The 1001 "I've Read That" chain game

There are a few posts on LT with fun literary games. I haven't seen what I am proposing, so forgive me if it is a duplicate. I wondered if we combined the works we've each read, how much of the list have we completed.

My suggestion: Post a book you have read from the 1001 list. The next person to respond should be one who has also read that book. That person then posts another book from the list that they have read, and so on. Try not to duplicate. I'm going to make a copy of the arukiyomi spreadsheet to keep track of how we are doing. Hopefully, we won't get too mixed up on the two versions of the book. (See additional "Rules" in Post 14.)

To start us off.....I've just finished One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey.

I've read that too! Hurrah!

How about The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.

I've read that! It was very good.

I've also read The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

Sounds like fun! But what happens when someone comes up with a book that no one else has read? The 1001 book I'm currently reading is in only 29 libraries here on LT--what if none of those 29 people follow this thread?

(Excuse me for interrupting the game . . . sorry, haven't read The Moonstone yet, although it's on my TBR list)

> 4 Nickelini - As some of the books are hard to get a hold of, that's a valid concern --- but as far as the particular book you're reading, it's possible that others have read a copy from the library, or read it and then gave it away - so it's likely that SOME people have read it, but don't have it in their catalogs. It's something to consider, but not necessarily a "show-stopper."

(Sorry for continuing to interrupt the game - and darn it, I haven't read The Moonstone either!)

I thought about that and figured we'd just "restart" with a new post when we hit a book that none of the other LTers have read. Sadly, I also have not read The Moonstone. We may have to put the restart into practice sooner than expected.

Have no fear! I have read The Moonstone! And The Woman in White, though that might not be the best next book to suggest, since it's by the same author. Loved them both, for what it's worth.

Atonement was my most recent 1001 read, and I know plenty of people on here have read that one.

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

Amsterdam.

I've read Amsterdam! I've read 67 from the list and will "nominate" a recent favorite : Cry, the Beloved Country.

I've read Cry, the Beloved Country - fantastic book.

I'm currently working on Foucault's Pendulum.

Foucault's Pendulum was my favorite book in my mid-teens...

My latest 1001 read was Christ Stopped at Eboli, and I recommend it highly.

Bump! Come on people, Christ Stopped at Eboli, anyone? anyone? Bueller?

I so want to get in this game, but whenever someone posts a book I've read, someone else beats me to calling it.

I am with you Nickelini!

OK - how does this sound.....If no one continues the chain in 24 hours, anyone can "restart" it by posting their book, even if they didn't read the prior post. That should keep us going.

Amended 4/20 - Your restart post should be a 1001 book that you have read and which hasn't already been used.

I'm sorry for clogging up the thread! Another slightly knowner Italian entry I'm very fond of is Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities...

Darsu, you weren't clogging up the thread at all! Your book was what I call a "challenge" :-) Nothing wrong with that, and no need for an apology.

(but I haven't read Invisible Cities, either)

I like the challenge also......onward!

Enjoyed Invisible Cities - and I have Christ Stopped at Eboli on the TBR list.

How about Oblomov?

Okay, it's been a day. Anyone mind if I kick-start this game? I'm lookin' for the first caller who has read Nineteen Eighty-four.

C'est moi, Nickelini!
Now, who's read Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe?

I have!

How about Ovid's Metamorphoses?

I've read Metamorphoses. How about A Maggot by John Fowles?

I've read A Maggot.

Has anyone read The garden where the brass band played by Simon Vestdijk?

I guess not, what about The discovery of heaven by Harry Mulisch

Me, I've read The discovery of heaven.
And also All quiet on the western front

I've read All Quiet on the Western Front and I am getting ready to teach it to tenth graders. I just recently finished Sputnik Sweetheart by a favorite author.

Have read Sputnik Sweetheart, what about Cloud Atlas?

ive read cloud atlas

what about the god of small things

I've read The God of Small Things.

Let's see ... how about that old saw, Lord of the Flies? My daughter is currently reading it for her 9th grade English class. I think that's about when I read it, as well!

Okay, I'll bite. I read Lord of the Flies in 9th grade English as well, although that was in 1973. How about At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill?

hemlokgang, it was ages ago for me as well (9th grade would have been 1976-77).

I've read At Swim, Two Boys too!! And more recently than Lord of the Flies :-)

I'll reach back into high school again: Animal Farm anyone?

Yes, I read Animal Farm. Not in high school though...

What about Candide, or, Optimisme?

I read Candide...now we are up to my college days. How about Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann?

Ok, I've read Buddenbrooks. The Red and the Black anyone?

I've already read both Buddenbrooks AND The red and the black. A challenge: anyone who's read Hadrian VII?

Nope. Got me on this one Steven VI.

I've read Hadrian VII. How about Under The Volcano?

(yay, I get to play!)
I've read Under the Volcano.
How about Nostromo?

I've read "our man" that is, Nostromo. As I recall, it was a tough go the first 100 pages or more, before the plot started up. Hmm, Volcano, Nostromo --Who's read Orlando?

