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75 Books Challenge for 2008 : Hello, and Books dcozy has read, is reading, and will read in 2008		60	dcozy, Yesterday 8:28pm
The Prizes : The Booker		159	FlossieT, Yesterday 10:20am
75 Books Challenge for 2008 : Alaskabookworm's 2008 Challenge		119	alcottacre, Yesterday 12:06am
50 Book Challenge : Judylou's at it again in 2008		139	judylou, Monday 10:48pm
50 Book Challenge : Well Here Goes - Whicker's		42	jfetting, Monday 6:25pm
50 Book Challenge : Randy Mouse's 50 books for 2008		33	Randy_Mouse, Monday 4:16am
50 Book Challenge : Stringcat3's 2008 list		22	stringcat3, Saturday 8:05pm
50 Book Challenge : LibraryLover23's		36	LibraryLover23, Friday 6:03pm
50 Book Challenge : tillandsia 2008		21	tillandsia, Friday 1:53pm
The Literati : 2008 - What are you currently reading?		21	-Mr-Dustin-, Wednesday 10:06pm
50 Book Challenge : MarianV		24	MarianV, Wednesday 2:03pm
50 Book Challenge : boulder_a_t, 2008		2	boulder_a_t, Wednesday 12:12am
Book talk : A Story in Titles (Yet ANOTHER Silly Book Game)		19	CD1am, August 11
List Five Books Parlour Game : Oceans, Seas. etc.		25	bedda, August 11
75 Books Challenge for 2008 : Porch Reader's 2008 Reading		51	porch_reader, August 10
75 Books Challenge for 2008 : Cariola's 75 Book Challenge for 2008		151	Cariola, August 9
50 Book Challenge : jennyifer24's 2008 book challenge		31	jennyifer24, August 8
888 Challenge : jennyifer24's 888 list		16	jennyifer24, August 8
888 Challenge : Can valerie2 do 888?		20	valerie2, August 3
75 Books Challenge for 2008 : Rachbxl's 75 books for 2008		87	rachbxl, August 1
List Five Books Parlour Game : I'll meet you there		9	arrr, July 31
50 Book Challenge : Medellia12's 2008 50ish		72	avaland, July 25
75 Books Challenge for 2008 : Izzybee's 2008 List		59	amandameale, July 22
50 Book Challenge : Damiella's 2008 Book challenge		30	Damiella, July 20
List Five Books Parlour Game : Five (Good) Books From/About the 1960s		9	ostrom, July 15
Early Reviewers : Canadian Edition: Other Places to get ARCs		38	anysia, July 11
Reading Globally : Future Theme Reads		164	avaland, July 9
75 Books Challenge for 2008 : lenereadsnok joins the challenge		20	lenereadsnok, July 5
50 Book Challenge : 3m3m's 80 books in '08		23	AMQS, July 3
What Are You Reading Now? : Top Five Books first quarter of 2008		119	rachbxl, July 1
50 Book Challenge : valerie2 WILL make 50 in 2008...		6	valerie2, June 20
Book talk : Cry like a baby		183	Medellia12, June 14
Someone explain it to me... : Michiko Kakutani		4	krolik, June 13
75 Books Challenge for 2008 : heyokish's reading, 2008		32	wandering_star, May 26
What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 29 March 2008		178	mrspenny, May 11
Books to read in a day : In a day?		2	BarkingMad, May 6
What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - April. 2008		388	milbaby, May 2
Book of the month club : Any recommendations from last month?		45	Booksloth, May 1
Bestsellers over the Years : England Bestsellers in 12007		9	vpfluke, April 25
What Are You Reading Now? : 20 Questions...Continues		518	christiguc, April 11
50 Book Challenge : littlebookworm's 2008 challenge		7	littlebookworm, April 9
Reading Globally : Describe your reading year		27	almigwin, March 30
What Are You Reading Now? : Top 3 Reads of January 2008		75	bettyjo, March 23
What Are You Reading Now? : Top 3 Reads February 2008		48	laruebk, March 23
50 Book Challenge : lemmon48		5	lemmon48, March 21
50 Book Challenge : [2008] eaucourante needs to read more		3	eaucourante, March 17
What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 1 March 2008		180	karogers, March 9
50 Book Challenge : TonyH - my 50(ish)		26	TonyH, March 5
75 Books Challenge for 2008 : Best Books So Far Jan/Feb 2008		9	dcozy, March 2
What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - FEBRUARY 2008		261	Jodyreadseverything, March 1
