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Atonement redux. I read this book shortly after it was published, and just didn't understand all the gushing praise for it. So, thinking I should give it another try, I did. I still didn't really enjoy it. It reminded me of my feelings about The Voyage Out. The writing is masterful, but I just ...

... Lunar Park - Bret Easton Ellis The Yiddish Policeman's Union - Michael Chabon Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh Atonement - Ian McEwen Napoleon Symphony - Anthony Burgess Cujo - Stephen King The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold Aaaaand my mother just loaned me a copy of a book ...

I gave up on Atonement recently--just couldn't get into it. And I hated--truly hated--Until I Find You by John Irving. I probably plodded through a third of it before officially giving up.

... or even after I've finished and I take time to reflect on it, finally realizing the value in having read the book. Atonement was a book that I did not like from page one, still didn't like it by the end, and didn't really care for the movie, either, though I love Kiera Knightly and James ...

Just finished Atonement and Dirk Gently's Holistice Detective Agency. I have started Herzog and then am going to move onto Frankenstein.

Two that come to mind.. Atonement was an amazing read. And when I was in grade school Number the Stars was a VERY frequent re-read, re-read it recently in fact for the first time in at least 15 years.

"Listen to me. I couldn't mistake him. I've known him all my life. I saw him." Atonement by Ian McEwan "What was our kind doing, anyway, meddling in these affairs?"

For this week I have Atonement by Ian McEwan on the nightstand, as well as The Tennis Partner by Abraham Verghese. A friend just lent that one to me. I also just finished Mr. Maybe by Jane Green last night--I needed something that was way at the other end of the spectrum after ...

... with events ranging from ordinary (a trip to the fishmonger's), to extraordinary (a run-in with a thug and his cronies). Atonement is still my favorite by McEwan, but I enjoyed this one as well.

... The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan C. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (unless I read it in 2009) D. Atonement by Ian McEwan E.

... Habitat furniture and people with nicknames like 'Ju-Ju'. One friend thinks the book feels similar to Ian McEwan. I hated Atonement with a passion so this comparison prepared me to really dislike the Promise of Happiness. In many ways I did dislike it. As I've said, Cartwright seems to ...

OK, that list was way too long! I've deleted it. If anyone wants the alphabetized list, tell me and I'll send it to you.

46.The Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 47.Best Friends by Martha Moody 48.Atonement by Ian McEwan Thank you so much he is a heart melter thats for sure especially towards the woman he now bats his eyelashes at every woman we see.

46.The Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 47.Best Friends by Martha Moody 48.Atonement by Ian McEwan Thank you so much he is a heart melter thats for sure especially towards the woman he now bats his eyelashes at every woman we see.

... Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Hell House by Richard Matheson Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner Atonement by Ian McEwan

... Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Hell House by Richard Matheson Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner Atonement by Ian McEwan

I finished The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan just before the weekend, and was very disappointed. I read Atonement not long ago and loved it, so maybe my expectations were too high, but i just found it to be too... disturbing... Now I simply can't decide which book to start next, as I have ...

and newer ones if not mentioned yet: Atonement The Road Time Traveler's Wife Marley and Me Life of Pi is also in development... Also, World War Z will be out relatively soon... and The Five People You Meet in Heaven was a made for TV movie

Atonement

... haul on the ATWOOD (she is one of my faves) pour moi a lone PBS: The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan....forget Atonement, Amsterdam, Enduring Love....this baby is a creepshow to the max...........beware!!!

oops, posted in the wrong place :)

... Shore 29 The Story of Lucy Gault on mount TBR 33 Middlesex 38 Gabriel’s Gift 41 Schooling on mount TBR 42 Atonement 49 Life of Pi 50 The Feast of the Goat 52 The Devil and Miss Prym 54 White Teeth 63 The Blind Assassin 64 After the Quake 71 The Romantics ...

I'm reading Atonement, and loving it. I was a bit reluctant to start reading it, because a friend of mine told me it was so boring. She was wrong!

... Ancient Wonders by Mathew Rielly 43Wedding Danceby Zeny Giles 44.The Book Of Loveby Kathleen McGowan 45.Atonement

... Crosses by Ian Rankin 4. British Isles Best: The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton Worst: Atonement by Ian McEwan 5. World View Best: The Secret Magdalene by Ki Longfellow Worst: The Jesus Papers by Michael Baigent 6. ...

... see a few more. But, as with all prizes, some of the awards are rather queer: giving Ian McEwan it for Amsterdam but not Atonement etc. (I have to say I quite enjoyed Vernon God Little).

I did read the book Atonement, the first I read by Ian McEwan, and, so far, by far the best. Although Saturday may be the only other that I have read, so perhaps that isn't saying too much. I think the movie was definitely true in spirit to the book, except at one point at the end. And, I'm ...

... to them, it's fun, would you do it? I actually did too, Solla, like Knightly in Atonement. Now, having not read Atonement, I'm not going to make the same mistake I once made re. the early 2000s film version of The Count of Monte Cristo in another group, and say how great a movie it ...

... on 4. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga 5. Oscar Wilde by Richard Ellmann 6. The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen 7. Atonement by Ian McEwan 8. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett 9. Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri 10. The Fixer by Bernard Malamud

... Gibson. This was a very intriguing world. The alternate universe it suggested was really very thought-provoking. 49. Atonement by Ian McEwan. This is another book I've been meaning to read for awhile. I'm kind of glad I waited - it takes maturity to appreciate the book. 50. The Short Rei ...

Book #72 Atonement by Ian McEwan Unfortunately, I saw the movie before reading the book which alters the way I picture the characters. I had previously tried to read On Chesil Beach but couldn't get in to it, however after this book I will take a look at McEwan's other novels.

... Just a couple other suggestions (i.e. books I own that are on the list and personally, I would like to read) are: Atonement by Ian McEwan Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Remains of the day by Kazuo Ishiguro The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams ...

I really enjoyed the adaptations of: Perfume by Patrick Suskind Atonement by Ian McEwan I preferred the book for the first half, but the movie for the second half. The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides. It could never live up to the book, but still good. The Prestige by ...

I've gotten through the first 8 chapters of Atonement. It's better than I expected, but after the movie and hearing about it so much, I already know what happens.

... sections set in the 1970s did provide some light relief. When I started this book, I felt it had similarities with Atonement, with the same themes of scandal and war and the impossibility of returning to a lost time, but one of the things I disliked about Atonement was the section ...

... Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill (7) Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (7) The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (7) Atonement by Ian McEwan (7) Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (7) The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky (7) Watchmen by Alan Moore (7) The Pill ...

... (Buffalo, NY) and was introduced to an awesome non-profit bookstore (http://enlightenthedog.org/). I brought home: Atonement Straight Man: I'm going to hear Richard Russo speak in September, so I will be reading many of his books over the next few weeks. I'm looking forward to ...

Add me to the list of folks having a hard time with Atonement. I got about 90 pages into it and set it aside. Ho hum. I might get back to it and try again one of these days, but right now I've got too many good books on the TBR pile waiting to be read.

I had some difficulty with Atonement as well (mainly that I really hated that little snot Briony), and I'm not a big fan of the early McEwans with their graphic violence and kinky sex (First Love, Last Rites, The Cement Garden, or The Comfort of Strangers). As to The Child in Time, I ...

... Matters 24. Fingersmith 26. Everything is Illuminated 27. Unless 33. Middlesex 38. Gabriel’s Gift 42. Atonement 48. Choke 49. Life of Pi 52. The Devil and Miss Prym 54. White Teeth 56. Under the Skin 63. The Blind Assassin

... as well. I did like The Child in Time, but so far it's been a no go (despite now 4 or 5 starts) to try to get through Atonement and there are a couple of others which just don't come together even earlier for me. But I will try!

The jury is still out for me regarding McEwan. I loved Saturday then one of the few who really disliked Atonement. So I'm adding The Child in Time to my Wish List just to see how I lean towards it.

... that it's a quick read--I whipped through it in one day on the beach in Maui (and ignored my family for the duration!). Atonement is still my favourite, but I read it before all the hype.

I think Chesil Beach is his best that I have read - am not sure where I would list Saturday, Atonement. Amsterdam, and A Child in Time which I have also read. I need to read Amsterdam again, as it has been a few years and I can't remember much of it! I have Enduring Love but it might ...

... unveiling of the mystery now that most of the involved characters by 2000 were dead. This book strongly reminded me of Atonement because of the sister relationship and the unveiling of the mystery many decades later aspect. Also The Remains of the Day because of the upstairs / downstairs ...

... roads and sidewalks started buckling. It was miserable and I'm glad it's over for the time being. I'm currently reading Atonement by Ian McEwan. I'm about 75 pages into it and so far I'm wondering what all the fuss is about. I hope it gets better.

... I've picked out Elsewhere, Assassination Vacation, The Tale of Hill Top Farm: Cottage tales of Beatrix Potter, and Atonement to send to patrons.

... to be literary moreso than either plausible or realistic to the story already given. (Those were On Chesil Beach and Atonement by the way). In any case, I'll be very curious to see what conclusion you come to about this one's ending!

Oh, I really enjoyed Black Dogs - not up to Atonement, but I thought it was a good short novel. Amsterdam, now, left me really disappointed. The Hero's Walk looks great though!

*66–68 I'd not made the connection between The Blind Assassin and Atonement, but I read the books years apart. Now that you mention it, I'm intrigued. I'll have to read Margaret Atwood's book again. I read the other one recently.

Yep, loved both of those, although Atonement is still my favourite.

111. Atonement There has been so much written about this book, this was also my first time reading this author. The flow was a little strange for me, a scene was set, then another perspective about the same scene was then written. Once I got used to the style, it became easier for me to read. ...

55. Atonement There has been so much written about this book, this was also my first time reading this author. The flow was a little strange for me, a scene was set, then another perspective about the same scene was then written. Once I got used to the style, it became easier for me to read. T ...

23. Atonement by Ian McEwan

66: That's so funny, I read Blind Assassin IMMEDIATELY after Atonement. I remember turing to my husband and saying "Margaret, Ian called. He wants his convoluted plot twists back." Of course, he had no clue what I was saying. And I think they were actually written in the reverse order. But it's ...

Okay, I love Atonement, so this conversation just nudged Blind Assassin up my TBR pile.

... Teeth On Beauty Never Let Me Go Bartleby and Co The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay Platforme Atonement Snow Kafka on the Shore The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime Cloud Atlas 2666 The Accidental Bartleby and Co is one of my new ...

Did anyone else feel like the Blind Assassin was very similar to Atonement? The era, the role of fiction, the duplicitous characters, the relationship of sisters - I thought these two books were oddly synchronous. Possibly it is all in my head.

ok, then, on to the tbr pile goes Atonement.

I love, love, love Atonement - I'm glad it has found another fan!

76. Atonement by Ian McEwan, 2 1/2* Category: British Isles I started Atonement several months ago, and then after 184 pages just let it sit until I decided last week that I really should finish it so I could comment intelligently on it. I didn't so much dislike the book as found ...

I'm glad to know Atonement is a good read. I've got it on the TBR pile as well.

... Genova Mudbound by Hillary Jordan Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova Atonement by Ian McEwan Remembering the Bones by Frances Itani Faves: Mudbound, Still Alice, Remembering the Bones and Book of Negroes

Atlas Shrugged is indeed a book to read. Atonement has been on my tbr pile for awhile. I'll move it up closer to the top.

17. Atonementby Ian McEwan I absolutely loved this book, the story, the way it was told, and the way it was written. I'm impressed at how precise the movie is with the book. a great read!

I am in the middle of Atonement which I will put aside once my greatly anticipated Season 2 of Mad Men arrives!

... Enduring Love. There was a good sense of menace, and I was puzzled and gripped all the way. I wouldn't say it's his best (Atonement for me, and I am still looking forward to Amsterdam!). Sorry, I have a headcold, and I'm a bit vague today. Hope that made sense! And would people please ...

... read both and I'll look for more by Murakami. >56 That's interesting about Amsterdam Miss Owl. I've read Saturday, Atonement and On Chesil Beach by McEwan, I think I'd rate them in that order. I havent read Amsterdam or Enduring love. I wonder what Enduring Love is like? Oh Mis ...

... RidgeWayGirl, I finished Enduring Love yesterday and thought it was excellent. I've only read one other book by McEwan - Atonement - and I was surprised, given how good I thought Atonement was, that I liked this one better. It's a fascinating story and beautifully written. I can see ...

... Sands. Upcoming challenge books that I should be getting to shortly include : Wuthering Heights The Invisible Man and Atonement.

... Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides, and my fluff read for the weekend, Burn by Linda Howard. Oops forgot that I also got Atonement by Ian McEwan.

... his "Noddy and Big Ears Defeat the Wicked Goblins" :-) Oh wait - you mean THAT Ian McEwan... yes I think I read both Atonement and The Cement Garden, and found them both good reads. TPBM has read at least one Kate Atkinson.

Hi porch_reader, Yes I like McEwan too, especially Atonement, but I remember reviewing On Chesil Beach when it was first released and I felt like the only one saying it was mediocre meanwhile everyone else was going on about how fantastic it was. 27. Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen by Syrie ...

... Earth by Ken Follett (6) Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (6) The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (6) Atonement by Ian McEwan (6) The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins (6) The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (6) American Gods by Neil Gaiman (6) - Wonder no ...

Atonement by Ian McEwan I just love Ian as an author, can't get enough of his books.

162. Atonement by Ian McEwan. Ok, I wasn't expecting a lot from this book because I hated the movie. After reading the book, I know why: it's sooo psychological! Most of the book is in the heads of the character, listening to their thoughts and motives. You just can't put three pages of a ...

#24. Atonement by Ian McEwan

... friendship. The two main characters are well-constructed, and the narrative contains many twists and turns. But, it is no Atonement - a book with characters that I cared about, and themes that resonated in my own life. I finished Amsterdam and immediately moved on to my next book. I ...

... McEwan to join the likes of William Saroyan and John Dos Passos. Is there any other reason to see the movie adaptation of Atonement besides the scene where Keira Knightley is wet? Other than that, why bother?

... the idea of steel-toed ballet slippers. Cliff I'll give you The Cement Garden, not read Black Dogs though - but Atonement and Saturday are crimes against humanity I can't forgive. While the ballet slippers are on can I take a couple of swipes at Henry James - I've never really ...

#23 If I had to pick a McEwan novel, it would be Enduring Love or The Innocent. Atonement wasn't bad, but the story was stretched painfully thin. Mind you, it was in On Chesil Beach, and that's a novella.

Atonement, Ian MacEwan. Can't recommend Saturday or Amsterdam at all, nor the excerpts of On Chesil Beach I read, but Atonement is an entirely different thing. Beautifullly written (by which I do NOT mean florid and overwritten, as we were discussing in the other thread)--MacEwan in ...

45. Atonement by Ian McEwan Told in two different time periods, when the main characters are teenagers and children, and later as young adults. My favorite parts are Robbie and Briony's experiences during War II. The settings are brought to life with McEwan's descriptions. I felt that the ...

... is a book that everyone should read. I would put it in the same catagory as To Kill a Mockingbird. A must have. I enjoyed Atonement too. I need to pick up more of Flagg's and McEwan's books.

... graduation book around here. I cannot resist Snoopy -- my fav! The other book was for the 1001 Books list category and is Atonement by Ian McEwan. This book could also have been in the Book to Screen category. This book was read by my girls in high school English and I am trying to read all ...

I finally finished my book for May in June! And it is also from the alternate list. Oh, well. I read Atonement by Ian McEwan. This was a book that my girls read in English class. I have been on a personal quest to read all the books that they read that are new to me. I did not think that I ...

OK, I finally finished my book for May (in June -- I got off-track reading Ender's Game). The book that I read was Atonement. I really did not think that I would like this book, but I found to my surprise that once I gave it a chance the story totally drew me in. I just had to finish it. --B ...