Ooh ooh ooh...I have! How about Cold Comfort Farm? Anybody?

I have. How about Pere Goriot by Honore de Balzac

I read Pere Goriot in school for French A level, but I have not yet read it in English, though I recently obtained a copy on BookMooch.

I read Plot against America a couple of months ago - very good, though the ending was disappointing and rather unrealistic.

I've read The Plot against America - yay, I can finally play!

I just finished Middlemarch by George Eliot - any takers?

I've read and loved Middlemarch. So then in the same vein -- How 'bout Vanity Fair anyone?

Pounce! I read Vanity Fair last year found it quite enjoyable. It was a very long book which I think must have worked well in its original serialized form. Each chapter ended on a mini-cliffhanger.

And now for something completely different:
The Bell Jar (sorry, touchstone not loading)

I've read The Bell Jar! How about Bleak House? It's one of my favourite books - and I joined Lincoln's Inn a few months after reading it!

Bleak House is my favourite Dickens. I thought the BBC did a great job with their recent adaptation.

Has anyone read Reasons to Live?

Hope no one minds, it's been 24 hours, and I haven't been able to join in, so I'm going to jump start things again:

I recently read Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, and saw the movie - the book is better!

Anyone else read this one?

Drat! I stalled the list again. What about Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee?

You seem to be the kiss of death to the list! Well, I'll start a new one as it's been 24 hours. How about The Life and Times of Michael K by J M Coetzee?

I just finished The Life and Times of Michael K last week. Loved it!

How about Cloudsplitter: A Novel by Russell Banks?

Looks like we've stalled out again, so I'll start fresh....

Anyone read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time?

BTW....so far we are at a whopping 4.4% of the list, having chained together 44 books.

Just recently. How about Cryptonomicon? I'm trying to get my boyfriend to read that these days.

I've read that.

What about Charlotte Bronte's Villette?

Loved Villette.

How about A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole?

I've read it!!
How about Sense & Sensibility?

I've read that - now let's see if I can suggest something that doesn't stall out the process! What about The Things They Carried?

I've read The Things They Carried! I'll stay on a war theme -- All Quiet on the Western Front, anyone?

I've read All Quiet on the Western Front! I can't think of another war one that I've read, so I'll just go with something unlikely to stall the game - Pride and Prejudice?

I have read Pride and Prejudice!

I suggest my all time favorite The Blind Assassin, who's first?

I've read Pride and Prejudice. How about The Awakening by Kate Chopin?

It's been a VERY long time since I've read The Awakening, but I do like this little 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 the tie-in still works.

I think we skipped M 61, with Marjea's suggestion of The Blind Assassin. To try to pick it up and tie it together, I've read The Blind Assassin, 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.

Remains... huhn? How about Choke?

I've read Choke, staying with the C's, who's read Cold Comfort Farm?

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!

Oops! I did read The Blind Assassin but typed in the wrong title. - #62

Sticking with the Cs....How about Catch 22 by Joseph Heller?

I've read Catch 22 - one of my all-time favorite books! However, I have not read Cold Comfort Farm and I think the thread has gotten a bit confuzzled at this point!

Maybe the person below me will have read both Cold Comfort Farm and Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (a book which, while I've read it, I have absolutely no clue why it would be on the 1001 list - it's both awful to read, and one of the most sexist pieces of @$&! ever written...)

Okay, now I'm really confused about what's going on here. I see why we're looking for Cold Comfort Farm, but where did Emile come from? Do we need to start over again?

Uh, I put in Emile as the book I was adding to the chain, since I'd read Catch-22.

But I thought we were looking for Cold Comfort Farm. This is really confusing. Do we have two games going?

You're right. Pardon me for wanting to get a turn, since I had read the book asked for in the post before me. I'll be excusing myself from this game now.

Actually Cold Comfort Farm and All Quiet on the Western Front were both already in the chain earlier, so those two are duplicate entries. So in order to straighten this chain out, why don't we take Philosojerk's entry as the next one in the chain, and so now we're looking for Emile. (Which, unfortunately, I have not read yet.)

OK, I've read Emile. A bit sexist? What, you don't think women are naturally subordinated to men?

Well, how about as an antidote we go back to a book about a very wise woman, namely 1001 Nights?

I've read the Thousand and One Nights, so why don't we try an entirely different kind of woman?

Like the title character of my all-time favorite novel, Lolita.

I've read and loved Lolita. How about Wild Swans by Jung Chang?

I think I owe Jagmuse an apology too - I've just realised that the date/time for messages is northern hemisphere time not down under time. Sorry but I've never been very good with working out what time it is in other parts of the world - pathetically bad at maths.

I've just realised that the date/time for messages is northern hemisphere time not down under time. Sorry but I've never been very good with working out what time it is in other parts of the world - pathetically bad at maths.
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Well, I'm on the west coast of North America, and where ever LT is, it's not in this time zone. The LT clock doesn't help me figure anything out, although the date is useful.

I'm on the left of the NA continent w/ you Nickelini, and it seems I can never get that darn LT clock figured out... sometimes our today is others' yesterday, and it's gotta be tomorrow for some LTer somewhere...

anyway, awesome thread! I love watching it with my "1001's read" list ready, but no luck so far...

