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75 Books Challenge for 2009 : lindsacl's (Laura's) challenge - part 3		162	rebeccanyc, Friday 7:53am
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Le Salon Litteraire du Peuple pour le Peuple : Your personal top 10 all time favorites list(s)		296	tomcatMurr, Sunday 8:09pm
999 Challenge : angelrose		70	angelrose, November 21
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Here we go again! RedBowlingBallRuth's reading challenge '09!		237	alcottacre, November 21
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What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of September 19, 2009?		251	Arten60, November 7
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What Are You Reading Now? : 2009 - Your Best Five Reads of Q3 (July -Sept)		79	bibleeohfile, November 2
999 Challenge : Moneybeets'		94	moneybeets, October 30
Book talk : Books made into movies		107	Ape, October 25
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Very late to start...		65	arubabookwoman, October 23
What Are You Reading Now? : 2009 WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING?		187	thanuj2409, October 19
Book talk : Cool titles		40	rolandperkins, October 13
50 Book Challenge : Jodyreadseverything Book Counter 2009		64	Jodyreadseverything, October 11
Reading Great Books : Great Books I Want to Read		18	zechristof, September 26
999 Challenge : MelBurnett's 999 challenge		26	burnett, September 16
What Are You Reading Now? : The Gathering Place, thread the ninth		244	richardderus, September 12
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999 Challenge : times 2		38	bucketyell, August 23
All Things New England : top 100 New England books		14	vpfluke, August 8
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : reading list		17	saffyre2, August 2
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50-Something Library Thingers : What books did you read that were highlights for 2008?		36	donitamblyn, July 16
The Green Dragon : June Reads 2009		180	readafew, June 30
What Are You Reading Now? : What is the Best Book you've read so far this year --2009		78	dchaikin, June 25
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Reading the States : Reading about New York		44	Marchpane, May 20
50 Book Challenge : Veronica Darling's - Ending 10/11/2009		12	spacepotatoes, May 20
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Book of the month club : April Books		19	Booksloth, May 8
50 Book Challenge : lillian_shannice crawls towards 50		20	lillian_shannice, April 25
What Are You Reading Now? : What You Are Reading the Week of 28 March 2009		190	SupaMaori, April 21
BookMooching : A Book Search Among Friends, chapter 2		190	aqualectrix, April 13
999 Challenge : jbeast 2009 1999		25	jbeast, April 2
What Are You Reading Now? : Books that came home with you in March 2009		414	richardderus, April 1
Early Reviewers : The Easter Parade by Richard Yates		1	KromesTomes, March 31
What Are You Reading Now? : The Gathering Place--2009 thread #3		275	momom248, March 23
1001 Books to read before you die : The 1001 "I've Read That" chain game, Thread Three		299	Booksloth, March 22
75 Books Challenge for 2008 : poplin's 75 books for 2009		1	poplin, March 12
Science Fiction Fans : What are you reading? ( February 2009 )		117	bobmcconnaughey, March 11
What Are You Reading Now? : Books that came home with you in February part II		229	Neverwithoutabook, March 10
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Club Read 2009 : If everybody's reading it, can it be that good?		103	Nickelini, March 1
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Science Fiction Fans : What Are You Reading - Q1 ( January - March 2009)		165	iansales, February 13
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : My 2009 Challenge		10	kheffelf, February 12
What Are You Reading Now? : WHY are you reading now?		115	JimThomson, February 10
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : leahmichele's 75		7	alcottacre, February 6
Literary Snobs : Best and worst film adaptations of literary works (for cinema snobs)		154	geneg, February 1
What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today?--January 2009		306	richardderus, January 22
What Are You Reading Now? : Your BEST BOOKS of 2008		174	MissTeacher, January 18
The Green Dragon : What is going to be your first read of 2009?		86	Morphidae, January 16
List Five Books Parlour Game : Pathways, Roads and Highways		24	varielle, January 6
What Are You Reading Now? : What You Are Reading the Week of 27 Decembeer 2008		175	thioviolight, January 4
50 Book Challenge : Donna828 is feeling challenged in 2008		101	Donna828, January 2
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50 Book Challenge : Starting again		11	jillianmarie, December 2008
50 Book Challenge : cabegley's 2008 challenge		105	mrstreme, December 2008
Made into a Movie : Books made into movies showing on the fall of 2008 in the U.S.		5	Nickelini, December 2008
What Are You Reading Now? : What books are next on your reading list?		355	stevetempo, November 2008
What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the Week of 13 September 2008		203	mckait, September 2008
50 Book Challenge : Marvas 2008 book counter		78	marvas, September 2008
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What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 31 May 2008		144	bell7, June 2008
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75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Cerievans1's 2009 books read		142	cerievans1, Today 12:25pm
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... as 'sons'. Goodness, what a duffer I am!) has been on my TBR for SUCH a long time. But I MUST read my bookrings. (BTW, Revolutionary Road was really fascinating, and strange. I've not journalled my thoughts yet, but I will.) I'll have to read your thoughts on Man in the Dark, crimson-tide ...