... read them all even though I did not graduate. I am a fan of anything Peanuts -- especially Snoopy, my fav! 37. Atonement by Ian McEwan. I did not want to like this book. Contemporary literary fiction is not really my thing. But I wanted to read this as a part of my quest to read ...

... of Bones by Danticat. I could get lost on and island with that book... 32) And... what are you reading right now? Atonement, The Color Purple,

... first read Fried Green Tomatoes years ago and it's one of my favorite books. I'm glad you like it too. I've yet to read Atonement but it's on the TBR pile. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on both.

... ) New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (5) The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett (5) Possession: A Romance by A. S. Byatt (5) Atonement by Ian McEwan (5) Chocolat by Joanne Harris (5) Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (5) The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins (5) Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugen ...

... above all else that is exactly what this is about. It might be one of my favorite books of the year so far. 80. Atonement by Ian McEwan One of the 1,001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, Atonement tells the story of a young girl, Briony, who witnesses multiple events she does not ...

... as the film, about the Whistle Stop Cafe, its owners, and the woman who tells the story to her new friend. Loved it! 66. Atonement by Ian McEwan 1,001 Books Another film adaptation, great book about love lost and forgiveness, childhood and growing up, World War II, and atonement.

... watch that video so much. My sister did, though. So here I am at the Library being a Librarian! I really need to read Atonement. Y si, este junio voy a trabajar mucho! Pero estoy contenta. Marian

60. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 61. Watchmen by Alan Moore 62. Atonement by Ian McEwan

... must pay full attention, and his prose, while straightforward, is subtle and full of imagery and despair. If you have read Atonement or Chesil Beach and liked them, you will appreciate this one as well.

... (And, Eliza, it is one terrific book. I think that you would like it.) I am still reading Ender's Game and have put Atonement on hold. I just think that it is getting too serious for the mood I am in. I needed it for 2 challenges, but I guess I will just finish that one late. :) I ...

... extremely complex and nuanced in the protagonist's mind. I didn't fall head over heels in love with it like I did with Atonement, but it's been a very satisfying read. Also reading The Green Mile, which is, as usual, proving to be a very, very entertaining story from Stephen King. Not ...

... really short trip there in July. Right now I am reading Ender's Game, which I really like. I am supposed to be reading Atonement, but I switched! I am looking forward to seeing what you think of The Stonehenge Gate. Sounds pretty good! Have a great day! --BJ

Of that list, here are the ones that I really loved: Atonement - one of my top 5 favourite books ever Alias Grace - I became an Atwood fan based on this book The Virgin Suicides - just bizarre enough :) All the Pretty Horses - I LOVE Cormac McCarthy The English Patient - one ...

I taught a course on modern (20th century) novels recently. Toward the end we read Ian McEwan's Atonement. This was just before the movie came out, so the students were mostly pretty interested at first... but I was truly surprised by how strongly some of them hated the ending. A few came to ...

... I realized that I did know the story. But I don't really remember reading Celtic mythology ever before. In addition to Atonement, I started my daughter's book Persepolis, and it is pretty compelling. Y'all have a wonderful day! --BJ

... Race Matters and Asha Bandele's The Prisoner's Wife... I'm not sure what I'll read this week... I want to finish Atonement. We'll see...

... I need both! :) By the way, you are reading lots of literary fiction this month. I just started mine. I am reading Atonement. So far, so good. But I think that things are going to start to get serious pretty quick. Hope you are having a great day! --BJ

yeah, don't hold out for the humor in Atonement. it's one beautiful book, but it's no walk in the park. i love love love the movie Princess Bride, so i've been a little scared to read the book. i don't want either to be ruined by the other. it's a hard balance.

... see you!! We had a storm yesterday and its threatening today, but mostly we are having wonderful weather. I am starting Atonement today. I know that I am already in the middle of a million other books, but I want to read this one, too. :) I am interested in The Blank Wall and The Penelopiad ...

Hey everyone....Finished reading Atonement this week and really enjoyed it, but it is the first time that I have enjoyed the movie more than the book. I loved McEwan's writing and story (don't get me wrong), but I think the movie brilliantly portrayed McEwan's novel. Am reading On Beauty By ...

... to read On Chesil Beach and Saturday sometime. I've seen mixed reviews of both but I've also seen a few poor reviews of Atonement so...to each their own! I'll let you know if I get to either of these in the near future.

Finished Atonement yesterday, and by popular suggestion, have moved on to Stephen King's Bag of Bones, which has been EXTREMELY enjoyable, even though it's not what I've usually come to expect from King. In addition, I decided it was finally time to pick up The Da Vinci Code to see what all ...

Finished Atonement and really enjoyed it. Am moving onto William Styron's Darkness Visible.

... finished re-reading Thomas Harris' Red Dragon, which is always an enjoyable thriller. Currently working on two books: Atonement, which is one of my absolute favorite books, and The Other Side: The True Story of the Boy Who Sees Ghosts by Denise Jones. The Other Side used to be one of my ...

... people are reading....i have been inspired to read so many books I had never heard of before, but this week I am reading Atonement.

... asked which of Mac's novels are their favorites, answer "the first 100 pages of CHILD IN TIME" or "the last 50 pages of ATONEMENT". Not citing books in their entirety. Hmmm... In case any of you missed the NEW YORKER feature on Ian McEwan I posted on another thread, here 'tis again. ...

... last night i was so tired i didn't have the energy to read. Tonight i may read some more of WH. Then methinks a re-read of Atonement is needed since you reminded me of it

... of Narnia The lion the witch and the wardrobe Animal Farm Da Vinci Code Handmaid's Tale Lord of the Flies Atonement Of Mice and Men Oliver Twist Notes from a Small Island The Color Purple Charlotte's Web Watership Down

... February- 14. The Black Ice by Michael Connelly library, 322p 15. Exposed by Alex Kava library, 332p 16. Atonement by Ian McEwan 480p, library 17. The Blue Zone by Andrew Gross own, 296pgs March- 18. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde 374 pgs. library, ...

I've read 8 of the 10; not Atonement, though I did see the movie! and not Great Expectations, though lots of other Dickens. But the last book I finished was Twilight. Not great literature, but there's something in there that has all those teen girls in a lather. Possibly the fact that Edwar ...

... l. 37n. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan McEwan is more stylized than I prefer, but I thought this was tighter than Atonement. I found it too shaped in the beginning, and there were many times when I found the characters simply unbelievable, but the book as a whole was interesting, and ...

... 8. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan It was a bit too stylized for me at some parts, but I enjoyed it much more than Atonement by the end. The characters, though, I found fairly unbelievable at various points, and that hurt the book for me. Fuller reviews coming....

... Prolux. Thought I would like this more than I did. Next for me.....Atonement By Ian McEwan

... love this genre and there are so many I would love to read. ag83 (my sister) has been trying to get me to read Atonement for quite a while now and I have really wanted to read it, but I just get caught up in other amazing books, so here is my chance. Atonement will be my choice for ...

... wait what you will think about Lovely Bones (which is a Bram Stoker Award winner in the Best First Novel category!) and Atonement! Both have been lingering on my TBR list for years. Morphidae, from your list I fell in love with Possession last month: just the usual postmodern style and ...

... I did read that anything that won the Booker prize was considered literary fiction. The short list that I found was: Atonement by Ian McEwan Bel Canto by Ann Patchett Charming Billy by Alice McDermott The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Middlesex ...

... the cover? (I think this is the one Oprah used.) 1,7, 8, 9 are the ones I have not read. I don't think I'll be reading Atonement. I hated the movie. But then maybe that was because Kiera Knightley was in it.

... good productions of the works, and simply couldn't get into the stories on the page. And I just can't seem to get into Atonement at all. I keep reading sections out of order, so I've probably actually read the entire novel--just not as the author wrote it. #244 dk_phoenix--that was my ...

... Les Miserables is one of my favorites, Jude the Obscure, I too started but have never finished, I found it depressing. Atonement I read but disliked. And a couple of your selections I'm not familliar with but will look into them, thanks for sharing them.

... - Khaled Hosseini One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving Atonement - Ian McEwan Life of Pi - Yann Martel A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Ga ...

Oh, how fun! Books: Gone With the Wind Atonement Cold Mountain Harry Potter - the entire series Food & Drink: Pepsi Max Water Ice Tea Salmon! Fried chicken Tacos Gambas al pilpil Tapas Music: I love music. :) The White Stripes Brendan Benson Devendra Banhart Elliott ...

Stasia--May I ask why you are so determined not to read Atonement? I have read 5 or 6 or McEwan's novels, including A Child in Time and Saturday, and Atonement was the one I liked best.

... I read A Child in Time last year on Cariola's recommendation, and agree with you - it is very good. I have not read Atonement and have no desire to, but I did read McEwan's Saturday and thought it very good as well, so you might want to give that one a try.

... by Ian McEwan is the first book by this author that I've finished reading--and I enjoyed it. (I cannot seem to get through Atonement, although I've started it several times). In this story, also on the 1001 Must Read list, parents have lost a child--literally--the toddler disappeared in the ...

... stuff there, Dan. Of the 14 I've read, I'd say the Gurnah was my favorite. Still, Music and Silence, The Hungry Tide, Atonement, Kevin & Balzac were, of course, very good also... depressaholic probably has a review of Wolves...I remember he read that maybe last year?

... for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo - an ARC No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy Jim the Boy by Tony Earley Atonement by Ian McEwan I, Claudius by Robert Graves Animal's People by Indra Sinha - an ARC (2009 IMPAC Dublin short list) Thud! by Terry Prachett Books I kind ...

... even notice it until this question... 4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with? Robbie Turner from Atonement (partly because James McAvoy was perfect in the movie) 5) What book have you read the most times in your life (excluding picture books read to children; ...

... for the Flowers By Trina Paulus 5. The Piano Teacher By Janice Y. K. Lee 6. Brokeback Mountain By Annie Prolux 7. Atonement By Ian McEwan 8. Darkness Visible; A Memoir of Madness By William Styron 9. The Endless Steppe By Esther Hautzig 10. The Winner Stands Alone By Paulo Coel ...

... Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy. 48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood 49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding 50 Atonement - Ian McEwan 51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel 52 Dune - Frank Herbert 53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons 54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen 55 A Suitable ...

... Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy. 48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood 49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding 50 Atonement - Ian McEwan 51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel 52 Dune - Frank Herbert 53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons 54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen 55 A Suitable ...

... Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy. 48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood 49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding 50 Atonement - Ian McEwan 51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel 52 Dune - Frank Herbert 53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons 54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen 55 A Suitable ...

... Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy. 48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood 49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding 50 Atonement - Ian McEwan 51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel 52 Dune - Frank Herbert 53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons 54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen 55 A Suita ...

... yn Forgotten Voices of the Holocaust Lyn Smith To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee Nineteen Eighty Four George Orwell Atonement Ian McEwan All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Remarque (the only war story I can think of that tells exactly the same story from the other side) The Great G ...

... Crowd - Thomas Hardy. 48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood 49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding 50 Atonement - Ian McEwan 51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel 52 Dune - Frank Herbert 53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons 54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen 5 ...

... Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy. 48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood 49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding 50 Atonement - Ian McEwan 51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel 52 Dune - Frank Herbert 53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons 54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen 55 A Suitable ...

Finished Atonement on the flight to Albuquerque last week and loved it! I also hit the first milestone in Anna Karenina on the flight back (100 pages). I picked up a signed copy of Farewell, My Subaru at the conference last week, so I'm going to start on that soon. I'm going to wait until ...

... that I end up loving the most. Some of the books that makes me cry are Gone with the Wind, The Time Traveler's Wife, Atonement and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

... best when she's writing sci fi. Wish she'd do it more often. Edit: Also look for anything that's been made into a film - Atonement, Perfume, The Virgin Suicides, The Prestige, Mystic River. All of those, incidentally, are good or great books, with good or great movie adaptations.

Phew -- March has turned out to be a very busy month. I've been plodding through Atonement and am enjoying it, but haven't had much time to do so. I have started Anna Karenina for the group read, but since there is no way I'll finish it this month, I don't think it interferes with my all-British ...

I wasn't overly impressed with my choice of books so far but my favorites are: Atonement by Ian McEwan To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde Night Shift by Stephen King and finally my current ER book Sworn to Silence (wrong ...

... to the Big Screen 1. The Other Boleyn Girl 2. The Secret Life of Bees 3. Coraline 4. The Black Dahlia 5. Atonement 6. Vanity Fair 7. I Married a Dead Man 8. Girl with a Pearl Earring 9. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

Book #13--Atonement by Ian McEwan I enjoyed this book. It's a modern classic. It tells the story of a young girl who mistakes what she sees between her sister and a young man and ends up nearly destroying their relationship and does destroy the young man's life. The book is divided up into 4 ...

Atonement by Ian McEwan (Why Haven't I Read These Yet?) I enjoyed this book. It's a modern classic. It tells the story of a young girl who mistakes what she sees between her sister and a young man and ends up nearly destroying their relationship and does destroy the young man's life. The book ...

Book #18--Atonement by Ian McEwan I enjoyed this book. It's a modern classic. It tells the story of a young girl who mistakes what she sees between her sister and a young man and ends up nearly destroying their relationship and does destroy the young man's life. The book is divided up ...

We share a lot of books in common, which is always fun, and agree on them, as well. Atonement was a painful torture, and is one of the few books where the movie is better. Did you get around to seeing it? I finished The Book Thief earlier this week and it is my new all-time favorite book. ...

... things I already know about. Still, it is a rare movie that is better thant the book no matter the order I take them in. Atonement and Nim's Island made better movies, IMHO. I got two books in the mail today : from PBS, Duel by Richard Matheson and I was surprised to get an ARC ...

... that I regarded as very good include.... Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels, The History of Love by Nicole Krauss,Atonement by Ian McEwan I enjoyed once I got into it! A Thousand Splendid Suns by Hosseini, Possession by A.S Byatt, The Plague by Albert Camus, anything by Tim Wint ...

... Roth 4. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Mark Haddon 5. Middlesex – Jeffrey Eugenides 6. Atonement – Ian McEwan 7. Choke – Chuck Palahniuk 8. Life of Pi – Yann Martel 9. The Human Stain – Philip Roth 1900's 10. The Hours – Michael Cunn ...

I just finished Atonement and To Kill a Mockingbird. I'm working on The Eyre Affair, Eclipse and The Stand. I haven't read Dick Francis in years. I will have to look for some of his books.

I'm reading Atonement and just finished up a listen to Sense and Sensibility in audiobook format. I'm excited to start Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde on the car ride home tonight! It's another Thursday Next novel.

Cal - My favorite McEwan is Saturday. I liked it even better than Atonement. I also really liked Amsterdam. In both of them, McEwan dealt with big themes (death, relationships, love, truth and doubt) by presenting intimate portraits of individuals. Enduring Love was another good one, in my ...

Glad you enjoyed Atonement! I've read McEwan's On Chesil Beach and Black Dogs; both are good, Black Dogs is better, but neither is as good as Atonement, IMHO. I'm sure other people will have more to recommend, but honestly, I don't think that you can go wrong with any of them!

I enjoyed Atonement and am loving To Kill a Mockingbird. I love an author who gives you enough information but doesn't 'tell' you the story. Both of these authors are doing it for me. What is the next Ian McEwan book I should look for? I have to quote this passage from TKaM. 'I ...

Oh, I absolutely LOVE Atonement. I read it over the summer and fell in love with McEwan's style of writing - I can't wait to hear your thoughts on it!

To keep my British kick alive, I'm going to move on to Atonement as my next read.

I'm finally reading Ian McEwan's Atonement and on the side marvell at Ali Smith's The Whole Story and other stories.