Ok wild swans, I'll bite. next one is Dangerous liasons.

M 64-73: Sorry for starting the madness, if I did- I wasn't trying to be pedantic or anything, just trying to make sure Marjea didn't feel left out. And the clock is East Coast time, I believe, since it seems to line up with my clocks here in NYC pretty well. I had no idea they weren't clear for others, so sorry if I stepped on someone's toes.

Let's have some fun now! This is a game, right? I've read Dangerous Liaisons or Les Liaisons Dangereuses if you prefer (and it seems the touchstone does). How about one of my all-time favorites, Name of the Rose?

I've read The Name of the Rose...............how about Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser?

I've read Sister Carrie. Along similar lines, anyone read The House of Mirth?

kplatypus . . . you didn't step on my toes . . . I just have no clue what the time on the clock actually represents. I think unless you're in the same time zone as the LT clock, it's pretty well meaningless. The rule I use for this game, personally, is 24-ish. :-)

House of Mirth here - how about Duras's The Lover?

I guess I will pick up this thread up :)

Anyone here read Jane Eyre

Finally! I can join the game. Yes, I've read Jane Eyre. Has anyone read Mrs. Dalloway?

Yes, I've read Mrs. Dalloway!
Next up (continuing the theme of women as titles!): how about Jane Austen's Emma ?

Emma here - how about The Postman Always Rings Twice?

(Do I get a prize for stumping folks with The Lover? Or am I getting a penalty for breaking the women-as-titles theme?)

I've read The Postman Always Rings Twice. How about Moll Flanders? And I've taken it back to women-as titles for you.

I've read Moll Flanders. How about The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel Garcia Marquez?

I've read Autumn of the Patriarch; how about Madame Bovary, returning to titular women?

I've read Madame Bovary. I don't think Anna Karenina has been mentioned yet...who has read that?

Oh I'm so glad the titular women have returned!

I read Madame Bovary for a university world lit course, a million years ago. More recently I read Elizabeth Costello, another in a long line of titular women!!

Uh oh ... HeathMochaFrost and I were in there at the same time. Sorry ...

To avoid utter chaos & based on the timestamps let's go with Anna Karenina ...

That's good, because Anna Karenina I've read. Elizabeth Costello I have not - any good?

So to keep to titular women I'm being forced to get increasingly obscure - how about Nadja?

Um Ive read Elizabeth Costello and I did enjoy it - except for the last chapter.

Have not read Nadja

OK, I seem to be killing this board. Maybe I can stretch the titular women theme a bit and see if anyone has read The Lost Honor of Katerina Blum instead?

Otherwise, I'm going to have to give up on Titular Women - or start reading!

A_musing: I've actually read Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum ages ago at school.

What about Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse?

I've read Steppenwolf, and Siddhartha, also by Hermann Hesse.

I've read Siddhartha! More than once, even. Who has read Out of Africa?

I've read Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen. How about The Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by Mark Twain. This is one of my all time favorites. Seems he was obsessed with Joan and it took him 12 years to write this book. If you have'nt read it, give it a shot. It's very unique. Mary Beth

Mark Twain does have two books on the list, but that's not one of them. I haven't read Out of Africa though so I'm no help.

No takers for Out of Africa, huh? Okay, I'll get the volley going again with something that I know has a zillion readers . . . how about Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?

Good old Stevenson, I've read him.
How about The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson, American crime fiction?

Ok for Out of Africa how about A Tale of Two Cities

I have to jump in since I'm sure many have read Tale of Two Cities. How about Wind Up Bird Chronicle? (I know, this is my second Murakami to this game.)

Yep, I read Wind Up Bird Chronicles.

How about The Story of O?

Story of O- check! How about one of my all-time favorites, The Monk, by Matthew Lewis?

I've read The Monk. Has anyone read The Ambassadors by Henry James?

I've read the James. Has The God of Small Things already been mentioned?

OK, sorry, backtracking I see that God of Small Things is way back there at 28 and 29. I will go from the James to Moor's Last Sigh. I don't think that one is here yet, is it?

That's a new one polutropus. I haven't read it but I thought I'd let everyone know that the chain has covered 8.59% of the list. That's 86 books we've mentioned.

Hmmm. I always feel bad about posting often, since I want others to get a chance to play, but then I worry that no one will respond and the chain will break. Maybe I'm putting a little bit too much energy into this. Yeah, looking over that, I'd say that's definitely the case. In which case-

Yes, I've read The Moor's Last Sigh, along with most of Rushdie's other work. Very much looking forward to his newest offering, once I can snag a copy. For now though, I'll offer The Satanic Verses, so continue with the Rushdie 1001 hits. Any takers?

Read The Satanic Verses. How about Haroun and the Sea of Stories?

Sorry, jeffagso2369, Haroun and the Sea of Stories didn't make the 1001 list. Do you have another idea?

I see your Satanic Verses, and raise you a Jazz by Toni Morrison...

