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75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Caty M's 2009 Reading - The Final Volume		83	drneutron, Yesterday 11:27am
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : New Starter: iansales		95	avatiakh, Wednesday 7:53pm
Le Salon du Faulkner : And you are....?		50	kidzdoc, Tuesday 12:56am
List Five Books Parlour Game : Birds		14	arrr, December 16
50 Book Challenge : Rocketjk's 49.49 book challenge for 2009		224	laytonwoman3rd, December 11
50 Book Challenge : kambrogi in 2009		189	kambrogi, October 31
1001 Books to read before you die : Sara's 1001, with Opinions		23	Sarasamsara, October 25
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : The Tortoise's Reading List 2009 No.3		54	alcottacre, October 24
What Are You Reading Now? : Book Brought Home - September 2009		215	jdthloue, October 2
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : AlcottAcre's 2009 Reads, Take 9		295	alcottacre, October 2
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Caty M's 2009 Reading - Volume 2		206	CatyM, October 1
Literary Snobs : People Who Believe Books are a Waste of Time and Money		300	holcombjmarie, August 24
1001 Books to read before you die : What 1001 book are you reading: July 2009		103	susiesharp, August 1
Literary Snobs : July 2009 reading		132	Medellia, July 28
Literary Snobs : June 2009 reading		155	holcombjmarie, July 2
1001 Books to read before you die : Arubabookwoman's 1001 Quest-1-36		15	arubabookwoman, June 28
Things found in books : Foundlings		53	Linkmeister, June 10
The Chapel of the Abyss : Under the enigmatical sway of death		23	Makifat, May 27
Literary Snobs : A chance to show off your snobbery--books other people missed (under-appreciated books and/or unknow		234	Porius, January 26
Literary Snobs : What are you reading?--Final Quarter/2008 (post a review if you like)		189	CliffBurns, January 3
50 Book Challenge : Kiwidoc's 2008 books		215	zenomax, December 2008
Group Reads - Literature : Next book after Kafka and Joyce		97	kjellika, December 2008
Book Nudgers : lindsacl needs a nudge to read Milan Kundera in December		10	A_musing, November 2008
1001 Books to read before you die : The 1001 "I've Read That" chain game, Thread Two		265	VivianeoftheLake, November 2008
What Are You Reading Now? : What books came into your home today? August, 2008. Number 2.		410	IaaS, November 2008
1001 Books to read before you die : Which of the 1001 are you currently reading?		344	hemlokgang, September 2008
1001 Books to read before you die : Post with touchstone for all 1001?		16	arukiyomi, September 2008
Dormant: List Five Books Parlour Game : Put Me in the Zoo		19	mzonderm, August 2007
Dormant: Anglophiles : What do you recommend?		47	kiwidoc, July 2007
Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : ClickForth's Top 50 (a postmodern/classic medley)		19	clickforth, June 2007
Dormant: What did YOU buy today? : Message Board		397	aluvalibri, April 2007
Dormant: Book talk : Richard & Judy and the word literary		26	PossMan, March 2007
Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 16 Sep 2006		87	nickhoonaloon, October 2006
Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 23 Sep 2006		83	wyvernfriend, September 2006

... years, I read Wild Palms aka "If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem." Haven't read Faulkner in a while, but I have read Ulysses, Flaubert, Balzac and Zola -- i.e. his influences. I want to reread As I Lay Dying and Sanctuary as well as crack into the Snopes Trilogy and The Sound and the Fury ...

... the Transhuman Condition: Science Slightly Over the Edge by Edward Regis The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes Marabou Stork Nightmares by Irvine Welsh One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

... in Shangri-La - Kasey Michaels 140. Mr Mulliner Speaking - PG Wodehouse 141. Mrs Dalloway - Virginia Woolf 142. Flaubert's Parrot - Julian Barnes 143. What Happens in London - Julia Quinn 144. Try To Resist Me - Janet Dailey 145. The Lady Chosen - Stephanie Laurens 146. Lord ...