"I'll do nothing until I've heard from you." Atonement by Ian McEwan "How was the fool to be resisted?"

... by Babara Kingsolver The Clearing by TIm Gautreaux God is dead by Ron, Jr. Currie Jigs and Reels by Joanne Harris Atonement by Ian McEwan I then visited two more bookstores and had my additional piles of books pried out of my hands by loving friends who don't want all my month's ...

So what did you think of Atonement?

I finally got Atonement back and it is such a great read. Just starting: 18. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde 374 pgs. library, GD group read 19. Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer 629 pgs, borrowed 20. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 284 pgs. own

Read in February 12.Atonement by Ian McEwan, A, B, D, E. 13.The Clothes on their backs by Linda Grant, E 14.Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton, A, B, C. 15.Eucalyptus by Murray Bail, D, E, F. My Favourite of the month 16.Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe, A-D 17.Ramses by Ch ...

... books I've read in a long time. Now, even though I hated Amsterdam and don't like movies much, I am about to start Atonement by Ian McEwan.

... I'd be honest here... Since you asked -- here are my thoughts on The Child In Time The first McEwan I read was Atonement a couple of years ago. His prose style really entertained me (so many beautiful words and images!) and the ending surprised me to the point that I decided to ...

... it a lot but there was a mix up at the library with a book that they thought I didn't return and they wouldn't let me renew Atonement. I got behind in my reading of my library books because of the flu and just returned them all and straightened out the mix up. Now I need to get a couple books ...

I loooooove Atonement! I read it last year and became an instant McEwan fan. How far into it did you get, cal8769? The ending was blow-my-mind-amazing, IMHO.

17. The Blue Zone by Andrew Gross own, 296pgs. I haven't finished Atonement yet. I had to return it to the library but am hoping to get off work in time to pick it up tomorrow.

... The difference being that I'd caught Ramses in one of her wild releases! Been keeping up with more 1001 reading with Atonement and Moll Flanders. Really enjoyed Atonement, watched the movie as soon as I finished the book and that was wonderful in its own way. With Moll Flanders I ...

6. Atonement - Ian McEwan WWII, love story, recently adapted into film (that I haven't seen), 368 pgs Loved it. Especially part 1. Part 2 in the war didn't do a whole lot for me, but I've been reading reviews on goodreads that say the exact opposite. When the writing's that beautiful, how ...

... most everything he says. Only being in one English class this year really cuts back on my reading. I've been working on Atonement for almost a month now! It feels so strange and child like to be reading so little over such a long period of time.

I am curious about Atonement as well. I read several of McEwan's books last year, but did not read that one as I was not sure that the subject matter would appeal to me.

How did you like Atonement?

16. Atonement by Ian McEwan 480p, library

I'm into Atonement at the moment, well written but I havent got to the crunch yet. I've been told it happens about halfway through? McEwan seems to take along time setting up his stories. Or am I missing the point

6. Atonement by Ian McEwan in English A wonderful story about mistakes.

... ell.) Lovely Bones (eh... not another rape story.) The Joy Luck Club (I don't even remember a single thing about it.) Atonement (Does something important actually HAPPEN in this book, or is it all longing and guilt and feelings?) Tuesdays with Morrie (talk about cliche) I hated all ...

spacepotatoes: thank you for your impressions on Atonement. I like this idea of leaving things off the page, however I think I'd like to familiarize myself with his work a little bit better by reading a couple of his other books first, as I'd mentioned before. This will probably help me ...

I loved Atonement, although it did take me two attempts to get into it before I really appreciated what McEwan was doing. It had a big emotional wallop for me, but I did find that McEwan leaves a lot off the page. He gives you enough to get a sense of what happened but there's a lot that takes ...

... about On Chesil Beach since it does touch on issues that are controversial to some degree. I'm not sure I want to read Atonement especially after having see the movie which left me rather cold. But then I would probably appreciate reading about each character's inner workings and feel a ...

... was one of those books that stayed with me and became more powerful for me over time. The only other McEwan I've read is Atonement. I liked it, (the writing was beautiful), but it didn't reach me emotionally the way it did others. Like you, I'm looking forward to reading Saturday.

Atonement is fantastic! I highly, highly recommend it if you haven't read it yet.

I haven't read Atonement but I have read The Miracle of Forgiveness.

I have not read The Invention of Hugo Cabret (it's on my shelf but I have read Atonement

My daughter read Atonement for her English class -- usually a sign of a good book. She has recommended it to me. Sounds like you really liked it as well. --BJ

Book #10 of 2009 Atonement by Ian McEwan 351 pages Total pages to date in 2009=3,428 I gave this one a 5 stars which I rarely do. Now I am going to search my city library catalog to get copies of his other books. I started Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah. I received this recently ...

Great books I read last year include: Atonement - I read this in 2 days and promptly added Ian McEwan to my favourite authors list. The ending blew me away. The English Patient - I read this while I was backpacking through Europe in the summer, so it is inextricably linked with London, Engl ...

I haven't read Atonement but I have read A Handmaid's Tale

I have never read Farmer Giles of Ham but I have read Atonement

... Polysyllabic Spree' by Nick Hornby - Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank - Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller - Atonement by Ian McEwan - Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence - The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky - 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald - Addition by Toni Jordan - ...

... Avi (4 stars) 11. Reason to Believe by Jessica Inclan (4 stars) 12. Blood Brothers by Nora Roberts (4.5 stars) 13. Atonement by Ian McEwan (3 stars) 14. The Hollow by Nora Roberts (4.5 stars) 15. Caine's Reckoning by Sarah McCarty (4.5 stars) 16. The Pagan Stone by Nora Roberts ...

Thanks for the comment! 37 books read last year = snap ! Actually I've read Atonement before, but don't really remember very much about it... ? I want to reread it to count towards my 1,001 books you must read before you die tally :)

My favorite was Turn of the Screw followed by Atonement.

... * 3. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? By Edward Albee * 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. #8: Why Haven't I Read These Yet? 1. Atonement by Ian McEwan * 2. Brighton Rock by Graham Greene * 3. Antigone by Sophocles * 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. #9: Graphic Novels 1. The Embroideries by Mar ...

... Zettel The Last Girls by Lee Smith Z for Zachariah by Robert O'Brien Jack Maggs by Peter Carey (Read May) Atonement by Ian McEwan (Read Feb) Pushing Time Away by Peter Singer The Spider's Web by Joseph Roth Ramses 3: The Battle of Kadesh (Ramses)by Christian Jacq (Rea ...

... A, B, E 10.A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka B, E 11. The Well by Elizabeth Jolley. F. 12.Atonement by Ian McEwan, A, B, D, E. 13.The Clothes on their backs by Linda Grant, E 14.Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton, A, B, C. 15.Eucalyptus by Murray Bail, D, E, F ...

... 7. Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk 8. Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl 9. Atonement by Ian McEwan Edit: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay is now in the Finish-ups, and has been replaced with a new Michael Chabon book.

... Nation Fast Food Nation To Kill a Mocking Bird Diary of Anne Frank Doubt Angels in America Fountainhead Atonement Beans of Egypt Maine Before Night Falls Of Mice and Men Catch-22 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

... as to the quality of the movies, but most of these are all excellent books. In no particular order: Fight Club Atonement No Country for Old Men Oil! The Diving Bell and the Butterfly The World According to Garp Cider House Rules Kiss of the Spiderwoman House of Sa ...

#188 Sibylle.Night - which have you read? Just Atonement and Enduring Love? McEwan is a little touch-and-go with me, too (I have nothing nice to say about Saturday) but I also loved Atonement, so my recommendation to you would be to try Amsterdam. Even better than Atonement, IMHO.

91. The Poisonwood Bible, 2008 92. The Ground Beneath Her Feet, 2007 93. After the Quake, 2009 94. Atonement, 2006 95. Unless, 2002 96. Family Matters, 2008 97. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, 2004 98. Adjunct: an Undigest, 2006 99. Saturday, 2006 100. ...

#182 Atonement is one of my favourite books, but when it comes to McEwan I think it's all downhill from here. Perhaps I'm the only one who feels that way but I'm always afraid of trying new books by the same author when I really loved one book. Enduring Love was a serious disappointment. If ...

I finished Enduring Love by McEwan. Loads better than Saturday, but not as good as Atonement IMO. Am about to start The Lace Reader --an LT-inspired read.

... more holes in my head, as my grandma says. But, whether or not I need them, I always accept them. Next up on the list is Atonement. I hope it lives up to the praises I've been hearing here.

... Probably end up reading many more, if I can keep up the pace from this month. 1.Saturday by Ian McEwan 2. (Read Jan) 2.Atonement by Ian McEwan 42. (started and going to pick-up again in Feb) 3.The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 86. (Read Jan) 4.Love in the Time of Cholera by Ga ...

... by Akhil Sharma, 2007 304. Life of Pi by Yann Martel, 2002 305. The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen, 2002 306. Atonement by Ian McEwan, 2002 307. *Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides, 2005 308. Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Foer, 2005 309. *Family Matters by Rohint ...

I'm about halfway through On Chesil Beach. I was a little slow to reading books by Ian McEwan, but after seeing the movie Atonement felt like I needed to go read the book right away. Then after reading that book felt like I must go out and buy other books by McEwan. And only a chapter into T ...

... Blood Brothers by Nora Roberts. I loved it! I had heard great things about the book, and I wasn't disspointed. Second, Atonement by Ian McEwan. Unfortunately, on this one I was more than a bit disappointed (3 stars, and that was being a bit giving..). Now, moving on to the sequel to BB, ...

For me it was Wide Sargasso Sea, which I read because I love Jane Eyre. It just wasn't happening for me. Atonement got off to an amazing start, but then became rather predictable and I had to skim through the rest. Surfacing, also, was a let down. I have read and loved most Atwood novels, ...

... (65p, bargain!), a nearly-new hardback of Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller (£1.50), an untouched film tie-in copy of Atonement by Ian McEwan (£1.50), and a good clean copy of Lawrence's Women in Love (£1.25). I'd turned a REALLY bad Monday around into a good week and I thought I ...

#2 Hi ShannonMDE, I've read and seen Atonement and am trying to read books I've havent already read - but it might appear on the list at the end of the year if i'm running short! though the film was very well done and almost in keeping with the book. #3 Hi Soupdragon : ) I had to put charity ...

... Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisted 13/01/09 2. Bernhard Schlink - The Reader 14/03/09 3. Ian McEwan - Atonement 10/05/09 4. Nicholas Sparks - The Notebook 17/05/09 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

... 6. 7. 8. 9. 8. Contemporary Fiction Classics 1. Life of Pi 2. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy 3. Atonement by Ian MacEwan 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 9. Books by famous people I've never read 1. E. L. Doctorow (City of God?) 2. Barbara Kingsolver 3. E. O. Wilson ...

... And we'll never know. Nevertheless: The Dig, while perhaps similar in atmosphere and tone to The Welsh Girl or Atonement, is actually far superior to both, in my opinion, and I enjoyed it immensely. HeathMochaFrost in 50 Book Challenge : HeathMochaFrost's reading for 2009 (Jan 11, 2009, 10:29am)

1. Atonement - my first one by Ian McEwan, whom I'd heard many good things about. I listened to the audio version for most of it, then Friday afternoon (1/9) I flew through the end of my paperback so I could watch the movie that night and return it to the library on Saturday. Excellent, ...

... cause I probably can't finish them in the time frame the club will. Unread Nov./Dec. book club selections Atonement by Ian McEwan The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway House of Mirth by Edith Wharton A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini I own these four ...

The Handmaid's Tale, The House at Riverton and Atonement are also in my TBR pile! I'm reading The Handmaid's Tale now, will perhaps finish tonight. I read The Pillars of the Earth (for the 2nd time) and The Book Thief last year -- 2 of my favorite books for the year. I enjoyed the ...

I finished Atonement and am now fifty pages into American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

... my library. Also interested in Pather Panchali, Shesar Kobita, Sartoris, The Time of Indifference, No Enemy, Expiation, and Red Harvest.

... hodes 2. The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong 3. The Great Scot by Donna Kauffman 4. Nothing but the Truth by Avi 5. Atonement by Ian McEwan 6. Caine's Reckoning by Sarah McCarty 7. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 8. The Guardian by Nicholas Sparks 9. Cradle and All by James ...

#21 Well, I raided a friends library and, while he didn't have Atonement, I did came away with Black Dogs and The Child in Time, so thanks for adding to the TBR list ;) As for the Holocaust, I look forward to seeing your selection. My TBR list this year includes some related material... ...

... combine in an ultimately empty tale which it reflects the emptiness of the central character. Book number 4 is Atonement. Liza

... ers - The Tenderness of Wolves, Stef Penney - What I loved, Siri Hustvedt - Atonement, Ian McEwan - Red Azalea, Anchee Min

... rses The Famished Road Disgrace (I was warned away from this when I lived in South Africa, but really must read it.) Atonement (Never finished this because it upset me too much; plan to barrel on through this time.) Oxygen The Electric Michelangelo The Reluctant Fundamental ...

Petermc - Atonement is amazing - absolutely the best book I read in 2008! It is too bad that you saw the movie already, since the ending is one of the best parts of the book, IMHO, but I would still definitely read it.

On Atonement - just saw the movie for the first time last night and quite enjoyed it. Have heard opposing opinions - better than the book and worse than the book! Based on these glowing reviews I might have to give this author a chance in print and find out for myself.

>11: Atonement is definitely my absolute favourite (so far), but I was also totally blown away by The Child in Time. I didn't like Amsterdam as much as kidzdoc - for me, that's one of those "books where a Booker-deserving author won the prize for a book that didn't really deserve it". I've ...

Currently reading, and hoping to finish today, Atonement by Ian McEwan. Loving it at the moment! :D

Book #1: Black Dogs by Ian McEwan This is the third book that I have read by McEwan (after Atonement and On Chesil Beach), and I am totally head-over-heels in literary love with this man! His books are so artfully written, with phrases and sentences that leave the reader' ...

1. Ian McEwan - Atonement No strong reaction one way or the other. 2. Marguerite Abouet - Aya I've read this series backwards and this volume strikes me as less comic than the second volume. Both are beautifully drawn accounts of what it meant to be a young woman in the 1970s ...

... McEwans Saturday, one that was removed from the 2008 edition of the "1001 list". I'm really looking forward to reading Atonement soon. if there is enough interest, I'll be starting bookrings or rays for these books, feel free to join :-) Wookiebender, just checked Fingersmith was ...

I cheated and saw Atonement the movie before reading the book, but was then inspired to read the book as well. Highly recommend it!! (and it fits two of your categories if you're counting overlaps)

Hi, MeganGrace! I also have Atonement on my list. You have lots of great books listed. It's going to be a great year. I will also see you at the 50 book challenge. Happy Reading! --BJ

... by Alan Warner Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs On the Road by Jack Kerouac Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov Atonement by Ian McEwan Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri Alright! I'm looking forward to seeing what you all are reading and to making a dent in my TBR pile.

... Garrison Keillor Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan Books I Didn't Finish in 2008 (but intend to one day): Atonement by Ian McEwan You Suck: A Love Story by Christopher Moore Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson Jesus by Marcus J. Borg M ...

Remembering a couple I missed: 77. Rolling Thunder by John Varley 78. Atonement by Ian McEwan 79. Jennifer Government by Max Barry 80. Windflower: a Novel by Nick Bantock 81. Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus by Orson Scott Card *re-read 81 total, with 42 re-read ...

Banned Books from My "100 Banned Books" 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

... it up, I put it back down. Eventually, it became such an albatross that I just put it on bookmooch. Same thing with Atonement. I started it twice, loved the writing, but just couldn't keep going. I just let it go on bookmooch. I figure there are so many people who really want to read ...

