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1001 Books to read before you die : Group Read 2: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Part 2		10	geneven, October 14
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Thank you! I'm definitely getting lots of good reading ideas from various threads. 65. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro The effect of this 1989 Booker Prize winner is mostly cumulative. It tells the story of very dignified, very professional butler Mr. Stevens as he journeys to ...

I'm in 1956 England in The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. Having a hard time getting into it so far.

... Gattopardo by Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa The Damned United by David Peace Leviathan or The Whale by Philip Hoare The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro

... Hemingway, with Honorable Mention to the fabulous Dances with Wolves by Michael Blake. II. 1001 Books (Old or New): The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. III. Dewey Decimal Challenge: His Excellency George Washington by Joseph J. Ellis 973.4'1'092 dc22. IV. SFF/Speculative Fic ...

... will get washed up with me if I'm lucky. That one contains Jude the Obscure, The Magus, A Prayer for Owen Meany, The Remains of the Day, The Go-Between, Picnic at Hanging Rock and The Other Hand (aka Little Bee). There's a second crate too, but I won't go into that right now.

... dwell 63. How to Paint a Dead Man by Sarah Hall 64. Queen of the Flowers by Kerry Greenwood December 65. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Currently reading: Out of Sheer Rage by Geoff Dyer Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel Nineteen Eighty by David Peace ...

... read, and I can see how individual tastes would factor into that book. I am generally outraged when someone dislikes Remains of the Day. It's just a great book. It is. :) Cliff, I haven't seen the movie--I should, one of these days, if only because I'm curious to see how they adapted ...

... which is hardly thriller material. NEVER LET ME GO is the only Ishiguro I've read, though I saw the movie adaptation of REMAINS OF THE DAY and quite liked it. Who knows, I may give the dude another chance some day. But I just didn't get into NEVER LET ME GO--neither the characters nor the ...

... threshold of excitement tends to be much higher than mine. Never Let Me Go gripped me enough that I read it all in a day. Remains of the Day, too. I find a quiet, perfectly paced psychological portrait enchanting.

... an unreliable narrator. The Thief comes to mind right off the top of my head. Some adult books that come to mind are The Remains of the Day and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. These are all very different, but they share the fact that the narrator either lies to the reader, or doesn't ...

... Rings, Song of Ice and Fire series (George R R Martin) Plays: The Importance of Being Earnest, Hamlet Contemporary: The Remains of the Day, The Secret History Funny: Guards! Guards! (high-fives WW), Leave it to Psmith, by P.G. Wodehouse I'm glad to see that there are others ...

Did anyone mention Mac's review of Ishiguro's Remains of the Day? Apparently he owns a folio society edition, that lucky Belgian devil!

240. Hiding Place by Azzopardi 241. Remains of the Day by Ishiguro 242. A Love of Reading by Adams 243. No Great Mischief by MacLeod Slow week but I finished my third 999 challenge so I am a happy camper :)

... Walker Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen Treasure Island by Stevenson The Remains of the Day by Ishiguro A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (a little long) White Oleander by Janet Fitch Nothing too heavy in style, nothing too ...

... Walker Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen Treasure Island by Stevenson The Remains of the Day by Ishiguro A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (a little long) White Oleander by Janet Fitch Nothing too heavy in style, nothing too ...

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.

I just have to chime in to say I LOVE The Remains of the day... excellent choice and time for a re-read!

Book #6 Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. My first Ishiguro and I must say I enjoyed it alot.This book tells the story of a butler called Mr. Stevens who goes to visit a women he used to work with on his holliday.While making his way to the meeting place he looks back to the time when he ...

Remains of the Day bu Kazuo ishiguro read October 13th. Story about a butler making a small trip to visit a women he used to work with. Mr. Stevenson also looks back to the time when he was the butler to a respected English gentleman.

... Russo (I really think everyone in the world should read this book, and certainly no one in academia should be spared) The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro Plowing the Dark - Richard Powers Hardboiled-Wonderland and the End of the World - Haruki Murakami If On a Winter's Night a T ...

... - So creepy and well-written. Other fantastic books but not ones that make me weak just thinking about them - The Remains of the Day, Never Let Me Go, Persuasion, and a semi-non-fiction about Iranian intellectual history right before and during the revolution The Mantle of the ...

... - So creepy and well-written. Other fantastic books but not ones that make me weak just thinking about them - The Remains of the Day, Never Let Me Go, Persuasion, and a semi-non-fiction about Iranian intellectual history right before and during the revolution The Mantle of the ...

... . Read so far: 25. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time Mark Haddon 131. The Crow RoadIain Banks 162. Remains of the Day Kazuo Ishiguro 172. Foucault’s Pendulum Umberto Eco 175. The Satanic Verses Salman Rushdie 182. Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency Douglas A ...

... Lama) by Ian Baker * Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang * Wild Swans : Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang * The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

... Mount TBR 175 Amongst Women 183 Possession 184 The Buddha of Suburbia 187 Sexing the Cherry on Mount TBR 190 Remains of the Day 194 The History of the Siege of Lisbon 195 Like Water for Chocolate 197 London Fields 199 Cat’s Eye

I've read all of Ishiguro's novels and The Remains of the Day is my favourite by him and was my top read for 2007. Have you seen the movie (with Anthony Hopkins & Emma Thompson)?

... names of now (ironic considering they were chosen for hilarious titles - i think one was give the boys a great big hand); the remains of the day; we wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families; kitchen (banana yoshimoto); the bluest eye; long day's journey into ...

... characters. But I'd agree on a lot of the others - Hardy, Forster, Zola definitely. No-one's mentioned The remains of the day yet, so I'll add that to the list. What about Patrick White? - I've always thought of Voss as a great romantic novel, but I'll admit that it's a ...

... Carol - Charles Dickens (several times) 83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker (I have read this several times 84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro 85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert 87 Charlotte’s Web - EB White 88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom 89 ...

54. The Remains Of The Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Oh, I loved this book, even though I thought it was incredibly sad. I'm not nearly as bad, or to the extent that poor Stevens is, but I could still identify with his keeping his feelings to himself and his hardship connecting with people. Even ...

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (Also, by the same author, An Artist of the Floating World)

I'd forgotten about Remains of the Day. I do like Ishiguro, must get round to the short stories he published recently.

... I did a tag search for 'unreliable narrator' on LT and got some results - Pale Fire and Lolita being the most popular. The Remains of the Day was definitely there too.

... watch The Wire because I liked Lush Life and I have to admit that I'm enjoying it. If you like unreliable narrators, Remains of the Day and A Gesture Life are the first two books that I think of--that is if I'm understanding the meaning of the term; I had never heard of it before. (Obvi ...

Hi Your review for Remains of the Day is incredible. I gave it a thumbs up and discovered I'm number eight. Seven before me thought the same! Kudos to you.

Very nice review of Remains of the Day. I'm adding it to the TBR pile.

I'm still behind on Remains of the Day - (darn life keeps interfering with my reading). The Hunchback of Notre Dame is the only one on your list that I haven't read, but I like the others and would be up for a reread.

... then any books that were requested twice go into a poll). I'll list off my suggestions but if people want more time for The Remains of the Day, feel free to speak up and we'll hold off on the next book. My suggestions: -The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo - I'm already a ...

... border:1px solid black src=http://pics.librarything.com/picsizes/db/0f/db0f86d767b2659597971784c41434d414f4541.jpg> The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Rating: 5/5 At the end of his three decades of service at Darlington Hall, Mr Stevens embarks on a country drive, during ...

Here is the thread for the second part of The Remains of the Day. Happy reading everyone!

Here's a thread to post your thoughts on the second half of The Remains of the Day. Happy reading!

The Remains of the Day was wonderful.

68. Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Loved this book, on many levels. One of those I felt compelled to finish, to find out what happens next. I think this is one that can be best understood by someone at least middle-aged. I first read the book in my late 20s and I'm sure I didn't feel ...

Just finished Remains of the Day I'll reserve my thoughts for the upcoming group read thread. Next up The Outsider

... by Edith Hahn Beer 42. The View From Castle Rock by Alice Munro 41. I Shall Not Want by Julia Spencer-Fleming 40. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro 39. Old Men at Midnight by Chaim Potok 38. In Her Father's Eyes by Bela Weichherz 37. Annie's Ghosts by Steve Luxenberg 36 ...

... we are discussing Kazuo Ishiguro as our mini-author for the year. I'd greatly appreciate you sharing your thoughts on The Remains of the Day there. :) As a side note I think you would actually really enjoy A Pale View. I just happen to be extra cynical these days. ;)

... Portrait of a Lady 112. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit 113. The Robber Bride 114. The Castle of Otranto 115. Remains of the Day 116. Death in Venice 117. The Child in Time 118. To the Lighthouse 119. Tess of the d'Urbervilles 120. Beloved I notice that of the 20 ...

Hey BJ- I don't know if you are a movie fan but the film version of Remains of the Day is excellent! It stars Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson and both are incredible in the leads!

Post Captain, the second of the Aubrey / Maturin series. >132 - 134 I recently read The Remains of the Day and likewise enjoyed it. I didn't think that I would at first but was won over quite quickly.

#133 I loved The Remains of the Day. It is one of my top reads of the year. I felt totally drawn to this book about a man looking back over his life and ahead to the remaining time left to him. The limericks are definitely different from what I am used to. I do like some of them. I ...

I just finished The Remains of the Day and am starting Complete Nonsense by Edward Lear. --BJ

I just finished The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro for my 1001 category. I can see why this book made the list for sure. It will be one of my top reads of the year. Really a discussion of the plot cannot explain how this book touched me. Suffice it to say, that it is about a man ...

... in my future after the kids get out of college. Or else an ipod. I am getting interested in one of those as well. 61. Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. This has got to be one of my top reads of the year. What an amazing book! Maybe it is just my age, but the looking back over a life ...

... reading Digging to America, I totally forgot I was reading an Anne Tyler novel. P.S. You're making me want to read Remains of the Day again, BJ.

... have been published last April and could not find it either. It was the sequel to The Name of the Wind. I am reading The Remains of the Day for a group read and just cannot wait to finish it. I think that I will definitely finish it this weekend. It is an amazing book. I think it is a ...

... other books do, but I haven't read it yet either. It's on the infinitely long TBR! But I am another one who loved The Remains of the Day. It was one of those books that I call "silent killers" in that as I was reading it, I enjoyed it but it didn't necessarily feel like anything ...

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I know of a few LTers who loved The Remains of the Day but detested Never Let Me Go. Personally I loved the former and was fairly impressed and a little disturbed by the latter.

I'm reading The Remains of the Day with the group read. I am still trying to finish up Dangerous Liasons from last month and The Return of the King as well. I guess August was a tough month for me.

... ****1/2 msg263 vi) The Moon and the Sun - Vonda McIntyre msg52, thread 2 Lined up: (still!) Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro 8) Plays: 3/9 i) An Ideal Husband - Oscar Wilde **** msg93 ii) Forty Years On - Alan Benne ...

... my reading: I'm currently in the middle of reading The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo and have yet to start The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro and Greenwitch by Susan Cooper for my two group reads. Unfortunately, school has started again and my classes are very ...

I am reading Remains of the Day with the group read. Also still reading Anna Karenina and War and Peace. --BJ

Good to hear that about Remains of the Day, it happens to my on my list for next year.

BJ- I am another big fan of Remains of the Day. The film version is excellent too! I NEED to read more of this author!!

Finished Breakfast at Tiffany's. The book is quite different from the movie. A nice little read. Serendipity! The Remains of the Day is now in my possession.

I was about 40 pages in to Remains of the Day and was ready to give up, but then all of a sudden, the story just sucked me in. I ended up really loving the book. Exquisite.

Oh --BJ; Remains of the Day is a wonderful book. Absolutely one of the best!~! blubs, belva

... The touchstone goes to another collection of O. Henry stories, but it is just not loading right now. I have started Remains of the Day for my other barely started category, 1001 Books. I have read others but elected to put them in other categories. This would could go in Book to Screen, ...

... that he wrote stories to support his child while he was in prison. Each story has a twist at the end. I have started Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro and am enjoying it so far. Still have several long group reads to work on but taking a little break from them for a while. Hope y'all ...

I just started reading Remains of the Day. --BJ

... Amy Tan Obasan by Joy Kogawa The Housekeeper and the Professor: A Novel by Yoko Ogawa Shanghai Girls by Lisa See Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro The Jade Peony by Wayson Choy

I'm just starting the thread for our second group read (The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro). We have about a week before we start discussing, but some people read faster than others so if you're through the first half, feel free to start a discussion and others will join as they catch ...

Finished Suite Francaise and started A Pale View of the Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro...already read Remains of the Day but wanted to read an Ishiguro along with the group :)

... and Zooey which for a short book tried my patience. Now starting All Quiet on the Western Front while waiting for Remains of the Day to arrive.

Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

1001 books 1.The story of O by Pauline Réage read (October 7th -09) 2.Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro read (October 13th -09) 3.Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas read (November 25th -09) 4.Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh read (November 26th -09) 5. 6. ...

... were). If so, what did you think of it? The 1001 Book Group that read Les Liaisons Dangereuses, is going to read Remains of the Day next. I have been dying to read that one for a while. The end is in sight on Don Quixote, which has been a wonderful book. I have never read all ...

The 1001 group will be reading The Remains of the Day as a group read so we should be able to double dip with the threads. :)

... by Robert Adams - figured I might as well include this book since I have now read all his reviews in this one! Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod

Quite a few more read over the past couple of months: Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Brilliantly written, so subtle, but effective, the way the story gradually unfolds. Brilliant and I want to read everything else he has written. The Successor by Ismail Kadare This failed to ...

I read Remains of the Day in June so I'll be hovering around the discussions. I'm sure this book will bring out divergent opinions.

... recently published book on the list. For those who follow the 1001 books list Never let me go, The Unconsoled, Remains of the Day, An Artist of the Floating World and A Pale View of Hills are on the list!

... A Pale View of Hills, his first book. I also have An Artist of the Floating World and Never Let Me Go, and I've read The Remains of the Day, When We Were Orphans and Nocturnes. The only book I don't yet have is The Unconsoled, which I've heard mixed things about from other LTers, so ...

I'm reading Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky. Already read Remains of the Day, but look forward to the discussion!

