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| 50 Book Challenge : kimpett's "Balancing Textbooks and Novels During the School Year" Challenge | | 36 | kimpett, Yesterday 8:31pm | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 3 Mayl 2008 | | 158 | ellevee, Yesterday 2:36pm | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : Top Five Books first quarter of 2008 | | 106 | deebee1, Yesterday 1:20pm | |
| The Green Dragon : I've lost the currently reading thread - so here's number errr lots | | 148 | WillSteed, Sunday 8:00pm | |
| 50 Book Challenge : poplin's 2008 Challenge | | 6 | poplin, Sunday 12:46pm | |
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| What Are You Reading Now? : Oldest book in your To Be Read pile | | 48 | SanctiSpiritus, Saturday 11:07pm | |
| 50 Book Challenge : CompSki's Books! | | 22 | compskibook, Saturday 8:55pm | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What is the Best Book you've read so far this year? April 2008 | | 93 | Whisper1, Saturday 11:47am | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : lenereadsnok joins the challenge | | 15 | blackdogbooks, Saturday 11:34am | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Julie's 50 for 2008 | | 36 | ktleyed, Saturday 10:41am | |
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| 888 Challenge : Ivy's 888 | | 17 | ivyd, Friday 1:09pm | |
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| 888 Challenge : karenmarie's 888 challenge | | 35 | karenmarie, Thursday 1:40pm | |
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| 1001 Books to read before you die : International edition? | | 33 | SanctiSpiritus, May 5 | |
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| 50 Book Challenge : Goanna's 2008 Challenge | | 22 | goanna, May 4 | |
| Book talk : Lost Books | | 30 | varielle, May 3 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - April. 2008 | | 388 | milbaby, May 2 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : punkypower's 2008 list | | 30 | punkypower, April 25 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : Books with Dual Time Periods | | 37 | benitastrnad, April 24 | |
| 1001 Books to read before you die : Best of Different Genres | | 14 | swizzlestick, April 24 | |
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| The Prizes : The Pulitzer | | 73 | polutropos, April 18 | |
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| BookMooching : Books in your inventory that will NEVER be mooched :-P | | 79 | hwphoto, April 11 | |
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| What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - DECEMBER 2007 | | 172 | lynnlib, April 6 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : Top 3 Reads March 2008 | | 38 | sandragon, April 5 | |
| Book talk : Are you influenced by a book"s typeface? | | 25 | tcw, April 2 | |
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| What Are You Reading Now? : Top 3 Reads of January 2008 | | 75 | bettyjo, March 23 | |
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| Librarians who LibraryThing : Hot Topics--Controversial Book Group Ideas (Fiction) Help? | | 25 | Lindsayg, March 13 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 1 March 2008 | | 180 | karogers, March 9 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : Best Books So Far Jan/Feb 2008 | | 9 | dcozy, March 2 | |
| 888 Challenge : miss_mimic's | | 2 | medievalmama, February 29 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : angelhair45's 2008 challenge | | 3 | angelhair45, February 28 | |
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| BookCrossers : Bookrays and bookrings | | 22 | SqueakyChu, February 19 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 9 February 2008 | | 148 | GreyHead, February 17 | |
| Romance - from historical to contemporary : What Are you Reading Week of February 4 | | 48 | xorscape, February 16 | |
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| How has LibraryThing affected your reading? : Are you reading more since joining LibraryThing? | | 24 | homegirl, February 6 | |
| Chick Lit : What Book Are You Reading at the Moment? | | 62 | MystikNat, February 5 | |
| What did YOU buy today? : January 2008 edition | | 51 | alaskabookworm, February 4 | |
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| Book Clubs : My Book Club's Selections For This Year | | 10 | miss_read, February 3 | |
| 1001 Books to read before you die : What are you reading on the list for January 2008 | | 106 | notenoughbookshelves, February 3 | |
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| What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - JANUARY 2008 | | 222 | Cariola, February 1 | |
| The Green Dragon : What kinds of books (if any) do remember your parents reading when you were a child? | | 61 | Booksloth, February 1 | |
| Greek Poetry and Literature : Contemporary Novels about Greece | | 2 | Booksloth, January 30 | |
| Site talk : Is LT worth the effort? | | 46 | maggie1944, January 29 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 19 January 2008 | | 209 | Cariola, January 26 | |
| 1001 Books to read before you die : What books are you most and least looking forward to reading on the list? | | 13 | media1001, January 26 | |
| 888 Challenge : ByrningBunny's 888 | | 4 | avisannschild, January 25 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Favorite Book Ever?? | | 60 | ChrisG, January 12 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : My To-Read list for 08, any recommendations? | | 12 | sussabmax, January 10 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : thatbooksmell: 50+ friends in '07 | | 33 | thatbooksmell, January 8 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Aemilys 20 October 2007 | | 19 | aemilys, January 4 | |