... read Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and now that I'm in the second morning of the year, I'm a hundred pages into Atonement by Ian McEwan

I have Atonement to give away. Send me a PM if you want it, and I'll reserve it for you. No takers yet, so I went ahead and listed it. If interested, here is the link: http://www.bookmooch.com/m/detail/038572179X

OK, I'm going to give this a try. We'll see how well it turns out! You can go here for my blog post about my challenge. Totally reworked this as I can't seem to stick to my ...

... when I turn 19. Oh, and I've completed Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and am now going to work my way through Atonement by Ian McEwan

... Street by Sebastian Faulks Larry's Party by Carol Shields The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford Atonement by Ian McEwan Saturday by Ian McEwan The Pull of the Moon by Elizabeth Berg Murder Mysteries (no particular order) Friend of the Devil ...

... there is so much discussion about McEwan. I started reading Saturday last night and early in the new year I plan to read Atonement if I can cope with two McEwans back to back. The only one I've read of his so far is On Chesil Beach in 2007 which didnt grab me at all. Glad to hear, Jubby ...

... but stopped myself reading Enduring love after seeing the film and being a bit disappointed. But, I adored the film of Atonement....I've not read that either... I do have several bookrings here at the moment that are demanding attention. I think Enchantress of Florence will be up next. ...

... plain wierd ick. The 1970s have a lot to answer for. I'm not going to forget it in a hurry, but I can't say I liked it. Atonement was wonderful, Saturday was great, On Chesil Beach wasn't great but was a good short read, and I've got The Child in Time somewhere, or was it The Comfort ...

Ooh, Freakonomics! I meant to put that on my list! I am also going to read Atonement. Good luck with your challenge! :) --BJ

... guire The Meaning of Wife by Anne Kingston The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Secrets of the Tomb by Alexandra Robbins Atonement by Ian McEwan Packaging Girlhood by Sharon Lamb The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood Freakonomics by Steven Levitt Alternatives: Lucky Jim by Kinsle ...

... Rose Finished July 19 57. The Winter Rose Finished July 24 55. Atonement Finished July 22 Ordinary Heroes 45. Suite Francaise Finished June 8 38 Ragtime Finish ...

Favorite reads of 2008: Taking Lottie home by Terry Kay Empire Falls by Richard Russo Atonement by Ian McEwan Darkly Dreaming Dexter by David Lindsay The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion Case Histories by Kate Atkinson The Doctor's Wife by Elizabeth Brundage ...

Man Booker Award 1. Atonement by Ian McEwan 2. Elizabeth Costello by J. M. Coetzee 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

... for awards 1. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood - 1/8/09 2. Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller 3. Atonement by Ian McEwan 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Littérature contemporaine 1. Midnight's Children de Salman Rushdie 2. Atonement de Ian McEwan 3. My Sister, my Love de Joyce Carol Oates 4. Le Planétarium de Nathalie Sarraute 5. L'Annonce faite à Marie de Paul Claudel 6. Les Particules élémentaires de Michel Houellebecq 7 ...

II. 1001 books to Read Before You Die (Old or New List) 1. Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson 2. Atonement by Ian McEwan 3. Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard 4. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins 5. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro 6. Dracula by Bram Stoker. 7. War and Peac ...

... The Van by Roddy Doyle 2. Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry 3. On Beauty by Zadie Smith 4. Atonement by Ian McEwan 5. Paddy Clarke Hahaha by Roddy Doyle October 6. The Famished Road by Ben Okri 7. Mr Pi ...

Here are a few more: Expiation by Elizabeth von Arnim Fame by May Sinclair Women Are Like That by E. M. Delafield Disjecta by Samuel Beckett Dynamo by Eugene O'Neill

... (nowhere near exhaustive) on VMC authors' books--not necessarily republished by Virago, however--published in 1929: Expiation by Elizabeth von Arnim Harriet Hume by Rebeccaa West (I have that one in my TBR stacks) Fame by May Sinclair Women Are Like That by E. M. De ...

That'd be Moore, not Miller. Graham Greene's books generally make good films. Likewise Le Carré's. Didn't care for Atonement myself, and for Austen adaptations you can't beat the BBC. The film of Fowles' The French Lieutenant Woman was almost a different book, but worked pretty well. The ...

... thought the last remake of the quiet american was v. good. also liked..the last pride and predjudice (kiera et al) and atonement, ditto. I've liked most of the Le Carre adaptations. And one of the very few movies from comics that i've liked was V for Vendetta. Yeah,i know miller ...

#3 I really liked The Thirteenth Tale. From my chair at the computer, I can see All the Pretty Horses, Atonement, Russia and its Crisis, and Jane Eyre. With a turn to the left, I see lots more books including Siddhartha, The Selected Letters of Anton Chekhov, and Kitchen Herbs. ...

Here is my Alternate List: 1. The Voyage of HMS Beagle 2. The Woman in White (Read) 3. Atonement (Read) 4. The Three Musketeers 5. Sarum 6. The Demon in the Freezer 7. Complete Nonsense (Read) 8. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Read) 9. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer ...

... 5 for 2008 are: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 1984 by George Orwell The Thirteenth Tale by Dianne Setterfield Atonement by Ian McEwan The God of Small Things by Aundhati Roy All of them pop lit I'm afraid... no hidden gems here!

"Cecilia smoothed the jagged triangle of paper and thought how her little sister was changing." from Atonement by Ian McEwan.

... /LITERATURE*** 1. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe **FINISHED** 2. Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier **FINISHED** 3. Atonement by Ian McEwan **FINISHED** 4. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield **FINISHED** 5. Postmistress by Sarah Blake **FINISHED** 6. The Pursuit of Happyness ...

... Orwell Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Lisey's Story by Stephen King The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield Atonement by Ian McEwan The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood .. I think.

... throne--Carlos Fuentes Three day road--Joseph Boyden Speed of light--Javier Cercas Lush life--Richard Price Atonement--Ian McEwen Finally Infinite Jest--David Foster Wallace--which I hope to finish is really something unique.

That's a funny coincidence! I'm hoping to reread Atonement this month; The Cement Garden I've never read.

... best." I had to laugh aloud to that. Suffice to say, I had never read any of his books. I would like to read either Atonement or The Cement Garden.

... (May, 4*) 5. Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin (July, 3 1/2*) 6. Atonement by Ian Mc Ewan (July, 2 1/2*) 7. The Serpent's Tale by Ariana Franklin (August, 4*) 8. The Heaven Tree by Edith Parge ...

You know, I rather liked both the book and film versions of Atonement. Both have the same touch of smothered brutality.

... uded: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer Voyage to Venus by C.S. Lewis Mistress of the Sun by Sandra Gulland Atonement by Ian McEwan Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana by Anne Rice Grave Peril by Jim Butcher Eclipse One by Jonathan Strahan Blood Pact by ...

... some chick lit that make us look somehow cultivated. When will French fries that make us lose weight be invented? Atonement is "9/11". Is this tage does not refer to the date the book was read, I am at loss offering an explanation.

... the book. Others loved having a feel-good ending after having recently experienced the more "post-modern" endings of Atonement and Life of Pi!

... loved learning about Marmite books. From the sound of it I think I would be a hater of that stuff, but who knows? As for Atonement I was somewhere in-between. I liked the writing - for the most part - but that book made me very angry. I hate it when an author plays with his readers like ...

#33-36 I adored Atonement and found it almost embarassing to review, such was the praise I wanted to lavish on it! Everybody I know in real life has had a similar positive reaction towards it, so I was also surprised when I saw the differing reactions on here. When you factor in how popular the ...

we both have Atonement ready to read..But i have to go the the library, return my Pelevin (most of whose stories are well worth the ... bemusement, and check of Triffids ASAP. There are 3 copies at the Uni so i'm hoping one is still on the shelves by Sunday.

Hi LizzieG - so glad you loved Atonement! I also completely adored it and got splashed with a large bucket of cold water when I came on LT and discovered that it seems to be a Marmite book. So it is always so great to find someone else that gives it the thumbs-up.

42. (new) Atonement by Ian McEwan. Loved it, utterly, utterly absorbing and I defy anyone not to be moved to tears by it. 43. (new) The Book of Dave by Will Self. Not quite done yet, and finding it a little hard going, though not quite as bad as at the start when I nearly gave up due to ...

... choices for your first time authors category. I've read and enjoyed The Blind Assassin, Life of Pi, Middlesex, Atonement, and The Poisonwood Bible. I plan to read The Eyre Affair some day soon because I've heard great things about it, and if The English Patient is anything ...

... Kimberly Willis Holt 9.Holes by Louis Sachar National Book Critics Circle Award 1.The March by E. L. Doctorow 2.Atonement by Ian McEwan 3.Austerlitz by W. G. Sebald 4.Being Dead by Jim Crace 5.Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem 6.The Love of a Good Woman by Alice Mun ...

... Enquist RUSSIA First Love by Ivan Turgenev SWEDEN Astrid and Veronika by Linda Olsson **** UK Atonement - McEwan *** Before I Die by Jenny Downham *** Bookends by Jane Green * Jemima J by Jane Green * MIDDLE EAST AGHANISTAN The K ...

... On Chesil Beach seems to be another opinion divider. I've not read it yet, but find McEwan desperately uneven - I loved Atonement and The Child in Time, quite liked Enduring Love, thought Amsterdam was OKish but hated Saturday. The Kate Grenville is likely to be good but I ...

finished atonement this last weekend. up next: a bbc radio recording of the history boys by alan bennett which is only a couple of cd's long. after thatthe world is flat by tom friedman. been curious about it for a while so i will give it a try.

... about our own systems of justice. Maybe, in this case, the movie mixes genres--one kind of story inside another. In Atonement, the story of a child's lie is inserted into a story about WWII, allowing these two stories to struggle with one another. Again, the novelist's labor to make the ...

... Umberto Eco One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Middlesex (2003 Pulitzer) by Jeffrey Eugenides Atonement by Ian McEwan The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood American Pastoral (1998 Pulitzer) by Philip Roth The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver The Colo ...

NY Times Best Seller List 1) New Moon 12.22.08 2) Atonement 12.26.08 4) Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim 4.10.09 5) Eclipse 6) Belly Laughs 7) Baby Laughs 5.24.09 8) 9)

... es Jack Maggs Peter Carey City of God E.L. Doctorow Under the Skin Michel Faber At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O'Neill Atonement Ian McEwan Fingersmith Sarah Waters The Lambs of London Peter Ackroyd Literary Britian: A Readers Guide to It's Literature F.V, Morely Good Masters! S ...

From Bookmooch: Atonement, When The Women Come Out To Dance,Breathing Lessons and Death Times Three

finished american pastoral by philip roth which i enjoyed very much. i'm about two thirds into atonement. the jury is still out on this one. it is clearly well written but i'm not convinced it lives up to the hype. the reader -jill tanner- sounds very much like nadia may, who i barely tolerate. ...

... and prose reminded me of Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible and the story was similar in style to Ian McEwan's Atonement in that it focused on one event and what came before and what came after. I was very impressed and would highly recommend reading it.

... been waiting on its shelf since 2004, 5. This week the pocket edition of Istanbul has arrived, and I have ordered Atonement and The Half-brother, 6. I'm about 450 pages into Récits de la Kolyma : only a thousand pages left, and still one of my most disturbing and difficult ...

... from the list this year and most likely anything else from the 1,001 list will come from more recent releases, primarily Atonement and Middlesex as those are recent additions to my own library. Currently Reading: A Drink Before the War Anne of Green Gables The Merchant of V ...

... Mystery Stories - 2007 - finished 1001 Books to Read Before Your Die 1. Their Eyes Were Watching God 2. Atonement - finished 3. Tender is the Night 4. The Talented Mr. Ripley 5. Frankenstein 6. Animal Farm 7. Catch 22 8. The Great Gatsby Award Winners 1. ...

... Mystery Stories - 2007 - finished 1001 Books to Read Before Your Die 1. Their Eyes Were Watching God 2. Atonement - finished 3. Tender is the Night 4. The Talented Mr. Ripley 5. Frankenstein 6. Animal Farm 7. Catch 22 8. The Great Gatsby Award Winners 1. ...

Ha, just finished The Blind Assassin. Did it remind anyone else strongly of Atonement? The elderly female narrators, world wars, sexual tensions, family lies, social conflicts, and the little literary twists they both shared made them feel similar to me, like book siblings.

... (some incidents are just too... convenient), but overall I would recommend it to most people (4 stars). Next up is Atonement by Ian McEwan. I've been looking forward to this one for a long time, so I hope it's as good as everyone says.

... In 5 weeks I will have finished my tertiary studies *finally*... Anyway I have knocked a few off the list this year: Atonement by Ian McEwan Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Slaughter House Five by Kurt Vonnegut Love of the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez ...

... novels set in WWII era that I have, can recommend, and haven't been mentioned yet: The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler Atonement by Ian McEwan Cafe Scheherazade by Arnold Zable Daisy's Wars by Meg Henderson The Gardens of Kyoto by Kate Walbert The Great World by David Malouf The ...

... the characters, who are real people. Other greatest hits/best discussions: No Ordinary Time by Doris Kearns Goodwin Atonement by Ian McEwan (as a group, one of our least favorite books, but best-ever discussions) How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn The History of Love by Ni ...

Hunger by Hamsun Knut Atonement by Ian McEwan Bodies by Jed Mercurio Happiness by Will Ferguson Lamb by Bernard McLaverty

I've just finished reading Atonement and it's amazing. The book is SO good there are no words to even begin to describe it's awesomeness. New goal in life: Read everything by Ian McEwan.

... I thought I might as well have a double dose! All the above: Cover price: £59.66 ($104.40) Cost £1 ($1.75) Also: Atonement byIan McEwan . Because its on the 1001 Books list. A book with mixed reviews and so it sounds like a challenging read. The Curious Incident of the Dog in ...

Atonement I tried that one twice at least. Hated it! Thought the sex scene would never end.

Just crossed off no. 45: Atonement by Ian McEwan, which I liked. I thought the first part and the third part (both focussed on Briony) were the best. I especially liked the way the author played with different perspectives on the same event in the first part. The different perspectives did ...

Just finished Atonement, which I liked a lot. Then for my on-line book, I'm reading Pamela.

... Yellow Hammer Shape of Mercy Barry Strauss' The Trojan War Ulysses Found The Alienist Ultimate Hard Bastards Atonement Atlas Shrugged Anthem and the list goes on...

... ex Youth Dead Air Nowhere Man The Book of Illusions Gabriel’s Gift Austerlitz Platform Schooling Atonement The Corrections Don’t Move The Body Artist Fury At Swim, Two Boys Choke

... McEwan's writing (which might well be considered underwhelming, if not tortuous!). The only other McEwan I've read is Atonement, which I loved (particularly Briony's view of the fountain episode) but based on what I've read here, am looking forward to more!

>95 dczapka I was thinking while reading Atonement that maybe one day I should reread The Cement Garden. It's been at least 12 years since I read it and at the time we read it in class, which was always a bit annoying because people had to read it aloud and not everyone could read English ...

I haven't read Atonement but I did read Saturday and really didn't enjoy it. The best way I can describe my attitude towards McEwan is "the emperor has new clothes." I don't get it. How does this guy get nominated for Bookers and universally praised? His books just grate on me...

... Angels fear to tread, which is ok. I'm not particularly loving it, but I'm not hating it either. Then I'm still reading Atonement, which is better than I had expected it to be. When I was in school, we read The Cement Garden and I didn't really care for it. All I can remember is that I ...

... fear to tread and so far it's so-so. Nothing spectacular, but not too annoying either. At home, I'm still reading Atonement, which I think is excellent. The middle does sag a bit, as I've seen mentioned here a lot of times, but still, it's very good.