Looks like The Remains of the Day it is! My copy has about 250 pages (it's not with me at the moment so that's from memory - very possible it's off). I don't know how long it would take for everyone to read it. Maybe give a week for getting the book and the two or three weeks to read it? Is ...

... unless one of the other books get some serious votes behind it in the next 45 minutes, it looks like our next read will be The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro...

Britain and Ireland England - Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro Ireland Isle of Man Northern Ireland Scotland Wales Channel Islands

I'd be glad to second The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go as I have not read anything by Ishiguro and I think we need a longer list to choose from.

... 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 The Body Artist by Don Delillo Neuromancer by William Gibso ...

And the Winner Is: (Books which won some type of award) 1.The Known World 2.Remains of the Day 3.The Grapes of Wrath 4.Rabbit is Rich 5.Rabbit at Rest 6.A Confederacy of Dunces

I've earmarked The Silver Branch and Dracula (which I've never read) as definites and The Remains of the Day and Schindler's Ark as possibles, depending on what appears in the new prospectus.

Your challenge looks like lots of fun! I love the theme. Also, @3: I loved The Remains of the Day! I'll be interested to see what you think.

... (tandem reads) 1. Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (jonesli) 2. In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes (jonesli) 3. The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson (jonesli) 4. Seren ...

I enjoyed both Never Let Me Go, which I read first, and The Remains of the Day but I read them several months apart so any similarities were softened by the passage of time. They are quite different stories but clearly written in the same tone/style. I do remember thinking that Never Let ...

... of a masterful hand. The author has found his "voice," and he's sticking by it. I've read four of Ishiguro's novels (Remains of the Day, Never Let Me Go, An Artist of the Floating World, and A Pale View of the Hills). They are all fairly similar in terms of style, emotional impact, ...

... . I can't say what FS book I'm reading at the moment, because I'm not reading one now! I'm reading a paperback version of The Remains of the Day, in order to hold it in one hand and hold the three-week-old in the other. When renewal time comes, "Remains" is going to be one of my orders. (It' ...

... 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 theme. I only gave it two stars because it was overly long, 600 pages, and to me it felt like a waste of time. Re ...

Nickelini, thank you for the review of The Enchanted April - good to find another happy, well-written book. Loved The Remains of the day - I sympathised with the butler, as he followed his own code in a world where it had become irrelevant. Like jfetting, I have enjoyed all of Ishiguro's ...

Loved Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go, liked Pale View of Hills. Have An Artist of the Floating World on deck for reading in the next couple of months. I became a bit of an Ishiguro fanboy for a little while. I just like his method of telling a story and leaving out some subtle ...

... the next section would be a digression to detail that incident. Then you probably wouldn't get on terribly well with Remains of the Day.

#125: The Remains of the Day is a better novel than Never Let Me Go.

... has been rather slow. I'll update by category rather than order of reading: 1001 Books to Read Before You Die Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Wonderful, subtle book. One I wonder why I'd never read it before. Poignant. Highly recommend. The Sucessor by Ismail Kadare A ...

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49. Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro 1988, British literature, Booker Prize winner 1989 Rating 4 out of 5 stars Comments This is they type of book that I like to refer to as "a quiet novel." Almost completely no action, but things happening all the same. It was better than okay, but ...

>234: I loved Remains of the Day, too. But I can see where it might not suit everyone. Welcome back Nickelini!

That is really too bad, TT and Orangeena - as I absolutely loved Remains of the Day, thought it was almost a perfect book and gave it the full 5 stars. I think I will still try others. Any recommends?

#232 - my sentiments exactly. Thought Remains of the Day a perfectly written book but have been sadly disappointed not to find much attraction to his other works

>230 Nick, I loved Remains of the Day both the book and the film. I suppose I like quiet, reflective type books - action is not my thing. I am English and I love English Lit., which could account for it! Strangely, though, I have not liked anything else by Ishuguro. ~ TT

49. Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro 1988, British literature, Booker Prize winner 1989 Rating 4 out of 5 stars Comments This is they type of book that I like to refer to as "a quiet novel." Almost completely no action, but things happening all the same. It was better ...

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... on my trip, but I am also so glad to be home, too. I guess that is just the way it should be. My daughter is reading Remains of the Day and loving it. She is sharing tidbits with me as she reads along and is whetting my appetite. I knew that would be a good one! :D We are having ...

... bit of Yeats before I go). ETA - Oooh! I just noticed the OP actually listed 12 books, not 10, so I'm also throwing in The Remains of the Day and Little Infamies

... a couple that I already have on my TBR! The Robber Bride Suite Francaise The Shipping News The Stone Diaries The Remains of the Day Love in the Time of Cholera Slaughterhouse-five The Magus A Farewell to Arms A Passage to India Madame Bovary Vanity Fair Jane ...

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Hi, Anne- I read The Remains of the Day many years ago but I remembered it being an excellent book. BTW, the film version is incredible also, you should check it out. I've been meaning to read another Ishiguro, I have Never Let Me Go sitting in my tbr.

I finished The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. Loved it.

I finished The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. Loved it. Not sure why I waited so long to read it.

38. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. What a lovely book. I don't know why I waited so long to read it. I loved it.

Your choice of words - "savoring" The Remains of the Day is an absolutely perfect description. It was just wonderful - one of those books I rue that I can't read it again as if for the first time.

I'm still savoring The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. Also enjoying Childhood and Nature by David Sobel.

Thanks! From The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro, page 66: outline

... it was a terrific book, but I found the overall message so disturbing I had trouble sleeping. This morning I picked up The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro -- a book I've been meaning to read for a long, long time. So far it's as wonderful as I hoped it would be.

... To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1961) ****1/2 msg263 Lined up: (still!) Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro 8) Plays: 2/9 i) An Ideal Husband - Oscar Wilde **** msg93 ii) Forty Years On - Alan Benne ...

The remains of the day by Kazuo Ishiguro Where did you get this book? Someone at work had a box of books they were selling off to raise money for charity. How much did it cost? One pound. Why did you pick this book to read now? It looked the least daunting book on my to-be-read pile! ...

#79 - Well, I am about to start The Remains of the Day, so hopefully I can add it onto the "love" list of Booker winners. I've never read anything by Byatt - I guess I should change that!

Guess I've just chanced on to Booker winners which were wonderful - thinking of A.S.Byatt's Possession and Remains of the Day. I do agree though ,that like Oscars for actors, it is often the body of work as opposed to one in particular.

... Poverty__P.J. O'Rourke June 27) Trent's Last Case__E.C. Bentley 28) And Be A Villain__Rex Stout 29) The Remains of the Day__Kazuo Ishiguro 30) Monkey Shines__Michael Stewart 31) The Natural Man__Ed McClanahan 32) Perfume__Patrick Suskind 33) The Mephisto Waltz__F ...

... author than Ishiguro. I didn't like it either. I haven't read When We Were Orphans, but you should definitely give Remains of the Day a read. I agree with Laytonwoman--it's a wonderful book.

Book 23: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (1989) Information: Fiction, CNY Women's Book Club, 245 pages Read: May 19, 2009 - May 28, 2009 Rating: ★★★★1/2 callen610 in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Sanddancer's 2009 Reading (Jun 18, 2009, 6:05am)

I just finished Remains of the Day myself and just loved it! I'll have to seek out his other work. Also....if you like Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad is really good (and a quick read!)

... made me realise how little of the Beats work I've actually read but I don't feel that motivated to correct that. 63. Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Ishiguro is another author, like Margaret Atwood, that I'd put off reading, assuming based on absolutely nothing, that I wouldn't like ...

I've seen the film but haven't read the book, in part because I DETESTED Never Let Me Go. But Remains of the Day and When We Were Orphans are both in my TBR piles somewhere.

Congratulations on your "HOT REVIEW" of The Remains of the Day. And deservedly so, I might add. belva

... have come to the conclusion that Ishiguro is my newest favorite author. Never let me go wasn't as emotionally moving as The Remains of the Day was but it was still very interesting and hard to put down. I really like his writing style and the way his stories unfold really slowly but you ...

The film that was made based on the book, The Remains of the Day, is very good.

40. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro As my daughter was packing to leave after a recent visit with us, she pulled this book off the shelves in her old bedroom (where I keep much of my TBR overload), plopped it in front me and said "Read this". Of course, I've been meaning to, ...

... was caring for whom. Finally the light came on at about page 30. I perservered for 20 more pages simply because I think Remains of the Day one of life's most perfect novels and was hoping for some similar thread in NLMG. But ugggghhhhh, I could take no more - put it away, not to ever see the ...

... A book of its time but executed by an older sensibility. I've done a bad job of describing it. Cheating even more, but The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro.

Rebecca The Remains of the Day Rob Roy A Room With a View The Scarlet Letter Schindler's List Sometimes a Great Notion The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Tess of the D'Urbervilles The Thirty-Nine Steps

>155 mariana, I see you have The Remains of the Day on your TBR pile, and I'd strongly advocate reading it ASAP. If not that, then Never Let Me Go, the other Ishiguro on your list. Happy trails! edited/try again to close itals

Also One Hundred Years of Solitude The Remains of the Day If On a Winter's Night a Traveler

oooh - I just got a Ishiguro book this morning - Never Let Me Go. Have you read it? The Remains of the Day was my personal top pick of my 2008 reads.

Jeeves? (Jeeves and Wooster) Mrs. Danvers? (Rebecca) Stevens? (The Remains of the Day)

... getting enough rest. I, at first, always slept when the baby slept. Best of luck with your wonderful little family. And Remains of the Day is wonderful, is it not? belva

... diaper changes, feedings, and keeping daughter #1 feeling good about things is taking up most of my energy! Finishing Remains of the Day and adding posts about the other books I've finished will have to wait.....

>266: Eliza, I'd strongly second the Remains of the Day recommendations. As near perfection as a novel can get. >270: Darryl, I read and enjoyed Runaway last year, and also have heard good things about Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage, which I have on the TBR shelves. Did ...

I agree with kiwidoc and arubabookwoman; Remains of the Day is fabulous, and definitely among the top 20 novels I've ever read.

Remains of the Day is the book Ishiguro is best known for, and in my view it is his best.

I discovered Ishiguro last year with Remains of the Day and intend to read all his work, GUG. I loved that book - perhaps one of my 'best ever' books?

Last year I read The Remains of the Day, which was probably my favorite read of last year. Several years ago I read When We Were Orphans, but I haven't read anything else by him. However, the Author Theme Reads group's mini-author for the last 4 months of the year is Ishiguro, so I'll ...

#77: Nocturnes was very good, teelgee, not quite as good as The Remains of the Day, but better than When We Were Orphans, IMO. I posted a review on the book's page. Unfortunately it won't be published in the US until September 22. I bought my copy from the UK bookseller maryjanemanolos in 1001 Books to read before you die : maryjanemanolos progress (May 23, 2009, 2:06pm)

... nihilistic, self centered, and mostly drivel. I'm still hoping to change point 2, but haven't so far (with the exception of Remains of the Day. 149. Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan. I though I would really hate this, but I got it bc I found it at Goodwill for a dollar...anyway, I ...

Hi Welachild, thanks for the kind words on my thread! I felt the same way about The Remains of the Day, most of the story is in what is not said. The reason that The White Tiger made me think of this book was that the main character becomes a servant to a wealthy family, but the character turns ...

... I've added My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead to my TBR list, now I just have to get a hold of a copy!! Book #14 - The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro - When I first started reading this book I didn't think I was going to like it. The tone seemed too low-key and I didn't really ...

... story reinterpreted by John Irving, the result would probably be very similar to The White Tiger." I just finished reading The Remains of the Day and the idea of that story reimagined in India by an entreprenuer is too tempting to say no to. --Wela

... but I guess that's Hollywood. I'm very glad I read the book first. For the same reason, I'm holding off on watching The Remains of the Day until I'm done reading it. Bill Bryson is one of my all-time favorite authors. I have read everything he's written, so I hope he's busy writing ...

... Funke (Book Sense Book of the Year Children's Literature Winner 2006) ****1/2 msg153 Lined up: (still!) Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro 8) Plays: 1/9 i) An Ideal Husband - Oscar Wilde **** msg93 Lined up: Much Ado About Nothing ...

... review: 13. The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga As I was reading this, it occured to me that if you relocated The Remains of the Day to India and then had the story reinterpreted by John Irving, the result would probably be very similar to The White Tiger. One afternoon, Balra ...

If I had to choose, I guess I prefer first person. I like a good unreliable narrator, such as Stevens the butler in The Remains of the Day, someone whose words you can't take at face value. It provides something extra to the reading experience to have to work out when the wool is being pulled ...

(unless "sung" by Donny Osmond ! ) The Remains of the Day

I am yet to discover a more perfectly written and structured book than The Remains of the Day. Be prepared to accept and enjoy the digression though, because that's what the book is made up of. That's a very lovely list of new books! :)

... Road, Any Known Blood, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and The Reader. From Candice I borrowed: The Book of Negroes The Remains of the Day Cry, the Beloved Country The Queen's Fool All Quiet on the Western Front Grendel Life of Pi Their Eyes Were Watching God So, it ...

... none the less, here's the April wrap-up: 18) Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier 19) Twilight by Stepehnie Meyer 20) The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro 21) Oath of Gold by Elizabeth Moon 22) The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 23) Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahi ...

... the novel, but am holding myself back from looking it up! Up next is The Yellow Wallpaper, The Uncommon Reader, and The Remains of the Day.

... (Whitbread Children's Novel of the Year Award & Carnegie Medal 1998) ****1/2) msg104 Next one up will be Remains of the Day, honest! 8) Plays: 1/9 i) An Ideal Husband - Oscar Wilde **** msg93 9) Recommendations: 3/9 i) The Black Swan ...

I also ordered Wealth of Nations with the books Remains of the Day, The Screwtape Letters, and Possession. I seem to find that books disappear from and then reappear on the website for no apparent reason. --BJ Sorry, when I edited, it messed up the touchstones and I can't fix them. The ...

The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro. The Author, and Why: This guy is phenomenally talented, brilliant. Almost too effective. Two years ago I read Never Let Me Go and was so afflicted with sadness that just recently have I felt sufficiently recovered to try another one of Ishiguro's novels. ...