Oooh, I'd be tempted by a cheap copy of Revolutionary Road too, I've heard great things. I needed a smaller book (than Shantaram) yesterday as Mum was taking me out for a Nice Lunch so I couldn't turn up in jeans/t-shirt/backpack. The book that fit best into my (admittedly fairly large) nice ...

Found an ultra-cheap copy of Revolutionary Road yesterday, and couldn't resist starting it. I'd been wanting to read it for some time. (Then back to bookrings . . .)

... by Terence (the hero is a NON-eunuch, pretending to be a eunuch; the actual eunuch is a minor character.) Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates one of the best sarcastic uses of an adjective in a title (as the characters are very UN-revolutionary.)

... by Terence (the hero is a NON-eunuch, pretending to be a eunuch; the actual eunuch is a minor character.) Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates one of the best sarcastic uses of an adjective in a title (as the characters are very UN-revolutionary.)

... The Host by Stpehenie Meyer 57) Bodily Harm by Margaret Atwood 58) One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey 59) Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates 60) The Good Major by Andrew Nicoll Books read: 9 Pages read: 3047 --- Total books read: 60 Total pages read: 19175

... 15. Less Than Zero 16. The Moviegoer 17. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch 18. The Dragon In The Sea 19. Revolutionary Road 20. Lord of the Flies

51. Intrepretation of Murder by Rubenfeld 52. How to be Lost by Ward 53. She Went all the Way by Cabot 54. Revolutionary Road by Yates 55. Where Rainbows End by Ahern 56. Not Buying It by Levine 57. The Historian by Kostova 58. Terminal Freeze by Child 59. Disappeared by Ech ...

... Ghost Road by Pat Barker - gruesome, sad end to her WW1 historical fiction trilogy. very disturbing. (4 1/2 stars) 5. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates - well written, like watching a train-wreck happening (4 stars)

I finished reading Revolutionary Road and think I'll start The Good Mayor.

59) Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates I greatly enjoyed this read. I've never read anything by Yates before, but now that I have I must read more. This novel was quiet and interesting, simple yet complex. Highly reccomended! :)

23 - Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates 24 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey I have an absolute killer of a headache just now, so I shall post my, eh, thoughts? on these novels another time. Suffice to say I LAAAAAAAAAAAAAVED THEM BOTH!!!!!11!!!"!2!21!!!

Where in the world is Morfam?...you ask...maybe... He has finally found the road to Redemption, he has trod the Revolutionary Road, he is now a Rebel with a Cause. Football season starts tonight! Yea! How much he has suffered lo, these many months, but how great the feeling, now that ...

65. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates

... Olive Kitteridge. Definitely one of my outstanding fiction reads of several years. Now I shall be on the look out for Revolutionary Road as you have recommended it highly and I have come to much respect your reading choices and comments. As others have noted, Kate Winslett was consumed for ...

36. Revolutionary Road It's hard for me to feel sorry for the characters in this novel. They sound entirely spoiled and like they have too much time free time and no real problems, so they just invent imaginary ones. I'm probably just missing the point of the book.

I've finished Revolutionary Road and now I need something fluffy. I don't really want to think. The problem is that I don't really have anything too fluffy in my library. Suggestions?

I'm enjoying these posts regarding Revolutionary Road and need to read it asap.

I have been thinking about reading Revolutionary Road for a while now. I am yet to see the movie, so I might have to get to it soon. I really liked Vernon God Little. Almost everyone I know who has read it has disliked it, so I am pleased to see that you liked it as well. I thought it was ...

Hello and congratulations on your hot review, listed on today's home page, for Revolutionary Road!

#33 - Revolutionary Road is well-deserving of its masterpiece status. Enjoy. Welcome to goosegirl! As for me, I'm still working on My Life in France by Julia Child. I am so far beyond pleased with this book. I've never watched her shows or (horror of horrors for someone who likes ...

Well, it turns out I'll start Revolutionary Road instead of The Black Tulip. I had the Dumas book all picked out and put a bookmark in it, but the Richard Yates one just called out to me. Funny how that touchstone doesn't work.

I read Revolutionary Road years ago, and am still haunted by the ending.

I bought Revolutionary Road a few months ago, and promptly forgot about it. Looks like I should move it up the TBR pile! I want to see the movie too, with Kate Winslet and Leo Dicaprio. I think it will be interesting to see how their chemistry and acting has developed since Titanic. Kate Winsl ...

... target="_blank"> Revolutionary Road - review From my review: Frank and April Wheeler are a young ...