... (1/8) 6. Classics (0/8) 7. YA (4/8) 8. Books Made Into Movies (1/8) I may make some adjustments to my list as Atonement is covered by both 1,001 books and books made into movies but we will see. I currently have three books from the library that are on my list which will ...

... book by McEwan I've read, both this year. I should have read this one first, since it is marginally less compelling than "Atonement" which I read earlier. I enjoyed the story and the crystalline prose, but I could have done without the pseudo-scientific (maybe not, I couldn't really tell?) ...

I'm halfway through Atonement.

42. When We Were Romans by Matthew Kneala Reading two books right now both The Pact and Atonement. Thank you all for the wonderful book ideas I can't wait for him to get here so he can enjoy them as well.

... BBC's Middlemarch series. Fairly disappointed by the recent The Other Boleyn Girl, The Kite Runner. Although Atonement was pretty good.

... which was an excellent story about a brazen courtisan's rise and fall in Parisien society. At home I'm still reading Atonement, which I like so far and on-line I'm reading Bunner Sisters by Edith Wharton, which is nice.

... by Daphne du Maurier My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier My Invented Country by Isabel Allende Atonement by Ian McEwan The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

... both Saturday and Amsterdam though? I have really liked everything I've read of McEwan so far, but have not read Atonement yet - I'm a bit scared that after all the hype, it won't be that good!

msg 76 I really loved Saturday, but hated Atonement. If you want to read another McEwan gem, try On Chesil Beach. Very short. Very precise. Love your list. sushidog

... book is usually better. And there are a few cases where the movie is just as good, if not better, than the book itself. Atonement and the Lord of the Rings saga are a couple examples. (I know the LotR books are absolute classics, but I've never been able to enjoy the books...I'm not a big ...

I read Atonement before I saw the movie, and I think it enhanced my enjoyment of the movie as much of the novel is concerned with inner thoughts of characters which are not apparent in the movie. I've abandoned Something More, though I usually enjoy Paul Cornell's work this one failed ...

> 109 coloradogirl14 I had noticed that about Atonement, which made me really curious, so I decided to check it out for myself. I haven't seen the movie yet, do you think that will be an advantage?

#104 Vonini Although it may not seem so at first, Atonement has become a very controversial book, at least to us LT-ers! We seem to be split down the middle in terms of whether we liked it or not. I personally LOVED Atonement, so I highly recommend you keep reading! It gets a bit slow in ...

I started Atonement last night, just a tiny bit. I'm curious what all the fuss is about. I have to say, I loved the first couple of pages.

Just started Atonement last night.

Not Atonement - this headache is more consuming than incapacitating

Is it Atonement? The mother, Emily, always got terrible, incapacitating migraines.

I agree, flipflopgirl, about Atonement. Took lots of concentration to get through, but at least had an ending that was, in my opinion, a great payoff. I bought James Patterson's Sundays at Tiffany's for a long plane trip. BIG MISTAKE. Hated it, hated it, hated it.

... (Part of my 888 Challenge) 37. Stiff by Mary Roach - interesting and informative and actually quite funny 38. Atonement by Ian McEwan - a reread for me which is very unusual. I enjoyed it much more this time and am going to be watching the DVD soon, which is part of the reason ...

... though I like Flaubert, and might try reading it in French. I've never been able to finish any LotR. I also thought Atonement was very slow-- I did finish it, and it came together at the end, but very little happened in all of Part One.

... Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name by Vendele Vida House of Meetings by Martin Amis Atonement by Ian McEwan Searoad by Ursula LeGuin Heather Blazing by Colm Toibin If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things by The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana by ...

... thread - too lazy to go looking, but it perfectly suits these). None of these are currently permanently written off. Atonement by Ian McEwan - Liked it and then found it moving slow. Read a spoiler of the ending somewhere so when my toddler lost it I didn't search too hard. Now it is ...

... comment makes me hopeful. I've been recommended Amsterdam over and over again, but have kept putting off because I found Atonement frustratingly self-indulgent.

... but were pushed out by other books, while others...not so much. 1. The Inimitable Jeeves 2. Atonement 3. The Code of the Woosters 4. Chocolat 5. Anansi Boys 6. The Time Traveler's Wife< ...

Now in 1935 England in Part One of "Atonement" by Ian McEwan, will shortly move to WWII. Just left 1970s Afganistan, 2001 San Francisco & 2001 Afganistan/Pakistan with Amir in "The Kite Runner''.

Wow, Morphidae, that's definitely a "first page horror". I couldn't even finish it. I didn't give up on Atonement. I'm glad I didn't, as it was an ok book, but I don't think I'll pick up any other McEwan books any time soon.

Finished Atonement last night. I think this book took me over three weeks to read. I wasn't crazy about the author's writing style or character development, and many sections seemed forced. It's an ok book, and I'll probably watch the movie, but I don't want to read anything else by McEwan for a ...

Finally, finally, finally finished Atonement. I thought the beginning was very slow and forced. It focused mostly on the younger girl's thoughts on being a writer, and I felt that it was just an outlet for the author to express his own thoughts. Once the novel got going, though, it was better. I'l ...

I'm STILL trying to finish Atonement. I picked it up from the library three weeks ago, so I renewed it for another few weeks, but I'm not sure I'll finish it. Also from the same batch of library books, I abandoned Dream Lucky. I love jazz music, but I just couldn't finish it. I think it was ...

... read this year would have to be Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. Almost running neck and neck with that one was Atonement by Ian McEwan. As soon as I saw the movie trailer, I went out and bought the book because I knew the book had to be 10 times better than the movie. I wasn't ...

... up that he was either going to be a writer or a serial killer? Not to give anything away for those who may not have read Atonement yet, but isn't Briony a writer? Maybe it's a fine line;) The other really mean character that comes to my mind is Cathy in East of Eden, but she's so ...

... are a lot of books I've read and enjoyed mentioned on this thread! Infinite Jest, Special Topics in Calamity Physics, Atonement, and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell to name a few. I have one to add though - I've tried twice to read House of Sand and Fog, and I don't know why but I just ...

46) Saturday by Ian McEwan--Didn't connect with it as much as with Black Dogs, but it's just about tied with Atonement as my second-favorite McEwan novel. I gather it's a post-9/11 novel in that he describes the new "mood" of the world, but I didn't really notice that very much (possibly as ...

Just watching the movie version of Ian McEwan's Atonement which I read when I first heard they were making the movie. Actually its not bad, I was surprised P.D. James let her Children of Men be adapted as it was.

... to try another, and I'm really glad I did. I actually liked Amsterdam a lot, and I'm one of the people who did like Atonement. Just my two cents... or ooh! Another suggestion - pick one of the ones that are on both 1001 lists (the original version AND the revised version). Myself, I've ...

... I've only read two Amsterdam and Saturday and would recommend Saturday as the better of the two. I have Atonement on the "short stack" (as opposed to the VERY big stack) of Mt. TBR. #78 - I bought that book recently. Glad to hear you are liking it so far. #86 - I ...

... hard to abandon a book. I usually try to give the book 100 pages or so to prove itself. However, I just cannot get into Atonement. I'm on page 120, but not much is happening. Right now I've put it aside, hoping to get back into it after another novel, but two books later, I still cannot get ...

... to add, will be reading an Ian McEwan novel in the course of my 888 challenge myself. With all of the back and forth on Atonement I don't know if that is the choice or not... lol. BUT the one I had decided on was going to come from 1001 Books you must read before you die. There are eight ...

What's with all the Atonement hating, guys? I, personally, absolutely loved this book! I finished reading Emma last night, and started The Hunchback of Notre Dame this morning.

as to the book of the hour, Atonement... IMHO, the movie was a great deal better.

ATONEMENT takes awhile to Get Going and it never really Goes..that's not the point..the resolution of the story is all in hindsight...like it or not

>66 Richardderus re: Atonement, you said it exactly right. I found myself thinking about it long after I'd read it. Not until it was all said and done could I really appreciate how well-crafted it was.

Just thought I'd throw in my .02 regarding Atonement. All I heard was how fantastic the book was, I couldn't wait to read it. It did start slow, then something exciting happened, then, well, sort of slow again. I thought the book was ok, definitely a let down from what I was expecting. I ...

In response to everyone discussing Atonement: I actually found the book extremely easy to get through, but most of that was because I had seen the movie before I had read the book. I agree with richardderus: even if it's hard to make your way through the book, you will probably find that the ...

... by someone whose opinions I respect! Madam, what kind of Southern gentleman do you take me for? Hmmmph. ;-) All re: Atonement, the pace is stately, the storytelling voice might not be to everyone's taste, but by gum this is a tale worth the time it takes to appreciate and absorb it. I ...

#47 - I'm about 120 pages into Atonement, but it seems like nothing is happening. Does the action pick up after this section, or is the whole book slow?

#40- I had a really hard time finishing Atonement I had heard such wonderful things about it that I really wanted to finish it, but it took at least 100 pages to get into it. Good luck.

I've read six McEwan books, and they've all been really different from each other. I think Atonement is the most different of all, and indeed is very different from Enduring Love (great book, by the way. I read it in one day while on holidays last winter).

After Atonement, I don't know if I could bring myself to read anymore of McEwan's books

I've put Atonement aside for a while, so I picked up Watchmen. The trailer I saw before The Dark Knight prompted me to read it, and even though I know I've read it before, I can't remember when, and all the details are hazy, so I'm having a great time rediscovering it. I'm not sure if I'l ...

"Once your life gets going you'll find that stuff doesn't mean a thing." Atonement by Ian McEwan "Have you ever been on the Causse de Larzac?"

Finished The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse, so I'm moving on to Atonement and Great Expectations.

... I'd recommend it, with the warning to pay close attention. Nothing is as it seems. Now, onto Great Expectations and Atonement.

picked up Atonement, Pratchett's Night Watch, and several volumes of FullMetal Alchemist at the ol' library today... #80 -- I really enjoyed "YofLB" but think his Know It All was even funnier/better...

I walked into the library to drop off some books and cds, but I walked out with: Atonement The Eyre Affair The Dark is Rising (containing all five books) The Book of Air and Shadows Dream Lucky The Black Cauldron Simple Prayers Grammar Snobs are Great Big Meanies (audiobook) ...

... as my heart hurt for her past pains, I could not reconcile her heartlessness in her decision making. Not since McEwan's Atonement have I been so angry with a character and I know that there were legions of people who wanted to give McEwan a piece of their mind for that ending. For me such ...

... Rowling with Tolkein in any other way beyond the appeal of the books. Look forward to hearing more about your reading. Atonement was a read for me this year and I very much enjoyed it.

The Time Traveler's Wife is an amazing book! I finished it a few months ago and couldn't put it down. May I suggest Atonement, Half of a Yellow Sun and The Kite Runner - some of my all-time favourites. Being but a young schoolgirl, I have also read My Sister's Keeper, a ...

Atonement was as good as the film, or the film was as good as the book. Either way I quite enjoyed it, although I think not having a picture of James McAvoy in my head would make McEwan's habit of extreme exposition somewhat tedious.

... any Ian McEwan? here, me *puts hand up* although "hate" is maybe too strong a word. but I was terribly annoyed by Atonement - IMO the premise could have made a fascinating book, but instead it skirts around all the truly interesting aspects of the basic story and ends up amounting to ...

56. Atonement by Ian McEwan. 1001. Beautiful story of the tragic consequences when a young girl with a strong imagination eavesdrops on her older sister. Slow at times in the first few chapters, but the ending is moving, leaving the reader to decide if the Briony is truly deserving of ...

1) Atonement by Ian McEwan The rest is in no particular order; The World According to Garp John Irving The Invisible Wall : a Love Story That Broke Barriers Harry Bernstein Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason Helen Fielding Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chealier ...

... my interest in Ian McEwan -- especially his earlier works -- has been greatly renewed. Anyone who has read Saturday or Atonement and been left underwhelmed would do well to go back and see how he got started -- you might be rather pleasantly surprised.

The books I have read so far in 2008 are: 1. The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy 2. Atonement 3. Assassin's Apprentice 4. Royal Assassin 5. Assassin's Quest 6. Fool's Errand 7. Golden Fool 8. Fool's Fate 9. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell 10. Captains and the Kings 1 ...

25. Atonement by Ian McEwan - I struggled through the first part of this book, but I'm glad I kept reading. It's a fine story about how one innocent action can affect so many other people.

What did you think of Atonement? I've been thinking about reading it for some time. Also, welcome!

... Malcolm Gladwell (2000) 80. Bright Lights, Big City, Jay McInerney (1984) 81. Backlash, Susan Faludi (1991) 82. Atonement, Ian McEwan (2002) 83. The Stone Diaries, Carol Shields (1994) 84. Holes, Louis Sachar (1998) 85. Gilead, Marilynne Robinson (2004) 86. And the Band Pla ...

7. Atonement by Ian McEwan I am quite behind, but it's summer time now and with vacation coming up, hopefully I'll be able to read a bit more!

Atonement and Life of Pi have been the only two this year that were directly inspired by people's reviews on LT. I liked the second one, but I liked the first one not at all.

... Next up is The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton for the Literature Group Reads group. My 2.5 year old has put Atonement somewhere that I cannot find it even after tearing the living room apart. If I do find it, I'll finish it up too. Luckily for me, I skipped ahead and read the ...

... I felt like I was being beat over the head with a moral. I loved London Calling, but I couldn't get into this at all. Atonement -- I know many people like this book, but I figured it out a lot about half way through (it comes from being taught, as an English major, to pay especially ...

33) Saturday by Ian McEwan Not nearly as good as Atonement (but then again not so strange, since that would be nearly impossible), but still a good read. A bit slow to start with, but picks up after a while. I loved reading about the family and how strong the bonds between them all were, ...

Hmmm. I found Atonement incredibly predictable, but I'd heard such good things about Amsterdam I planned on reading it this summer--now I'm a bit doubtful. Oh well--he does seem to be one of the more controversial contemporary authors though when it comes to the critics, which is interesting. ...

... your comments about McEwan, and thought it was interesting what you'd heard about Amsterdam and Saturday compared to Atonement. I loved Atonement, but didn't really care for Amsterdam as much. I think it was well-written, but I saw the ending coming a mile away. I've read several ...

... Preiss – 545 pgs. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys – 112 pgs. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley – 216 pgs. Atonement by Ian McEwan – 351 pgs. Antrax by Terry Brooks – 408 pgs. Morgawr by Terry Brooks – 424 pgs. Things I’ve Learned From Women Who’ve D ...

Atonement by Ian McEwan - excellent novel, well written, better than the film Child of the Covenant by Michele Guinness - autobiography of her early life as a Jew and becomming a Christian. A good inspirational read. Hobson's Choice by Harold Brighouse - delightful comic play ...

My mooched copies arrived today: Atonement by Ian McEwan The 6th Lamentation by William Brodrick Sushi for Beginners by Marian Keyes

29) Atonement by Ian McEwan I adored this book! I've never read anything by McEwan before, and I must say that I love his style and manner of writing. What a sad and heartbreaking story! The ending both made me smile as well as tear up a little. This will definetively be one of this ...

#71 - nancyewhite: I think I've praised Atonement in at least three different threads on here! I found it to be a beautifully written and emotionally powerful novel - let me know what you think after you finish reading it! #72 - thekoolaidmom: Let me know how you like Lisey's Story. I'm ...

My past few books have been less than satisfying so I'm trying Atonement by Ian McEwan. Let's hope that works!

... one of my favorite writers. I highly recommend Amsterdam, On Chesil Beach, and Saturday, if you haven't read them. Atonement got more praise, but I wasn't as thrilled with it. His early stuff--anything written before Enduring Love--is a bit TOO kinky for my taste (incest, ...

... Dawn and the Impossible Three by Ann M. Martin - seller 64. Kristy's Big Day by Ann M. Martin - seller 65. Atonement by Ian McEwan - seller 66. My Own Kind of Freedom by Steven Brust - electronic 67. Judaikitsch by Jennifer Traig and Victoria Traig - loaner ...