>113 polutropos:, an easy way to find those books already referenced would be the "Touchstone works" sidebar on the right-hand side of the screen. Sometimes touchstones don't work, but that list should capture most of those mentioned in the game so far.

Well, it's been a couple of days, so I'm going to restart the game. Let's take Jazz off the table and get the volley going again with something easy. How about The Lord of the Rings. And please excuse my mixed metaphor.

Got The Lord...

How about To Have and Have Not by Hemingway, since I have Jazz but have not read it.

I have read To Have and Have Not and will lob in an easy one with For Whom the Bell Tolls.

A_musing beat me to the punch last time, so i'll typr quick...

From For Whom the Bell Tolls to The Hours...

I've read The Hours. How about Howards End by E. M. Forster? It's one of my favorites!

I've read Howard's End! Ooh, I love Forster. How about A Room With A View?

YES! I've done Room with a View. Loved it (well, loved the movie, actually). Anyone for Rebecca?

I've read Rebecca! And I finally finished The Count of Monte Cristo the other day.

OK, let's make it a touch more challenging. Yes, I have read the Count. Who is up for The Plague by Albert Camus?

OK, this is my first entry, but you've not mentioned alot of books I've read, so here goes. I've read The Plague, but what about the brilliant "Blindness" by Jose Saramago?

Gayle,

I am sorry, but although Saramago has three works on the list, Blindness is not one of them.

Welcome, Gayle-never-gail (that's a clever name!) . . . Sorry, haven't read Blindness. I'm only posting so there is a touchstone for the book so it will appear on the list on the right of the page. But the touchstone isn't working, and when I go to the book's page, I see that it apparently isn't a 1001 Book (I actually thought it was). Can anyone confirm? Is Blindness on the list? And if it is, do you know how to get the touchstone to work?

If it's not on the list, we're back to The Plague (which I've read, but I'll wait until we get confirmation on Blindness before jumping in). And now I'll stop rambling . . .

There is a book called Blindness on the list, but the author is listed as Henry Green. I've read The Plague too but will leave it to you, Nickelini. Unless someone with a hardback copy has different info, of course.

Okay, I've checked THE BOOK. Sorry, no Saramago Blindness (D*%#$ touchstones still not working). I believe this is considered one of the egregious omissions from the list. Anyway, that brings us back to The Plague. If no one takes it by the time I get back here, it's mine. Off to wash dishes, but I'll be back . . .

I would not have dared to question anyone's entry unless I checked it in THE BOOK, of course. Henry Green's Blindness , published in 1926 is NOT the same work as Saramago's Blindness published in 1995. Green's is in THE BOOK, Saramago's is not.

OK, OK, so my favorite book EVER wasn't actually on the list...... - it should of been. I'll go back to The Plague. I've read that too. What about Love in the Time of Cholera?

That one's on the list, and I've read it, as well as One Hundred Years of Solitude...

I've checked the touchstones, so I don't think I'm repeating a book. Since I've read one hundred Years of Solitude I'd like to suggest Iain Banks' The Wasp Factory. A seriously disturbing novel, but strangely captivating.

I couldn't agree more that Saramago's Blindness should be on the list. I've read The Wasp Factory too. Has anyone read House Mother Normal by B.S. Johnson?

House Mother Normal isn't on the 1001 list, so we're still looking for The Wasp Factory.

#140 - House Mother Normal IS on the list. I'm looking at in the book on page 629.

My apologies! Sorry! My book is upstairs, so rather than run up and look it up, I take a shortcut and click on the touchstone to see if the book has been tagged 1001. No one has tagged this one with the 1001 tag. So, if you own House Mother Normal, go add the tag! And play on . . . sorry to interrupt the game.

Hmm...makes you wonder how many aren't tagged yet...

Well, I click on every one that I don't recognize (a good number), and this is the first one I've found. But, yeah, I'm making an assumption when I check this way. I should just get the exercise and run upstairs and check, right?!

Maybe I should tag mine! Actually I'm not sure that it would have helped in this instance. The touchstone takes you to the current 'Omnibus' edition, which includes three Johnson works, all of which are individually included within the 1001 books. I have an earlier stand alone edition, and you have to dig a little deeper to find this. A great and unusual book though...

it looks like there's just a few hours left on House Mother Normal by B.S. Johnson... going once, going twice...?

I'm new at this - what happens now?

The "official" rules are in post 14. If no one bites within 24 hours, you can jump in and restart the game. Now, BKieras, who started this fun madness, wasn't perfectly clear, but my take on it is that if you restart the game, you have to suggest a 1001 book that you've actually read. (Others may read it differently.) Do you have a suggestion, Gaylenevergail?

Hello! I agree you should restart with something you have read. I'll amend post 14 as well.

Thanks Nickelini.
I'm game to go - How about The corrections , I'm a sucker for a good dysfunctional family piece, and I don't think anything has mentioned this yet.

Oops - typo. I meant that I don't think anyONE has mentioned this yet.

I've read The Corrections, what about The Glass Bead Game?

Whenever I restart this game, I have an image of throwing a tennis ball in the air to start a volley. This time that ball is . . .