... the rose 55- The handmaid's tale 56- Perfume 57- Contact 58- The pigeon 59- Like water for chocolate 60- Remains of the day * 61- The english patient 62- The secret history 63- A fine balance 64- Alias Grace * 65- The hours * 66- The amazing adventures of Kaval ...

fasciknitting, I was one of the few readers who didn't really like Remains of the Day, so I was a little bit negative before starting NLMG. But even though I can't say I really liked it, it certainly was worth reading. I hope you feel the same!

Hi judylou, thanks for your review of Never Let Me Go. It's been on my bookshelf for a little while now. I started The Remains of the Day about a year ago and had a hard time getting into it, so I've been hesitant to start NLMG - I will bump it up on the list now, thanks to you :)

... books...and I can't figure this out...is that the back covers always make them seem incredibly uninteresting. I had Remains of the Day for a long time before I finally read it for a class some years ago, and then I was a lifelong fan--I've learned not to read the backs of his books, ...

re: The Remains of the Day... count me as a lurker! I have the book, and for some reason, seem to be waiting... for...? The perfect time to read it? Not sure. I'm really looking forward to it. I loved your review of Brideshead Revisited. Another book on my wishlist. I loved the British TV ...

#21- I would have to say it's a tie between Villette, the Remains of the Day, and Nicholas Nickleby. I honestly think I could have died without reading the others, but am still glad for the experience. Mostly. :)

... Huey, Duey and Luey. haha) 82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell 83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker (I watched the movie) 84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro 85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert 86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry 87 Charlotte’s Web - EB White 88 The Five People Y ...

Hi alsatian. I'm in Australia and have Don't Look Now and other stories by Daphne du Maurier and The Remains of the Day (both still shrink-wrapped) to trade for your High Wind in Jamaica if you are still interested?

... and utterly life-changing - something it's very hard for any book to live up to. However, I think I would've abandoned The Remains of the Day if it hadn't been for all the good things I'd heard about it; I kept on reading in hopes of it becoming better - I really wanted it to be as good as I ...

... Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Animal Farm, Brave New World, Lolita, The Secret History, Jude the Obscure, and The Remains of the Day. - And I am oh so proud to admit to having read Bridget Jones's Diary! :P - I really was not all that fond of Catcher in the Rye and The S ...

... the page edges) Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (Well thumbed, spine creased and cover worn but perfectly readable) The Remains of the Day by Kasuo Ishiguro (Unread) The Elementary Particles by Michel Houellebecq (Read, creased corner of front cover but reasonable condition)< ...

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20) The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro I had heard such wonderful things about this book, so my expectations were high. Perhaps a bit too high. I mean, I liked it, but I didn't find it as great as it seems the majority did.

Started reading The Remains of the Day last night, and, after a pretty slow start, I hope it picks up soon. I've heard so many great things about this book, and I hope it can live up to it!

26. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Graceful, wonderful, heartbreaking, awful, beautifully restrained and written--I really do adore this book. This was the third time I read it (I think), and it gets better with each read. I won't count it towards my 999 challenge since this ...

Bonnie, I was just glad I'd read more than six! I can't wait to read Shadow of the Wind, I think I'm going to love it. The Remains of the Day is another I really want to get to soon. Oh, thank you both for the recomendation on Little Women - I'll look for it when I hit the library tomorrow! I ...

A visit to the HPB Clearance Shelves brought: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro All the Names by Jose Saramago Perfume by Patrick Suskind The Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell Less than $10 for four books that are beloved on LT - Sweet!

... I don't like Trilogies. Too much of the same thing. I would rather go from one book to something completely different. The Remains of the Day might be a possibility as I did read another book by Ishiguro that I liked very much - (When We Were Orphans). I don't know anything about Nights ...

... the Blood for a body part? Or part 2 of Pat Barker's Regeneration trilogy, The Eye in the Door. For time of day The Remains of the Day, which is evening, or Nights at the Circus.

... historical novels like The Heart of Midlothian and The Red and the Black to more recent stuff like Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day and Orhan Pamuk's Snow). Anyway, it was then that I read my first 'graphic novel', which was Art Spiegelman's Maus. Maus deals with the author's ...

... by Edith Hahn Beer 42. The View From Castle Rock by Alice Munro 41. I Shall Not Want by Julia Spencer-Fleming 40. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro 39. Old Men at Midnight by Chaim Potok 38. In Her Father's Eyes by Bela Weichherz 37. Annie's Ghosts by Steve Luxenberg ...

I've only read 4 from the 1001 list so far this year but I have enjoyed them all. Brighton Rock The Remains of the Day Fingersmith The Yellow Wallpaper

... Little Boy Lost by Marghanita Laski, published by Persephone Books Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro and for a fourth I am torn between They Were Sisters by Dorothy Whipple (also published by Persephone books) and V ...

Top 5 books for 1Q09: The Remains of the Day A Mercy A Fine Balance The Road Home A Room of One's Own And a few stats about my first quarter reading: - 19 books - 5,738 pages - 14 written by women - 8 from the "1001 Books you Must Read Before you Die" list - 3 Booker ...

Top 5 books for 1Q09: The Remains of the Day A Mercy A Fine Balance The Road Home A Room of One's Own I've also decided to track my reading on just one thread. Please visit my 75 Book Challenge Thread !!

Finished some more this past weekend: 16. Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (Male Author category) I was looking forward to reading this as I think Never Let Me Go is one of the best books I've ever read. So I was disappointed when it didn't live up to my (lofty) expectations. Granted ...

... difficult one I've ever written. I do strongly recommend When We Were Orphans though--and that one moves faster than Remains of the Day.

... put that one on the back burner for a while, hoping I forget the twist (which is, for me, a very real possibility). I think The Remains of the Day will be my next Ishiguro, since I *really* didn't give that one a fair shake the first time around.

... msg. 19 12) Whitechapel Gods by S.M. Peters msg. 21 13) Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich msg. 22 14) The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro msg. 25 15) All but my Life by Gerda Weissmann Klein msg. 28 16) Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery msg. 30 17) ...

... passages I've ever read. Highly recommended. An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro: I had tried giving The Remains of the Day a read several years back, and practically threw it away from me after less than ten pages. Perhaps I was unfair, as I loved this book. Ishiguro has ...

... passages I've ever read. Highly recommended. An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro: I had tried giving The Remains of the Day a read several years back, and practically threw it away from me after less than ten pages. Perhaps I was unfair, as I loved this book. Ishiguro has ...

... of the Whole by Steve Toltz 5. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer (OR) The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (I just couldn't decide between these two; enjoyed them equally) ETA playing games with touchy touchstones

... wanted to say that Moon Tiger is my second most favourite book of all time and thanks for the reviews of A Mercy and Remains of the Day which have both moved much further up my TBR list. Also, I've just finished reading The Mitfords: letters between six sisters which you may find ...

Two on the go at the same time... 13. (New) Remains of the day by Kazuo Ishiguro and 14. (Comfort) The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein for a bit of bedtime reading

I always enjoy keeping up with your reading. Like you, I have the highest regard for Remains of the Day. Have you read other of Ishiguro's works? While consensus is almost always positive for RemainsOTD, I find widely divergent thoughts on his other writings. Of course, who cares if it is ...

Finished Remains of the Day, on to the Reader

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finished Villette, reading the Remains of the Day, which is my first Ishiguro

... Thousand Splendid Suns by Hosseini, Possession by A.S Byatt, The Plague by Albert Camus, anything by Tim Winton, Remains of the Day by Ishiguro and interesting that you mentioned The Interpreter of Maladies by Lahiri (I loved it and I assumed that the Namesake should be good too?) ...

I have to say that it is a fight between Remains of the Day and The Wind in the Willows. Hopefully I haven't riled anyone up by saying that! Don't get me wrong, I appreciate them for what they are. They just don't blow my hair back like some.

... Geisha – Arthur Golden 12. The Moor’s Last Sigh – Salman Rushdie 13. The Stone Diaries – Carol Shields 14. Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro 15. Like Water for Chocolate – Laura Esquivel 16. A Prayer for Owen Meany – John Irving 17. Cat’s Eye – Margaret Atwoo ...

See, just for a second I thought that was going to be Remains of the Day too. It should be. But you wouldn't do that to us, would you?

The Remains of the Day.

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... msg55 ii) The Road - Cormac McCarthy (Pulitzer 2007) ***1/2 msg71 Next one up will be Remains of the Day. 8) Plays: 0/9 Still haven't touched this category - must pick something out... 9) Recommendations: 1/9 i) The Black Swan - Merc ...

... Frank Doel's nervous but proud and excited references to having bought his first car. Having read Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day recently, I couldn't help but recall Stevens' outing with Lord Darlington's wheels. And then was slightly shocked to realize that Anthony Hopkins ...

charbutton, enjoying your reviews and hearing about your trip to India. I much preferred The Remains of the Day but think The Unconsoled is worth persevering with. Also very keen on William Dalrymple, particularly From the Holy Mountain.

... aimed at the lowest common denominator? Did you ever finally read the book and discover you were pleasantly surprised? (Remains of the Day for me.) Or confirmed in your theory about best seller lists? (Mitford, IMO.) Have you ever avoided a book you think has been hyped up too much ...

... I like so much about this book was the way it was written. Kazuo Ishiguro is an almost new author for me. I picked up his Remains of the Day a few months ago and put it down because I wasn't in the mood. His writing is very languid, seemingly aimless, and I'm not always patient enough for that. ...

... in seeing your thoughts on Never Let Me Go. I've heard very good things about it but so far, the only Ishiguro I've read is Remains of the Day, which was good.

Oh, I like that phrase, sally906! My Desert Island picks include The Age of Innocence and The Remains of the Day - for no particular reason I can think of, but I'm always dipping in and out. wookeiebender, What I Loved isn't bad at all - it's just that I'm reading it like a goldfish. I ...

... Christmas Train, then I could read The Notebook,A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Lady of Quality, A Walk to Remember, The Remains of the Day or The Hobbit, or I could (and happily would) re-read Anne of Green Gables, My Antonia,How To Be Good, or any novels by Jane Austen. This ...

... Right now I have my SciFi and Fantasy separate from everything, but it makes it awfully hard to track down things like The Remains of the Day which I consider a literary novel, but not a classic, as opposed to something like Skinny Dip which is neither literary or classic. The purist in ...

... Dogs — Ian McEwan 22) American Psycho -- Bret Easton Ellis 23) Possession: A Romance -- A. S. Byatt 24) The Remains of the Day -- Kazuo Ishiguro 25) The New York Trilogy -- Paul Auster

I have not read Remains of the Day, but I have read The Judging Eye (technically, still reading, as it's my Jan. ER book; however, I'm 3/4 of the way finished).

I have not read Memoirs of a Geisha, But I have read The Remains of the Day.

... Daughter still lined up. 7) Prize winners: 1/9 i) The Sea - John Banville *** Next one up will be Remains of the Day. 8) Plays: 0/9 9) Recommendations: 0/9 Comments, as before here

... Jane: Emma Dallas, Sandra: The Persian Pickle Club Flagg, Fannie: Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man Ishiguro, Kazuo: The Remains of the Day Peck, Richard: London Holiday Plain, Belva: Homecoming Smith, Betty: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Tolkien, J. R. R.: The Hobbit Tyler, Anne: ...

Wow, thanks for all the suggestions! So far, here's how the tally looks: The Remains of the Day - 14 nudges Tess of the D'Ubervilles - 9 nudges Howard's End - 4 nudges Omnivore's Dilemma - 3 nudges Hard-boiled Wonderland - 2 nudges Jamaica Inn - 2 nudges Midnight in the Garden ...

#11: My favorite book on the cheaper end is The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. Everything about the volume is just perfect--the illustrations (just the right combo of humor and pathos), the binding, those beautiful gold leaves on the cover. And it's one of my favorite novels as well. (I ...

The Remains of the Day and Tess! (... and not just because I was influenced by all the shouting ;P)

... Book read. Movie watched. 4. In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead Movie watched. Book re-read. 5. The Remains of the Day Book read. Movie watched. 6. The Haunting Movie watched. 7. The Hustler by Walter Tevis Book read. Movie watched. 8. Tipping ...

WHAT"S RUDE ABOUT SHOUTING KIWIDOC? I SAY REMAINS OF THE DAY OR "OFF WITH HER HEAD!"

... three of those and can't pick because they were all fantastic in different ways: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Remains of the Day and Omnivore's Dilemma. OK, if I really had to pick... Remains of the Day. Great pile of books!

I'm nudging The Remains of the Day.

I've read four in the pile, and of them I would nudge: 1. Remains of the Day 2. Howard's End Both are lovely reads with beautifully drawn characters. It's been a while since I read Howard's End, but if I had to choose, I would say Ishiguro first.

... through it (and I'm a big historical fiction fan). I'll give a nudge to Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Howard's End and The Remains of the Day, in that order.

I am going to nudge The Remains of the Day -great book!

I have never read The Remains of the Day But I have read The House of the Spirits

I haven't read All that Remains. But I have read The Remains of the Day.

I've read a couple of those and can say that, of those I've read, there's not a bad one in the bunch. For top two, I'd say Remains of the Day and Tess of the D'Urbervilles

... others it's one hell of a tough choice because they're all amazing books. I can just about whittle it down to a top 3 - Remains of the Day, Jamaica Inn and Tess. Okay, I'll nudge Remains of the Day. Or Tess. Or Jamaica Inn. God, this is hard. A nudge for each one, then. Remains of ...

From Bookmooch: Never Let Me go by Kazuo Ishiguro. I read The Remains of the Day many years ago and loved it. I've been hearing great stuff about this book also, so I thought I would give it a try!

I'll echo FlossieT and nudge Remains of the Day. It's a touching, beautiful book. Well worth reading.

I'd go for Remains of the Day. Short but as near perfect as a book can get in achieving what it sets out to do. Nothing he's written since has compared to this, IMHO.

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... Zebra The Guns of Navarone All Quiet on the Western Front Enchanted April Howard's End A Passage to India The Remains of the Day Heat and Dust

I've just finished The Remains of the Day and posted it to the 1% Well Read Challenge. See my progress at http://anzlitlovers.wordpress.com/challenges/the-1-well-read-challenge/ Lisa Hill, ANZ LitLovers

... of Good and Evil Mists of Avalon, as well as so many King Arthur movies Namesake Pay it Forward Perfume Remains of the Day Requiem for a Dream Robinson Crusoe Room with a View Scarlet Letter Sense and Sensibility Shopgirl Sideways Smilla's Sense of Snow ...