Loved REVOLUTIONARY ROAD (the book). Won't see the film. Interesting that "Mad men" is a period piece. Looking better and better...

FWIW, I think Mad Men does a much better job depicting its era than the film version of Revolutionary Road did. Anyone older than me is welcome to discuss, and correct me if I'm wrong. (And of course Yates's book is beyond compare to the film. He would have hated it.)

... /111671.html">review 51. I'm not Complaining - review 50. Revolutionary Road - review 49. Olive Kitteridge - revie ...

... seasons : a memoir by Beth Powning. 230 p. {memoir} 30) The horseman's graves by Jacqueline Baker. 432 p. 31) Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates. 463 p. {book club} August, five books, 1913 pp.

#104, jhowell, Glad you liked Revolutionary Road; I thought it was a great book and was horrified about the casting for the movie (Leonardo di Caprio and Kate Winslett). You are right that it is a very 50s setting (when Yates wrote it, of course), and I don't think the issues confronting the ...

Finished Revolutionary Road which I really liked -- although if someone had described to me what it was about I would not have read it -- seems like it would be Oprah-esque and melodramatic -- but instead it was quite a compelling pain-fest of a read. Honosetly, I think the 1950's setting is ...

... Schlink The Ruins by Scott Smith Slumdog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates Midwives by Chris Bohjalian Time Travellers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger Little Princess by Frances Burnett Fav ...

... Bonaparte trilogy. Good, light historical fiction which was right on time after the Walden debacle. Now I am reading Revolutionary Road which has sucked me in rather quickly.

... novella) 11. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink 12. Your Erroneous Zones by Wayne Dyer 13. Afraid by Jack Kilborn 14. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates 15. Culture Warrior by Bill O'Reilly 16. The Shack by William P. Young 17. 1984 by George Orwell 18. The Secret Life Of Bees ...

... Brooklyn. I disagree on Wally Lamb, but I'm thinking I should give him a another shot and read his latest book. Revolutionary Road and The Lost City of Z have moved up my TBR list based on your thoughts! Happy reading!

... Yankee in King Arthur's Court 92. Massachusetts 93. The Old Patagonian Express 94. The Weight of Water 95. Revolutionary Road 96. The Late George Apley 97. Looking Backward 98. Requiem, Mass. 99. The Wapshot Chronicle 100. The Very Hungry Caterpillar 92. The

... the story moved awfully slowly and I found the alternating first person views to be part of the problem... Also finished Revolutionary Road, which was very good, tight writing and great dialog. The movie follows the book almost to the letter, btw. Still slogging my way through Middlemarch, ...

My favorite fiction so far was Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates. Yes, it was published in the 60s and it's been made into a movie, but it reads as if it could have been published today save a few throwbacks. Non-Fiction was How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer. If everyone knew that ...

... Me, Tom Ripley, Humbert Humbert, Philip Carey Of Human Bondage, Lieselotte Vitzliputzli Fifth Business, April Wheeler Revolutionary Road, Zenia The Robber Bride.

... short fiction this afternoon. I have three hours at work where I can listen to audio..such luxury! Has anyone listened to Revolutionary Road?

... I have three hours at work where I do mindless things and I can listen with headphones. Ahh luxury. Has anyone listened to Revolutionary Road?

36. Wolves by Emily Gravett 37. Revolutionary road by Richard Yates Frank and April wheeler despair of the ordinariness of their suburban lives. Their Paris aspirations are short lived as things inevitably fall apart. Great writing 38. The Boat by Nam Le In 1979, Nam Le's family ...

... Erdrich - a short story collection. I liked a lot of them but I can't say that I absolutely loved this book. 14. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates - this I loved and would recommend it to others. 15. The Easter Parade by Richard Yates - very good but not as good as Rev ...

... valley by Peter Robinson tonight, and after having a look through my pile of library books, I will start reading Revolutionary road by Richard Yates. To this I must add, the first I am reading in Dutch, it is called Zondeval. The second however I will be reading in English. Ha ...

#34 Porchsitter: I loved Revolutionary Road as well. I would also highly recommend the collected short stories of Richard Yates, which I may like even better. I need to read more of his novels. I just finished Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead, his "autobiographical fourth novel". Benji is ...

I am about 2/3rd's of the way through Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates....I just love it. I love this guy's writing. For some reason, it reminds me of the style of The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx. I wouldn't be unhappy if this book never ended. I also received a PDF version of ...

... all the answers. I had ordered Lamb's other two novels before I had finished this one. Having read and loved Yates's Revolutionary Road a few months ago, I was looking forward to reading more of his work. The Easter Parade didn't haunt me in the way RR did, but it was still an enjoyable ...