A Fine Balance, by Rohinton Mistry. Anyone?

oh, it's a clean whifffff by me -- anybody else?

Oh, come on TeacherDad! You've missed this one? Possibly the grimmest book ever written? (Although extremely well done and a favourite of many readers). Get this one on your to-read list for one of those weeks when you need to get good and depressed.

ok, ok, it's added to my "wish list" -- with that endorsement, how could I not? that doesn't help us here though...

I've read and loved A Fine Balance, how about The Shipping News?

At last! One I've read.

Who has come unstuck in time with Billy Pilgrim and read Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse 5?

One of my all-time favorites! I adore Vonnegut.

How about another from my all-time list: Jeffrey Eugenides's Middlesex.

Oooh I can play now. I've got Middlesex, how about my most recent 1001 read Vanity fair by William Makepeace Thackeray?

Vanity Fair was mentioned earlier in the thread (April 1). I pounced on it then, and I'll pounce on it now!!

Moving on ... how about Sebastian Faulks' Birdsong?

Ooh, I've read that. How about Douglas Adams's The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, one of my all time favourites?

I've read that! How about Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro?

I've read that! It's one of my all time favourite books. How about...Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

dreamlikecheese, Cloud Atlas has also been named before (March 28). Do you want to suggest another?

Sorry. I had a quick look through touchstones...bu I obviously wasn't thorough. How about, Last Orders by Graham Swift?

Sorry, Last Orders isn't on the list (which I personally find irritating, since it's in my TBR pile). There is at least one other Graham Swift though. Any other ideas?

Ugh...not having any luck am I! I could have sworn it was on the list...
Sigh...stupid faulty memory. Ok...third time lucky. After The Quake by Haruki Murakami?

Finally, my timing is on. I read After The Quake, didn't really do much for me though. A couple of the stories were okay.

I'll go with one of my favorite scifi authors, and a book well worth reading:

The Day of the Triffids

-- M1001

I'm going to be really horrible and jump in to claim that one. It was a great book, but I loved The Midwich Cuckoos even more. Has anyone read that?

Wow, I wait ages for a book I've read and then two come along in quick succession!

One of the few short story collections on the list is the quite wonderful Pastoralia by George Saunders. I loved it, did anyone else?

The Secret History by Donna Tartt is not my most recent read off this list but a GREAT book!!!

Time to get this game back in motion, and that means a title that lots of people have read . . . . anyone for Gulliver's Travels?

I'll bite.....I read Gulliver's Travels. How about Enduring Love by Ian McEwan?

I thought Enduring Love was fabulous. Who has read The English Patient?

I will jump on The English Patient. I just saw Michael Ondaatje at a reading in Toronto this week and had him sign pretty well all his books for me, including The English Patient. Has anyone read Where Angels Fear to Tread by E.M. Forster?

Oooo oooo, I have! I love Forster!!!

How about The poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver?

I really enjoyed The Poisonwood Bible though it's been a while and I must read it again soon.

Anyone for Voss by Patrick White? It's one of the books I most admire.

I'm going to make another suggestion, but if even one person reads Voss, my work here will have been done!

Staying in Australia, how about A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute?

Hey, I read Voss last year, it was great! How about The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende.

Edited to correct touchstone

Ive read both A town like Alice and The house of the spirits = so I qaulify from both threads :)

How about:

Veronika decides to die

I've read it!
Oh praise the lord, I've read a book on this thread. Well I've read several on the thread, just missed a chance to post.

Who's read The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides?

Oh I did!!

Now something in my own language like The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis by Jose Saramago or O Ano da Morte de Ricardo Reis.

Hmm the list stalled so I will pick it up :)

Who has read Disgrace?

I have, and enjoyed it quite a bit -- much more so than some of the other Coetzee I've read.

Time to raise the stakes a little: how about Victor Hugo's Les Misèrables -- and I mean the unabridged version!

I'm sorry I stalled the list...
I read Disgrace and hated it!! How about Gone With the Wind?

oops...

scratch Gone With the Wind...

OK, Vivian,

a soft lob to you:

I have read Les Mis. Has anyone read Gone with the Wind.? wink wink

I have read Gone with the Wind.

How about Perfume: the story of a murderer?

I loved that book- got my boyfriend to read it just last month too.

How about Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh?

Faulk's Birdsong, beautiful. A must read in my book

I've read Birdsong. How about The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells

I read that one. Anyone for Gravity's Rainbow?

Um = people - trainspotting got skipped completely - inless idntative read trainspotting and just didnt report in in her message?

I assume idnative read Trainspotting, hense the move to Birdsong... other than that, I'm just butting in for no good reason, since I've only read the first few dozen pages of Gravity's Rainbow...

Ok, I guess I killed the thread. How about another one of my favorites, The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov?

The Master and Margarita is indeed a fabulous book. How about The Pigeon, also by Patrick Suskind, author of Perfume (which I believe was already mentioned on this thread)?

Yes, finally I get on (after waiting for 2 months)!! Woo Hoo

I have read The Pigeon (by the way, my favourite bird) but thought Perfume was better

I've just finished Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse. Has anyone read that?