... Maugham because I've never read any of his books either. Call me a heathen. Oh, and Kazuo Ishiguro because I've got Remains of the Day ever so close to being started, only I keep on getting distracted by either books first... May I suggest (as new ideas, I do love all the names ...

... 2008 261. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving, 1990 262. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel, 1990 263. Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro, 1990 264. Possession by A.S. Byatt, 2005 265. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, 1994 266. American Psycho by Bret ...

... 2008 261. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving, 1990 262. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel, 1990 263. Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro, 1990 264. Possession by A.S. Byatt, 2005 265. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, 1994 266. American Psycho by Bret ...

UNITED KINGDOM: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. A dedicated butler quietly reminisces about his lifelong devotion to his job and the choices he has made. The result is a moving, wise book filled with grace and subtlety. It is brilliantly crafted, and most definitely recommended. ...

... A Romance by A. S. Byatt finished 9/24 8. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood 9. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro NOTES: - Finished Disgrace and I understand the visceral reactions. I need to sleep on it before writing my review. I ...

.The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Fiction 245ages This was an LT recommendation and while I would have never picked this up left to my own devices I found that I rather enjoyed it. I find that I wasn't ...

Hi akeela, Thanks for the recommendation. I have been looking at The Remains of the Day as a book to read by Ishiguro. It has been added to the TBR mountain for this year. The reading will slow down now, I'm back to work tomorrow.

... January and you're on book 10 already! Nice going! I didn't enjoy Never Let Me Go by Ishiguro much either, but loved The Remains of the Day by him - it was one of my top five reads last year. It's very beautifully written.

Currently Reading: A Prayer for Owen Meany The Remains of the Day The Outsiders The Celebrated Jumping Frog and Other Stories

After reading all these posts about Remains of the Day, I am taking it off my shelf and putting it on top of my TBR pile. *Hanging my head in shame,* I have to admit that I haven't read anything by Ishiguro, a situation that must be rectified immediately!

akeela amd digifish - nice to see you here. I see I am one of the last to read Remains of the Day. Amanda - another talent discovered, the maths wiz!!!! I am wondering where your thread is for this year??

Yeah, wow! 5 books already on the list for kiwi :) I was fortunate enough to read Remains of the Day before seeing the movie. Loved both though! I went on an Ishiguro binge in 2007/8 but Remains of the Day is my favourite, followed by A Pale View of Hills.

Karen, The Remains of the Day was on my top five list for 2008 - definitely agree with you on that one! Seems I have to read Le Grand Meaulnes soon - with your "sublime" review and Rachel's added rec, I'll probably love it, too! Thank you!!

Boy, you are starting out the year with some great reading, kiwidoc! Remains of the Day is already on Continent TBR, but I am moving it up rapidly. I read Never Let Me Go by Ishiguro last year and definitely want to read more of his stuff.

The Remains of the Day my #1 read for 2008. And I saw the movie first, a few months ago; loved it. I thought Hopkins and Thompson were excellent.

Hi kiwidoc--I read the Remains of the Day in the past couple of months and, like you, couldn't believe that I had missed such a wonderful book. I saw the movie, but luckily could remember little of it, other than I had liked it!

Hey kiwidoc, The Remains of the Day is on my list for this year - have you read Never Let Me Go, also by Ishiguro? It was a very interesting work, a dystopia set in the '90s.

... another fantastic and wonderful read just completed. I cannot believe that I have missed this book for so long. 6. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro BritAnnia in 999 Challenge : BritAnnia's 999 challenge (Jan 4, 2009, 8:54pm)

That's right, Remains of the Day was my first read and I loved it. The writing is so steady and fluid; the pace so fitting for the character telling his story. It's a touching tale of inner-reflection and what it means to be loyal. I highly recommend it.

... Life of Pi, so maybe I will try that one. I read Never Let Me Go by Ishiguro this summer and enjoyed it, so I will put The Remains of the Day on my list too! Thanks again :)

... skim-reading a lot of the pastiche Victorian lit....) and would also heartily second kidzdoc's recommendation of Ishiguro' The Remains of the Day, which is as near perfect as any book could hope to get.

I'd recommend Amsterdam by Ian McEwan, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro, and The Life and Times of Michael K. by J.M. Coetzee.

So tell us about it? It was The Remains of the Day, wasn't it? I haven't read it and it feels like a gaping hole in my reading.

... sensitive to this in the future! My top eleven reads for 2008: By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah (Tanzania) The Remains of the Day Kazuo Ishiguro (UK) Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton (South Africa) Small Island by Andrea Levy (Jamaica) The Seasons of the Beento Blac ...

fiction: A tie between Beloved by Toni Morrison and Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro, with The Story of Forgetting by Stefan Merrill coming in second nonfiction: The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism by Megan Marshal biography: Charlotte Bronte: A Pass ...

Novels by Male Authors 1. Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (READ: 22 Mar 2009) 2. The Hours by Cunningham 3. Miss Lizzie by Walter Satterthwait (READ: 15 Mar 2009) 4. The Line of Beauty by Hollinghurst 5. Lonely Werewolf Girl by Millar 6. Balzac and the Lit ...

I'm shooting for 50 with as few textbooks as possible! December 2008: The Remains of the Day Never Let Me Go Dr. Thorne is my first Anthony Trollope novel and a long time coming at that! I'm a huge fan of 19th century European literature, especially British and Russian. In-progre ...

... Man by Ralph Ellison – 581p. The writing was good but I thought the story could have been better. 159. Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro - 285p. I finished this book a few days ago and I still find myself thinking about it. To me that is sign of a good book even ...

My count says 37 read -also surprised not to see Jeeves and Bertie there, as well as Remains of the Day. At the other end of the spectrum...Goosebumps and Jonathan Livingston Seagull - can those really be on anyone's list of great favorites??? Guess so.

... pack behind the leaders: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafron Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri Looks like some Ishiguro fans ...

... make myself a note to checkout the Wikipedia page. I finished Invisible Man and really liked it. I am now reading Remains of the day.

... Karenina 2. Crime and Punishment 3. Infinite Jest 4. Gilead 5. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius 6. The Remains of the Day 7. The Fortress of Solitude 8. 9.

... Island by Diana Souhami 08. Inventing Japan by Ian Buruma 07. The House of the Dead by Dostoyevsky 06. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro 05. Mercier and Camier by Samuel Beckett 04. The Boarding House by William Trevor 03. Le Grand Meaulnes by Alain-Fourni ...

... Society by Mary Ann Shaffer, ★★★★★ (5/16) 22. How to Be Good by Nick Hornby, ★★★ (5/19) 23. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguru, ★★★★1/2 (5/28) 24. Whose Freedom? by George Lakoff, ★★★1/2 (6/10) 25. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Se ...

... easy and enjoyable read. I've been baking more than reading the past few days, but still enjoying a slow meander through The Remains of the Day.

Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. I adored the book, and liked the movie very much though I did think Stevens' father miscast. Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson were lovely as Stevens and Kenton. I saw no comments relating back to the one about Apocalypse Now and Heart of Darkness...wo ...

... this year's list and see it included great classics Middlemarch, Bleak House, The Moonstone and The Woman in White, Remains of the Day, Brideshead Revisited, two Dorothy Sayers as well as great contemporary works such as Unaccustomed Earth, Possession, Arthur Schlesinger's ...

Last night I started reading The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro and I'm enjoying it so far.

... completely gripped the whole way through - I think he writes very evocatively (is that a word?!) and keep meaning to read The Remains of The Day and When We Were Orphans, but never quite get around to it... Sounds like it would be best to start with the latter, so I'm not disappointed after ...

... that The Unconsoled was weird. I thought When We Were Orphans was also inferior. Ishiguro wrote one perfect book The Remains of the Day and has been living off the fame ever since. Good luck to him. - TT

... 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 Peace by Leo Tolstoy. 8. The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy. 9. Brideshead Revisit ...

>339: Diana, for me nothing quite touches Remains of the Day. When We Were Orphans and Never Let Me Go are both good reads, but I didn't find them so perfectly crafted (happy to return your '75ers' favour and post you Orphans if you fancy it though!). The Unconsoled is just plain weir ...

Remains of the Day, I thought it was simply perfect.

Remains of the Day is indeed beautifully written! It's in my Top 5 for 2008.

Diana I hope you made in to work safely. Thanks for your recommendation of The Remains of the Day. I started to read this a few months ago and had to get it back to the library before I finished. I hope to get to the library today and will check it out once again. Happy Holidays Linda

> 119 dhiba, I agree with you about The Remains of the Day. I thought the film with Anhony Hopkins as Stephens captured the spirit of the book. A definate re-read! - TT

119. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. This was a wonderful book, think it will be in my top picks of 2008. A Booker Prize winner, this story follows a 1956 motor trip of Stevens, a butler, from Oxfordshire to Cornwall, where he is going to meet a Miss Kenton, who had worked with ...

By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh Onitsha by Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio Carpentaria by Alexis Wright

... with the Newts by Karel Capek The Diary of a Provincial Lady by E. M. Delafield The Horizontal Man by Helen Eustis The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro The Hours before Dawn by Celia Fremlin

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Time and Chance by Sharon Kay Penman The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons

Caving in to the torture: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro The Secret River by Kate Grenville The Girls by Lori Lansens Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Adichie Music and Silence by Rose Tremain

... Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton The Seasons of the Beento Blackbird by Akosua Busia The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Small Island by Andrea Levy

... plan to read at least one Ann Bronte in my 999 challenge--she's the only Bronte I haven't read and I own two of her books. The Remains of the Day is also on my tbr list--I own that, too. Will you post reviews on your 75 challenge thread? I love getting nudges for books to try! I assume you ...

... teaching Romanticism today - "The child is father of the man" - I can see how it's a younger version, and a forerunner, of The Remains of the Day which was much more accomplished. It was still enjoyable, though - I'm a sucker for unreliable narrators. I plan to send it on an Aussie bookring ...

... is topping anything I've read before. That project will extend well into the new year, I expect. This year's list: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro The Famished Road by Ben Okri The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles Wizard of the Crow by Ngugi wa Thiong'o Fifth ...

>146 Caty: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is one of the most beautifully written books I have ever read and The Remains of the Day is simply splendid! Don't know the other two. - TT

... I'm in the middle of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Dry Store Room No.1. I've been dabbling in the opening pages of The Remains of the Day and If on a winter's night a traveller and trying to decide which one to read next.

... : The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Death at Intervals by Jose Saramago Netherland by Joseph O'Neill The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdi ...

... In no particular order, sort of. Fiction: Anna Karenina Year of Wonders - Geraldine Brooks Remains of the Day When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka War and Peace Half of a Yellow Sun The Blind Assassin The Girls by Lori Lansens ...

I have a few: Remains of the Day by Ishiguro Never Let Me Go by Ishiguro Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons Time and Again by Jack Finney Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides ...

... is so, so wonderful), but maybe I'll leave it off until next year, when I'll officially finish the book as a whole. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro The Famished Road by Ben Okri The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles Wizard of the Crow by Ngugi wa Thiong'o Fifth ...

... books for quite a few years now; the books I give him are usually novels off my "recent best" list. This year it's The Remains of the Day-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Famished Road-Ben Okri, Cloud Atlas-David Mitchell, Plowing the Dark-Richard Powers, and The French Lieutenant's Woman-Joh ...

I've had a fantastic reading year! My top reads for 2008. Fiction: By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton The Seasons of the Beento Blackbird by Akosua Busia Small Island by Andrea Levy Mosquito by Roma Te ...

... and then thought "hang on, that cover's awfully familiar...") and that it was the same writer as Never Let Me Go and The Remains of the Day. I do like Murakami, so maybe I should give Floating World another chance... Chapter seven of The Trial was the killer for me. There is one ...

... reading strange experimental poetry by my friends. dylanwolf, re: the ongoing discussion about such popular choices as Remains of the Day and Beloved, I think we're encountering the age-old problem of the canon. These books are certainly part of the twentieth-century canon, along with ...

... _SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"> 96. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Murial Barbery Excellent book, along the lines of Remains of the Day. Full of philosophical wonderings and tested cultural norms. Excellent translation (from French); highly recommended. (4/5)

... 999! My favorite in each category: Canadian books - Crow Lake - Mary Lawson Bookers (winners or shortlisted) - The Remains of the Day - Kazou Ishiguru Books About Books -The Book Thief Markus Zusak from the Something About Me Challenge - The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde ...

Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. Why did it take me so long to read this gem? The acclaim is backed up by the reality. A tightly written dense story.

#22 The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro -- a brilliant novel that I've always meant to read; I'm glad I did! #23 The Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss -- historical novel about a young woman who breaks horses in the northwest during WWI; the author clearly knows horses; wonderful book

I can't disagree with that Rachael. The Remains of The Day could certainly fit in that category. My problem is that I start to go... and The Trial and The Plague and Cry, the Beloved Country and True History of the Kelly Gang and... before I know where I am I've stuffed the category ...

Kevin, I think "not to have read it just won't do" ought to hold for Remains of the Day as well, personally. I remember it as being very impressive in a quiet way. But then I did read it a while ago now... I did like Lois's nudging approach though.

No reading rubbish shall darken my door! It is Remains of the Day which is, indeed, one of the best books in the world.

That sounds awfully like one of the best books in the whole world ever - The Remains of the Day. Of course, if it turns out to be something rubbish then I take that descripton back.

... post 34 of this thread: http://www.librarything.com/topic/41345#728555 Can't speak for the other books, but the Folio Remains of the Day is a treasure.

... The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Why did it take me so long to read this gem? The acclaim is backed up by the reality. A tightly written, dense story of (amon ...

... of my initial worries was that the same safe, popular books would always be the ones nudged from any TBR stack. Recently The Remains Of The Day got unanimous approval as a must read. Lois's concern that this might mask more innovative or adventurous choices stands. We should guard against ...

... says in #30, yes, I would also say read them all. My favourites are God of Small Things, Inheritance of Loss, Remains of the Day, Brick Lane. My least favourite is Reluctant Fundamentalist, but even that was worth reading. I was recommending Oscar Wao to people all over, ...

I'm beginning The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro.