... for another day). The latter reaction describes my own to Amsterdam, The Innocent, and The Cement Garden, and though Atonement had such a great story and was very moving, I still wondered at the end what McEwan's point was, besides to tell a good tale. What I'm getting at here is that, ...

#33 - Atonement - Ian McEwan - Finished May 30, 2008 My book club decided to read McEwan for June. Each of us is choosing a different book, which may make for an interesting discussion. I've read several of his - Saturday was my favorite - and had Atonement on my TBR shelf, so I ...

#204 - I've done the same thing with Atonement. Tried several times to get into it but just never could get very far. My 88 year old mother is reading it for her book group and she finds it to be a real snore.

... Plain and Tall is a novella written for children, so you'll get through that quickly. I found the Color Purple and Atonement fairly quick reads, but some would disagree. There is a lot going on in both books, and it depends on how you as a reader take to them. Hope that helps. Your ...

... ompulsion. And I know what chapter you're talking about. And when I read it, I skipped lunch and dinner that day. #204 Atonement left me pretty cold. it had its moments, but I still don't get the hubub.

... Jane Eyre to name a few. I wish I had put down The Memory Keeper's Daughter, and I have also picked up and put down Atonement twice, although I kept just in case someday...

Atonement Affinity Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob Audition: a Memoir Amsterdam

... home from the library with The World According To Garp by John Irving Lord Of The Flies by William Golding Atonement by Ewan McEwan Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason by Helen Fielding

I don't think I posted this yet, so here goes (before the next batch is in...): Last week I received Atonement and Lady Chatterley's Lover through Marktplaats.nl

... Pride and Prejudice Yukio Mishma - after Spring Snow Vladimir Nabokov - after Lolita Ian McEwan - after Atonement Clive Barker - after Galilee Storm Constantine - after Wraeththu Louisa May Alcott - after Little Women Herman Hesse - after Damien An ...

... Page. twilightlost, Welcome to the game! How about Atonement? I haven't read it yet and would be interested to know what you think about it! Could the next person along pick from my Joles in I want to read that! : Jolene's List (May 23, 2008, 10:30pm)

... 3) Forbidden Magic (Magic Series, Book 1) by Cheyenne McCray Seduced by Magic Wicked Magic Shadow Magic Atonement by Ian McEwan

... the whole time period. I just finished reading the Fionavar Tapestry trilogy by Guy Gavriel Kay and now have to read Atonement for my book club next week.

... Zimmer Bradley finished 5. Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino finished 6. Violin by Anne Rice finished 7. Atonement by Ian McEwan finished 8. Sepulchre by Kate Mosse finished 9. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse finished 10. Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind finished 1 ...

... that I got emotional over this one as well. Must have been something in the air. I enjoyed this a lot more than Atonement. It wasn't that the length made it a 'tighter story' - I may have mentioned that I really enjoy shorter fiction as I think authors need to be more disciplined to ...

... collection of books here. McEwan has been on my reading list this year (I read Saturday and will probably read Atonement before the year's end), and Jeanette Winterson's Sexing the Cherry is toward the top of my TBR pile (it's my first Winterson read). I read Wodehouse's Right Ho ...

... looms. Which seemed even more forced because the main character is british and living in London. I suspect that Atonement may actually have some redeeming qualities, but after that disaster I can't even bring myself to try.

... From the books you've read this year, there are several I've read over the past year or two: Anna Karenina, Cranford, Atonement, Saturday, The Reader, Half of a Yellow Sun, & Mrs. Dalloway. I agree with all your comments about these books too. I also have Orlando, Cloud Atlas ...

Trumpet by Jackie Kay Crash by J.G. Ballard Kindred by Octavia E. Butler Girls by Nic Kelman Atonement by Ian McEwan

I'd say Amsterdam is definitely worth reading. I enjoyed it much more than Atonement.

I've heard Atonement described by others as self-indulgent also. I've got Amsterdam on my TBR pile though, so I'm not giving up on him :)

... I read Amsterdam at the end of last month and found it to be both concise and elegantly written. Not a word was wasted. Atonement, in contrast, seemed self-indulgent most of the time; it was like he wanted to write a description of a particular thing, so he threw it in there regardless of ...

I agree with most of what you said on Atonement, though I've got a feeling I liked it a lot less--for me, the great writing didn't justify near four stars, or the time spent reading it truthfully. And yes, someone who has written as many boks as him should know better than to give it an ending ...

I haven't read Atonement yet, but I can't agree with you more regarding how important the ending to a book, film, etc is! I can't tell you how many times I have been watching a movie or reading a book and I just KNOW that everything will hinge on how the writer packages things at the end. Many ...

After some dithering around, I finished Atonement this morning. I've now started Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson. It's fun so far, but is not, perhaps, the best follow-up to Atonement.

I finished Atonement this morning, thanks to a sick day. My thoughts, x-posted from my reading list: I must say, I'm rather... underwhelmed. McEwan writes beautifully and displays a stunning command of language, but I felt that the storytelling here left much to be desired. This is a ...

I started Atonement by Ian McEwan yesterday. I'm not too sure how I feel about it. The writing is beautiful, but I'm not yet involved with anything that's going on.

... fever by Deborah Moggach 259 pp {one star} 23) A girl in Saskatoon by Sharon Butala 259 pp {non fiction} 24) Atonement by Ian McEwan 480 pp {book club} May summary: 4 books 1389 pp

... Hillbrow" Phaswane Mpe Welcome to our Hillbrow 32 Austerlitz W.G. Sebald Austerlitz 33 Om forlatelse Ian McEwan Atonement 34 Ikke rør deg Margaret Mazzantini Don’t Move 35 "På svøm, to gutter" Jamie O'Neill At Swim, Two Boys 36 Stridsmenn fra Salamis Javier Cercas S ...

... - Ian McEwan 27.Dixie City Jam - James Lee Burke 28.The Comfort of Strangers - Ian McEwan 29.Atonement - Ian McEwan 30.Black Dogs - Ian McEwan 31.Duma Key - Stephen King 32.The Killer Inside Me - Jim Thompson 33.Darkness Falls - Kyle Mi ...

... I gave it a good 60 pages or so, but nothing was happening. I did not understand all the hoopla surrounding it. Same with Atonement which got rave reviews. I generally stick by the rule of thumb of 60 pages (or less). Life's too short to waste forcing yourself to read books you think you ...

... World of Love by Elizabeth Bowen and if those are completed by the end of the week I will move on to reading more of Atonement by Ian McEwan, which feels like a book that should be taken slowly and in stages.

I'm reading Death note volume 7 by Tsugumi Ohba because it's addictive stuff. Also reading Atonement by Ian McEwan because it is on the 1001 list, and also The Salmon of Doubt by Douglas Adams because he is quite awesome.

#102 dihiba: I have not yet read Atonement and from the mixed reviews I have seen here on LT I do not think I am going to. I loved Saturday, though. It was only the second book by Ian McEwan that I had ever read, the first being On Chesil Beach.

Oh, I loved Saturday, and I also enjoyed it more than Atonement. However, I'm going to give the latter another try, since I just don't think I was in the mood for it when I read it. Have you read On Chesil Beach yet? It's quite a change from Saturday, but--unexpectedly--it haunted me for ...

... as romances. Silly me. Here are a few more possible romances: Gone with the Wind Rebecca Anna Karenina Atonement Doctor Zhivago Fear of Flying Lady Chatterly's Lover The French Lieutenant's Woman The Reader Wuthering Heights

... can each player list a letter more than once, or do you only get one shot at it? You asked for "A", so here goes: Atonement, by Ian McEwan. This was a difficult choice, because there are some splendid works under "A". But I picked this one because of the intense feelings I experienced ...

I just read your review of Atonement and I totally agree with you on the pulling out of the hat stuff that we were never told about to start with or given viable clues. I didn't hate it but I too felt like it came from nowhere. I also agree with your accessment of the movie version. I did not see ...

... to me. Adult novels and children's books thrown in together. Why should a teen be reading The Plot Against America or Atonement or Corelli's Mandolin rather than any of many other pretty good but not brilliant adult novels? Why is there only a single Jane Austen (nod to the classics? ...

... Neil Gaiman (Science Fiction) -ANGELA'S ASHESby Frank McCourt (Memoir) -ANNIE JOHNby Jamaica Kincaid (Fiction) -ATONEMENTby Ian McEwan (Romance) -BALZAC AND THE LITTLE CHINESE SEAMSTRESSby Dai Sijie (Historical Fiction) -THE BEAN TREESby Barbara Kingsolver (Fiction) -BEE ...

... get in the way, but here is the 2008 list so far: The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton by Jane Smiley Atonement by Ian McEwan The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Tatiana's Table: Tatiana and Alexander's Life of Food and Love by Paullina Simons Anna Karenina by Leo To ...

... century that I had read and noticed that put together in the right order, the titles form sort of a sentence. It is: Atonement Adjunct this Saturday, Unless there's A Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime. So the challenge is to create a logical phrase or sentence by ...

I do. There's 6 years' more books to choose from apart from anything else. For example, I reckon Atonement would probably make the list today, as would Alexander McCall Smith and there'd be 7 HP books in there rather than 4. There was some criticism of the list at the time that it was ...

Never Let me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro atonement by Ian Mcewan love in the times of cholera by gabriel garcia marquez .....lotsa days to go!:)

Currently reading Atonement. It's good, but I have only been able to read at night lately so it's slow going so far. Hopefully I can set aside some reading time this weekend!

... best to finish a book, whether it's one that's grabbing my fancy or not. Sometimes books have a way of sticking with you, Atonement has been like that. Even though I didn't like it while reading it, I have liked it better in retrospect. As to Wicked, it's suddenly become a really good ...

21. Honeymoon with My Brother by Franz Wisner 22. Atonement by Ian McEwan

... 03/05/08 The soul hunter - Melanie Wells-318p. 03/07/08 The bean trees -Barbara Kingsolver-246p. 03/09/08 Atonement – Ian McEwen- 351p 03/10/08 The Gathering – Anne Enright- 261p 03/11/08 Out stealing horses – Per Petterson –258p. 03/12/08 A gathering of old ...

I can see why people could be underwhelmed by Atonement. Briony is an unlikable brat as a child, weak in her young adulthood as a nurse, and cowardly as an elderly author. But I've also read Saturday and really love Ian McEwan style. I plan on reading The Road again, and I expect that I ...

... never missing the in-one-eyeball-and-out-the-other prose. Bah! I'll be glad to be done with it. It's a harder read than Atonement, It only took three days for that over-done, overrated piece.

... books since I last posted here ... Beneath a Marble Sky - John Shors The Killer Angels - Michael Shaara Atonement - Ian McEwan Blood and Roses - Helen Castor Quicksilver - Neal Stephenson Cry, the Beloved Country - Alan Paton Doctor Zhivago - Bori ...

... is 26. i.e one every couple of weeks. If I can do that again this year I'll be happy. So far this year I've read 1. Atonement by Ian McEwan 2. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky 3. Notes from an Exhibition by Patrick Gale 4. Rough Music by Patrick Gale 5. Master Georgie by Be ...

No. 18 - Atonement by Ian McEwan. A friend at work lent me this one - it is one of those titles that I tend to stay away from because of that feeling I have about too popular books - but I read it anyway because I can't turn down a book - even a too popular one. It was good, but I still ...

... (and yes, curious about what the film adaptation of The Road will bring), but I was a bit bewildered by your comment on Atonement--I haven't seen the movie, but the book left me feeling pretty cold, while The Road affects me every time (I teach it in my lit. class, so I've read it over ...

... etc.). On Chesil Beach was one of my top reads for 2007, and I also loved Saturday. I'm a bit less enthusiastic about Atonement.

My vocab list. It started out with anodyne in Atonement (anything that relieves distress or pain) - which I just realized is not on my vocab list. Hmm, time to update.

... Just started Beekeepers Apprentice by Laurie R King. A mystery I am so far really enjoying. I also just finished Atonement, was really looking forward to it, as I wanted to read it for so long, then the hype and movie (which I haven't seen yet) and well, was kind of let down. It was ...

... Enduring Love but somehow I always get caught up in something else every time that I want to see the movie. As for Atonement, the movie, I really liked it. However, I feel that I would have liked it better had I not read the book because for me I feel like the surprise can only surprise ...

... I am physically unable to go into a bookstore without buying any books (I've spoken to my doctor, no cure), I came out with Atonement. I'm pleased b/c there are no movie stars on the cover.

... April group theme (Beauty). I've also just begun the audiobook of Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky. #81 I read Atonement before seeing the movie, and I was angry through most of it, too. I love McEwan, but this one is not a favorite with me. I think I will give it another try in a ...

Am reading Atonement - not because I want to, but a friend lent it to me last week and I always feel obligated to read borrowed books as quickly as I can. I have been avoiding this book as I usually do with current 'in' books. For some reason I have an aversion to books with a lot of buzz - at ...

#44 "Atonement" by Ian McEwan Astonishing and overwhelming. My reviewing skills are totally not up to the task. So I'll just offer some quick impressions and an exhortation to read the book and experience it: The theme: "consequences of a simple act extending over an entire lifetime" ...

#4 "Just finishing up The Darkest Evening of the Year, I have less than 100 pages to go. Then I'm picking up Atonement, then The Giver by Lois Lowery, and after that Eragon and Eldest in that order." I've gotten through almost all the ones I planned to, am on Eldest right ...

... it as much as some other readers here, but I wouldn't qualify it as a must read by any stretch. I'll also add McEwan's Atonement--this is one I see no need to Ever go back to OR recommend, certainly not a must-read.

I haven't read all of the Ian McEwan books on the list, but I know I was disappointed with Atonement after all I heard about it; regardless of which ones stay, I don't really see any reason to include 8 books by one author--to me, that just speaks to him being a personal favorite of the editor(s).

... the 75 book challenge! I have Enduring Love and Shopgirl in my TBR pile. What did you think of them? I really enjoyed Atonement and I wanted to read another of Mcewan's books and a friend said he really liked Enduring Love, so I am thinking of giving it a read soon. I never read Sons ...

Oh well--we all have those; mine is Atonement--so many people love it (and people I know even teach it), but I just, as you said, don't get it. :)

I have Snow Flower and the Secret Fan on my TBR pile, and I read Atonement earlier this week. I thought Atonement was a bit slow-going and Briony was the only thing about the book that I liked, but it's stuck with me for quite awhile. The only pointer I could give with Atonement is take ...

... Snow Flower and the Secret Fan it was my selection last year for my book club. I hope you enjoy as much as I did. Atonement is in my TBR pile--I seeing mixed reviews on that one. I hope I enjoy it.

I'm new here and found this post. It sounds like such a great idea. I've never actually kept track of how many books I read a year, so this should be a fun challenge. I also "borrowed" the idea of why I chose a book from another reader because I don't always have a lot to say about the books a I ...

It is so good to hear someone on LT state my feelings on Atonement--it seems we had the same reaction, but even when I ask why others love it so much, and they attempt to tell me, I only end up shaking my head. A few weeks ago a group of professors met to discuss teaching strategies on the book-- ...

There are 112 books in this category (either read or TBR). The following are the ones mentioned more than once: FOUR Atonement by Ian McEwan THREE Catch 22 by Joseph Heller Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald TWO Alias Grace by Mar ...

... nerve-wracking in still others, and I can't figure out what all the fuss is yet... But I kinda like it... especially after Atonement.

FINISHED Atonement THANK GOD! bored to tears by that one... Honestly, why is it on the 1001 list? I really can't see it. It's not that clever. I had the "mystery" all figured out from the 200th page (200th because it took McEwan 200 pages to GET TO the mystery of who violated Lola.) Geez... ...