... you and have rapidly starred you so I don't lose you again! Congratulations on book #2. thanks for the review of Flaubert's Parrot - I had it on my wishlist but I think I'll give that a pass now after reading your comments. Thanks for the save.

... Riley Fitch Quantum of Solace by Ian Fleming Underground London: Travels Beneath the City Streets by Stephen Smith Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell (a replacement for my tatty old copy!) Maurice by E.M. Forster Grimm's Fairy Tal ...

Passing on Flaubert's Parrot, which I probably would have picked up eventually because I really did like Arthur and George. I hope the next read is better for you, TT.

Congrats on finishing #2. Good luck with publishing. And thanks for saving me from reading Flaubert's Parrot!!

Book No: Flaubert’s Parrot Author: Julien Barnes Read: 14 – 22 Sept 2009 Category: Part Novel, Part Literary Criticism Pages: 229 My Review< ...

I read a great quote today: "I'm saving Virginia Woolf for when I'm dead.' This is from Flaubert's Parrot by Julien Barrnes. It made think: What books have been on my bookshelves for so long that I will probably only get around to reading them when I'm dead. Well, I will second Virginia Woo ...

... Thank you all for your congratulations and support. Sorry my reviews have slowed down a bit - I am currently reading Flaubert's Parrot by Julien Barnes >22 Don't worry Linda, if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have accomplished what I have in the first place. Hope your migraines are ...

... of it is here. 39. Flaubert's Parrot, Julian Barnes - well, now I know a lot more about Flaubert... didn't think the narrator's "secret" was all that shocking, though, or even enough to hang ...

... Winter's Night a Traveler Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Confederacy of Dunces The Color Purple Neuromancer Flaubert's Parrot The Unbearable Lightness of Being The Cider House Rules Love in the Time of Cholera Beloved Watchmen The New York Trilogy Kitchen Di ...

>105 Caty, Flaubert's Parrot keeps calling to me from the bookshelves. I have read Arthur and George which is excellent, and although I know that Flibertigibbet's Parrot is different I just have to read it. Thanks for jogging my memory. ~ TT

142. Flaubert's Parrot - Julian Barnes This book is a strange amalgam of fictionalised biography, literary criticism and novel, with a light sprinkling of authorial philosophising. It is also considerably more entertaining than I expected. However, it almost seems unable to decide what ...

Started in Flauberts parrot. Very funny. :)

... by Karen Joy Fowler - not bad, although there was an odd - and I suspect deliberate - confusion over the narrator. Read Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes - not a book that wears its research lightly. Wasn't as funny as expected ,although certainly informative. And the narrator's own "secret" ...

Reading Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes. Should have it finished by the end of the night. Can I keep up this book-a-day rate for the rest of the week?

... the 1980s, I realized Church and State were two sides of a highly devalued coin. If I worship anyone, it's the ghosts of Flaubert, Ambrose Bierce, Karl Kraus, and HL Mencken -- all brilliant curmudgeons who find bourgeois life disgusting and shallow.

... Dead. If nothing else, it puts Barnes back into my consciousness. I've neglected him as a writer, even though I enjoyed Flaubert's Parrot immensely.

... letters (sent and received) and other such topics. Well, OK, I guess it's not too surprising that the author of the novel Flaubert's Parrot would be fascinated by Flaubert. And the essays are, in fact, interesting as far as they go, assuming one has an interest in the subject matter. But, ...

245. Fools of Fortune by William Trevor, 1984 246. Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes, 1985 247. The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera, 1994 248. The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks, 2002 249. Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard, 1985 250. White Noise by Don Delillo ...

... was a snob because of his last name. Marx also tears into him with a snobby arrogance. It's wonderful! Salammbo by Flaubert I'm sure people have heard of Flaubert. This and The Temptation of St. Anthony are wonderful reads.