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| 50 Book Challenge : drsol's 50 book challenge | | 20 | drsol, January 1 | |
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| 50 Book Challenge : Leebot's 50 Books | | 39 | leebot, December 2007 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : mrstreme's 75 books in '07 | | 98 | mrstreme, December 2007 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Late as usual . . . judylou | | 76 | judylou, December 2007 | |
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| 50 Book Challenge : amancine's 50 book challenge: I will try for 100 books | | 58 | amancine, December 2007 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Differentbeat's (at least) 50 book challenge for 2007 | | 108 | differentbeat, December 2007 | |
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| What Are You Reading Now? : Top books read 3rd quarter 2007 July-September (really) | | 77 | 3M3m, December 2007 | |
| The Green Dragon : Got a terrible review! T_T | | 34 | jargoneer, December 2007 | |
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| 50 Book Challenge : littlebookworm's new challenge thread | | 35 | littlebookworm, December 2007 | |
| marquette LTers : Catcher in the Rye | | 12 | cdyankeefan, November 2007 | |
| The Green Dragon : Desperate need for audiobook recommendations | | 15 | WillSteed, November 2007 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : tckaye's 50 | | 1 | tckaye41, November 2007 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What books came into your home today? - September 2007 | | 147 | thioviolight, October 2007 | |
| Book talk : Do you smell your books? | | 61 | Roisin600, October 2007 | |
| 1001 Books to read before you die : Well suited for audiobooks | | 8 | digifish_books, October 2007 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 29 September 2007 | | 142 | scaifea, October 2007 | |
| Contemporary Fiction : for Old Grumps? | | 10 | andyray, October 2007 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 8 September 2007 | | 108 | coorabella, October 2007 | |
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| What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 22 September 2007 | | 147 | judylou, September 2007 | |
| Book Fiend : True decadence | | 5 | andyray, September 2007 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Knittingfreak's list for 2007 | | 12 | knittingfreak, September 2007 | |
| next | Coming up soon (already checked out from the library) are Bonfire of the Vanities, Middlesex, Don Quixote, and Portnoy's Complaint. Already read this month are Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (really enjoyed it...very quick read) and Slow Man (conflicted about it). ... later. In January I thought it might be a good idea to begin the year by reading the oldest book in the pile. But then Middlesex caught my interest, and it is back on the shelf. Sadly, I finished Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides - I wish it could have gone on and on. This is one of the rare books where I can't stop thinking about the characters.
Now I'm trying to wrap up Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography by JD Crossan. Hello everyone,
I thought I'd throw my hat into the ring! Here's my list of 2008 reads; I actually started the first one on March 1st (I had some issues before then that made personal reading impossible), but I'm still attempting to reach at least 50 by December 31st.
In case you couldn't ... 20. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides - GLBTQ
My favorite book of the challenge thus far. I adored this. It was as big and beautiful as any epic should be.
20. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides - GLBTQ
My favorite book of the challenge thus far. I adored this. It was as big and beautiful as any epic should be.
29. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
I loved this book. Every character felt fully developed, every observation completely right. It is truly an epic novel and well worth reading. I literally can't stop thinking about it. I even dreamed of it last night.
Why I read it: I resist well-reviewed ... For me, it's a tie between The Kite Runner and Middlesex. ... Safran Foer Everything is Illuminated
25 "Svøp" John Banville Shroud
26 Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides Middlesex
27 Nowhere man : Pronek-fantasiene Aleksander Hemon Nowhere Man
28 Plattform Michel Houellebecq Plateforme
29 Korrigeringer Jonathan Franzen The Cor ... ... up
Grass Crown by Colleen McCullough
Organic, Inc by Samuel Fromartz
The Healthy Hedonist by Myra Kornfeld
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (for this month's book club)
Woman of Sand and Myrrh by Hanan al-Shaykh
Second Nature by Michael Pollan Just started Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. I repeatedly resist books that get a lot of love and then feel foolish when I love them too...I think that is likely to be the case with this book. ... by Janet Chapman
6. The Mauritius Command by Patrick O'Brian
7. Me and Mr. Darcy by Alexandra Potter
8. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides - loved it!
9. To Tame a Highland Warrior by Karen Marie Moning
10. Wizard and Glass by Stephen King
11. Highlander Untamed by Mo ... ... her. I don't have the heart to ask for the book and although it is around ten years past, I still think of the book.