#33 trinah I'm also reading Atonement right now, and am halfway through. I'm getting ready to start Part Two after Easter service and dinner. What do you think of it so far? It takes about 150 pages to get going, but it's now really good. If it hadn't been for Briony, I might have ...

I'm reading an assortment of Fugitives and Refugees by Chuck Palahniuk, Atonement by Ian McEwan and The Salmon of Doubt by Douglas Adams.

I've read Atonement! One of my favorites too... I'll stick with McEwan and the last book from the 1001 that I read: Amsterdam.

... that might not be the best next book to suggest, since it's by the same author. Loved them both, for what it's worth. Atonement was my most recent 1001 read, and I know plenty of people on here have read that one.

... list. I don't read a whole lot of any one author, so I'm gonna make mine a book-to-book as well. Right now I'm reading Atonement and I'd have to say, If you like that you'd love Tess of the d'Urbervilles. It feels so much like Tess... McEwan feels the need to describe every blade of ...

Usually have more than one going at a time, though focused on one main one. Right now I'm reading Atonement as my main book. But I'm also reading Skeleton Crew while out and about (it fit better in my pocket than The Darkest Evening of the Year did, and short stories are great for waiting ...

... in the works. I'm guessing it will be a decent film, but will lack the emotional kick-in-the-junk of the novel - i.e. Atonement. Starting A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (7). Not only am I a slow reader, but also one that reads books more than 2 years past their prime.

... for an ending to an incredibly cruel book... I don't know whether I need a happy book or dystopic. BUT.... I'm picking up Atonement tomorrow... Maybe tonight just to flush this poo-book out of my head.

... I liked it, though I have no idea why I liked it. All I know is that I wanted to keep reading until I was finished. I like Atonement better, but that's just my taste. Reading a bit of fluff right now (fluff=NOT list material). But next up for me is Memoirs of a Geisha.

Just finishing up The Darkest Evening of the Year, I have less than 100 pages to go. Then I'm picking up Atonement, then The Giver by Lois Lowery, and after that Eragon and Eldest in that order. It's spring break and two out of three kids are gone. I'm gonna catch up on AAALLLLL my ...

*sneaking into the studio with my booty* I just love Goodwill, what finds! Atonement (hardcover, no less!, didn't have to buy that obnoxious movie tie-in paperback) by Ian McEwan The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield Good Harbor by Anita Diamant Interpreter of Maladies ...

... a book and a good friend, a relative, a perfect stranger, completely ruins it for you? I've had both Life of Pi and Atonement ruined for me in the past month. For those who've read the books, you know the endings have a twist. I suspect I would have liked the books a lot more if I'd ...

lbucci - you're right, the ending was great :) I finished a book yesterday: Atonement by Ian McEwan (book #10, I'm keeping the clean list in my second post). I borrowed this book from a coworker after I saw the movie (I know, I know...) and I still loved it. If you've seen the movie then ...

... was good enough that it made me want to read the book--I really wanted to clear up some of the characters' motivations. Atonement was a wonderful story. I appreciate being completely sucked into a different world, so spending an entire day in stifling detail on a 1935 country estate was ...

... O Pioneers! - Willa Cather 5. Bridget Jones' Diary - Helen Fielding 6. The Giver - Lois Lowry 7. Atonement - Ian McEwan 8. In the Presence of Mine Enemies - Edward Ayers

Just finishing off the tail end of Atonement. The next book on my list is from a Chunkster Challenge, Walt Disney by Neil Gabler.

... I have three bookshelves and about 10-12 more boxes in storage stuffed full of books. Currently I'm wading my way through Atonement. Has anyone else read it?

... fans), On Chesil Beach is also short but I think that's one of the ones that works. Speaking of McEwan - didn't like Atonement either - thank God we're all different! I think GE is Dickens's masterpiece, though I always looks forward to settling in with any of his really, some are ...

I finished Atonement and Black Dogs both by Ian McEwan. Neither of these books really kept my interest, found myself reading same pages twice, skipping boring parts, etc. But I finally pushed through and finished.

Finished Atonement and Black Dogs both by Ian McEwan to up my total to 58.

#29 is Atonement by Ian McEwan.

... Jane Austen Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte And then there were none, Agatha Christie Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt Atonement, Ian McEwan War and Peace Leo Tolstoy Animal Farm, George Orwell

I don't think Saturday is his greatest book, and it certainly isn't his most accessible. I would recommend either Atonement or Enduring Love as a better example of McEwan at his best.

Thanks 45 & 46!! That makes me excited to read them both. I loved Atonement and am eagerly trying to finish the book I'm reading now to get to more of his work.

#56 was The Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwan. Was a very quick, as in maybe an hour, read. Now starting Atonement.

... picked up several Ian McEwan books. I have finished Amsterdam and The Comfort of Strangers and have just started Atonement. Meanwhile, keeping with the same author, I picked up The Child in Time at library yesterday along with The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson, another ...

... Fforde will find his natural stride as an author in the later books- I suppose time will tell. In the meantime: 38. Atonement, by Ian McEwan So I finally gave into the hype and grabbed a (library) copy on Atonement. Given the hype, and the movie adaptation, I wasn't expecting ...

... Don Quixote, and now I'm 30 pages in to Ian McEwan's Saturday. Odd beginning - not sure I like it as much as I liked Atonement - but it will probably pick up as I get more in to it. (Sorry, the touchstones are misbehaving)

... reread is done, I picked up Memoirs of a Geisha and Amsterdam. I'm hoping it will live up to the bar that was set by Atonement, which is one of my favorite books.

... Snicket 3. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer 4. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer 5. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer 6. Atonement by Ian McEwan 7. The Princess Bride by William Goldman 8. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous 9. Wurthering Heights by Emily Bronte 10. The Diary ...

I finally got Atonement from the library and started it over the weekend. So far it's pretty good (better than I expected, given the movie and hype, to be honest). In theory I'm still working on The Dubliners too, though it's been a few days since I picked it up. Oh yeah, and I grabbed The T ...

... finished Amsterdam by Ian McEwan. Also picked up three other books from this author from the list, Black Dogs, Atonement and The Comfort of Strangers. I will be reading these over the next week .

... over. I don't reread books often, but Middlesex may be the exception. Don't know what I'm starting next, maybe Atonement, maybe V for Vendetta: a novelization... there's something about Eugenides's claim that the Detroit riot of '67 was really a second American Revolution that ...

--> 69 I had exactly the same experience. I love McEwan's work, but I had a hard time getting through Atonement. Briony irritated me, and the whole family was so tediously upper-crusty. I do think McEwan's style and focus has changed considerably since The Comfort of Strangers and The Ceme ...

Hi midevalmama, you should definitely check out Atonement and The Book Thief. They are both very good reads! 14. The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon Funny and entertaining. It is about Caribbean immigrants in London circa the 1950's.

Just finished Life of Pi and now moving on to Atonement.

Atonement by Ian McEwan. I've read The cement garden and Comfort of strangers and I loved both. I loved them so much, that I bought a few more McEwan books, among which Atonement. Now with the movie out, I decided it was time to give that one a go (I always read the book first!). I just ...

#17 - MarianV - The Story of Lucy Gault is my favourite for 2008 so far!! I also liked: Atonement by Ian McEwan and a toss up between The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford and Larry's Party by Carol Shields - both CanLit.

... by Audrey Niffenegger 8. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield 9. Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult 10. Atonement by Ian McEwan 11. Thornyhold by Mary Stewart 12. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde 13. Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson ...

23. Atonement--Ian McEwan After a week or so of thought, I have decided that I didn't really like this book at all. I wanted to strangle the main character too many times during the book, even during her 'atonement' period. It just didn't seem to me that she was trying as hard as she ...

... Stick with it if you can... I'm listening to Inkspell at the moment and it's MUCH better. >85 abirdman - I also loved Atonement the book, and I thought the movie did a great job translating the feel of the book as well as the story to the screen.

I've been out of work on medical leave (though I feel fine), so I've been reading a lot. Recently finished Atonement by Ian McEwan (excellent-- I will avoid the movie!), and Exit Ghost by Philip Roth. Right now, I'm reading several books at once: Nearly finished with Selected Stories ...

Atonement by Ian McEwan. I can't get through the beginning. Briony bores me to tears. And, I love McEwan, so I really want to read this book. I've tried 3 times now. I will try again... some day. Ludmila's broken English by D.B.C. Pierre. I keep falling asleep while reading this. I put it ...

I've heard that Atonement and the Book Thief are both really good. I picked up a couple of YA fantasy today - one per week if I keep up my required reading. I liked Thackery's Vanity Fair better than any Trollope, and I hear the new movie version is great. I just saw the 1946 movie of Rumer ...

... are your best reads for 2008 so far? (any number). Mine are: 1. The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor 2. Atonement by Ian McEwan 3. The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burford 4. Larry's Party by Carol Shields 5. The Pull of the Moon by Elizabeth Berg ...

... •Book-to-Movie Contact by Carl Sagan The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko Atonement by Ian McEwan The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller Lady ...

... Gardens", but when I've tried to read her longer works, it hasn't been all that great an experience. Maybe in terms of Atonement, I've just read too much--there were quite a few points where I started feeling like it was predictable (and then what I expected happened), which is always ...

... so much about something that when you do get to it, it falls flat. Overhyped expectations maybe? I personally loved Atonement, especially the first part. I just love the whole mood of the period that he captures. As I said in another post defending the book, it reminds me of Virginia Wool ...

I found Atonement very different from the other McEwan novels that I've read. I think that BetsyT in post #2 captures it quite well that he was trying to capture a sense of time and place. I found that the first half of the book reminded me of Virginia Woolf or Elizabeth Bowen, and for me ...

My book club just finished reading Atonement and we all hated it, with the exception of two members. We felt the description was too excessive and that althoughMcEwan had an idea for a very interesting story, he neglected to tell it, choosing instead to dwell on dull imagry. However, we ...

... for about a year just to have it finished. Though, do take my opinion with a grain of salt, cuz I wasn't such a fan of Atonement (though I did like the writing).

... by Arundhati Roy (92) Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (114) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (117) Atonement: A Novel by Ian McEwan (90) Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (101) The handmaid's tale by Margaret Atwood (100) The Yacoubian building : a novel ...

Well, I finished Atonement this past week, and to be quite honest, I don't get it. It was beautifully written, and it kept my interest on and off, but it would never occur to me to recommend this highly or call it literary fiction, let alone teach it in my contemp. lit. classes. So, yes, ...

Alright, so I just finished reading Atonement by McEwan, and I'll be attending a group discussion of other lit. professors on the book on Thursday. In the meantime, I'm trying desperately to figure out why I've heard so much about this book. I felt like it was a decent read, but at the same ...

... up a copy of Me Talk Pretty One Day from the used bookstore and need to find a way to fit that in. Ian McEwan's Atonement could fit into this category, as could Mary Doria Russell's Dreamers of the Day, and/or A Thread of Grace. I got a brand new looking copy of World Wi ...

15.Atonement by Ian McEwan Great book, heard movie was not as good and kind of confusing unless you read the book first. I choose to always read the book first before I see any movie. The movie is always such a disappointment.

I'm afraid I can't say much for the story in Atonement, which I read last week, though the writing was lovely. I plan on picking up Saturday since I've seen a lot of people on here recommending that one. Good luck with Middlemarch--I'm afraid that's on a short list of books I never was able ...

7, Atonement by Ian McEwan An engrossing and beautifully told story, though i did feel slightly short changed by the ending.

I've heard that Atonement is really, really good. Like to hear what you say.

A) General Fiction: 2. Atonement by Ian McEwan B) Poetry: 3. Hoops by Major Jackson D) Sci-Fi/Fantasy: 1. Black Ships by Jo Graham (fantasy)

9. Black Ships by Jo Graham 10. Atonement by Ian McEwan 11. Hoops by Major Jackson Reviews to come soon, but in the meantime, Black Ships was by far my favorite of the three...

... Anand - Recommended by John Hopper 6. The Glass Castle -Jeannette Walls - recommended by Detail_Muse 7. Atonement - Ian McEwan - Recommended by Nickelini 8. Snow Flower and Secret Fan - Lisa See - Recommended by Moira

Atonement was my first McEwan, and so far, it's been my favorite. I've only read that, Amsterdam, Enduring Love and On Chesil Beach. Enduring Love unsettled me, but kind of in a good way, if that makes sense. I thought On Chesil Beach was very good as well; there were a few things about ...

... had to keep reading to find out what was going to happen. I would like to keep reading more of his books. I'm waiting for Atonement, which has a big wait list at the library. Which ones did you prefer?

... kindly buddies.... What did St Valentine do any way? I love the hearts and doillies; just came home from seeing the movie Atonement and I liked it bunches. A nice love story gone bad inside of a great meditation on guilt and atonement; and on writing, I think.

So book #24 is Atonement by Ian McEwan. I really enjoyed it, and it means I'm halfway to my mini-goal of reading 16 of the 1001 books this year.

I'm reading Cranford at the moment and then hopefully Atonement.

... movies 1) After the Hole by Guy Burt (finished 2/12/08) 2) Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein (finished 2/27/08) 3) Atonement by Ian McEwan (finished 3/4/08) 4) I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (finished 3/18/08) 5) The Ruins by Scott Smith (finished 4/17/08) 6) A Scanner Darkly ...

Good luck! My group is discussing McEwan's Atonement in a few weeks, so I'll be starting that on a plane tomorrow...

... plot-driven, that I'd love to see how they make it into a movie. Thank you for telling me about it! Anyway, now I've put Atonement in my bag, in the hopes that it will be easier going!

The other day I bought... Abundance by Sena Jeter Naslund Atonement by Ian McEwan Choke by Chuck Palahniuk Oedipus Rex by Sophocles And I received these in the mail (via Paperback Book Swap)... The Corset Diaries by Katie MacAlister The Poyson Garden by Karen Harper Tulip ...

Thanks, Nickelini, for giving me a positive perspective of Atonement- with such varied reactions, I think I will just have to pick it up and see where my opinion lies on the spectrum. I'm on a bit of a Women's Fiction spree at the moment, started with the ARC of Firefly Lane that I finished ...

... have to see it now. I was thinking about it: should I see it or I will be disappointed after the book... How about the Atonement movie, is it as good as the book? Well, I suppose it's not the topic for this thread, will better ask it at another forum. Back to Asian literature subject, ...

I've read some great books in January. Atonement by Ian McEwan just before I saw the movie A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini which I loved even more than The Kite Runner Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande which is very well ...

... the best American writers working. Right now I'm totally involved with Pat Barker's Life Class and it's reminding me of Atonement, a really good thing, but I love it so far and can hardly put it down.,

... myself and baby. Read my second book that is going in the Non-US author category, making book #17 for the challenge, Atonement. The first book I have read by Ian McEwan. Excellent. Some people have complained about it having too much descriptive writing, and i can see where they are ...

... Life by Bridget Kinsella The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood. Was at a local book store & had a coupon so I got: Atonement by Ian McEwan

... in her opinion too much description. ------------------ I've read six books by Ian McEwan, and I'd say that Atonement is the most different from the others. I happened to really love it. Actually, I really, really loved the first part, and the rest of it was pretty good, which ...

... all! This looks nifty, so I guess I'm in for 2008! Bring on the books! (But here's what I've read so far this year.) 1. Atonement by Ian McEwan -- Beautiful prose, poignant story. I tried to take my time reading this one to let it all sink in. Perfectly lovely. 2. Girl with a Pearl Earring ...

... The Story of a Murderer -- interesting concept, I liked it, won't appeal to anyone who doesn't like magical realism Atonement -- loved, loved, loved it. Did I mention that I loved it? White Teeth -- took me forever to get through it, and I didn't really get it....it sort of rambled ...