I've read Steppenwolf and loved it, as I do all the Hesse I've read so far. How about Smilla's Sense of Snow?

I loved Smilla's Sense of Snow. Has anyone read
The Golden Ass by Apuleius?

Seems like we're stuck again... How about one of my favs Possession?

Yep! It's the best book I read so far this year! Anyone read The Sea by John Banville? I don't think we've done that one yet.

I have read The sea and really loved it.

Anyone read Franny and Zooey?

Still one of my favorite books, more than 30 years later. Has anyone read The Light of Day by Graham Swift?

I have read that too - yes Ive been on a reading binge

What about The feast of the goat?

Yey I get a turn !
Has anyone read Dead Air By Iain Banks ?

I gave it a stab but tossed it after about 100 pages.

Hmmm... not sure that counts as "read it" -- judges?

Hmmm, Leaning toward "no". Got anything else, Wonderlake? Other judges?

Wonderlake probably wouldn't have responded without having read the book.......the posting implies having hung around this game waiting patiently for an opportunity, implies integrity to me.........I vote..........go with it

I meant, and I think TeacherDad also meant, Wonderlake's putting Dead Air out there, but then saying he/she hadn't really read it (only 100 pages). So the question is: if you read part of a book, does it count? I'd say no, because I don't check books off the list until I've finished them. Does the general list want to open this up to partial reads? I think that kinda waters things down and makes it somewhat meaningless.

But in the whole scheme of my worries and concerns, this one doesn't actually make the list. It's only a game.

I'm with you, Nickelini, for what that's worth. Both on whether or not partial reads should be included and on how much it really matters in the end.

no partial reads! Either you have read it or you have not!

"It's only a game" ?!?!?!? and books are only words stuck to paper?!?!?
; ) just kidding...

Then again, if no one else has read The Feast of the Goat or more than 100 pgs of Dead Air, someone will have to start it all up again tomorrow...

Gosh, stirring up controversy huh ? :)

Okay, what about Regeneration, by Pat Barker - which I did complete and thought was great.

Ooh, I've read that one. Didn't care for it much, though.

I've also read Oroonoko, which I didn't see on the list yet. Any takers?

I've read Oroonoko. Great book!
How about The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia by Samuel Johnson?

I've read Rasselas...how about The Radiant Way by Maragaret Drabble. Best book I've read this year.

Looks like this has stalled.

Can Oscar and Lucinda, by Peter Carey restart it ?

Well, my dog and I actually spent this morning (Irish time) watching the film version of Oscar and Lucinda. She has much more time for it than my husband, who, despite much cajolling, cannot bear to read another Peter Carey. I, meanwhile, love the book.

How about one I read around the same time as Oscar and Lucinda: The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon?

The game seems to have stalled so I'll start afresh with a book that I enjoyed as a teenager The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

Hey, I've read the Murder of Roger Ackroyd. I was a teenager too. Has anyone read Unless, by Carol Shields?

I have not only read Unless but I was fortunate enough to have signed copies of that book and others by her. I am currently trying to immerse myself in French culture and have just read some Balzac. Has anyone else read Eugenie Grandet?

#223: Polutropos -- Please see game rules in posts #1, #208-213. Sorry, but players have to have read the book; just owning it doesn't count (oh, if it did--I'd rock at this game!). So, anyone for Unless? (Of course if you're just itching for a chance to discuss Balzac, please post a separate thread to the 1001 group).

But post 223 DOES say that they have read
Eugenie Grandet by Balzac >>... ?

Unfotunatley I haven't :(

But the game has stalled on it so I get to restart with
Slow Man, by J. M. Coetzee

#224 Nickelini

You are thoroughly confusing me. My post #223 says clearly I HAVE NOT ONLY READ UNLESS BUT ALSO . That means that I have read Unless, which I have, and also own some signed Shields. Continuing the thread, I then asked for the next person to own up to Eugenie Grandet, which I have ALSO read.

I totally and completely apologize! I read your sentence more than once but still read it wrong. Sorry to make an error and to confuse things! Seeing that Eugenie Grandet hadn't been on the board a day, can we go back to looking for that one? Sorry, again.

Just finished Eugenie Grandet a few weeks ago. It was my first Balzac novel. Not bad, but I found it a bit depressing and didn't like the miser father at all.

Okay, I get to list one of my all time favorite novels that is not on here yet:

Who has read: The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test? And what did you think?

-- M1001

I finally, finally, finally get to chime in. I've read The Electric Kool-aid Acid Test but remember very little about it. It was so long ago, sorry.

How about Kokoro?

I read Kokoro several months ago. Lovely and elegiac.

How about If on a Winter's Night a Traveler?

I've read If on a Winter's Night a Traveler. Very strange. Here's another strange one: The Trial by Franz Kafka

Two in one day...look at me.

I read The Trial.

How about a strange tale of existentialism: Nausea.

-- M1001

I've read Nausea. I loved it!

How about Adjunct: An undigest by Peter Manson?

Finally back in the game! I read it a few weeks ago. It was...interesting...