... this pile is 'read 'em all!' - there are some great ones here including Arthur and George, Hotel du Lac, Brick Lane, The Remains of the Day, The Dead Fathers' Club, Miss Garnet's Angel and The Reluctant Fundamentalist. The only one I would de-nudge (and I know I'd be in the ...

Remains of the Day is not my favorite Ishiguro book, but it certainly is a powerful one. Personally, I was struck by Stevens' emotional numbness; he comes alive when it's actually too late. The movie was great, but I thought it was no patch on the book. But Hopkins was the perfect butler, ...

Remains of the Day is not my favorite Ishiguro book, but it certainly is a powerful one. Personally, I was struck by the Stevens' emotional numbness; he comes alive when it's actually too late. The movie was great, but I thought it was no patch on the book. But Hopkins was the perfect butler, ...

... a fast read with some wonderful moment, but the ending was a bit too unbelievable. So I will join chritiguc in nudging The Remains of the Day, a lovely and moving book.

... - with The House of Mirth and Ethan Frome as the most "anti-happy ending" examples, off the top of my head. Adding to The Remains of the Day, mentioned in # 5 above, Never Let Me Go also broke my heart.

... good book to read. Quality writing: if you have read the poisonwood bible and liked the prose then you will like this. The Remains of the Day I read last year and again this novel has some wonderful writing. I was really impressed with the last chapter and re-read it a few times.

You have plenty of classic literature ahead of you in your studies. You'll see. Oh, you'll see. I'll just throw out The Remains of the Day while I'm at it.

Dilemmas.dilemmas...I'm going to give half a nudge to The God of Small Things and the other half to The Remains of the Day All this nudging is making me wonder about what makes a book great for me personally! I can see The Inheritance of Loss achieves more as a work of literature than, say, ...

Too much choice !!! Strong nudges from me for The Remains of The Day and Arthur and George. I also liked The God of Small Things and Hotel Du Lac,but not a quite as much. I'll agree with FlossieT on One Good Turn and with Urania1 on Brick Lane. A de-nudge I'm afraid for The ...

The Remains of the Day is getting a huge shove, isn't it? I can't disagree, it is brilliant but I'd like to promote one that hasn't been mentioned yet, namely Lighthousekeeping by Jeanette Winterson, it's written in a very quirky style and the opening is just fabulous. Perhaps the whole thing ...

A nudge for The Remains of the Day, and I also really enjoyed Purple Hibiscus.

The Remains of the Day - great pile!

I also think The Remains of the Day - beautiful book. I liked the The Inheritance of Loss as well.

I'll go with The Remains of the Day (a modern 'classic') and Arthur and George.

>7 I nudged Remains of the Day, but just in case Theaelizabeth wanted to read two books or even three I wanted to be helpful.

... I agree with FlossieT's assessment of One Good Turn, Arthur and George, and Purple Hibiscus. I have not yet read Remains of the Day, so I will nudge Hotel du Lac!

With only one nudge, I have to pick Remains of the Day. Such a beautiful book (the movie was great too but didn't come close). I loved Hotel du Lac too but it's a distant second.

... reflective than the blurbs I've read suggested. A must-read if you have to any degree a fondness for Sherlock Holmes. The Remains of the Day will tie you up in gut-wrenching knots. The voice is just so precisely right for the character, and his particularly straitjacketed emotions just ...

... reflective than the blurbs I've read suggested. A must-read if you have to any degree a fondness for Sherlock Holmes. The Remains of the Day will tie you up in gut-wrenching knots. The voice is just so precisely right for the character, and his particularly straitjacketed emotions just ...

Ah, what a wonderful list. So many good books to nude and only one nudge. I am torn between The Remains of the Day and The Inheritance of Loss, which I have nudged elsewhere. Since I have already nudged Inheritance, I think I will nudge Remains of the Day. The film version with Emma Thom ...

No question. Read The Remains of the Day! Edited to say: But you have a great pile there!

... The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy Lighthousekeeping by Jeanette Winterson Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Dead Father's Club by Matt Haig Miss Garnet's Angel by Sally Vickers The Reluctant Fundamentalistby Mohsin Hamid Nudge ...

72) The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (review)

... Prize, 1994 6. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, David Sedaris (June 9) Lambda Award, humor, 2004 7. Remains of the Day, (July 6) Booker Prize, 1989 8. Beloved, Toni Morrison (September 6) 1988 Pulitzer Prize 9. The Diviners, Margaret Laurence (October 1 ...

1001 Must Read books list choices: 9 more completed, only 929 to go... (COMPLETED) 1. The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro (1/2/09) 2. Fingersmith - Sarah Waters (1/31/09) 3. Brighton Rock - Graham Greene (3/27/09) 4. The Metamorphosis - Franz ...

... you have In Cold Blood. Other favourite "literary" adaptations: Being There, Dangerous Liaisons, East of Eden, The Remains of the Day, To Kill a Mockingbird Terrible adaptations: Ask the Dust, The Bonfire of the Vanities, The Fountainhead

... love to have them do the complete works of Kazuo Ishiguro. I'm new to the Folio Society, and I was beside myself to see The Remains of the Day (I have ordered it and am excitedly awaiting its arrival). I've read 4 of his 6, and each one was excellent. More Ishiguro! I'd love to see the ...

... read and my first taste of Ishiguro. I'm also interested in reading a couple of his other books, namely Never Let Me Go, The Remains of the Day, and A Pale View of Hills.) Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli (A YA set in Nazi-occupied Warsaw, told through the eyes of a young orphan. Left some ...

... last, some of my thoughts on The Unconsoled: This is (I think) the third novel by Ishiguro that I've read (I read The Remains of the Day ages ago, and Never Let Me Go soon after it came out). What I'm particularly struck by is how different these novels are from each other - and yet ...

... the wars, so of course I thought this was fantastic. I'm happy that Morton acknowledged her debt to Ishiguro and The Remains of the Day.

... River King by Alice Hoffman All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren All That Remains by Patricia Cornwell Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro A Cold Day in Paradise by Steve Hamilton

... relative young'un, my list is constantly evolving, and all of these I've read in the last few years. Be that as it may: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami The Famished ...

Forever and Always by Jude Deveraux Forever and a Day by Connie Rinehold Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro How Few Remain by Harry Turtledove For a Few Demons More by Kim Harrison

bell7 is right - The Remains of the Day. I'm a bit tempted to read it again, now that it's off my shelves and all.

Remains of the Day?

#6: If anyone is looking for recommendations, I think one of those accomplished writers is Kazuo Ishiguro. The Remains of the Day is my favorite. Ah: I see him in the Wikipedia article. Along with a lot of other excellent authors.

... Postman Always Rings Twice by James M Cain 5. Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham 6. Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro 7. The Successor by Ismail Kadore 8. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides 9. Mr Ver ...

In no special order: Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Son of the Morning by Linda Howard The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry Lush Life by Richard Price My favorite of the lot was Remains of the Day - simple and ...

My top five (all fiction): The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro A Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh Amsterdam by Ian McEwan By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah Death at Intervals by Jose Saramago (UK title; US title is Death with Interruptions) Honorable ...

... Say Goodbye by Ruth Picardie Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves All That Remains by Patricia Cornwell The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn

... Woman was chosen instead of The Magus. I think the choice of Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go rather than The Remains of the Day is baffling--I find the latter to be a far better book. After reading a lot of African literature (much of which was originally written in English) ...

... Emily Jenkins The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan Fingersmith by Sarah Waters The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro The True Story of Hansel and Gretel by Louise Murphy The Summer Book by Tove Jansson

Good to hear from you, MusicMom! Those are good choices! I loved The Remains of the Day and The Kite Runner. But you might want to move A Thousand Splendid Suns up in your TBR pile, as well. A lot of Lters loved it, and you never know, you might be amongst them! Oi ... now I'll have to ...

... titles that look interesting that I plan to explore. But the first books from your list that goes on my TBR pile with be Remains of the Day and The Kite Runner because I own them already. I also own Thousand Suns but I guess I'll leave that one until I get some more compelling books read. ...

... to mentioned on LT, and loved it. I've also been inspired to try to read several others that have been listed - but The Remains of the Day and Pillars of the Earth have only got as far as my TBR pile and the rest are still on my wishlist.

... list from this thread alone. The Book Thief and The Gargoyle are now on my list. I'm pretty sure that reading Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro can be blamed on LT for which I am very happy, it is an amazing book.

Glad you like Ishiguro kambrogi - he's become one of my favorite authors. Wait till you read Remains of the Day!!!!! Fabulous.

From the university bookstore: The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (50th anniversary edition)

I loves me some Ishiguro. Read A Pale View of Hills, An Artist of the Floating World, The Remains of the Day, and Never Let Me Go and loves them all, though I'd say Artist was my least favorite of them all.

#91 - So you like Remains of the Day? :)

#27 - I loved Never Let Me Go and I've also read Remains of the Day, the writing is simply perfect - try that one too. I want to read all of Ish' books eventually.

#91 richardderus Okay--I'm moving Remains of the Day to the TBR pile. After Poisonwood I might as well read another "downer"--so can be thankful my life is not that sad! :-) I am surprised that I'm liking Poisonwood much more than I expected to. Haven't been able to post much there ...

... it, so I ordered the darn thing. Is it still peer pressure when it's not aimed directly at you? I finished a re-read of The Remains of the Day, which needs no puffery from the likes of me to convince all and sundry to pick it up and allow it to wash gently over your ocular units with its ...

... read here, too. I sat on the patio under a dogwood (not blooming, obviously) and drank tonic and read and read. It was The Remains of the Day, not Time and Again, though. Each is a wonderful read, but Ishiguro called to me today after puttering around the garden. >143 MISTER Tortoise, ...

... time outdoors. An hour at the patio table drinking tonic and basking in dappled sunlight and delicious prose as I re-read The Remains of the Day through Day Two in Salisbury. Perfect prose, simply and luminously perfect. The pitch of Stevens's voice is extraordinarily precise. The way the ...

Bleak House by Dickens and Remains of the Day by Ishiguro were my favorites this month. At the other end of the specturm....The Shack by William Young which I horsewhipped myself through for my book club.

Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers Monday's Child by Louise Bagshawe The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco Tuesday Club Murders by Agatha Christie

... and am very chuffed that Urn Burial arrived in the mail for me today from the Book Depository. Also in the mail, The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro ... I'm keep thinking that I've read this before, but for the life of me, I can't seem to remember it.

... Hepburn version) 1.73 Monty Python 1.64 Seabiscuit 1.60 You've Got Mail 1.55 ---------- The Remains of the Day 1.36 Anne of Green Gables 1.27 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 1.27 Happy Feet 1.18 Pride and Prejudice (other ...

... The Buddha of Suburbia The Midnight Examiner A Disaffection Sexing the Cherry Moon Palace Billy Bathgate Remains of the Day The Melancholy of Resistance The Temple of My Familiar

... ckens The Day of the Jackal - Frederick Forsyth Making History - Stephen Fry Gentlemen and Players - Joanne Harris The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis The Song of Troy - Colleen McCullough Jane of Lantern Hill - L.M. Montgomery Night Wat ...

... - Really liked his first book...thought his second was so-so but here's hoping his third (?) is more like his first. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro The Borgia Bride by Jeanne Kalogridis Murder with Mirrors by Agatha Christie Ordeal by Innocence by Aga ...

... assumption that household workers should be expected to give their all for their job. Part of me thinks of Stevens from The Remains of the Day and thinks that there's no good reason to dedicate one's life to another person's comfort just for the sake of a job; but then another part of me ...

... first. 146 is An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro, another really good one. It reminded me a bit of The Remains of the Day - melancholy and regret in the wake of WWII. This time the protagonist is Ono, a Japanese artist who supported the Japanese government during the war, ...

#52 Remains of the Day byKazuo Ishiguro

... by Louise Gluck Devices and Desires by K.J. Parker So far this year: (in order of reading date, recent to earlier) Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon MY Revolutions by Hari Kunzru Wise Children by Angela Carter Wat ...

... now! We're actually getting together tomorrow mainly just to talk about his writing and discuss Never Let Me Go and Remains of the Day the two that I've read so far - she's quite enlightening about his writing and she's able to answer a lot of questions for me, since she knows him ...

... truck where I work. It's a pair of novellas set in and written about mid-1920s Ontario. Just picked up a copy of Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro from the library too. I've been meaning to read something by him for a while, so we'll see how this goes.

... Orphans was part of an Ishiguro binge I went on a while ago. I know that the preponderance of opinion here on LT is that The Remains of the Day is nigh unto perfect, but for me, An Artist of the Floating World packed more wallop. When We Were Orphans will give you a solid Ishiguro fix. C ...

Thanks laytonwoman! I've been reading yours with interest all year :) Definitely don't miss Remains of the Day. And Adventures of Sally is on gutenberg.org if you can't find it anywhere else. ------------ Whisper1 in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 2 August 2008 (Aug 5, 2008, 9:50pm)

I finished The Madonnas of Leningrad and highly recommend this book. Last night, I started The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. Thus far it is slow, but holding my interest.

... with Foucault's Pendulum. Should be in a couple of days though. Next up after that, unless I get distracted again, is Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro.

... Choco...glad to have it back on my radar. I've starred it now, so it can't happen again. Love what you have to say about The Remains of the Day--I've been waffling about whether or not it's something I want to read. You've put "Yes" over the top. And, you've mentioned a Wodehouse I didn't ...

... the narrator. Still, it's a book that has definitely stayed with me and made me want to read more by the author. I have Remains of the Day here and mean to get to it someday soon.

That was my goal too this year :) I'm curious if you've read Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro? Your quote about Stoner..."a moving portrait of a quiet life.." reminded me immediately of that work. In the meantime, Stoner is on my tbr list--I may just have to move it closer to the ...

My top three were two by Kazuo Ishiguro who's writing in my opinion is nearly perfect. 1. The Remains of the Day - I think this is my favorite so far 2. Never Let Me Go - close 2nd to Remains and a highlander romance for some light reading that was much better than I expected 3. ...

... my first Ishiguro earlier this year, and I got the chance to recommend it to a coworker yesterday. She'd read and enjoyed Remains of the Day, so I'm hoping she likes this one as well.

... Anthony Trollope - after The Warden & Barchester Towers Barbara Pym - after Excellent Women Kazuo Ishiguro - after Remains of the Day Alexander McCall Smith - after The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Thomas Hardy - after Far From the Madding Crowd Charles Dickens - after David Cop ...