Reading Globally : Where in the World are You Now? February 2008		134	CEP, March 1
Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 3 February 2008		217	kfl1227, February 10
Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 26 January 2008		200	sferrando, February 2
Dormant: Book of the month club : Happy February everyone!		1	Booksloth, February 1
Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 19 January 2008		209	Cariola, January 26
Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : BanJOYeehaw's 2008 list		7	banJOYeehaw, January 21
Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : Nickelini's 100 Book Challenge		17	amandameale, January 19
Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : amandameale's 50 list		24	kambrogi, January 5
Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : mrstreme's 75 books in '07		98	mrstreme, December 2007
Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : Cariola's		30	Cariola, December 2007
Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : Differentbeat's (at least) 50 book challenge for 2007		108	differentbeat, December 2007
Dormant: The Literati : So, what are you currently reading?		141	-Mr-Dustin-, December 2007
Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 24 November 2007		154	Shortride, December 2007
Dormant: Nederlandstalige lezers : Anne Enright wint Man Booker Prize		8	MOMOBruning, December 2007
Dormant: Reading Globally : Where in the World Are You Now? October 2007		109	aluvalibri, November 2007
Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What books came into your home today? - September 2007		147	thioviolight, October 2007
Dormant: Book talk : Booker Prize Winner		1	naturalblonde, October 2007
Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 29 September 2007		142	scaifea, October 2007
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Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 1 September 2007		170	woodbear, October 2007
Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : Knittingfreak's list for 2007		12	knittingfreak, September 2007
Dormant: What the Dickens...? : The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby		93	Urquhart, August 2007
Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : Favourite Book of July?		37	quillmenow, August 2007
Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : Recommend Summer Books!		29	dihiba, August 2007
Dormant: Awful Lit. : So bad I took notes...		7	Cariola, August 2007
Dormant: List Five Books Parlour Game : Related to Bodies of Water		13	john257hopper, July 2007
Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : Favourite book for June?		19	sandragon, July 2007
Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 7 July 2007		157	loumarday, July 2007
Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What book came into your home today? - June 2007		116	Kell_Smurthwaite, July 2007
Dormant: Reading Globally : Where in the World are You Now? June 2007		143	fikustree, June 2007
Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 31 Mar 2007		145	LynCollett, June 2007
Dormant: Books Compared : McEwan [Spoilers]		3	kiwidoc, May 2007
Dormant: Upcoming Books : What are you reading now that's forthcoming?		12	avaland, May 2007
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What Are You Reading Now? : The Clunkers of 2007		220	sollocks, Yesterday 5:06pm
75 Books Challenge for 2008 : The Chronicles of Wunderkind		75	wunderkind, Yesterday 2:04am
What Are You Reading Now? : Abandoned Books		335	Cariola, Saturday 12:58am
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... Mitchard 14. Getting Rid Of Matthew by Jane Fallon 15. Half Of A Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 16. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan 17. The Chocolate Run by Dorothy Koomson 18. Beyond Ugly by Constance Briscoe 19. Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood 20. The Kite Runner ...