... grab me, I shall pass them on to others and move on to ones that do. Man Booker Prize/Shortlist Waterland Flaubert’s Parrot The Satanic Verses The Famished Road Disgrace (I was warned away from this when I lived in South Africa, but really must read it.) Atonement ...

November by Flaubert It's a short read. The plot is pretty basic -- young man falls in love with prostitute with a heart of gold -- but since it's Flaubert writing, it's quite good. Since it's short, Beckett's Trilogy: Molloy, Malone Dies, the Unnamable is up next on the docket. Read ...

... have The Count of Monte Cristo on my bookshelf). Wasn't a big fan of Madame Bovary, though I wouldn't rule out another Flaubert. I'd take a crack at the Forsythe Saga too.

The Unbearable Lightness of Being was my first Kundera book and I really loved it. I read it right after Julian Barnes Flaubert's Parrot, and thought they were both innovative in style and structure and very charming. Unfortunately it was over 20 years ago that I read it, so the specifics ...

I am surprised we got stuck on Updike. I have read Rabbit Redux. Anyone for Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes?

... Wasp Factory Nights at the Circus The Unbearable Lightness of Being Blood and Guts in High School Neuromancer Flaubert’s Parrot Money: A Suicide Note Shame Worstward Ho Fools of Fortune La Brava Waterland The Life and Times of Michael K The Diary of Jane Som ...

... by Bernard Schlink Priced at £5.99. Cost 75p. Because its on the list and I have heard that it is a worthwhile read. Flaubert’s Parrot by Julian Barnes Priced at £6.99 ($13.00). Cost 70p Because I like Flaubert’s Madame Bovary and have enjoyed other books by Julien Barnes and ...

... of by Julian Barnes I have always looked out for new works by Barnes - having discovered him many years ago with Flaubert's Parrot and A history of the world in 10 1/2 Chapters, both of which delighted me for their originality and intelligence. This is a non-fiction meditation on ...

... ry The Garden Of The Peacocks - Anthony Weller The Plumed Serpent - Evelyn Anthony Boy On A Dolphin - David Divine Flaubert's Parrot - Julian Barnes

... the novel in a unique structural form. The sign of an innovative artist. I was introduced to him many years ago with Flaubert's Parrot which was great. All his books have great merit. Interestingly, despite his 'Englishness', he has lived in France for many years (although I think he ...

... Serious Man" -a letter from what appeared to be an old school friend, telling the recipient how awful the book was (Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes), but suggesting that he read it anyway -recently I also found one of my own high school report cards in a copy of Mythology by ...

If you find you like Julian Barnes, try his Flaubert's Parrot and England, England.

... which I found rather unremarkable, and certainly not deserving of the lavish praise that poured forth. I picked up Flaubert's Parrot and Arthur and George because they looked interesting. I enjoyed both, without anyone having told me why I should. :-) Reverse snob, I guess.

... #49: >whew< I am pleased not to have landed on Jurisfiction's evildoers list for unauthorized use of another's material. Flaubert's Parrot was enormous fun for me to read. I went immediately on a Barnes binge, getting and reading in the course of one intense week England, England (not ...

Yesterday I finished Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes, after having him recommended to me (Barnes that is, not the parrot). Took a while to get into the swing of things, but I enjoyed the "unreliable narrator", as well as having almost every chapter appear in a different style. I ...

I've just started Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes. To help with the purchasing of all these books, I chose the ones I most wanted to read first, and added them to my Amazon wish list. If anyone asks what I want for Christmas, I'll just point them there!

... galvanise me one way or the other!). Anyway, have also finished The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde, and have started Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes. I've had to put down The Naked Lunch for a bit. It's just too much to read on its own...

I seem to be on a book-buying roll... Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut

... relative merits. I seem to remember that Julian Barnes had some trenchant observations on Enid Starkie - was it in Flaubert's Parrot? but maybe that was just about her atrocious French accent!