... into it! Yesterday the mailman brought me When we were orphans by Ishiguro. After reading Never let me go and The remains of the day, I decided to read everything he wrote. In the meantime, this purchase has lead to a semi-serious ban of one week on Marktplaats.nl from my ...

Forgot to post again, how shocking. 121. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. This was really fabulous. The story is a professional butler looking back on his life in the service a peer who might not have been as great a man as Stevens (the butler) always hoped. Even though the action ...

From Half Price Books: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh The Woman In White by Wilkie Collins all lovely copies.... and for my husband: A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean

... A Pale View of Hills is one of my favorite Ishiguro novels, but really every single book he wrote is fantastic. Remains of the Day and An Artist of the Floating World are my two favorites (I can't pick). Everyone mentions Remains and Never Let Me Go, and I feel that Artist is ...

#273> I enjoyed Remains of the Day and thought Never Let Me Go was fantastic! Enjoy!

#273 sadiesimone I just read Remains of the Day and loved it too. I'll be reading Never Let me Go in a few days!

Loved, loved, loved Remains of the Day! Currently reading When we were Orphans by the same author. -sadiedesimone

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

... Powers Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami The Feast of Love by Charles Baxter The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles The Famished Road by Ben Okri A Tale of 2 Cities by Charles Dickens A Room W ...

53. Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro 245 pages **** 1/2 The story of an English butler who feels as though he can no longer perform his job like he once did. I know, it sounds like it would be dull, but in true Ishiguro fashion, the book was spectacular. Full of twists I did not expect. Lo ...

ktleyed, a little off topic but I saw in the What are you reading forum that you are reading The Remains of the Day. I love that book, I find it hauntingly beautiful. He has a very subtle touch and I highly recommend it. It is the only Ishiguro I have read but I do want to read A Pale View of Hil ...

#53 Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. A gem of a book, I simply loved it and read it in less than a day. One of the best of the year that I've read. 5/5 Full Review at my Book Blog 53/75

I just finished Remains of the Day, what a gem of a book. It was perfect.

I'm just starting Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro.

I'm just starting Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro.

... able to make a dent in my TBR pile. I finished The Boat by Nam Le, Crossing the River by Caryl Phillips, and The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro, which were all excellent. I started reading Born Yesterday: The News as Novel by Gordon Burn, but put it down after 75 ...

... I have just started When We Were Orphans and am only one chapter into it but am enjoying it so far. I think I read The Remains of the Day but I can't quite remember if I actually did or am thinking of the movie.

... Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates Harbor by Lorraine Adams The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Only two nonfiction books, Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick and John Adams by David McCullough, made it into my ...

... absorbing tale. I felt the cold of Canada in winter even in the higher-than-average heat of a Connecticut June. 36. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (fiction, 245 pages) This book had been sitting on my shelf for years. I don't know why it took me so long to read it. Ishiguro ...

From the library I brought home Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro, and from PBS I got The Fort at River's Bend by Jack Whyte and I also got from Amazon used books, My Darling Caroline by Adele Ashworth which was recommended to me here at LT.

... have won or been listed for the Booker Prize: 1. Amsterdam by Ian McEwan 2. The Sea by John Banville 3. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro 4. The Accidental by Ali Smith

Kazuo Ishiguro - When We Were Orphans I didn't like this nearly as much as Never Let Me Go or the Remains of Day, but it was interesting. Allan Heinberg - Young Avengers Vol. 1: Sidekicks Allan Heinberg - Young Avengers Vol. 2: Family Matters I picked these up on a ...

Ok, if I must. This is really difficult this time, I read so many good books. The Remains of the Day -- Kazuo Ishiguro Small Island -- Andrea Levy The Blind Assassin -- Margaret Atwood Half of a Yellow Sun -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The Vanishing Act of Esme ...

... teinbeck The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett After the Quake by Haruki Murakami Some longer reads, for a free day: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami Kokoro by Natsume Soseki Sexing the Cherry and Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Je ...

86. The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro, 1989 Booker Prize Winner 1989 Quietly unfolds the truth of a life and a realisation of regret, of ambition arguably misdirected, of the true value of individualism. Remarkable. Problems with understanding ordinary social relationships are ...

Two books; Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro which quietly unfolds a man's life with subtle regrets and social commentary. Still thinking about it a book later. Remembering Babylon a story of Gemmy, a white feral child-man who had become irreversibly Aboriginal and his effect on a family ...

... have discovered Kazuo Ishiguro without LT, for which I owe every LTer who recommended his books my undying gratitude. The remains of the day will always be on my list of favourite books, and I enjoyed never let me go as well. Also George R.R. Martin's series A song of ice and fire ...

... H.G. Bissinger (1990) 75. Cathedral, Raymond Carver (1983) 76. A Sight for Sore Eyes, Ruth Rendell (1998) 77. The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro (1989) 78. Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert (2006) 79. The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell (2000) 80. Bright Lights, Big Cit ...

... The French Lieutenant's Woman. It's my favorite book of the year so far (well, it's tied with Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day). John Fowles is amazing.

Which leaves us with The Remains of the Day

The Remains of the Day because I love every single thing Ishiguro writes. This is such a sad story, but it's fantastic. Rebecca is great too!

Kazuo Ishiguro - The Remains of the Day This book was so sad! I love Ishiguro's writing style, though his books always make me want to cry. Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett - Good Omens This was a reread. I absolutely love this book. It's possibly my favorite book by either ...

... right. As usual, it sat on my shelf for awhile before I finally picked it up. Which brings me to Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day, which has been sitting on my shelf for over 10 years. I started it precisely because it has been sitting unread for so long. I picked up They Cal ...

... tagsaling...um, sorry, bit of a regional term, isn't it? I went garage saling the other day and bought three books: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Ben-Hur by Lew Wallace So the number of books I own and haven't read grows as I finish ...

53. The Remains of the day by Kazuo Ishiguro. My original review somehow did not post so I doubt that I am going to rewrite all I did before. I decided to read this book in part because every time that I said that I liked Never let me go also by Ishiguro, everyone would immediately suggest The ...

... which is where most of the book took place. Nevertheless, I did admire the writing; but I enjoyed The Unconsoled and The Remains of the Day much more.

... be me. :) Coincidentally, I just read my third Ishiguro novel today, An Artist of the Floating World. I think that The Remains of the Day is his best, with An Artist falling second on my list, and Never Let Me Go third. But they're all so good. His works have such a quiet, ...

... read anything by Kazuo Ishiguro? Based on the book choices you've got up there that I've read, I'd strongly recommend his Remains of the Day...I think lol. Let me know if you try it, and good reading...

... I have the same problem with Lolita. I'm really loving An Artist of the Floating World, and it may bypass Remains of the Day as my favorite. His writing is so beautiful, and it leaves me with this haunting kind of sadness - but a bittersweet sadness, you know? In addition, I ...

... Go that I listened to earlier this month. It really makes me want to read more from this author . . . I've seen the movie Remains of the Day, which in my memory bears no resemblance, and I own When We Were Orphans, which several people I know have read, and again, it seems sooooo different ...

... engaged with Iranians from all strata of society. She got me completely engrossed in the telling. Well-researched. 14. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. Absolutely enjoyed the grace and subtlety of Ishiguro’s writing. 15. The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields. Didn’t ...

... fairness the only other novel I've read off the list is Oscar and Lucinda. Personally, I'm surprised and rather annoyed The Remains of the Day didn't make the cut. I fear Midnight's Children might win the vote simply because it is so much better known than the others.

Some excellent reading for me in April: The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro Interpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri Fifth Business - Roberston Davies Honorable mention: In the Wake -- Per Petterson

My vote goes to The Siege of Krishnapur with The Remains of the Day a close second.

... is my favorite of his books. Ishiguro is pretty much about moral choices. I prefer An Artist of the Floating World to Remains of the Day because of the way the moral choice is developed in the former. It's a powerful story.

... by John Banville The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler Madame Bovary Like Water for Chocolate The Remains of the Day The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood And more, which I can't remember at the moment. The best part - they were a buck each! I love used ...

Well, I did see the movie Remains of the Day, although it was so long ago I really don't remember it.

Never read Ishiguro? Oh, you're in for a treat! You should line up The Remains of the Day immediately! :)

I'd have to pick two: Anna Karenina and The Remains of the Day.

... me go by Kazuo Ishiguro Ishiguro seems to defy reviewing. However, a few impressions: Overwhelmingly different to The remains of the day except in the general structure of the book, i.e. the way characters' histories are revealed slowly, bit by bit throughout the book until eventually ...

... and Peace The Master and Margarita Peacable Kingdom Emma Time's Witness The Stand Silence of the Lambs Remains of the Day Last Call Phineas Finn Pictures of Perfection

... order): Middlemarch Captain Corelli's Mandolin The Grapes of Wrath The Crimson Petal and the White The Remains of the Day A Prayer for Owen Meany The Deptford Trilogy The Magus Jude the Obscure Life of Pi To Kill a Mockingbird Great Expectations As ...

Because I cannot bear to choose between them, I'm going to list two: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro, and The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles.

Thanks! The only other book by Ishiguro I've read is The Remains of the Day, which I thought was more affecting and original. This one still made me want to read more of his work though.

I just read The Remains of the Day. It was excellent, but it made me sad.

... which there is to be an online vote. The jury is deliberating at the moment. My own vote would go to 1989's winner, The Remains of the Day. What would other people vote for.

Ik ben begonnen aan "De troostelozen" van Kazuo Ishiguro .Erg surrealistisch en een beetje de sfeer van Kafka .Ik vond "Een kunstenaar van het vlietende leven" en "De rest van de dag " prachtige romans en het begin van "De troostelozen" is veelbelovend .

25. The remains of the day by Kazuo Ishiguro Whitewavedarling now has the dubious honour of being loved by me (see posts 32 & 33). This is my book of the year so far, but I'm finding it suprisingly difficult to review. In fact, I’ve decided not to review it as such, just write down a few ...

239 - I loved the book Remains of the Day. I wasn't sure at first, because it's really slow to get moving, but by about page 50 (which is my cutoff) I was gently drawn into the story. It was one of those books I couldn't stop thinking about after I was done.

Oh, here's another: Yes, she caught whatever remains of the day far from the maddening crowd. OK, I'll stop I'm having too much fun with this and I'm fighting with the touchtones.

Got The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro from the library yesterday. Haven't started it yet, probably won't until I get on the bus on Monday morning. Hopefully it'll be a quick, good read, so I can knock another one off this list.

... nything Barbara Kingsolver - The Poisonwood Bible Anita Shreve Light on Snow Kazuo Ishiguro Never Let Me Go and The Remains of the Day Geraldine Brooks Year of Wonders That ought to get you going!!!

I just watched The Remains of the Day with Anthony Hopkins in it. Quite sad, I will have to read the book. I may have shed an actual tear without noticing, because I feel a salty substance on the side of my face...

... Me Go). Loved it, but I'm not sure that the gimmick would hold up on a second read, whereas I'm definitely going to reread Remains of the Day. Now I'm beginning Rebecca West's Black Lamb and Grey Falcon with much fear and trembling.

... not had a particularly great first quarter. Of the 26 I read, my favourites (combining F and NF to come up with five): The Remains of the Day Kazuo Ishiguro Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Come Away With Me Sara MacDonald Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert ...

Oh hang on, it sounds just like the style of the book I'm reading now, though if so I haven't got to that bit yet... is it The remains of the day??

... the tenth time is hardly an achievement! But sooo comfortable :) For the record everyone, I actually caved and BOUGHT The remains of the day the other day. Couldn't wait for it at the library any longer. So far it's so well worth it! (every time I see it sitting by my computer at work I ...

... this whole year, and that was with a gift voucher (but if you saw my library list on the other hand...) Bought book = The remains of the day. I'm starting in reverse from everyone else, this is my first Ishiguro and it's started off excellently :) Library books borrowed yesterday = A ...

... about it. Yesterday I threw my mortgage worries to the wind and splurged: cappaccino, muffin, cafe, and brand new book (The remains of the day)... Talk about revitalising! Made me feel like a whole new person :)

> 35 - oh good - I've reserved a copy of The Remains of the Day at the library and am eagerly awaiting it.

... his (can't even remember the name) and it wasn't nearly as funny in a flowing sort of way - it felt forced. I finished The Remains of the Day today and absolutely LOVED it. Ishiguro is a remarkable writer. Just picked up Carol Shield's Unless. And of course, still on War and Peace. Slo ...

... src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0613057708.01._SX140_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"> 29. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. I am in love with this author. (4.5/5)

Following 63 and 64 -- I read The Remains of the Day aloud to my infant son (now 8 years old) - it's excellent! Back to 66 and Cold Comfort Farm -- reader needed on that one, please!

... Dogs — Ian McEwan 22) American Psycho -- Bret Easton Ellis 23) Possession: A Romance -- A. S. Byatt 24) The Remains of the Day -- Kazuo Ishiguro 25) The New York Trilogy -- Paul Auster 26) Beloved -- Toni Morrison 27) Watchmen -- Alan Moore & Dave Gibbo ...

... as well as The Awakening and enjoyed both. How's that for continuity? And now back to dczapka's suggestion of Remains of the Day, which I have put on hold at the library but not read. Some else, make yourself known.

... game. I'll continue with my most favorite recent selection that I've read from the list, Kazuo Ishiguro's wonderful The Remains of the Day. EDIT: To remain fair, and in keeping with the spirit of the game, I've also read The Blind Assassin, which is one of my all-time favorites, so ...

I'm well into The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (I love "discovering" new writers! My second book of his this week.) Also making some progress on War and Peace and plan to knock off at least 100 more pages on this quiet, rainy Saturday.

It appears I'm going to be traveling the English countryside in The Remains of the Day, while still battling the French in Russia with War and Peace.

I finished What's for Dinner last night and started Remains of the Day. And on page 741 (of 1224) in War and Peace.

... it! It wasn't at all what i thought it would be, but i really enjoyed it. I bought An Artist of the Floating world and The Remains of the day today at borders as a result. yay

borders coupon!! Peter Doig, Middlemarch, The Remains of the day and An artist of the floating world wee.. off to read now.