Here's mine: http://www.bookmooch.com/m/inventory/sydamy I have just added On Chesil Beach.

Any place but here Mona simpson On Chesil Beach Ian McEwan In the land of dreamy dreams Ellen Gilchrist North of Hope Jon Hassler Where the bluebird sings to the lemonade springs Wallace Stegner

... randomly choose one suggestion and pass the book on to the winner when I've read it. Choices include Water for Elephants, On Chesil Beach, Story of a Marriage, and more! Details at http://shelflove.wordpress.com/2008/07/13/august-what-should-i-read-next-giveaway/

... by Michael Cart, ed. 9. The Outward Bound Wilderness First-Aid Handbook: Revised Edition by Jeff Isaac 10. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan I didn't care about these two and their little problem. 11. Golden Spur by Dawn Powell Fun in Greenwich Village from the early 6 ...

... and Lucky Jim were written in the 1950's as well. The Sand pebbles (1962) The Reivers (1962) by William Faulkner On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan (set in 1962) Myra Breckenridge (1968) by Gore Vidal Prime Green: Remembering the Sixties by Robert Stone

Decline and fall of the unconsoled,wild swans for whom the bell tolls, in cold blood in slaughterhouse five on chesil beach.

I'm on the "editorial board" of booklounge too, and so far won two books (over the past 15 months). The first one was On Chesil Beach, which unfortunately I already owned, and the other was Effigy, by Alissa York, which was on my TBR list. The books just show up out of the blue, so it's always ...

... by Jonathan Franzen 19. One Step Behind by Henning Mankell 20. The Pickup by Nadine Gordimer 21. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan 22. The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell 23. Inge & Mira by Marianne Fredriksson 24. Miss Webster and Chér ...

... Lingering Questions, Sarah Napthali The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language, John McWhorter On Chesil Beach, Ian McEwan When Things Fall Apart, Pema Chödrön Honorable mentions to go From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, < ...

Strange fits of passion On Chesil Beach sent The police car to the rescue Suspicious characters in a State of denial insisted they were Sweethearts forever. Clouds of witnesses exposed another Great honeymoon disasters The last witness said The honeymoon is over.

#45 My first Ian McEwan novel On Chesil Beach. A quick but incisive read. This is a classic example of a breakdown in communication between two people who love each other dearly. I found it quite sad, in a way.

... But perhaps I'm biased, because I often agree with her. She's the only critic who shares my feelings about Ian McEwan's On Chesil Beach, for example (here, see especially paragraph 4).

19. On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan

... this was the first McEwan novel I ever read, and he is now 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 Endur ...

... at the right time. *If this is true, it says something interesting about the almost universal and unequivocal praise for On Chesil Beach...hmm...

There is a lot to like about Ian McEwan's On Chesil Beach, but not a lot to love. One has to enjoy the quiet competence with which McEwan has put the novel together, the way his prose ticks along, and the scenes in which McEwan shows us what it was like to come of age before "sex began ...

... oks/08-books-read/">here. 37. The Forgery of Venus by Michael Gruber 38. Silk by Alessandro Baricco 39. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan

... Light, fluff reading. At least she doesn't take herself too seriously (which increases my enjoyment) 82. (111) On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan (166pp) I picked this up to substitute for A Thousand splendid suns on public transport only to discover that I got emotional over this ...

... do a whole lot for me. I read this one whenever I had the chance and I thought the ending was fitting to the story. 15. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan Another great book, tells the story of one couple's wedding night. A short book but very worthwhile. 16. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink ...

Cape Fear Gift From the Sea Taming a Seahorse Wide Sargasso Sea On Chesil Beach Sea Change by Robert B. Parker All Rivers Run to the Sea And the Sea is Never Full

... on the Refrigerator Door by Alice Kuipers Lying Awake by Mark Salzman My French Whore by Gene Wilder On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke Running the Table: The story of Kid Delicio ...

The Creation by E.O. Wilson The famous scientist seeks the help of Creationists to save the earth. On Chesil Beach Ian McEwan. A beautifully written book. But did you ever want to take 2 characters & knock some sense into their heads? Ex Libris Anne Fadiman A fun book to read, ...

I have read On Chesil Beach - in fact, it was ranked my #1 for 2007. I read Amsterdam a few years ago but can't remember much about it - will have to reread it again some day. I have several of his books on my TBR pile, and look forward to reading them.

... 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.

... 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 weeks after I finished it.

... of the books I've read so far this year. I've read a bit of an McEwan, but not Atonement. I thought in his most recent one, On Chesil Beach the author was really coasting on recent successes. It was finely and beautifully observed, but felt incomplete to me. Other books I've read so far this ...

... 01/22/08 Love in the time of cholera – Gabriel Marquez 01/24/08 Flowers for Algernon – Daniel Keys 01/25/08 On Chesil Beach- Ian McEwan 01/27/08 I am the messenger – Marcus Zusak 01/29/08 The handmaid’s tale - Margaret Atwood 01/30/08 Whistling in the dark – L ...

21. On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan (Finished April 4) 203 pgs After watching Atonement for the first time this last week, I decided it was finally time to go down to the library and pick up this book I have heard so much about on NPR. I thoroughly enjoyed McEwan's style. While a quick read, ...

... Love and anything after. Some of his earlier work is a bit too creepy for my taste (incest, sadomasochism, 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.