... glad you like the sound of it. I'd had it lurking around the place for a while myself. I'd had a feeling it may be bit like Revolutionary Road. I'm not sure now - maybe it's similar in some ways. I'm glad you feel inspired and will look out for your comments when you've read it to see if we ...

24 revolutionary road richard yates brenzi in 50-Something Library Thingers : What books did you read that were highlights for 2008? (Apr 15, 2009, 2:40pm)

2008 was a great year for me as far as finding great reads goes. They would include: Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates The Voyage of the Narwhal by Andrea Barrett The Secret River by Kate Grenville America, America by Ethan Canin The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by Dav ...

21. Vathek - William Beckford 22. Revolutionary Road - Richard Yates

... Bronte The Man Who Loved Children by Christina Stead Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey Walden by David Thoreau Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates The Sunlight Dialogues by John Gardner The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy (actually several books in a series) East of Eden by ...

34 Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates I'd been planning to read this for some time, and I'm glad I've finally got round to it. Brilliantly written portrayal of the dissatisfaction bred by suburban life in 50s America for Frank and April Wheeler, a young couple. This leads to vicious ...

Finished REVOLUTIONARY ROAD. Amazing. Yates is one of the few authors I know of who make me talk out loud to his books., One of his characters will do something (invariably stupid or, at least, ill-advised) and I find myself muttering: "You fool, you bloody, bloody FOOL..."

... only to find that they're horrible and they will review accordingly. One of my favorite books so far this year, Revolutionary Road has its share of 1 and 2 star reviews. There's also the Early Reviewer Program which gives you the ...

I'm about a third of the way through Richard Yates' REVOLUTIONARY ROAD and think it very fine. Unfortunately, I have the movie tie-in edition so I have to flip past Leonardo diCaprio's mug on the cover (a fatal bit of miscasting, in my view)...

... wonderful to hear! I would love to hear your thoughts on it. As many great books as I've read so far this year, I know that Revolutionary Road is destined to join my list of all-time favorites. Incidentally, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter will also make that list, and I have a sneaking ...

#15 Poplin, thanks to you I've bought a copy of Revolutionary Road and it's in my bag waiting for me to start it on my way home from work.

... holocaust one you may want to increase your non-fiction list with some of the others. Next read for me, more fiction - Revolutionary Road.

About to start Revolutionary Road - have been looking forward to this one for a while.

... Busiek from Graphic Novel 3. A History of Violence by John Wagner from Made Into Movies/TV Shows 4. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates from Authors I've Never Read Before 5. Hero by Perry Moore from Authors I've Never Read Before Those weren't ...

!!!Spoiler alert!!! After reading and loving Richard Yates’ Revolutionary Road, I was pretty geeked to get a copy of The Easter Parade through LT’s early reviewers’ group. I love a good story about suburban angst as much as anybody, but that’s not really what The Easter Parade ...

... the internet ordering books and I HAVE to stop! 3 more today/yesterday: First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates Sold by Patricia McCormick (for Reading Globally April theme read on slavery)

... out from the Library. Although I am glad that I'm listening to my gut and giving myself some books between it after Revolutionary Road and a few others. I got the feeling after reading the flap that I need to get a book or two with some characters that I like in before I read this one. ...

jbeast >> Thank you for the compliments! I would highly recommend all the books you mentioned, but Revolutionary Road in particular--I'm fairly certain it is destined to become one of my all-time favorites. tarendz >> Well, I would describe it thusly: although I know that Ishiguro is Japa ...

Antisiness satisfied. I finished Revolutionary Road, and I'm glad I did. I had a few days of movie watching (DVDs due at the library and a new subscription to NetFlix), but this wasn't a slow read by any means. Save a few anachronisms and a rather large hook that the plot hangs on (which, ...

I just bought Shantaram as an audiobook. I also just bought Novel Destinations and Revolutionary Road. So far, they are all great. They all have their own 'best times' for me to read them, as for Shantaram, I have a long driving commute and audiobooks are great for that.

... and was left ultimately disappointed. Two and a half stars. Now reading Inglorious by Joanna Kavenna and Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates... Much better

I'm going to start Revolutionary Road for a bit...

I'm getting antsy - and this is generally not a good sign. I'm getting worried that Revolutionary Road will also be a slow read, so I'm going to start that tonight. Which will make this 3 books now... I'm feeling guilty about the ER book, but the flow just hasn't caught with it yet - not ...

... taking it a bit slower. I figure if I throw some stuff in between, I should be good. Of course, I also need to read Revolutionary Road before the 25th, so that will be another uplifting book! Let's see, the distractions of Bukowski start with a story called "A .45 to Pay the Rent" - ...

... to update as I continue to read! 1. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink 2. Ignorance by Milan Kundera 3. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates 4. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis 5. Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov 6. The Sound and the Fury by William Faul ...