... finished it; what a great book! In fact, I liked it so much, I got another of his books from the library yesterday: Remains of the Day. Also brought home Rejection, Romance and Royalties : the Wacky World of a Working Writer by Laura Resnick.

teelgee ~ it sounds like you have become an instant Ishiguro fan! I highly recommend Remains of the Day. It was the first of his I had read and it remains my favourite (no pun intended ;)

Thanks Storeetllr - I am enjoying it a lot. I also have Remains of the Day waiting for me at the library - I've heard that one's even better. Nice to discover another new (to me) author!

... recommendation - I loved Possession. If your love stories don't necessarily need happy endings, or obvious romance, try The Remains of the Day.

... threads! I read some great books this quarter. In no particular order: The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 1984 by George Orwell Honorable ...

... favorite is An Artist of the Floating World. The same moral theme seems to permeate nearly all his books, but that one, Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go seem to me to be the most powerfully developed. Never Let Me Go haunted me for weeks after I read it.

Finished The Remains of the Day last night in bed and loved it very much! Made me decide to read everything by Ishiguro. Which was no. 13 by the way ^^

I just finished The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro which I absolutely adored! That's it, I'm just have to read all his work! ^^ Also on-line I'm still reading Far from the madding crowd which is very entertaining at times and just a little dull at others. Not sure yet what I'm ...

... book I'm currently reading on my nightstand (unless I'm reading it on the couch or in the bath tub). At the moment it's The remains of the day, a very good book to read before going to sleep. The only books I never have on my nightstand are books by Stephen King. I can't read those before ...

Besides reading The Remains of the Day I also picked out an on-line book for my 1001 Book Challenge in combination with this challenge (oh so efficient ^^): Far from the madding crowd by Thomas Hardy as he is well represented on the 1001 list and I hadn't read anything by him yet. I've read ...

... Aesop of course... I'm now up to 47, which is considerably better than the 41 I started out with. I'm also reading The remains of the day which I adore. But I saw a post somewhere from someone who said she cried at the end, so I'm a bit apprehensive... ^^ As for my on-line reading, I' ...

>156 Vonini, I read Remains of the Day a long time ago but still remember how beautifully written it was and how much it stuck in my head for ages after I finished it. I haven't read Never Let me Go yet - I think it was published just after I had my son and I wasn't in the mood (I'm trying ...

... almost never cry when reading, but I cried many times during The Book Thief. I cried at the endings of Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day and Richard Powers' Plowing the Dark.

I'm currently 1/3 into The Remains of the Day and it's everything I hoped it would be. I was afraid in the beginning it would all be musings of a butler about butler things, which didn't seem all too interesting, but things got better fast and now I'm totally hooked! I love Ishiguro's ...

I'm currently about 1/3 into The Remains of the Day and I'm enjoying it very much. I read Ishiguro's Never let me go as part of my dystopia fascination and I absolutely adored it and after reading many good things about The Remains of the Day it was on my must read list. I think I will ...

> 153 Medellia 12 I'm reading The Remains of the Day now. I had a bit of difficulty getting into it in the beginning: I was afraid it would all be the musings of a butler about butler things, but luckily it picked up and I'm enjoying it immensely now! I love Ishiguro's meandering style ...

Re #24: I know I've been touting this one everywhere I go on LT these days, but I read Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day a couple of weeks ago and absolutely adored it. I had read Never Let Me Go a while back, and thought it was great, but I liked Remains even better. You read an interesting ...

... kept me reading to the end. Oh, and I sorted out the library card problem: I had to update my address. So I've reserved Remains of the Day but will have to wait maybe a month, because it's on loan with another reserve waiting before mine... (*sulks*) I'm getting excited about it though - ...

#147: I read Never Let Me Go a while back and loved it--then read The Remains of the Day a few weeks back and ADORED it. Hope you enjoy it, too. I went to Strand today and bought too many books, as usual. Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier A Room with a View by E.M. Forster Flatland ...

... went away for the weekend and I found a great book store. I managed to keep some restraint and only took home 2 books: Remains of the day by Kazuo Ishiguro. After reading his Never let me go, I've been really looking forward to reading more of his work. Anansi Boys by Neil Gaima ...

... taking it to the next level... I finally picked up something by Ishiguro after loving his Never let me go to bits: Remains of the day. Heard a lot of excellent things about it, so I'm very excited to be reading this now.

Thanks for the recommendation, whitewave! It sounds great! I tried to reserve Remains of the Day at the library but am told something's gone wrong with my card :( However, I will track it down eventually and review it here... watch this space...

... another LTer who loves Austen--have you read Kazuo Ishiguro? I've only read two, but on a few posts lately I've heard Remains of the Day compared to Austen, and if you enjoy the faults and ponderings of minor characters, I'd say this might be a good pick for you. It's a focus on interior ...

10. An Artist of the Floating World - Kazuo Ishiguro Another unabridged audio book. Not as good as The Remains of the Day but better than The Unconsoled :)

Oh goody! We have The Remains of the Day at home here, so shall look forward to it. My DH has read it, but not me and I'm catching up on literary fiction this year. Just dropping in here to repay the compliment. I like lots of the books you've been reading. I used to read science fiction and ...

18. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro found it kinda long winded. 19. 7th Heaven by James Patterson Patterson has done it again, i love this series.

... second is an objection, just something I find...incongruous, maybe?), I still found the book fairly impressive. #18: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. I wanted to read this again immediately upon finishing it. Again and again. I cannot properly express how much I love this book. ...

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

In order of their appearance The Story of Lucy Gault The Remains of the Day Circling my Mother a memoir of her mother by Mary Gordon.

Snow all day Tues. & I stayed insdie & read & finished The remains of the Day. So the TBR bookcase went down a little bit. That was a good book, I felt sorry for the main character -- he wouldn't be called a "hero" exactly, but in some ways... I've also finished Mary Gordon's memoir about her ...

I started The remains of the day I'd heard about it on LT & bought it from the town library's discard cart. (The copy feels like it has been under water, but the story is good)

... book that I've read, so I really can't way in - I really enjoyed The sea and Life of Pi and Moon Tiger. Oh and also Remains of the day.

... Devils 1987: Penelope Lively - Moon Tiger 1988: Peter Carey - Oscar and Lucinda 1989: Kazuo Ishiguro - The Remains of the Day 1990: A.S. Byatt - Possession 1991: Ben Okri - The Famished Road 1992: Michael Ondaatje - The English Patient 1992: Barry Uns ...

Finished The Remains of the Day. Loved it (the end made me cry even though, having seen the movie, I knew what I was in for). Not sure what to start tonight. Last night, I toyed with Alan Jacobs' The Narnian, but found I really don't care that much about C.S. Lewis's personal life. I ...

# 12 judylou - I've not read The Remains of the Day yet, but I have it on my list of books to read... FINISHED: 9. H. G. Wells - The Island of Dr. Moreau (audio book) 10. Stef Penney - The Tenderness of Wolves 11. Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness (audio book) 12. ...

I just finished The Remains of the Day. Am I the only one on LT that didn't think it was wonderful?

... but I wasn't that impressed with Elizabeth Costello. #63 strandbooks I generally enjoy and appreciate books like The Remains of the Day. But somehow, and I'm not sure why, it just didn't work for me this time. Perhaps I was just in the wrong mood for it.

... twice. I think reading To the Lighthouse in a college class really helped me appreciate it to the fullest. I also LOVED The Remains of the Day. I'd say that is one of the top 10 books ever for me. I think it is very similar to the Woolf style. It isn't about much except what is going on in ...

Have to agree about The Life of Pi. Just finished The Remains of the Day which didn't really do it for me. Hoping Cloud Atlas - which I'll start reading soon is better.

19. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro I have to go against popular opinion on this one. Most people seem to love this book, but I'm afraid I didn't. I just couldn't relate to the narrator. I dislike pompousness (had to look that one up in the dictionary to check the spelling!!) and ...

III. Pages to Film 1. The Shipping News by Annie Proulx 2. Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman 3. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro 4. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel 5. A Mighty Heart by Mariane Pearl 6. Cider House Rules by John I ...

I think I've got the author right, but have never read him, and can't remember another one he authored other than Remains of the Day, which it also isn't.

I am in 1950s England in The Remains of the Day, in Melbourne with Theft and having Dinner at the homesick Restaurant in the USA.

Continuing Remains of the Day. What an incredible book: the economical prose, the deceptive simplicity, the (at times extremely funny) unreliable narrator... it's still too early to tell, but I think it might be one of the best books I've ever read.

Just finished The Amber Spyglass - a fitting end to the trilogy. Now I have started The Remains of the Day - after 35 pages, I am a little bit bored. Hoping it clicks into place soon!

... Newbie III. Book Club (my local library's book club selections) 1. Wuthering Heights 2. Pride and Prejudice 3. The Remains of the Day 4. Message in a Bottle 5. A Farewell to Arms IV. Homesteading 1. Back to Basics 2. Storey's Basic Country Skills 3. Animal Vegetable ...

... by Alice Hoffman 3. No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy 4. In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez 5. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro 6. Cider House Rules by John Irving 7. Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer 8. Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truma ...

Haven't got a copy here, but is it The remains of the day?

... of stuff last week and I have about thirty pages of a Graham Greene short story compilation to finish tonight. Then: Remains of the Day, which I'm really looking forward to.

... I never really use the things (my wife will, however, for groceries). My member purchases: Finn Family Moomintroll Remains of the Day Travels With Charlie The Best of Dorothy Parker I also picked up: Travels With A Donkey On their way: the Robert Louis Stevenson ...

... ething. 3. Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro - A disappointment, but it probably wouldn't have been if I hadn't read The Remains of the Day first. Ishiguro writes well, but I was waiting for something that didn't happen. 4. The Well of Ascension - Brandon Sanderson - Again Brando ...

... get film adaptations right were Merchant and Ivory who did Room with a View and Howards End and Passage to India and Remains of the Day I loved all those adaptations as much as I loved the books

... - Richard Russo, Angelica - Arthur Phillips, Blindness - Jose Saramago, After Dark - Haruki Murakami, The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro, The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield, My Lobotomy - Howard Dully, The Book of Lost Things - John Connolly, ...

My top tier of 2007 (in no particular order): American Psycho The Lovely Bones Remains of the Day Einstein's Dreams Runners-up: Concrete Island Unbearable Lightness of Being Into the Wild Pleasure of my Company High Fidelity God Bless you, Mr. Rosewater All ...

... Russo Angelica - Arthur Phillips Blindness - Jose Saramago After Dark - Haruki Murakami The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield My Lobotomy - Howard Dully The Book of Lost Things - John Connolly ...

>50 keren ~ I loved The Remains of the Day! I've started on He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope. It had been gathering dust on the shelf since early May!

... Vanishing Point by David Markson 2) The master by Colm Toibin 3) Family matters by Rohinton Mistry 4) The remains of the day by Kazuo Ishiguro 5) I know this much is true by Wally Lamb Hmm - the touchstone for the master is wrong and it doesn't want to fix ...

... out) between The glass castle by Jeannette Walls and Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively. Honorable mentions The remains of the day by Kazuo Ishiguro Family matters by Rohinton Mistry The master by Colm Toibin Overall, it was an outstanding reading year with ...

... but, I was able to buy Love in the time of cholera and so had something for the plane. While on vacation, I read The remains of the day, The devil and miss Prym, Max and the cats and An underachiever's diary and enjoyed all my books. I cried while reading the remains of the day ...

I finished The remains of the day and The devil and miss prym and am now reading Love in the time of cholera and Teresa Raquin.

... for ME, too, and thus a lot less yawning. My oldest will be eight in a couple months. When he was a baby, I read all of The Remains of the Day aloud to him. He didn't understand a thing, but I loved it. :-) So, I agree with piefuchs at #5, having an audience can help a lot, even if the ...

... wisewoman! You must get past the prologue! (Let me know what you think of it once you've finished.) Gosh, I think I own The Remains of the Day, too. I haven't read it. *shame* I have far to many unread books on my bookshelves. I'm really behind in my Austen. My sister lives by her though. ...

You can all call me lbw - I'm used to it. :) The Remains of the Day is a bit slow to start, but the subtleties of the emotion that Ishiguro gets across without even saying anything made it for me. It is an amazing book.

I have The Remains of the Day, littlebookworm (can I call you lbw?) but I haven't read it yet. Recommendations always bump books up my interminably long to-read list :-) Ugh, I had a horrible experience with Invisible Man. I'd never read it, and we went through it for my English class in my ...

The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro After Dark by Haruki Murakami Angelica by Arthur Phillips The Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz

1. The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro (4) Ship of Destiny - Robin Hobb (1) Mistborn - Brandon Sanderson (3) Far from the Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy (1) And I'm reserving the last space in case I read something really good in the rest of this month. The Remains ...

In no particular order Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens Bleak House by Charles Dickens Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Runners-up: Arthur and George by Julian Barnes David Copperfield by Charles ...

... top picks for the year :)*** OK, the year's not quite over yet, but here are my top five, in no particular order: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens David Copperfield by Charles Dickens North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell Bleak Hous ...

121. The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro 122. Harold the King - Helen Hollick 123. Luminous Cities - Eduardo Garcia Aguilar 124. The Emigrants - W.G. Sebald 125. At Freddie's - Penelope Fitzgerald 126. The Amulet of Samarkand - Jonathan Stroud 127. Kush ...

... Knit One, Kill Two by Maggie Sefton The God Project by John Saul The Morgaine Saga by CJ Cherryh and The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

>21 Ah well, you see Ishiguro simply revels in quietly heart-breaking plotlines. You might "enjoy" The Remains of the Day more, the characters are not clones. But I would advise you to steer clear of The Unconsoled :)

... itehead Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters Independent People by Haldor Laxness Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro World's End by T.C. Boyle

I just finished The Remains of the Day and completely loved it. I was really taken by surprise, strangely - I read it for a class in which I have despised all but 1 of the books we've read so far, so the idea that I would fall in love with one came out of left field. I need to take a day off ...

I just finished The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro and completely fell in love with it. One of the most amazing books I have ever read, I think, and definitely my favorite for October if not for the entire year thus far.

Remains of the Day which I have read just recently was uplifting for me. Beautiful ending!

#6 - I tried that, but it didn't work. =( So glad so many people loved The Remains of the Day! I have high hopes for the rest. =)

>5 & 6, The Remains of the Day is one of my favorite books too! I can't get enough of Ishiguro and his beautiful, understated style. Right now I'm waiting on a batch of books from the library so I'm marking time with the second Lemony Snicket book, The Reptile Room. I wasn't terribly ...