Let's keep it weird. What say all of you to Georges Perec's A Void?

And I seem to have stalled out the game! Let's try another one...

How about Vladimir Nabokov's Pnin?

I've read Pnin!
How about Chaireas and Kallirhoe by Charion?

Well, I think we've stalled again, so I'll jump in and see if anyone else has read

House of Leaves. Weird one!

I'll also share that by my tally we have read 163 books together - 16.28% of the list.

I've read House of Leaves. Definitely weird, but I thought it was pretty good.

How about another slightly weird one - Watchmen, the graphic novel on the list?

I've read Watchmen- it's one of my favorite graphic novels, in fact. How about Neuromancer, by William Gibson?

I've read Neuromancer!

Next up...Hard Times.

I've read Hard Times. how about Where Angels Fear to Tread by Forster?

oooo me me me

Okay, read the book and watched the movie :)

Um, how about Platform?

It never ceases to amaze me how many of these books I haven't even heard of, let alone read. And I own the book and imagine I've memorized the list, even. :-)

What amazes me is how many of these books do not sound in the least attractive :-). I am going through a Francophile phase, so am trying to read as much as possible about France. Many people rave about Houellebecq. I read the descriptions of his books. And even though I just picked up about ten French books, his are not among them. I will NOT ever get through the 1001 complete list, at least partly by choice.

I' ve read Platform. Houellebecq is one of my favorite authors.
How about Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit by John Lyly?

Um, I am going to guess that the list stalled.

How about under the skin - one of my new favourite books.

You're right, keren7, Under The Skin is brilliant. I know, I've read it. I recommend you go on an read Faber's other novels - quite different from this, but all just as good.

Another brilliant recent novel is Drop City. Who's read that?

Ive read Drop City and absolutely loved the irony of that book :)

Okay, I will go with

She by H. Rider Haggard

I've read She; I think it had one of the strangest endings I've read in awhile.

What about The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble?

By the way, this thread has been getting sort of wonky when I try and open it lately; I have to reload it once or twice to get it to load properly. Is anyone else having that problem? It's not a big deal; I was just curious if it was only happening to me.
ETA: Actually, it's all threads, not just this one, so I'm pretty sure it's just me; never mind!

I've read The red Queen and enjoyed it.

Who's read Aesops fables - yes all of them.

Aesop's Fables-- so my childhood illustration of 20 fables doesn't count? How about if it's the Bugs Bunny version? (I know, I know, you don't have to actually answer).

I've read Aesop's Fables! In fact, my outgoing voicemail messages are often Aesop's fables with altered, sarcastic "morals."

How about Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson?

I read Sexing the Cherry. Random pick for me since I was not familiar with any of Jeanette Winterson's work.

It was okay. I liked the fairy tale allusions and feel of the story.

It's not nearly as dirty as one might imagine from the title :).

Here is a bizarre and obscure one: The Atrocity Exhibition.

I didn't like it much, but did any of you read it and, if so, what did you think of it?

-- M1001

I've read it. I too wasn't much of a fan: it felt way too disjointed and incoherent to really do it for me, and I wasn't a fan of the way each new paragraph had to be interpreted in a completely different way. An interesting read, though.

How about something rather different and probably pretty accessible too: one of my all-time favorite satires, Jonathan Swift's brilliant and brief A Modest Proposal.

Finally. I'll jump in here. A Modest Proposal: absolutely brilliant. Has anyone read cannery row?

I've read Cannery Row. American Psycho, anyone?

I have read American Psycho. Very disturbing book. How about Less Than Zero, by the same author?

Saw Cannery Row, an All-Time Favorite, and thought I missed my chance... but I have also read Less Than Zero, so I offer up Bonfire of the Vanities...

I've read Bonfire of the Vanities and absolutely hated it. Unlike, say The Golden Bowl by Henry James which I loved. Anyone else?

Jfetting . . . I'm intrigued by why you hated Bonfire of the Vanities. In fact, I started a thread about it over at the Someone Explain It To Me group. Would you be so kind as to drop in and leave a comment at:

http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.php?topic=33762

And, no, sorry, haven't read The Golden Bowl, so don't let me disrupt the game. Anyone think that we should continue on a fresh thread? Anyone having loading problems?

I don't like to jump in too often, but since we seem close to a stall here, yes, I will admit that I had at one point been on a major Henry James phase, and read The Golden Bowl. Far from the Madding Crowd, anyone?

Nickelini - done! Well, I tried to explain myself, anyway. Please keep in mind that I'm a scientist by training and therefore not so super-fantastic at the literary criticism.

I had no idea there was a Someone Explain It To Me group. That's such a good idea!

I try not to jump in too often either, bu Thomas Hardy is one of my favorite authors. I've read Far From the Madding Crowd and have it on audiocassette, for listening to it while knitting. My favorite Hardy, however, is another 1001 book- Jude the Obscure. Anyone else?

I would totally second moving the thread, since I am having some trouble opening it, except for one thing- if we move it, how will people check which books have already been listed?