Middlesex -- Loaned to someone who worked for me. She loved the book and returned a brand new copy to me as she had cut her finger and got a tiny spot on the book. Wow! Th ... ... use a 5-star rating on another site for books I've read. I haven't rated any novels 5 stars yet this year, the closest is Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides.
I did, however, give Haruki Murakami's The Elephant Vanishes short story collection full marks, and Raymond Carver's personal ... ... the The Handmaid's Tale. I read it when I was very young so I want to give it another go... Also reading Money and Middlesex. Still procrastinating... I have a paper due by the end of the week for my history class. One of my all-time favorites! I adore Vonnegut.
How about another from my all-time list: Jeffrey Eugenides's Middlesex. ... few books to add! Unfortunately this means that I will not be able to comment them as much though...
March 24, 2008
#19 Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
I liked it.
April 14, 2008 (I think I am missing a book that I must have already forgotten I read)
#20 Big Mouth and Ugly Girl by Jo ... ... of the story just goes on and on and on and on with inner monologue and expository, and I am not a patient woman.
Tried Middlesex next, but it didn't grab me. After that I started Then We Came To The End, but the audiobook reader is a woman with a far too-proper-sounding voice for me to ... I picked up Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides for 50p in a local Hospice shop - in Middlesex!! I am about 3/4 of the way through Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. I had cracked the cover a year ago, but wasn't captivated enough to keep reading. However, my book club chose it as our April book, and so I picked it up again. Maybe the last time I tried it, it wasn't the right time in my ... I am reading Santa Steps Out which is hilariously naughty, Middlesex and Super-Cannes: A Novel. I usually read only 2 books at a time, but finals week is coming up so I am adding another so that I may fully procrastinate. ;)
Santa... is an erotic fairy tale. Its out of print but I ... The Hours was great.
#53 Yes, you should run out and buy Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. It was a Pulitzer Prize winner long before it was an Oprah pick! HA
I have found this book loved by so many people from different backgrounds and reading styles. The Virgin Suicides was wonderful ... >35 etc.
I'm curious about Middlesex (have been for a while); must get my hands on a copy. Has anyone read The Virgin Suicides? I saw the movie (didn't like it), but haven't read the book. Was the book better than the movie? (Guess I'm straying from the topic slightly, sorry!) ... years of solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez-422p.
03/20/08 World without end – Ken Follet 1024 p.
03/22/08 Middlesex – Jeffrey Eugenides 529p..
03/24/08 Down River – John Hart 325p.
03/26/08 The tin roof blowdown –James Lee Burke 373p.
03/28/08 The known world- Ed ... ... -- Mark Haddon
7) Fingersmith -- Sarah Waters
8) Everything Is Illuminated -- Jonathan Safran Foer
9) Middlesex -- Jeffrey Eugenides
10) Choke -- Chuck Palahniuk
11) The Blind Assassin -- Margaret Atwood
12) after the quake -- Haruki Murakami
13) Disgrace -- ... I finally purchased my own copy of The Time Traveler's Wife and Middlesex. I also got Interpreter of Maladies. There were several others I *wanted* to bring home... new-ish book by Kate Mosse called Sepulchre... ... 1) Why doesn't this book have Touchtones? and 2) Why isn't it on the "1001 books you must read before you die" list?
2. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. A great epic of the destiny of a pair of recessive genes. It's humorous where appropriate, sometimes irreverant, and made me want to be Gre ... ... book is ignorance by Milan Kundera
Honorable mentions
Waiting for the barbarians
The year of magical thinking
Middlesex
I am midway through My Friend Leonard by James Frey, and have just picked up Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides for my book club! There are quite a few books you could try on this theme. For instance, Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides is about Greek migrants in America (among other things). The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri is a great book about the different pulls in immigrants' lives between the new country and the old, and ... Was going through my TBR pile for what to read next: I was kind of leaning toward Middlesex until I opened it and saw that the printing was really close together in my edition: I have a few others like that( War and Peace all of my Dickens whose print is really small)and I tend to put them ... Middlesex really was a great book, wasn't it? I wasn't totally sure I liked it all the way through, but I kept picking it up again, so I guess I did like it. The ending, though--that was amazing! I was just blown away by it.
I liked the way Eugenides showed that our lives are a product of ... ... Ken Follett (re-read, but I love it as much this time as the first time)
2. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
3. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
... was good for most of March. Then today, I went to the large used bookstore and Borders with a friend. I came away with:
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde
The Queen of Everything by Deb ... I've mooched Gathering Blue, and it's been sent, Messenger I'll read after Gathering Blue.