Brothers the hidden history of the Kennedy yearsDreaming War,Blood for oil Body Surfing Anita Shreve, On Chesil Beach Ian McEwan, from the library

... by Richard Askwith (although this was a re-read, it's going in because I loved it even more the second time round!) On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges Kim by Rudyard Kipling Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, translated by Simon Armitage

In no particular order: A Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell The Road by Cormac McCarthy On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey March by Geraldine Brooks

Catching up: #22: On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan. It is written by a talented author with a sure hand. That being said, this book irritated me in many ways. I've seen a lot of rave reviews for it, but I agree with one LT reviewer who wrote that this book is a waste of McEwan's (very real) ...

19. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan (book on tape) 20. The Last Summer (of you and me) by Ann Brashares (book on tape)

Cariola, you obviously have very good taste. :=) On Chesil Beach is one of my top 5 for this quarter. Mister Pip is on my wishlist, and I had a Rachel Seiffert book in my hand 2 days ago. I've never read any of her books and can't remember if it was Afterwards, but I have to go back to ...

izzybee, we've read a lot of the same books. On Chesil Beach was one of my favorites last year. Here are three of my recent reads that I highly recommend: The Deportees and Other Stories by Roddy Doyle Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones Afterwards by Rachel Seiffert All very ...

18. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan A heartbreaking story of love and loss set in 1962, which focuses on a newlywed virgin couple and their fears and expectations as they approach their first night together.

4. Ian McEwan: On Chesil Beach A young couple realize on their wedding night that there are things they are unable to discuss and problems they are unable to solve. They are in love, but still, they cannot get really close to each other, they do not get to know each other really deeply. The ...

... fiction. I also read Distant Shores and On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah over the last couple of weeks. I tried On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan, but like A Thousand Splendid Suns was not quite in the right mood to read it just yet. I can usually go back to those kinds of books ...

... a full-length one. Having said which (and no doubt made myself very unpopular with all those millions of Coelho 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 ...

... Steve Martin I did not like this... at all. It started off nice but became extremely boring after a few chapters. 12. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan Short, but very good. I liked this a lot.

... is trying to flee - she wants an authentic sense of family and community, whilst he wants success and money. 21. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan Another book that is still haunting me several days after I finished it. What I always love about McEwan are the beautifully crafted ...

... :) Really enjoyed Virgin Suicides but think I missed a lot of American pop culture references. And I thought On Chesil Beach was just fantastic. Simple and short, but at the end I felt like I'd read a book three times as long. Sure there will lbe some more McEwan in my fifty by ...

Picked up yesterday from the office book shelf: On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan Obviously from some of the trade paperback books left there, someone has similar fiction reading tastes to mine.

... - a bit like some of the Roald Dahl stories. I didn't get his later books until "Saturday" (touchstones not working) and On Chesil Beach. With all the hype about the movie "Atonement" I thought I might buy the book in spite of the cover spiel not really appealing. Taking in account #69 ...

... and The Cement Garden, neither of which I was too crazy about. Just too weirdly creepy for my taste. The later novels--On Chesil Beach, Saturday, Amsterdam, perhaps even Atonement in it's own way--are much more introspective. It's almost as though he has developed a tolerance for ...

... - Julie Myerson The End of Alice - A M Homes The Book of Evidence - John Banville The Bad Seed - William March On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini A Spell of Winter - Helen Dunmore The Borrowers Afield - Mary Norton The Magic Toyshop - ...

In the order I read them: 1. The Road by Cormac McCarthy 2. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan 3. Minaret by Leila Aboulela

I finished On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan and Minaret by Leila Aboulela. I enjoyed them both. Next up is March by Geraldine Brooks.

... Gibbons and Life, a User's Manual by Georges Perec Best new reads: A.L. Kennedy's Day and Ian McEwan's On Chesil Beach Best non-fiction: I may be some time: ice and the English Imagination Best surprise: Remainder by Tom McCarthy But I may change my mind tomorrow.

9, On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan

>248 I liked On Chesil Beach, but I read that one a while ago. :)

Hmmm, I was going to go for On Chesil Beach until that last one.

... sexuality Possible Side Effects - Augusten Burroughs Rubyfruit Jungle - Rita Mae Brown Marriage On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan Delta wedding - Eudora Welty Ocean Adventures Life of Pi - Yann Martel The Perfect Storm - Sebastian Junger ...

