Your reading during the year 2007

[TheFifthElement]

I agree with TheFifthElement there on Haruki Murakami. I read Dance Dance Dance first too and it didn't really make sense, it was kind of hard to get through. But I loved it anyway. And I want to buy A Wild Sheep Chase, for the 'ah' factor you're talking about. Was it good? Was it as weird as Dance Dance Dance?

My friend says Sputnik Sweetheart is amazing, but haven't had the chance to read it yet. I really want to now!

A Wild Sheep Chase is excellent, yes, and weird too!

Sputnik Sweetheart is now sitting patiently on my shelf waiting for me to finish my current book so I can read it.

Nossa - good luck! Hope you enjoy whichever one you find

[Tosca]

Okay, in 2007...

The Canterbury Tales
The Count of Monte Cristo
White Fang
Kidnapped
The Notebook
Little Men
The Guardian
Message in a Bottle
A Bend in the Road
The Scarlett Letter
A Walk to Remember
A Tale of Two Cities
Moby Dick
To Kill A Mockingbird
Gone With the Wind
Northanger Abbey
Emma
Pride and Prejudice

There were 14 others but they were smaller novels, not classics.

[Lain]

Okay, in 2007...

The Canterbury Tales
The Count of Monte Cristo
White Fang
Kidnapped
The Notebook
Little Men
The Guardian
Message in a Bottle
A Bend in the Road
The Scarlett Letter
A Walk to Remember
A Tale of Two Cities
Moby Dick
To Kill A Mockingbird
Gone With the Wind
Northanger Abbey
Emma
Pride and Prejudice

There were 14 others but they were smaller novels, not classics.

Love those books you've read, Tosca! What can you tell me about Emma and Northanger Abbey? Did you like them? I've only read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (and loved it) but I really want to check out her other novels, and I've heard many people complain about Emma.

I think my next will be Sense and Sensibility though.

[Tosca]

Hello! I really loved Emma and Northanger Abbey!

"Emma" was about a young woman (Emma) and her love for match-making. There are a lot of characters to keep track of, but it is great. There is a lot of comedy as well as romance. A lot of mysterious characters/secrets as well! It does tend to get picked on by some while others love it; but I guess it really depends on the reader and his/her interests.

"Northanger Abbey" was about a young woman, Catherine, who goes to stay with friends/family in Bath. There, she meets a young man and ends up visiting his home at Northanger Abbey. She is a big gothic/mystery novel reader and so she sort of lets her imagination run wild. The consequences of this are both good and bad. It was also a great book. The novel itself was gothic.

You will have to let me know how you like "Sense and Sensibility"! Jane Austen is great! I'm glad you liked "Pride and Prejudice"! That was such a romantic novel! Have you seen the movie?

Hope this helped!

[Weisinheimer]

Persuasion ~ Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice ~ Jane Austen
A Tale of Two Cities ~ Charles Dickens
Great Expectations ~ Charles Dickens
The Grapes of Wrath ~ John Steinbeck
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest ~ Ken Kesey
Wuthering Heights ~ Emily Bronte
Wide Sargasso Sea ~ Jean Rhys
Major Barbara ~ G B Shaw
Too True to be Good ~ G B Shaw
Much Ado about Nothing ~ Shakespeare
The Great Divorce ~ C S Lewis

This list doesn't include
books I've read for the 2nd or more time,
books I'm ashamed to say I read , and
the books I've forgotten about (this year I'm going to write down all the books I read).

[Tosca]

Persuassion ~ Jane Austen
Pride and Predjudice ~ Jane Austen
A Tale of Two Cities ~ Charles Dickens
Great Expectations ~ Charles Dickens
The Grapes of Wrath ~ John Steinbeck
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest ~ Ken Kesey
Wuthering Heights ~ Emily Bronte
Wide sargasso Sea ~ Jean Rhys
Major Barbara ~ G B Shaw
Too True to be Good ~ G B Shaw
Much Ado about Nothing ~ Shakespear
The Great Divorce ~ C S Lewis

This list doesn't include
books I've read for the 2nd or more time,
books I'm ashamed to say I read , and
the books I've forgotten about (this year I'm going to write down all the books I read).