... to update as I continue to read! 1. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink 2. Ignorance by Milan Kundera 3. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates 4. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis 5. Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov 6. The Sound and the Fury by William Faul ...

... get American Rust done so I can get back on track with 999 books. I do have some others due this month soon - well, Revolutionary Road by Philipp Meyer and Hero by Perry Moore can't be renewed anymore! Although I am tempted after the bonus books to knock out Kapilavastu (Buddha, Vol. ...

... Gates of Palm Beach by Laurence Leamer Worth Tasting by The Junior League of the Palm Beaches and airplane fare: Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates

7. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates This book was not something I would normally pick up but I’d read about it on LT and the movie had just been released and I was curious. Frank annoyed me. I got sick of his voice and point of view. Relief came with a brief chapter in the middle of the ...

... Prize winners" to "Authors who are new to me," for the reasons I have listed above. I've also added five more books: Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates and If on a winter's night a traveler by Italo Calvino to "Authors who are new to me"; Death Comes for the Archbishop by Wi ...

... Lyall The Bear Went Over the Mountain Satirical look at the world of publishing. Heartwarming and great fun. Revolutionary Road Great book. Sensitive look at the tragic marriage of two basically unlikeable characters who nonetheless manage to engage our sympathy. Why Not Catc ...

... Right now I'm reading two "man" books, but I must say that the heroine (an old fashioned word, I know) April Wheeler Revolutionary Road perfectly captures women in the fifties who struggled with what Betty Friedan said was "the problem that has no name." Hope this isn't cheating!

... On the other hand, I can see and listen to wall-to-wall coverage about the latest Hollywood blockbuster - the release of Revolutionary Road has led to non-stop coverage of Kate Winslet and maybe one article on Richard Yates. This is an interesting article from Australia - Honto in 50 Book Challenge : 50 Book Challenge 2009: Honto (Feb 24, 2009, 7:42am)

Thanks spacepotatoes! I've read a few other Ishiguro books, they are all a bit odd and confusing. 7. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates - book club choice - managed to read this while avoiding all write ups of the film and book, so really had no idea how the book would pan out. Brilliantly ...

#4 Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates My extremely bookish friend recommended this as what to read over summer, she read it a few years back and was captivated by it. She said he was one of those writers that writers loved, but many of reading folk overlooked! And I'm so glad I read it. ...

... it, but instead I am going to make it last and only read one book a month. This Side of Paradise - F. Scott Fitzgerald Revolutionary Road - Richard Yates Any Known Blood - Lawrence Hill Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood

... Thrity Umrigar and now I'm cautiously approaching marital woes in western Connecticut circa 1955 in Richard Yates's Revolutionary Road.

... enjoy such books less than those that explore larger subjects (such as those explored by The Heart is a Lonely Hunter or Revolutionary Road, as I said above).

... decided to overcome my prejudice towards The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, as it is such a brilliant book and is now tied with Revolutionary Road as my favorite book of 2009 so far. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter is a beautiful example of Southern Gothic, a cross between To Kill a Mockingbird ...

Richard Yates - A Good School and The Easter Parade because I loved Revolutionary Road. And I'm Not Scared. (Well, I am - just a tiny bit - but only of being suffocated under all these books.)

> cameling- I also recently saw Revolutionary Road and enjoyed it. Does it compare to the magnificence of the book? Heck no, but I thought it was well made and well acted. I especially liked Michael Shannon, who played the disturbed "son".

I watched Revolutionary Road last night and for all who have already read the book ... don't watch the movie! The book was much better. Although Leonardo DiCaprio did a great job in the movie, the editing was poor and the movie dragged. richard - sleep, that's what you need ... sleep

... Secret Fan by Lisa See. Then my daughter handed me a book she'd read recently on a plane and asked for my explication: Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates. Just received from Amazon: Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin and picked up the following from a book cart outside the new ...

I got about halfway through 2666 and decided to put it down for a little bit. So far I have read Revolutionary Road The Reader The Times and Trials of Anne Hutchinson The Trumpet of Conscience Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Brazil Watchmen

The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever edited by Christopher Hitchens Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler

TBR Pile 1. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

... reading all these stories at once is rather disturbing. I wouldn't want to be in his mind! The Ghost by Robert Harris Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates - This is the best book I read in January - a period piece in a way because of the role of women as portrayed in the book, but ...

Ha! I read fiv ebooks at once ;) I started with John Updike's Terrorist, then followed Richard Yates' Revolutionary Road and Eleven Kinds of Loneliness. in the meantime I got my hands on Margaret Atwood Good Bones and something more academic Shamans and Elders by Caroline Humphrey. I'm ...

Jody - Does this mean I should move Revolutionary Road up the pile? I have a great longing to go for The Bear Went Over the Mountain (Shearrob recommended) next but I'm torn over what to choose after that. (And yes, I know I'm a bit weird, but I do plan ahead, though it rarely works out quite ...

