the film and this has been sitting on my shelf for well over a year! So far so good! I'm already further than the Dostoevsky

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Dani x
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smiler07 · Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 5:33 pm Post subject:

I'm just reading my fouth for the challenge too, Like Water for Chocolate, its really good actually and quite an easy read, only about 200 pages.

eightlegs · Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 6:55 pm Post subject:

I have just started The Virgin in the Garden by A S Byatt. I have read another of hers called Possession which I enjoyed but was a long time ago, but have high hopes of this one.

I recently finished The Poisonwood Bible which I enjoyed and would recommend.

Daniela-26 · Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 7:01 pm Post subject:

I tried to read Possession last year and couldn't get into it, but I hear AS Byatt is fantastic I would be interested to know your thoughts on The Virgin in the Garden eightlegs
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smiler07 · Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 3:28 pm Post subject:

Like Water for Chocolate was really good and I'd definitly recommend it of you're working your way through the list. It was very unusual and I can see why it is part of the 1001.....

Not sure what to go for next though.....maybe the Godfather?

smiler07 · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 3:57 pm Post subject:

I decided to go for "talk of the town" by Ardal O'Hanlon as it was quite short and looked interesting. I thought it would be funny seeing as he is a comedian, and it was funny (just not in the way I imagined) but it was also quite gritty. Not very plot driven but I enjoyed it nontheless and thought it was very believeable.

Not sure what to go for next......

miranda · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 6:26 pm Post subject:

I am reading 'Regeneration' now by Pat Barker which will be my fourth challenge book. I am really enjoying it, I don't normally like novels set in wartime but this one is an exception! Will prob read the rest of the trilogy.
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Ruth · Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 12:22 pm Post subject:

I think my next one off the list will be The Godfather, but I haven't decided yet. I had hoped to read two each month, but I slipped up this month

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nicnic · Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 2:24 pm Post subject:

I realised the other night that Memoirs of a Geisha is on the 1001 list. I wasn't going to bother reading it as I have Book of Lost Things on TBR but I changed my mind.

I got Geisha in Oxfam for £3

Didn't realise how thick it was

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Tigerlily · Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 5:37 pm Post subject:

I'm pleased it's a book group choice as have had it on tbr for ages. I tend to only have time each month to read book group choices. I read the opening chapter of the book and it captivated me straightaway. I think it'll be one to relish. Looking forward to finding out.
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Daniela-26 · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 3:15 pm Post subject:

Have just finished The Godfather, I had no idea it was on the 1001 list so am pleased to make it my third book since discovering the challenge.

I read Memoires of a Geisha about 7-8 yrs ago and saw the film recently - I remember thinking how wonderfully Golden captured the women in the novel. I may re-visit it this month to join in the discussion.
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eightlegs · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 3:42 pm Post subject:

willie96 · Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 10:24 am Post subject:

I've not read that many on the 1001 list and most of those were when I was a kid. The more modern one's I've read I found pretty ordinary, guess they weren't my cup of tea. Haven't heard of the vast majoirty of the list but I'm going to make a bit of an effort to read the Jules Verne and HG Wells books.
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eightlegs · Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 6:42 pm Post subject:

Finished and enjoyed The Fingersmith, must go and read what you all said about it when you did it for the month's book.

(Am now reading The Beach by Alex Garland which is a "travellers" novel set in the Phillipines. So far so good, easy to read but waiting for the main part of the story to start!) Ignore this last paragraph - thought it was a 1001 book but it's not

eightlegs · Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 3:17 pm Post subject:

Started The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne yesterday, luckily haven't seen the film to spoil it!

nicnic · Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 10:51 pm Post subject:

Has anyone read The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor? I just finished it and found it really moving

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