I loved Middlesex! It's epic and beautiful and fanciful, a little naughty (the whole incest thing) and it carries the idea that our Grandparents, whom we have only ever known as old, were once young ... Finished The Giver and it's definately one of my favorites. My shortlist reccomendations for this quarter would be Middlesex, The Road, and The Giver. p'shah on the rest of 'em... Maybe include The Store.
Finished Larryisms and had to trudge the last half. It would have been ... 1. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
2. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
3. When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman
4. The Bride by Julie Garwood (okay, nothing literary, but I simply loved it!)
5. Highlander Untamed by Monica Mccarty okay another romance, ... I would like to add The Road by Cormac McCarthy to my previous post of Middlesex. ... of the works on those lists that I have read have comic passages or are very funny. For example, Confederacy of Dunces, Middlesex, Kavalier and Clay, Midnight's Children, Amsterdam. They may not be written solely as comedies, but humour is used throughout to bring out the meaning.
Th ... ... if I have FIVE tops for the first quarter... I wouldn't put many of what I've read on a TOP book list. But definately put Middlesex on the top books list. I also thought The Store by Bentley Little was a really great scary-creapy book, though I got tired of it and was glad it was over. ... Omens - Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
14- The Hobbit - J.R.R.Tolkein
15-A Year in Provence - Peter Mayle
16-Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
17-Anne Frank - The Diary of A Young Girl - Anne Frank
18-The Plague - Albert Camus
19-Microserfs - Douglas Coupland
20-Ja ... Even getting it to ten was rough for me! : /
Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
Middlesex by Jeffery Eunginides
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Witch's Boy by Michael Gruber
American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis
... I'm still holding on to my copy of Middlesex, though it'll probably eventually find it's way to BM. I really loved it and might want to reread it.
I have a heirloom pair of Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass that my mother would beat me if I got rid of (and I wouldn' ... ... I would have ever picked myself, but a friend gave it to me to read.
Sometimes those turn out to be the best books. Middlesex was like that, I wouldn't have read it on my own, but reading the reviews on here made me decide to pick it up, and it turned out to be one of my favorite books! Is Middlesex really that long? - I'm sure it only took me a couple of days to read it. I'd recommend IT by Stephen King (1300+ pages) or Middlesex by Jeffery Euginides (800+ pages). ... Danticat's
Now after The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle... I am pretty curious about the rest of Murakami
After Middlesex, the rest of Eugenides
Ahhh.... just finished Middlesex and am just blown away. Epic, homeric at points, and fantastic writing... I sooo want to read this again! Just flip it over and start over. I don't reread books often, but Middlesex may be the exception.
Don't know what I'm starting next, maybe Atonemen ... I second The hours - what a great read.
Oh, and Middlesex was a good one for two different storylines. Finished Harlan Coben's No Second Chance and I started Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides. ... the twists and turns of looking for his lost child and figuring out who shot who was captivating.
I've already started Middlesex, which I am really liking. I enjoy Eugenides's style of writing. He's very poetic, and is great at putting the reader in the shoes of Cal (an others.) YES, ... ... just the first part of the answer to #12, and thought, "Opinions vary on the sex/gender of the protagonist? Maybe it is Middlesex!" Then I read the rest of the answer (and also the fact that it was discounted by previous answers). For a second there I thought I might actually know the ... Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
I hated every single paragraph.
No idea why.. I should have liked it.. expected to like it...hated it ... disliked The Virgin Suicides. I finished it because I decided that anything I started I'd finish this year. I loved Middlesex but was so depressed by Virgin Suicides. Mark Twain is a good dose for a depressing book...
So I'm reading Life on the Mississippi now and will start Snow C ... #54 - that was exactly my problem with Middlesex. I went into it expecting it to be the story of this guy's life, but instead it proved to be more of a family history. I really enjoyed it once I'd adjusted, but that initial misconception threw me off at first. >49 karenmarie - Yeah, I've read both Middlesex and The Virgin Suicides, and liked them both. Middlesex was longer ago, though, so I haven't retained as clear of an impression of why I liked it. I do remember being a little surprised (disappointed?), since I thought it was all going to be "a ... 1. Middlesex - loved it!
2. Wizards and Glass - 4th book of the Dark Tower Series
3. Highlander Untamed - an unexpectedly good Highlander romance! ... Joe Hill's website. He's a member of LT, I followed the link to LT, and here I am!
#17 - fyrefly98 - have you read Middlesex? I liked it much better than The Virgin Suicides.