My books for January have been good ones on the whole, so a good start to the year. 1. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates. I'd been wanting this one for a while and it was a good read, although quite a bleak one. Spoilt only by having the film tie-in cover but I'm glad I finally took the ...

... Leonard, still. If I don't finish it by the 16th I'll have to return it regardless, so I'm trying to crack on with it. Revolutionary Road, by Richard Yates. When I requested this from the library I placed a block request on all the different editions we held, and ended up receiving a first ...

... Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro The Piano Teacher - Janice Y.K. Lee Revolutionary Road - Richard Yates Middlemarch - George Eliot Daniel Deronda - George Eliot Romola - George Eliot Flat-Out Sexy - Erin McCarthy Hard and Fast - ...

... love to read the books before I see the movie. I know about the HP books, Twilight, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Revolutionary Road, The Reader by Bernhard Schlink, The Slumdog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist. I know there are more I just can't think ...

I've read that! How about Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates?

... I'm trying not to make matters worse for myself by starting The Hidden World (I finished The White Tyger recently) or Revolutionary Road already. I figure having four (or five) books on the go at one time is enough!

... it's great to hear that you loved it. And thanks for the congratulations! theaelizabet: I loved, loved, loved Revolutionary Road--instant favorite! It's still too soon for me to fully formulate my thoughts on it, but a few quick thoughts: I'm really interested in books that explore ...

... already in 2009! Here's my list so far: 1. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink 2. Ignorance by Milan Kundera 3. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates 4. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis 5. Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov 6. The Sound and the Fury by William Faul ...

... hniuk Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay Hell's Angels - Hunter S. Thompson The Rum Diary - Hunter S. Thompson Revolutionary Road - Richard Yates The Dice Man - Luke Rhinehart Tales of Ordinary Madness - Charles Bukowski Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy No Country For Old ...

... Who, The Story of Martha was a much-appreciated gift. And then I got home to find that The Story of Edgar Sawtelle and Revolutionary Road had both appeared while I was away.

Finished Revolutionary Road and liked it very much, although I must have been the only person on the planet not to be aware of the film until I spotted Kate and Leo on the cover (I don't like getting movie tie-in covers). Also finished The Gargoyle and loved that too, although it is a bit ...

Category 5: Bought online 1 Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates. 4.5* 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 This is an easy one because I buy more or less everything online. So will add them as and when I read them.

... finished 10/31 8. Rich Like Them by Ryan D'Agostino finished 2/6 9. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates finished 3/24 Notes - Review of Palestine up, some CK updated. Wondering by some of the reviews if ...

... by Neil Gaiman 34. Coraline by Neil Gaiman 35. Winter's bone by Daniel Woodrell 36. Wolves by Emily Gravett 37. Revolutionary road by Richard Yates 38. The Boat by Nam Le 39. When Henry caught imaginitis by Nick Bland 40. The reader by Bernhard Schlink June 4 ...

#74/#77 - I just finished Revolutionary Road after having it on my wishlist for ages. I really enjoyed it and as it was my first book of the year it's got my 50 Book Challenge List off to a great start. I've now started The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson and am loving this one too.

1. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates Bought 31/12/08 Waterstones Doncaster Frank and April Wheeler are a young and glamourous couple who seem to have everything but are unhappy with suburban life. April makes plans to change their lifestyle but Frank isn't keen and their seemingly perfect ...

Finished Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates last week. I really enjoyed it. Had read in Time magazine that it was an excellent book that was not really appreciated when it first was printed. It is a little depressing - I'll warn you of that. Just realized that I've only read 11 books so ...

... stories one after the other so last night I also started one of the books I have bought so far with my Christmas vouchers, Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates. It's one I have been interested in for awhile.

I ended the year with a bang: I finished Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates. A stunning novel. I cannot recommend it higher. I started A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss. He's an author who's been popping up on these threads a lot lately and I've been sitting on this one for awhile. Ba ...

>99: Jodyreadseverything- I also just finished Revolutionary Road and it was incredible. I managed to snag the Vintage cover (thanks to a generous fellow LTer), sorry to rub it in! Although, it's what's between the covers ,that really matters anyway! Read it soon!

... to mine I added The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson and Loving Frank by Nancy Horan, both recommended by Booksloth, plus Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates and The Blindfold by Siri Hustvedt. I've been stalking Revolutionary Road for a while and finally bought it today, unfortunately ...

6) Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates ***** Incredible way to close out the year!

... Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates No matter what you read about this book or the movie, this story (at least as told in the book) is not about suburban malaise or ...

I just finished Revolutionary Road (wanted to read it before seeing the movie). Definitely a highlight read for 2008. A perfect book for those of us now in our 50s.

