April 2014: What 1,001 books are you reading?

No April fools here, I hope....

I'm trying to decide between The Crying of Lot 49, Troubles, and In Parenthesis for my next book (as soon as I finish, or stop interrupting the reading of, Soldiers of Salamis).

Had too many books arrive through interlibrary loan at once! Starting with Les Enfants Terribles before going to the group read of There but for the.

I've just started Amadis of Gaul, Books III and IV, which is the second of two volumes.

Continuing my alphabetical trek through the list with All Souls by Javier Marias, which amaryann was recently the first of our group to finish.

I have to admit - I just finished All Quiet on the Western Front and I think any book I picked up after that one would pale in comparison....I'm trying to distance myself and give All Souls a chance, but man....AQOTWF....what an experience.

I got All Souls, Vertigo, and Heart So White from the library all at once and read the first two yesterday. I'm taking a break with Neuromancer and will pick up Heart So White when I finish that one.

Quart, I admire your discipline to go alphabetically. Sometimes I just pick a book by its cover!

I am reading Humphrey Clinker which I like so far, although it goes slowly. Afterwards I'll join the GR There but for the and will read Notes from the Underground.

>4 QuartInSession: I completely understand what you mean, regarding All Quiet on the Western Front. I was deeply impressed by that book.

I finished Wide Sargasso Sea today and will be starting on There But For The in a few days.

There But For The has not arrived yet so I have begun I Thought of Daisy for the group challenge. Still listening to Molloy on audio. I cannot quite imagine what it is like to read this book on paper. The reader is so good, you feel like he's the actual Molloy just nattering on with his endless, digressive, crotchety story.

I'm still rereading Sense and Sensibility with a bunch of LTers over at the 75 books group. This time around I'm finding it a bit of a slog.

On audiobook I'm enjoying Fingersmith.

Finished up Kafka on the Shore, starting A Clockwork Orange.

Happy to be done with There but For the. Now moving onto At Lady Molly's the fourth book in A Dance to the Music of Time.

I quickly read Alice's Adventures in Wonderland but will be taking a break from the list for the next month or so as I concentrate on some other books that I've been meaning to read.

I've finished The Crying of Lot 49 and Los Mares del Sur (Southern Seas). Now I am foolishly(?) reading Jack Maggs without having first read Great Expectations.

Today is Samuel Beckett's birthday. After the genius of Molloy I could not just stop so I am reading Malone Dies. On audio, just started Portnoy's Complaint.

Finally finished To the lighthouse and have moved to The namesake. So far, it's very readable.

Just starting Life of Pi.

I'm nearly finished (50 pages to go) with Within a Budding Grove, 2nd of the Prousts for the year. When Under Fire by Henri Barbusse arrives at my library, I'll be starting that one.

Reading Michael Koolhaas. Next in line: At the Mountains of Madness and Persuasion, which I couldn't finish the first time I tried it.

Next up for me is I, Robot.

I, Robot was a fun and quick read. Next up for me is A Room with a View.

I'm going to be naughty and start The Saga of Gosta Berling early I think as it is the most appealing book on my shelf at the moment.

On the kindle I've gone with The Blind Assassin to feed my ongoing booker prize winners craving.

I've started two books off the list...

The french Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles - 1/3 through
A Visit from the Goon Squad - Jennifer Egan - just a few pages so far.

Just about to finish Under Fire, and just beginning Impressions of Africa. Along with the volumes of Proust which are ongoing, and the Hugo earlier in the year, this seems to be The Year of Reading French Literature.

Rereading One Hundred Years of Solitude in honor of Gabriel García Márquez's recent passing.

I'm almost done with The bell jar. After that, I'm going to read W, or the memory of childhood for the group challenge.

I'm still working on Gone With the Wind, A Gate at the Stairs and just started Notes from the Underground.

I've read so many books this month (see my thread) because I've had pneumonia twice, and pleurisy, and more, so all I can do is sit and read. But I'm feeling somewhat better now so I'm going to tackle Ashes and Diamonds for the group challenge. I don't think this is going to be a fun read but I think I'm ready for it.

I finished Amadis of Gaul yesterday. The next book chronologically that I haven't read is Persiles and Sigismunda: A Northern Story.

I've done some work traveling and am now visiting Mum in rainy-dreary MN, supposedly to help out post-knee surgery. Luckily, she's getting around fine and doesn't need much help so I'm spending a lot of time reading. (Yay!)

I've finished Jack Maggs, Troubles (interesting, atmospherically reminiscent of Gormenghast), In Parenthesis (odd & difficult), Amok (not as good as Chess Story, and why do they both take place on a passenger ship, anyways?), The Vicar of Wakefield (not a good plane book), The Bridge on the Drina (fascinating and very well-written), and Diary of a Nobody (probably very funny to those that get satire).

I am currently reading There but for the.