... of both Notes from the Underground and If on a winter's night a traveler is noted and I will not relinquish them. On Chesil Beach was moving, beautifully written and in my experience, I think still relevant today i.e. people still don't talk to each other about their problems as much ...

... from these, although I don't know yet which one. It will depend on my mood. The View from Castle Rock Saturday On Chesil Beach The Golden Notebook Oryx and Crake The Possibility of an Island

15 february (book12) On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan 20 february (book 13) Memoirs of Montparnasse by John Glassco

On Chesil Beach was one of my favorites for 2007. From what I read in advance, I didn't expect to like it, but it haunted me for weeks after I finished it.

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 ...

... it out to paste in my reading journal. Although, as Cariola say, sometimes books "sort of seep in" (and yes, I can see how On Chesil Beach could be one of those, though for me that one hit me right at the end).

... hitting me on the head, and I won't quite realize how much it affected me until I've finished it. That happened to me with On Chesil Beach, which stayed with me for weeks after I read the last page.

My top three were: The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

... Singing - Lisa Carey Enjoyed this one, although I'm not too enthusiastic about it - see review for details. 13. On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan A bit disappointing, never really engaged me, but was an interesting snapshot of a time that feels long gone. 14. In the Company of ...

... stories. I listened to it on my mp3 and each new story brought something unexpected. I really, really liked it. 17. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan I have to count McEwan up there as one of my favourite authors now. I love the way he can take a moment, just one experience and ...

7. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan 8. If on a winter's night a traveller by Italo Calvino

... flashbacks. #4 - Amsterdam - Ian McEwan - Finished January 16, 2008 Not as good as Saturday, but better than On Chesil Beach, in my opinion. As McEwan does, big themes (death, relationships, personal pursuits) are explored through intimate portraits of individual lives. #5 - Pi ...

... Atwood Assigned category: (1) 1001 Books ... (1/8) Could have been categorised as: (2) Authors not previously read 4. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan Assigned category: (6) Favourite authors (1/8) Could have been categorised as: -- 5. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by ...

I'm On Chesil Beach.

... really enjoyed. Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges, which I think I've probably done enough raving about already.... On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan, upon which I fall firmly into the "it was fantastic" camp.

A gift card and a little bit on the credit card got me three for two at Borders today. On Chesil Beach, What is the What and The Raw Shark Texts. I hope the TBR pile doesn't fall over when I add these three!

Finished Blaze last night and now have to decide between On Chesil Beach or The Amber Spyglass. Both very different I know, but I am not sure what I am in the mood for right now. Oh . . . and I am also enjoying in the car Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (which is starting to grow on me) ...

... to when I have schoolwork to do that requires just about the same amount of brain power. I'll probably also be reading On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan soon.

... - Julie Myerson The End of Alice - A M Homes The Book of Evidence - John Banville The Bad Seed - William March On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini A Spell of Winter - Helen Dunmore The Borrowers Afield - Mary Norton The Magic Toyshop - ...

... bit ordinary. It was pretty contrived - I too wasn't convinced at all by it. But you are yet another person to recommend On Chesil Beach - it was quite a long way down my To-Read pile, but I might promote it now...

#10 Finished On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan. The man is a genius. What a wonderful, heartbreaking, poignant morality tale. One can be "in the right" and still be wrong. This is so true within marriage. And also true in the larger world. Wonderful, wonderful.

I finished On Chesil Beach today and thought it was fantastic. I'm also hoping to finish Foreigner and Kim this week - I seem to keep starting books and I'm actually enjoying all of them, just easily distracted it would seem!

... German Shephards and the acknowledgment of afterlife. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Currently working on On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan.

... Faraday Girls: Monica McInerney 2. The Sonnet Lover: Carol Goodman 3. Cat's Eye: Margaret Atwood 4. On Chesil Beach: Ian McEwan Two of the above (numbers 2 & 3) were by authors I had not read before. While I enjoyed The Sonnet Lover it was not as compelling as I ...

On Chesil Beach stayed with me for a long, long time.

... 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.

18. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan McEwan really is the master of the close up, focused tight in on those moment-by-moment events which shift someone's world entirely off-axis. This one is still filtering through, but, man... Subtle and brutal, and gorgeously crafted, except for the ...

... Raj with Kim, as well as hanging out with Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in long-ago England and spending some time On Chesil Beach.