Wow! Those are great books! What did you think of "Much Ado About Nothing"? Would you reccommend it? I'm a Shakespeare fan, but haven't read that yet...

[Weisinheimer]

Much Ado is the only Shakespeare I've ever read, so I can't compare it to any of his other stuff. I found it enjoyable, but it didn't do anything spectacular for me. Hopefully, I'll get to read some more Shakespeare this year.

[Lily Adams]

I read (in order, more or less)

Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck
Beowulf
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antoinia Fraser
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
The Odyssey
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
Candide by Voltaire
The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
Introducing Philosophy by Dave Robinson
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (re-read)

My favorites were Candide and Frankenstein. I also appreciated Fahrenheit 451 much, much more than the last time I read it.

[Mark Anthony]

Blooomin eckers!!! Errr...

Saturday
Robinson Cruso
Peter and Wendy
A Christmas Carol
Goblin Market
Wuthering Heights

I also read 'The Beano' comic.

[Dori]

I read (in order, more or less)

Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck
Beowulf
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antoinia Fraser
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
The Odyssey
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
Candide by Voltaire
The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
Introducing Philosophy by Dave Robinson
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (re-read)

My favorites were Candide and Frankenstein. I also appreciated Fahrenheit 451 much, much more than the last time I read it.

I also read Candide and enjoyed it considerably. What did you think of The Crucible by Arthur Miller?

[Lily Adams]

I also read Candide and enjoyed it considerably. What did you think of The Crucible by Arthur Miller?

I loved it when John Proctor spanked those little girls. He was so fed up. I loved how the insanity was portrayed in that play. Very good.

[Janine]

Janine's Reading List 2007 (for now, need to add a few things more tomorrow)

D.H.Lawrence - Novels

The White Peacock
The Lost Girl
Apocalypse
Twilight in Italy
Sea and Sardina
Etruscan Places
Women in Love
Sons and Lovers
The Plumed Serpent
Lady Chatterly’s Lover

Biographies of Lawrence

Brenda Maddox
D.H.Lawrence
Story of a Marriage D.H.Lawrence

Geoffrey Trease
The Phoenix and the Flame: D.H. Lawrence; a biography

D.H.Lawrence - Short Stories

Things
The Shades of Spring
The White Stocking
The Horse-Dealer’s Daughter
The Prussian Officer
Sun
Odour of Chrysanthemums

Commentary books on Lawrence

Michael Black
The Short Fiction of D.H.Lawrence (read partically)
Various other commentary books, online commentary about D.H.L and his work

Shakespeare

Hamlet
Twelfth Night
Richard III
Othello
King Lear
Romeo and Juliet
As You like It
Henry IV
Henry V
Henry VI
Richard I
King John
Merchant of Venice
Love’s Labours Lost
Taming of the Shrew
Midsummer Night’s Dream
Much Ado About Nothing
Pericles
The Winter’s Tale

Aldous Huxley
Brave New World
Brave New World Revisited

E.M.Forester
Passage to India
Room With a View

Evelyn Waugh
Bridehead Revisited

Emily Bronte
Wuthering Heights

Mary Shelley
Frankenstein

Edith Wharton
Ethan Frome

Truman Capote
The Grass Harp


John Irving
A Prayer for Owen Meany

Daphne du Maurier
Rebecca

Ayn Rand
Anthem

J.L.Carr
A Month in the Country

Jean Rhys
Wide Sargasso Sea

Ivan Turgenev
Fathers and Sons

Nicholas Evans
The Loop

Chekhov - Short Stories
Rothchild’s Violin
The Lady and The Lapdog

Oscar Wilde - Plays
Lady Windemere’s Fan
The Importance of Being Earnest

Oscar Wilde - Fairytales
The Selfish Giant
The Happy Prince

[LadyWentworth]

Evelyn Waugh

Bridehead Revisited

How did you like this one? Have you read any other works of his?