#35 msf59--I'm about 40 pages from finishing Revolutionary Road and am taking a break so I can prepare myself for the ending. You're right. It's outstanding.

> 32: theaelizabet- What are your thoughts on Revolutionary Road? I'm about 2/3rds of the way through it and feel it's outstanding! Hope you feel the same way!

Revolutionary Road because it's been on my TBR pile for a couple of years and I want to read it before I see the movie, which just opened.

Just about to finish Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates. Don't know what I will start next.

Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates 12/15/08 A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 12/16/08 Smoke by Ivan Turgenev 12/17/08 †Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf 12/19/08 The Assistant (#325) by Bernard Malamud 12/20/08

... Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism by Megan Marshall (which has been excellent) and will start Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates so that I can finish it before seeing the movie.

While shopping for others I bought for me. Yes, I know. Bad thing to do. A Mercy by Toni Morrison Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

#17, shootingstarr7 and #36 msf59, Revolutionary Road is a brilliant novel; be sure to read it before you see the sure-to-be-disappointing movie with Leonardo di Caprio and Kate Winslett.

>17: shootingstarr7- I just acquired a copy of Revolutionary Road and plan to start it soon. Let me know what you think!

I just started Revolutionary Road, and I think I'm going to try to finish reading Alias Grace this weekend.

... Robert "I only do psycho" De Niro. (Why oh why does someone not stop this man doing comedy? It's embarrassing). ps..Revolutionary Road is a great novel - very well-written.

... I picked it up, along with some strong nods from fellow LTers. I received these 2 books from an incredible LT member: Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates. I've heard so much great buzz on this novel! Forty Words For Sorrow by Giles Blunt. Another LT recommendation! How have I ...

God help us, Richard Yates' REVOLUTIONARY ROAD has been adapted into a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio, pound for pound one of the least interesting actors in the world. That's one I'll be giving a miss...

... of Champions, Cat's Cradle... hell, a whole box set) and A Confederacy of Dunces would be most welcome. And what about Revolutionary Road?

... by Graham Robb Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz Last Night by James Salter

Does anyone have a copy of Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates. It supposed to be incredible and I'd like to read it before the film comes out. Thanks!

... barnes 7 the story of edgar sawtelle david wroblewski 8 the abstinence teacher tom perrotta (22 april-24 april) 9 revolutionary road richard yates (25 april-27 april)

31. Liverpool: Wondrous Place - Music from the Cavern to the Coral 32. Revolutionary Road 33. Books, Baguettes and Bedbugs: the Left Bank World of Shakespeare and Co

Today I added Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates. I saw it's on a lot of wishlists, so come & get it if you're interested! http://www.bookmooch.com/m/inventory/jhedlund And it's gone... Thanks!

Revolutionary Road is up next, though I was naughty and started reading it this lunch and I told one of volunteers who work with me I liked Nevil Shute and he's brought me Most Secret and The Chequer Board to read on the tube home rather than the free newspapers.

Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates Paths of Glory by Humphrey Cobb The Place of Dead Roads by William S. Burroughs The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane

... read since high school and found I loved it just as much - another guilty pleasure. What can I say? It was summer. and Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates - flawless piece of writing

#152, 157, 159, Revolutionary Road is one of my favorite books, and bnbooklady, you should definitely read it before the movie comes out because in my opinion there is no way it can be translated into a movie, especially with Leonardo di Caprio and Kate Winslett.

Revolutionary Road is one of the great unsung novels of the late 20th century. The movie is bound to be questionable -- but at least the publicity got everyone reading it again. I first read it about ten years ago, then again about a year ago. Yates manages to combine through-going black ...

Revolutionary Road is one of the great unsung novels of the late 20th century. The movie is bound to be questionable -- but at least the publicity got everyone reading it again. I first read it about ten years ago, then again about a year ago. Yates manages to combine through-going black ...

152: Revolutionary Road is on my near-future TBRs...it sounds wonderful. Keep us posted on your thoughts.

I am a little more than halfway through Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates. It's the first time I've read it, and it does pack a punch. I have no idea how the book will translate into a movie, which I think is coming out sometime before the end of the year. The whole book is about the ...

... Man - Danny Wallace 2008DEC19 Marley and Me - John Grogan 2008DEC25 Coraline - Neil Gaiman 2008DEC26 Revolutionary Road - Richard Yates 2008DEC26 I hope you will read these before watching the movie versions. Thanks Erick

... avourite. 69. A severed head by Iris Murdoch, wonderful writing but my suspension of disbelief broke at the end. 70. Revolutionary road by Richard Yates, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, need to read more by him. 71. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, beautiful writing, not wild ...