... on it, at least for now. I'm not a fan of depressing books, and I've read several recently. And, though I really liked Middlesex, I have learned that just because I like one book by an author, I won't necessarily like others.
I see from your list that you gave Water for Elephants 5 ... ... rule that for this year at least, whatever I start I finish, I read the whole thing.
It was very well written. I loved Middlesex and bought this book after on the strength of that book. There was no mystery about how the story would end, and the despondency of the narrators throughout ... I'll be watching for your reaction to The Virgin Suicides. I read Middlesex a couple of weeks ago, and was thinking about adding The Virgin Suicides to my list.
... these books I'll be adding another 18 books to my 1001 book score! Happy reading all!
•Pulitzer Prize Winners
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler
The Road by Cormac McCarth ... #7 Middlesex
#8 My Sweet Audrina
#9 Our Town Message 10 -I agree.Middlesex was just too long. I thought editors were supposed to help with that sort of thing. I'm finding the same problem with The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao on audiobook. I enjoyed much of the audiobook, but now it's sort of a background blah blah blah. There are ... I really loved Middlesex and that gets my vote. If it matters to you, it won the Pulitzer prize. But thats not why I would recommend it. I can't quite understand why Middlesex gets mixed reviews because I really enjoyed the book.
Spoiler
Just picture living your life as a girl and then ... Middlesex is in my TBR pile! I vote for Middlesex if you're still taking suggestions. It was a wonderful read. ... fun, and we could always use more players - makes the game move along faster.
I haven't read a lot of those, but Middlesex is good enough that it's worth giving more than one chapter to try to get into it, and Ender's Game was just great.
I found The Silmarilion to be a lot ... I'm partial to Middlesex but it's not everyone's cup of tea. ... other book, The Audacity of Hope (great title) as soon as I saw that it had been released in paperback.
I also bought Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides and How Would You Move Mount Fuji? by William Poundstone. Looking forward to reading the former. 10. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides ... other extreme, my new audiobook is The Road by Cormac McCarthy.
This means that, along with Jeffrey Eugenides' Middlesex, which I'm about 3/4 of the way through, I'm reading two Pulitzer winners at the moment. I feel modestly proud of myself. --> 14
I didn't care for Middlesex all that much but I read it through to the end. The last part of the book was the better part of it, I thought. I really didn't care for Cal's family history. I was much more interested in his story.
I was one of those who really liked The Time Traveler ... ... that everyone else liked it when I commented on my distaste! LOL - I am certainly in the minority with this one (and Middlesex, which I barely finished). ... Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood
The Inheritance of Loss - Kiran Desai
The Gathering - Anne Enright
Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
Vanish - Tess Gerritsen
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
The Shipping News - E.Annie Proulx
The Interpretation of Murder ... ... another thread, prior to lt I would see or ask for book recommendations on other forums and would always get the standard Middlesex, The Kite Runner, or Eat, Pray, Love recommendations. This way I get to see and pick out interesting reads myself. My wish list is pages long now and I read ... #8 I just finished Middlesex, what an excellent book and story. So weird and original, yet heartwarming too. I enjoyed it very much!
8/50 I just finished Middlesex, what an excellent book and story. So weird and original, yet heartwarming too. I enjoyed it very much! My top three:
1) The year of magical thinking
2) The pursuit of happyness
3) Middlesex I'm currently reading Middlesex, but expect to finish it tomorrow or the next day, and then I'll begin reading To Tame a Highland Warrior. 3. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
4. I am Legend by Richard Matheson
5. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides ... so much, but I'm a bit annoyed by it all at the moment.
In February we're doing The Catcher in the Rye, in March it's Middlesex, we haven't decided on April yet, and in May we're doing Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky.
(Touchstones are playing up an awful lot today.) I've just started reading Middlesex. #178 Yes, he is. Jeffrey Eugenides's Middlesex touches on the same period as well, before moving to the US. I absolutely agree. I would've enjoyed Middlesex much more had it been shorter. I don't mind long books, but I just couldn't wait to finish this one and move on to something else. ... the time of the 2nd World War. That shouldn't be a reason for missing out on such gems as Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Middlesex, The Island by Victoria Hislop, Little Infamies (interlinked short stories) or the biographical-but-every-bit-as-gripping-as-any-novel Eleni.
There ... ... after my first post (#63) using the handy spreadsheet and realised I've actually read 130, not 127.
Book #131 is Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. Several years late, as usual, I've just started Middlesex. ... new books to read. Usually when I see book recommendations made on message boards/forums, people recommend the same books middlesex, The Kite Runner, etc. It's good to see what people have read aside from the same books that always get mentioned and recommended. |