Daphne du Maurier

Rebecca

How about this one?

[Janine]

How did you like this one? Have you read any other works of his?

LW,I liked the book very much so. I also really loved the miniseries. All the characters and acting is superb. If you have not seen it I would highly recommend it to you. The book is a very good read. I would like to read more books by Waugh in the future.

How about this one?

I think I read "Rebecca" twice so far...ages ago and just recently. Some of my list I have read twice, such as many of the Lawrence novels and some of the short stories, Frankenstein, Fathers and Sons and Ethan Frome, Oscar Wilde fairytales. When you are older, like me, you have a chance to do so. But back to "Rebecca", I saw your post, LW, saying you could never get into the book and you thought it silly. I personally, love the book and I like very much Daphne du Maurier's writing. I loved the Hitchcock film (it is a classic of suspense), but recently on my second reading of the book, I found there is another adaptation of the book - a BBC miniseries film which seemed to more closely fit the book, especially the characters. It stars Charles Dance, as Maxim, and a young woman (don't recall her name) as the second wife of Mrs. Dewinter. I didn't think I would like this adaptation, because the cover of the DVD never enticed me, but then I gave it a go and I was pleasantly surprised to find it a very good production. I will definitely watch that film again soon. I loved the book and the story. I think you have to give it a chance. It is a very psychological plot and more character driven then plot driven, I believe.

I plan on reading "Jamaica Inn", which I picked up recently for free at my library. I also have a biography book about du Maurier, that I desire greatly to read. I believe she had a very interesting life.

[LadyWentworth]

LW,I liked the book very much so. I also really loved the miniseries. All the characters and acting is superb. If you have not seen it I would highly recommend it to you. The book is a very good read. I would like to read more books by Waugh in the future.

Oh, wasn't Jeremy Irons just dishy in it?!? You should read The Loved One next. For me, the next on my list of his (if I ever get around to it!) is Black Mischief.

I think I read "Rebecca" twice so far...ages ago and just recently. Some of my list I have read twice, such as many of the Lawrence novels and some of the short stories, Frankenstein, Fathers and Sons and Ethan Frome, Oscar Wilde fairytales. When you are older, like me, you have a chance to do so. But back to "Rebecca", I saw your post, LW, saying you could never get into the book and you thought it silly. I personally, love the book and I like very much Daphne du Maurier's writing. I loved the Hitchcock film (it is a classic of suspense), but recently on my second reading of the book, I found there is another adaptation of the book - a BBC miniseries film which seemed to more closely fit the book, especially the characters. It stars Charles Dance, as Maxim, and a young woman (don't recall her name) as the second wife of Mrs. Dewinter. I didn't think I would like this adaptation, because the cover of the DVD never enticed me, but then I gave it a go and I was pleasantly surprised to find it a very good production. I will definitely watch that film again soon. I loved the book and the story. I think you have to give it a chance. It is a very psychological plot and more character driven then plot driven, I believe.

You're crazy! Horrible book! ***ducks from Janine as she throws a gigantic hardcover version of Rebecca at my head*** Maybe, sometime in my life, I will give in and try it again. We'll see. I have 130+ books to get through first! Just to avoid this one, I will keep buying more books so that I can always say "Oh, I would like to give it another try, but I have "x" number of books to read first".

I plan on reading "Jamaica Inn", which I picked up recently for free at my library. I also have a biography book about du Maurier, that I desire greatly to read. I believe she had a very interesting life.

I have her biography of Branwell Bronte. At some point I have to read that, too. Mainly because my grandmother bought it for me years ago when she first saw it. I think I might be more interested in her version of a real person's life rather than a fictional life.