... I also loved The Book Thief and The Shadow of the Wind was one of my favourites from last year. I have yet to read Atonement but it is making its way to the top of the pile!

>19 sky, I hated plodding through Atonement. Hated. But its generally terrific reviews made me suspect I must have missed all of its subtleties, so I gave McEwan another chance with Saturday -- to be discussed in an online book group. I liked it better, but it was a non-renewable library ...

This week I have bought Atonement, The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife and The Alchemyst. Atonement was a nice read, and the first chapter of the Golden Compass was good! No comments on the other two books yet. I thought I would never become a lover of the fantasy genre, but it seems ...

Book #3 Title: Atonement Author: Ian McEwan Category: pages to Screen Pages: 330 I saw the movie first with a group of friends and enjoyed it so much I checked it out at the library later that week. I was presently surprised how little they left out in the film. Atonement was a ...

... by Chuck Palahniuk One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey Glamorama by Bret Easton Ellis Atonement by Ian McEwan Perfume by Patrick Suskind And I have also gotten: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

I did like both Atonement and The Kite Runner. I couldn't abide The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield and gave up after about 20 pp - but it certainly got lots of positive hype on LT. Also thought The Memory-Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards was good but not great - she shows ...

I enjoyed The Kite Runner, but I did not think it lived up to the hype. Although I love McEwan, I didn't care for Atonement. However, I listened to the audiobook, and it may have been that I didn't like the reader (who read another book I despised, Never Let Me Go--talk about overhyped!). I ...

#43 - I cannot comment on Atonement since I have not read that one yet, but to me, The Kite Runner was definitely worth it. One of the things I truly enjoy about LT is that it has expanded my reading horizons immensely through reviews of books I might not otherwise have touched by repeatedly ...

... has a hard time reading books about which there is a HUGE amount of buzz? In particular I refer to The Kite Runner and Atonement. I see these books (and a few others) talked about on LT just everywhere and seeing those names - over and over and over - makes me not want to read them. I ...

... Now THAT is a role I wouldn't imagine for Keira Knightley. BTW, I'm a huge fan of McEwan, but I didn't really care for Atonement initially. I listened to it as an audiobook, so it could have been the reader; she also read Never Let Me Go, which I absolutely despised. I plan to give it ...

... over geschiedenis - F.R. Ankersmit 21/05 5. 6. 7. 8. 1001 books to read before you die 1. Atonement - Ian McEwan 2. Bunner Sisters - Edith Wharton 3/05 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 8 other books to pass the time with and relax ...

6. Atonement by Ian McEwan. This book started slowly for me, the story didn't really interest me until the setting changed to the retreat to Dunkirk. All in all, extremely well written, I enjoy his writing - but am not sure about the ending. Am I the only one confused? I might see the ...

... 14 P.G. Wodehouse books at Value Village. Yea! Will be hunkering down with one tonight. I have 15 pp. left to read in Atonement by Ian McEwan - like it a lot, but not quite as much as On Chesil Beach.

... - then to his house for the rest of the weekend to relax and do some marking for end-of-semester. Not much time to finish Atonement which I had to force myself to put down last night. My money's on that I WILL finish it before Monday morning : ).

>16 That sounds like Atonement. "It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened."

... of a journey from one culture to a very different one. Looks like my non-fiction reads are ahead of my fiction. Back to Atonement!!

29. Atonement by Ian McEwan.

I finished Atonement in early January and then went to see the movie. I'm just about to start The Master and I have subscribed to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn through DailyReader.net.

I started Atonement by Ian McEwan on Saturday - it's not grabbing me as much as I thought it would, am about 1/3 through. I am hoping it gets better as I hear the movie is excellent and want to see it. I am reading Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali which I find interesting as many of my ...

... sitting in my TBR pile for about 6 months but I really felt in the mood for some McEwan after I went to see the movie of Atonement. I'm currently making my way through Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell which I'm enjoying so far, though I'm only about 70 pages in as I got distracted by some ...

... Jose Farmer * 8. Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey B. 1001 Books List 1. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes * 2. Atonement by Ian McEwan * 3. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conon Doyle * 4. Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut 5. Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonne ...

dihiba, I'm going to reread Atonement soon. I listened to it as an audiobook, and I'm convinced that my negative response to the reader had something to do with my relatively negative view of the book, as I'm a big McEwan fan. But because I listened to it, I can give you the pronunciation: ...

I just started Atonement by Ian McEwanthis morning. Am I the last one on LT to read it?! Any thoughts? I hear the movie is wonderful. And just how is "Briony' pronounced?

... I will only put books I finish reading on this list, which will hopefully be some incentive to persevere. So far read: Atonement by Ian McEwan (for the second time, but what a great book to start this list with).

... on A Christmas Carol (surprisingly, it doesn't make for good bedtime reading!), and Sense and Sensibility. I've got Atonement lined up for after I finish CC.

1) Atonement by Ian McEwan McEwan examines intensively the mind of his characters while weaving an intricate tale of guilt, love, deceit, and redemption. Characters and events transform across a framework of beautiful language. I seriously doubt the beautiful prose of this work is ...

I don't know wha other people think, but I really thought the movie of Ian McEwan's Atonement was excellent. Not only was it faithful to the book - in fact I don't think I've ever seen a more faithful translation of any book to the screen - but it managed to catch the feel and flow of McEwan's ...

... fables full of courage, sacrifice, loyalty and forgiveness. The Silver Donkey fits very well with Ian McEwan's Atonement I've just finished.

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... in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Marquez P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern Jan. Atonement by Ian McEwan Apr. Bourne Ultimatum by Robert Ludlum What was she thinking? Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller Because of W ...

... Roy 2. Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner 3. That Night by Alice McDermott 4. Atonement by Ian McEwan 5. Empire Falls by Richard Russo 6. Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon**** 7. The Age of Innoce ...

Most: Anything by Ian McEwan, mainly Atonement. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides and most of all American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis. Least: Tristram Shandy, although I am quite intrigued to give it a go. And most books that are above and beyond 700 pages long. I'm not a ...

... Novel – Kevin Brockmeier (F) - 01/05/2008 (overlap #3) (2) The Yacoubian Building – Alaa Al Aswany (F) (3) Atonement – Ian McEwan (F) (4) Howards End – E.M. Forster (F) (5) For One More Day - Mitch Albom (F) (6) The Road – Cormac McCarthy (F) - (ove ...

... McEwan just keeps getting better and better, more and more introspective. I loved Saturday as well. I plan to reread Atonement--well, because I didn't really read it, I listened to the audiobook, and I think perhaps the reader had a negative impact on me. I hear the movie is wonderful ...

... McDowell) 3. Murder in the Marais, Cara Black 4. Detective Inspector Huss, Helene Tursten 5. Atonement, Ian McEwan 6. Winter Haven, Athol Dickson 7. The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff 8.

... at a year or more. I also want to read some classics. Other than that, I'm flexible! Cariola, I definitely want to read Atonement soon; I also have A Child in Time in my TBR pile. On Chesil Beach was my favourite book read in 2007. I'm going to try to find cheap secondhand hardcover ...

6. Atonement by Ian McEwan 351 pages ***** Another 1,001 book, and I loved this one! The mixed reviews made me a bit weary to read it, but I was pleasantly surprised. 6/50 (12%) 2,009/16,000 (12.6%)

The last book I finished in 2007 was Atonement by Ian McEwan, my third McEwan for the year after The Cement Garden and Saturday. I completed it on December 30 and enjoyed it a lot. I'm looking forward to seeing the film adaptation as I have heard it is very faithful to the novel.

Pillaging an aunts bookcase today I scored; Atonement by Ian McEwan, which has been on by my list to read for ages, and Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys, which I will wait to read until after I have read Jane Eyre which happens to be one of the classics I have vowed to read this year.

... Ruiz Zafon 7. Norway: Sophie's World, by Jostein Gaarder 8. Ireland: Tara Road, by Maeve Binchy 9. UK: Atonement, by Ian McEwan 10. France: Candide, by Voltaire 11. Italy: The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco 12. Russia: Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy ...

... Deborah Eisenberg 88. No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy 89. I Am Legend by Richard Matheson 90. Atonement by Ian McEwan Happy New Year!

... To Me 1. Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith (completed 1/24/2008) 2. Atonement by Ian McEwan (completed 1/29/2008) 3. Changes at Fairacre by Miss Read (completed 2/12/2008) 4. Jane and Prudence by Barba ...

... Patchett Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver Atonement by Ian McEwan Black Girl, White Girl by Joyce Carol Oates Competition was stiff for the fifth slot so I chose one not yet represented on this ...

... * 8. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank* Pages to Screen 1. The Princess Bride by William Goldman* 2. Atonement by Ian McEwan* 3. Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis* 4. The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien 5. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique B ...

For those loving Atonement - It is such a wonderful book. Thanks for making me think of it again. I read The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold yesterday. I know many found this book horrifying, and I certainly didn't find it uplifting, but I thought it was really very, very good. It presented ...

>98 Bookworm12 Yes! I finally saw Atonement as well. I thought the acting was wonderful, the music was perfect. The scenes were well captured. I loved it! Now, I'm off to go see The Kite Runner.

I read a lot of good books this year, but these are my top 5, in no particular order: The Sunne in Splendour Atonement John Adams Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows The Other Boleyn Girl

... however the passing references to other 'heroes' makes me want to look out the others. A very enjoyable SF read. 78. Atonement - Ian McEwan Yes, another one off the TBR pile. I really wanted to read this one before going to the movie. I now don't know if I'll bother going or not. The ...

I've finished Atonement and loved it. The last book of 2007 will be David Sedaris' Dress Your Family In Corduroy and Denim.

I've just finished Atonement and hope to squeeze in Dress Your Family in Courduroy and Denim by David Sedaris. I want to end the year with a smile!

This space used to contain the full category list, but there got to be too many touchstones, so I've broken them out into individual entries below and decided to delete this one.

I'm finally loving Atonement and finding the beautiful prose I expected from McEwan. The story is so gripping and the foreshadowing so powerful that I had to put the book down! >33 bettyjo As for We Need to Talk About Kevin, suffice it to say that school adminstrators have read the ...

I am 50 pages into Atonement by Ian McEwan. I have a feeling a major shift is about to occur.

... Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake The Godfather by Mario Puzo Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami Atonement by Ian McEwan Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake Also Read: Amsterdam by Ian McEwan

I hope those of you reading Atonement find it as beautiful as I did...I should reread it soon. I am still reading The Alchemist which I'm finding quite lovely so far. I picked up four new books yesterday with a gift card I got for Christmas, so I am very excited. I think next I'll read The ...

My first book will be Atonement. Happy Reading Everyone! Erik

I'm also reading Atonement; but I'm marveling at McEwan's prose style.

I am about a third of the way through Atonement. It's finally picking up--I read it on faith for the first eighty or so pages.

I couldn't resist using my WHOLE gift card at Barnes & Noble when I went to the mall today. I picked up: Atonement by Ian McEwan The Autobiography of Malcolm X No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima I'm excited ...

I finally saw Atonement on the big screen. I don't know what everyone else will think, but I really enjoyed it. It stayed remarkably close to the book and I think it was well cast. It was beautifully done.

>39 ankhet I'll be reading Atonement in a day or two as well! I don't expect to see the movie but I don't want the hype to influence the read. I've enjoyed all the McEwan I've read. His spare prose leave a lot for the reader to conjure.

I've just started Teacher Man by Frank McCourt and will then read Atonement by Ian McEwan.

Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen I also went and picked up a copy of Atonement by Ian McEwan yesterday, and plan on starting it soon.

... going to buy any more books until next year, I ended up buying two more at Borders: Pretties by Scott Westerfeld Atonement by Ian McEwan ..hey, is anyone else having issues with authors names not loading when you try to make them into touchstones?

... should be better-known in the USA. I also read Doing It by Melvin Burgess, which was almost unbearable, and Atonement by Ian McEwan which I thought was a kind of self-indulgent riff on L. P. Hartley 's The Go-Between and a much lesser book.

... by Jose Sarney While Christmas shopping for others: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini Atonement by Ian McEwan The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman The World Without Us by Alan Weisman

... corporations. I try to alternate reading one fiction followed by a non-fiction. The fiction I had just finished was Atonement & it "knocked my socks off" & I don't know what other fiction could follow such an act. Mr. Allen's history of the 1st half of the 20th century does a good job.

... I started an Augusten Burroughs book (not Running With Scissors) but gave up after 3 or 4 pages - just not my taste. Atonement by Ian McEwan will be on my list for early 2008.

I've just started The Book Thief and I'm also reading Blink. On the pile is Atonement before the movie comes out, The Master, A Thousand Splendid Suns and How Proust Can Change Your Life. I'm also reading Silas Marner aloud to my partner.

I second Nickelini. You really should read Atonement. I can't say which way around you should do it, as the movie won't be released where I am until December 26, but the book was stunningly written and beautifully conceived. I only read it because I always try to read a book before I see the film ...

I received a $25 Borders gift card from my employer and picked up Atonement by Ian McEwan and The Gathering by Anne Endwright today - I must have been in a Booker mood!

Well, I haven't yet seen the movie--may wait for DVD, not sure. However, the reason I really loved Atonement was a feeling, an atmosphere in my imagination, that the author created. I'm not sure if the filmmaker will recreate that atmosphere or not. Sometimes they do, sometimes they create ...

Has anyone read Atonement and also seen the film? If so, any suggestions one which to experience first, or does it even matter? -- media1001

... Building. LT gave me a push to read, at last, some Ian McEwan. I loved Saturday and On Chesil Beach. Atonement is next, and no, I won't see the movie. Two personal things also moved my literary year forward. First, I finally got a group of friends together for a ...

... the book before going to the movie. I thought the book/s quite excellent. I will want to see the movie also (along with Atonement).

I don't know if I'd say they're "next" as I have to wait for my turn at the library to come up, but I want to read Atonement and The Time Traveller's Wife so that I can get the "real deal" before seeing the movies.

... and uath! The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald The Giver by Lois Lowry--to read aloud with my daughterAtonement by Ian McEwan A Certain Justice by P.D. James Original Sin by P.D. James Should be fun!

... that will be shown as movies this December 2007 in the U.S.: Joe Wright's "Atonement" based on the novel Atonement by Ian McEwan (2007DEC07) Chris Weitz's "The Golden Compass" based on The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman (2007DEC07) Francis Lawr ...

... of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay Honorable Mentions: Colors: A Natural History of the Palette by Victoria Finlay Atonement by Ian McEwan Looking for Alaska by John Green There were plenty more that I really enjoyed, but it's a loooooong list this year (currently at 120 and ...

... I've disliked any of the books I read from the list this year, but the ones which immediately stand out in my mind are: Atonement Northanger Abbey Disgrace An Artist of the Floating World The Midwich Cuckoos There are plenty of other books on the list which I love and have ...

#3 clamairy, I'm glad you've heard good feed back on Atonement. I loved that book and love James McAvoy and it looks beautiful from the trailers I've seen. So I have high hopes for it.

Which ones are you planning to see? The Golden Compass Atonement The Kite Runner * Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street *Touchstone added manually.

4. Atonement: A Novel by Ian McEwan I don't think it was possible for this book to live up to my (overly high) expectations, but I was sad that it didn't. I grew frustrated that the narrative wandered into directions I didn't really care about, and away from the storylines that I did. T ...

... books - early feminist 21. Saturday by Ian McEwan - touchstone not working Also one of the 1001 - I really liked Atonement so it was somewhat of a disappointment to find that I did not like this nearly so well. There are some interesting passages but overall I just kept feeling that I' ...

1. Atonement by Ian McEwan Woohoo! I'm glad I finally got around to reading this one. Heard many good things about it and the book certainly did not fail to live up to any of the expectations. A very interesting story overall. Also can not wait to watch the movie as I have heard it is a ...