I love Jude The Obscure, although I haven't read it since I studied it at school. A 1001 book that I have read more recently (and loved) is The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie. Anyone else?

Incidently, I'm not having any problems opening the thread, but I'm happy to see it moved if others are having difficulties.

Me! I know I just played yesterday, but I so very much love The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. I have the movie in my netflix queue, too - I imagine Maggie Smith is perfect as Miss Jean Brodie.

How about Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison? An excellent, yet disturbing read.

Studied it, it seems like a century ago. A great book. The Sound and the Fury, anyone?

I have Sound and Fury on my "read" list, how about The Cider House Rules?

Loved The Cider House Rules. How about The Island of Doctor Moreau?

Ive read the island of dr. moreau - how about Life of Pi?

Woohoo! Finally.........

I read Life of Pi.

How about The Secret History by Donna Tartt?

Ooh, ooh, chalk up another one for me!

Here's a twisted one - The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan.

I've read it!!! How about A Sentimental Education by Flaubert?

It says msg 272 was posted Yesterday so I get to re-start ?

Has anyone else read my current book; The Floating Opera by John Barth ?

Referees? BKieras? My impression is that we have been saying a restart only happens if the latest book has been sitting untouched for more than 24 hours? A call needs to be made, I think.

I agree with your call, polutropos. I say stick with A Sentimental Education until 10:06pm.

Also agree - Message 14 says 24 hours

Well, I think we're safe to look for Wonderlake's suggestion of The Floating Opera now. Another book that I haven't read and haven't heard of. :-)

I think it's time to restart the game. I don't think this one has made the list yet, and should get *some* action: A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens. Double points if you've seen the movie version starring Kermit the Frog as Bob Crachitt.

I've read that - and seen the movie. I love Kermit - though as a child I thought his name was Kermittee, as in Kermittee Frog. How about Autumn of the Patriarch?

Yes, I have read it.

How about A Thousand and One Arabian Nights?

Looks like no-one has read 1,001 Arabian Nights ...

What about White Teeth by Zadie Smith ?

I've read White Teeth!

I've also read William Burroughs's Junky. Anyone else?

Just finished Junky about a week ago. I love Burroughs but he can be tough to read sometimes. Junky is a notable exception where he used a straight forward narration style. Very good novel.

Here's a depressing novel, but one of the better ones about the process of death and dying:

The Death of Ivan Ilyich

I have! That was one I actually thought I had already read when I initially went through the list, only to later realize I was confusing it with A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch. Fear not, though, I then remedied the error and have since read The Death of Ivan Ilyich. I thought it was quite good, but depressing indeed.

Speaking of depressing . . . how about Celine's Journey to the End of the Night? While reading it, I didn't know if I liked it, but I've found that it has stayed with me in odd ways. I still don't know that I would say I liked it, but it was certainly powerful.

KPlatypus . . . thanks for clearing up those two titles (aka "The D of Ivan"); I was still confusing them.

Sorry to interrupt, I haven't read the Journey to the End of Night, but if we had a game called which 1001 Title Have You Never Noticed Before, I could claim that one and probably win the game.

I finished reading Journey To The End Of The Night the other week. It is not the most comfortable read - his view of humanity is pretty bleak, to say the least - that's not a criticism though!

I'm going to stick with uncomfortable French works - Against The Grain by J.K. Huysmans (although my copy is translated 'Against Nature').

Let's get this game going again. How about some early Margaret Atwood - has anyone here read Surfacing?

Yes, I have read surfacing, I can not believe how long it has taken for me to look at this thread at the right time. Even though I have read many of the books that have been mentioned, I just could not get the timing down. So, yay I guess! I'll put up Go Down, Moses by William Faulkner. Tough read, but super rewarding like most of Faulkner's works.

I read that. How about On Beauty by Zadie Smith?

I've read that!!! (finally, I never get to play!) Hmm.... how about Faber's Under the Skin? Has that one been up?

Ooh, just read it last week. Great book, though I got a bit queasy at times. Lots of thorny ethical issues. Love it.

Here's another one I've read recently and loved: Fingersmith by Sarah Waters.

Took me a while to get through it, but I did like it very much.

I'll respond with my most recent 1001 read: Flann O'Brien's The Third Policeman.

I've read that, how about Angela Carter's Wise Children my latest read.

I read Wise Children when it was first published - Angela Carter has always been a fave of mine.

How about Kingsley Amis's "The Green Man"

The Green Man is another one I have not read, but I'm posting so I can get it into a touchstone and thus add it to the master list at the right side of the page.

OK, I will admit to having read The Green Man, many many years ago. I remember it as a very poor book, unlike his Lucky Jim. How about something totally different now, for me also a blast from the past, Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz?

I guess no-one else has read that...

How about Seize the Day, by Saul Bellow ?

I've read that recently. I also just finished The Emigrants by WG Sebald.

Hmm
*consults spreadsheet

He's had a couple of mentions already, but what about Glamorama by Bret Easton Ellis ?

This thread really is taking a long time to open. I'm going to restart the game with a list of what's already been mentioned, using a new thread. Hang on....

The new thread is:

http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.php?topic=38689