>5 Remains of the Day is one of my favourite books. I love Kazuo Ishiguro's style and the 'Britishness' of Mr Stevens. I recommend the movie, also, if you haven't seen it yet :) For author touchstones, see >1 (thanks GreyHead I wasn't aware of the new style!) Having finished Suite Fran ...

This week, I'm reading The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro for a class, and 75 pages in I'm struck by its British-ness. I'll also be reading Sketches from a Hunter's Album by Ivan Turgenev for school, which I haven't started yet. For myself, I'm still reading Harold the King by ...

... dinner with two more friends. In between and on Sunday, lots of schoolwork, mostly involving reading, a long response to Remains of the Day, and thesis work.

The Year Of Living Dangerously - C.J. Koch The Remains Of The Day - Kazuo Ishiguro The French Lieutenant's Woman - John Fowles Midnight Express - Billy Hayes Prizzi's Honor - Richard Condon Deliverance - James Dickey Spartacus - Howard Fast Myra Breckenridge - Gore Vidal F ...

... Stone died. Salman Rushdie published The Satanic Verses. Kazuo Ishiguro was awarded the Booker Prize for Remains of the Day. Anne Tyler won a Pulitzer for Breathing Lessons. Gore Vidal published Hollywood.

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The Cement Garden Ian McEwan 140 pages The Remains of the Day Kazuo Ishiguro was also quite slim 300 pages maybe?

Just finished The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro, which I really, really liked. I am such a fan of Ishiguro's understated, low-key style. I also love how his characters are completely "in-character." They always behave exactly as they should, even when that means that the book lacks ...

(47) The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. Really enjoyed this. Review to come. Edited to post link to review

47. Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro I had watched the movie once before years ago. I could not remember the story at all except that the movie went on forever and Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson starred. Well throughout the book I could only imagine Mr Stevens and Miss Kenton as ...

I completed The Remains of the Day. Second Kazuo Ishiguro book I've read the year/ever and I think he will be one of my best authors I've read 2007. The last chapter of Remains of the Day was great (well the whole book is great but it's gratifying to get a good ending) and the last few ...

All library books - yay! Trying seriously to save money, since have hundreds of unread books that I own. The Remains of the Day - I loved Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, so I am hoping this brings me more of his quiet, understated drama. The Thirteenth Tale, which the library held for me ...

I returned from the library with a number of great reads today: The Remains of the Day - I loved Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, so I am hoping this brings me more of his quiet, understated drama. The Thirteenth Tale, which the library held for me well past the date they said they would! ...

Last week I read The Summer Book by Tove Janssen and started The remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. Next up will be either The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan or Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg. I can't decide.

... advice, Mr Stevens. So do please tell me, just what marvellous things might I learn from observing your father?" From The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro.

I'm currently reading The remains of the day by Kazuo Ishiguro. I am really enjoying it. I have seen the movie version but I've forgotten most of it although I do imagine Stevens as Anthony Hopkins in my head while I'm reading! I'm finding the character Stevens really amusing. Is that a normal ...

... up Never let me go without having any idea what it was about. Interestingly Farthing also has resonances with Ishiguro's Remains of the Day too, though Walton hadn't read that then.

... Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan. This week I will be finishing off The Summer Book by Tove Janssen and then starting on The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Is it just me or are the touchstones really weird this week?

The remains of the day by Kazuo Ishiguro

25. Conrad's Fate by Diana Jones 26. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro 27. Death in the Andamans by M.M. Kaye 28. The Pinhoe Egg by Diana Jones 29. No Coins, Please by Korman 30. The New Year by Pearl S. Buck 31. Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Jone ...

From the university library I picked up On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan and Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. From the second hand bookshop I picked up: Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwartz Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Adichie The bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seie ...

... Later today I will start On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan. If I finish that before the week is up I will start Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro.

... paperback so I can compare it with mine...? :) New paperbacks I've purchased recently seem to be all different sizes: The Remains of Day 110 wide x 177mm tall (an 'A' size paperback) The Story of Lucy Gault 126 x 197mm (almost a 'B' size paperback) The Memory Keeper's Daughter 131 x 2 ...

... days and when I got back I had these books from mooch.com: The Girl with the Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende at a flea market on Saturday I picked up: Summer People by Marge Piercy ...

... is set? Or is the author's nationality or the country where the author now lives? My guess is the plot.. for e.g. I've read The Remains of the Day and would classify it as 'England' although the author was born in Japan. I think others might classify it as Asian/Japanese literature, however. Sorr ...

... in 1997 by Arundhati Roy Last Orders in 1996 by Graham Swift Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha in 1993 by Roddy Doyle The Remains of the Day in 1989 by Kazuo Ishiguro OK, I won't go further back. Yes, there were some disappointments: I struggled through The Inheritance of Loss, ...

Dancing on my Grave by Gelsey Kirkland The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines Last Orders by Graham Swift Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt and, as a tribute to Woody Allen's remark in the movie Manhattan: Death in Veni ...

Just finished reading The Remains of the Day and loved every moment of it. I literally read it in one sitting. A beautiful and moving portrait of a man whose life centres around serving others. Found it an emotive and heart-warming read. I can't believe it has taken me this long to pick it up! ...

I loved The Remains of the Day and think you're in for a real treat with that one. Not only is the writing beautifully constructed, but the story is also heart-felt, even if a bit sad. I hope you enjoy it, and let us know what you think! (FYI: to get the touchstones to work properly for the ...

... of weeks is: A short history of tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka The inheritance of loss by Kiran Desai The remains of the day by Kazuo Ishiguro A certain justice by P D James

... in expecting a shocking twist like the move Sixth Sense then you will be disappointed. The book is more along the lines of The Remains of the Day with a more fanciful world and how these people view themselves and their circumstances. I'm impressed with Ishiguro's writing and imagination.

sandragon, Thanks for your input. Have you read The Remains of the Day yet?

I loved The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (and the movie was pretty good, too!). I'm hoping to read more of Ishiguro's work in the not-too-distant future.

... It just left me thinking about the themes of the book and how the characters were developed throughout the story. I liked The Remains of the Day more though. BTW, just started The Sorcerer's Stone last night.

Burnett--Have you read other Ishiguro' books? I loved The Remains of the Day. I expected so much from Never Let Me Go and I was disappointed. Although, I've heard from many people they thought the end redeemed it. jhowell--When I was reading Possession I got completly lost in that world; ...

In no particular order... The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro David Copperfield by Charles Dickens Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

... and In the Labyrinth * Germany - All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque * Great Britain - The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro * Greece - The Iliad by Homer * India - The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy * Iran - Dakhmeh by Na ...

... thor. Hmmmm... well, to be honest, I am in two minds about whether try Never Let Me Go. Reviews seem mixed. I loved The Remains of the Day also - it was my first from Ishiguro. I might try A Pale View of Hills next. The Unconsoled doesn't appeal much either...the cover alone looks ...

I second The Remains of the Day. I would definitely read the book first though. Some of the surprise of the ending, and piecing together the different memories, is spoiled by the actor's portrayals of emotion. The book is all about how we choose to remember past events and what we are willing to ...

... by Katherine Anne Porter The Towers of Trebizond by Rose Macaulay The Portable American Realism reader The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Embers by Sandor Marai Georgia Scenes by Augustus Baldwin Longstreet A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway ...

A book I enjoyed recently is The Remains of the Day. I haven't tracked down the DVD yet, but I have heard a lot of good things about the movie, which starred Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson. I also enjoy many of the BBC (TV) adaptations of classics, such as Barchester Towers, North and So ...

Definitely The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro.

... Talk group and someone corrected me. Here is the list of books I've read so far this year. My favorite, so far, has been The Remains of the Day. 1. Title: The Chocolate War Author: Robert Cormier Title: Classic boy coming of age story. A very controversial book about authority ...

... of the dog in the night-time 3. I am the Cheese 4. Island 5. Life of Pi 6. Piano, Guided Sight-Reading 7. The Remains of the Day 8. The Secret Life of Bees 9. Speak 10. Stargirl 11. The Time Traveler's Wife 12. Walden Two 13. Breaking Through: How the Polgar Sis ...

I finished The Remains of the Day on Saturday, and am now about five chapters into Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope. I'm slowly, but surely, working through all the books in the Barset series.

#106, #114. Indeed, The Remains of the Day was superb. I'm looking forward to sampling some of Ishiguro's other works.

#104 - I read The Remains of the Day earlier this year and found it a very worthwhile book. It's an interesting character study. #105 - I enjoy Jane Austen, but I find that I cannot read her quickly. She's one of those authors that I really have to be in the mood for, since I know ...

#104: The Remains of the Day is one of my all-time favorite books. #105: I am not a big Jane Austen fan either. I can't really pick out one flaw, but I just don't find the books that entertaining. I finished The Kite Runner over lunch. It was good, but I did not love it to pieces ...

I'm about to start Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day. If I like it I'll seek out the DVD, also.

I finished David Copperfield by Charles Dickens and have started The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro - my first by him.

... obscured though. A book I haven't read but one thats been highly recommended and turned into a oscar winning film is The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Not actually about japan but written by a japanese author and has an historical setting so don't know if that counts! Oh ...

Kazuo Ishiguro is absolutely my favorite contemporary writer. I wished The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go could've lasted forever. I didn't think An Artist of the Floating World was as good as his others, but even so, I closed that book feeling I had a lot to think about. I ...

I think The Remains of the Day and An Artist of the Floating World, both by Kazuo Ishiguro, make a really nice comparison. Both are stories of older men trying to make a place in a post-war society that no longer has a place for them and each struggles with their place on the wrong side of the ...

I've only read two of Ishiguro's books (When We Were Orphans, The Remains of the Day) and it's amazing how that unreliable narrator can be used so masterfully in both, but I could still have such wildly divergent opinions on the novels. I should probably preface this by saying that when ...

... When We Were Orphans) in Shanghai prior to WWII. I'd be interested to see it, given what an amazing job they did with The Remains of the Day.

... World is the first novel of Ishiguro's that I've read (I haven't read his earliest, A Pale View of Hills), followed by The Remains of the Day, When We Were Orphans and finally Never Let Me Go. I think that the first two of these are linked very heavily, almost to the point where they ...

... It's mostly about Never Let Me Go and When We Were Orphans, with healthy doses of An Artist of the Floating World and The Remains of the Day thrown in. On Never Let Me Go: Originally I was a little bit leery of Never Let Me Go. I had read Ishiguro's famous The Remains of the Day ...

Hi back, framboise! You know, I didn't care for When We Were Orphans either. I really do recommend The Remains of the Day to you, though. Hm-m-m-m. Which sister survived? Well, once I realized, quite late in the game, that Vida wasn't Adeline, I think the surviving sister was ...

... day. Others: Adolf Mushg: The Blue Man and Other stories, Gert Hofmann : The Parable of the Blind, Leo Perutz: Master of the Day of Judgement, the polyglot and staunchly cosmopolitan J. Rudolfo Wilcock's bizarrely humorous The Temple of the Iconoclasts. The entire stable of works ...

... like every book I read, and it is a great disappointment to me when I don't. For example, I read Never Let Me Go because The Remains of the Day by the same author is one of my favorite books. So I guess its not so much that I didn't like Never Let Me Go, as I was disappointed with it in ...

... Ishiguro writes. I've got his When We Were Orphans on my TBR pile and can't wait to get started, plus I intend to read The Remains of the Day sometime this year. Edited to fix touchstones.

Ah, I see. Thank you, Bob. Yes, I did feel it was oblique: but I also remember loving The Remains of the Day, at least on my second reading. The parallel between the books does illuminate what one could appreciate in Henry Green. It's quite helpful. And now I think, suddenly: 'That's the ...

SqueakyChu, I've read Never Let Me Go twice and think it ranks right behind The Remains of the Day as one of Ishiguro's finest novels. And couldn't agree more that the 'huge' Stories by T.C.Boyle is just one short-story-treat after another, an irresistible collection.

13. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro - seller 14. Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman - library 15. Workpack Bonsai: Getting Started by Suzan Slater - keeper 16. Stitch 'N Bitch Nation by Debbie Stoller - library; personal copy later ...

... slow. I'm not sure if it made a difference, but I actually listened to it on audio. #53 Xicanti ~ I really enjoyed Remains of the Day. I think I said this somewhere on LT before, but while I was reading it I wasn't quite sure if I liked it; it was only after I finished that I realized ...

... as much as the actual book. Since From Hell was a little too big to carry around, I started reading Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day at the same time. I only recently read Never let me go, which easily was one of the best books I've read in years, and I'm already loving The Rema ...

#22: Ishiguro is a really good writer. When you've finished Never Let me Go try his Remains of the Day - excellent.

... here on LT or on amazon that would give you a hint. I don't know about Ishiguro's other books. I've never even read Remains of the Day.

Also for WWII, there is The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro, Atonement, by Ian McEwan, Memoirs of a Geisha (kind of), Five Quarters of the Orange. And, of course, Night.

... work, although he can be inconsistent. My favourite novel of his is South Of The Border, West Of The Sun, which matched The Remains Of The Day for its ability to convey the central character's repression of passion. Weakest? Probably Sputnik Sweetheart. Takes too long to get nowhere (exc ...

... mooches: my congratulations. afinpassing: I only read part of The Unconsoled. The style was quite different from The Remains of the Day; more like When We Were Orphans. Admirable, I think, but purposely disconcerting and disorienting. While I admire Ishiguro, and can enjoy him, ...

... -- I think I will be mooching you Ishiguro after all with my next point or so. How did you like it? I have only read The Remains of the Day from him so far, which I loved, but though there are notable differences between them, my opinion was probably colored by my preexisting love for the ...

... work, although he can be inconsistent. My favourite novel of his is South Of The Border, West Of The Sun, which matched The Remains Of The Day for its ability to convey the central character's repression of passion. Weakest? Probably Sputnik Sweetheart. Takes too long to get nowhere (exc ...

... to me recently when I tried to read Ian McEwan's In Between the Sheets and Ishiguro's When We Were Orphans. Remains of the Day was fabulous and you pretty much can't go wrong with McEwan if the book was written after 1990. If Orphans or Sheets was written by anyone else, I ...