... belwebb, Interesting point about Flaubert and Yates; I hadn't known Yates was such a big Flaubert fan when I read Revolutionary Road, but I see what you mean. I reread Madame Bovary a few years ago, and had a much different impression of it than when I read it as a teenager. I'm ...

... it. After all that decadence, I think I'll need something deeper next. I'm thinking maybe Everything is Illuminated or Revolutionary Road.

... which made it hard to narrow down, but my top fiction in the second quarter: Music and Silence by Rose Tremain Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates Harbor by Lorraine Adams The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Onl ...

#29, jglassow, Revolutionary Road is a wonderful book, and a look at human relationships in any era, and I'm very much afraid the movie will mangle it -- I just can't picture Leonardo di Caprio and Kate Winslet as the leads.

I'm reading Richard Yates Revolutionary road . I think in a few months when the movie comes out many people will be reading this book. I'm at page 100, Yates is a master story teller, he makes the mundane interesting and is developing a strong critique of the notion of the american dream ...

... Institution (memoir essays, 350 pages) 31. Music and Silence by Rose Tremain (fiction, 454 pages) 32. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates (fiction, 337 pages) cabegley in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 31 May 2008 (May 31, 2008, 10:22am)

... recommend it. Tremain writes beautifully, and the story never goes predictably. I'm now reading Richard Yates' Revolutionary Road and am thus far enraptured.

24. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates, first published 1961. How have I missed reading this book all these years? I ...

My shortlist of favorites from 2008 would include: The Calligrapher by Edward Docx Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz The History Man by Malcolm Bradbury The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani But that's just the fiction. ...

... profile page if anyone cares to read them. Here goes -- and sorry for the long post: 1. Lady Susan by Jane Austen 2. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates 3. Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks* 4. The Giver - Lois Lowry 5. As We Are Now - May Sarton 6. Run - Ann Patchett 7. Out Steali ...

rebeccanyc: I'm skeptical about the Revolutionary Road film adaptation, too, but more because it's helmed by Sam Mendes. I'm afraid he'll bring the same smug tongue-wagging to the proceedings that he brought to American Beauty. That said, I'll still go see the thing.

tatleriv, rebeccanyc, I've read Revolutionary Road a couple of times and it still blows me away, a landmark novel.

#83, tatleriv, I've read Revolutionary Road and thought it was brilliant. I'm afraid that the movie that's coming out later this year will be terrible (based, I admit, on the casting of Leonardo di Caprio and Kate Winslett).

In order of impact: Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Travels with a Donkey by Robert Louis Stevenson Someday I'll get around to updating my reviews and cover these.

Finished Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates last week and am still smarting from it. Anyone else read this thing? It's on a short list of books that have instantly rearranged my worldview. Other books on that list include The Great Gatsby, Catcher in the Rye, Wise Blood, and Breakfast ...

About a third of the way through Richard Yates' Revolutionary Road. Ho hum...

... productive insomnia). Okay, enough preaching the Gospel of Jonathan Franzen... and back to surreptitiously reading Revolutionary Road at work.

... experiences of all time. @Vonini (#99) - The library's all checked-out of Never Let Me Go, so I'm moving forward on Revolutionary Road. Next week, perhaps!

... Inland Voyage, which looks pretty great, but I'm on a fiction kick. Debating whether or not to tackle Never Let Me Go or Revolutionary Road next.

... cover. It's a lush rendering of immigrant memoir, family secrets & a tragic war-torn love affair. Hope to grab a copy of Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates on the way to work. Guess I'll just have to make do with a Metro on the train.

... from movies for books I loved -- I'm nearly always disappointed. PS As an example, I believe a movie is coming out for Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates starring Leonardo diCaprio and Kate Winslett -- I cannot imagine these actors in those roles!

I recently found out Revolutionary Road is being made into a movie with Leonardo di Caprio and Kate Winslet. It's hard for me to see this novel as a movie at all, but that casting certainly doesn't help.

I thought of another one - Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates, a great novel that takes place in the NYC suburbs and Manhattan.

I recently learned that Leonardo di Caprio and Kate Winslett are going to star in a film of Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates. I can't even imagine a movie of this novel, let along with them . . .

... .... Rush Home Road by Lori Lansens Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden (should have won Canada Reads last year!) Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates On the Road by Jack Kerouac (this counts twice because it's a road trip with road in the title!) Sugar Street by Naguib Mahfouz ...

... exploring the site, I discovered that LibraryThing says that three different novels by Richard Yates - A Good School,Revolutionary Road and Cold Spring Harbor are multiples of the same work. Similarly, two different books by Rick Bass - The Book of Yaak and Brown Dog of Yaak ...

... loves him, I need to find out why! Something by Don Dos Passos Random Family by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates The Counterfeiters by Andre Gide Something by V.S. Naipul Blindness or The Cave by Jose Saramago I read All ...