tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post4414516833069142452..comments2023-07-10T01:17:13.383+10:00Comments on Brona's Books: 1001 Books #Update #BookListBronahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-39596017998159684752020-10-31T11:50:10.883+11:002020-10-31T11:50:10.883+11:00Will definitely get to L’Assommoir. I tend to save...Will definitely get to L’Assommoir. I tend to save my Zola’s for Zoladdiction month with Fanda 😊Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-16722801893292598672020-10-31T11:48:36.387+11:002020-10-31T11:48:36.387+11:00Thanks for thinking of me. As you can see by this ...Thanks for thinking of me. As you can see by this late reply, though, October flew by before I had a chance to catch my breath! <br />Hope you all enjoyed your Tender is the Night readalong. Will pop over for the reviews & comments over the weekend. Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-12311703464969082542020-10-31T08:59:41.422+11:002020-10-31T08:59:41.422+11:00You have so many good books on that TBR it's h...You have so many good books on that TBR it's hard to recommend just a few. But since you loved Germinal, I'll put in a pitch for L'Assommoir. It's not as gritty but I thought it was such a sad tale about a woman who desperately wants to climb out of poverty. bookertalkhttp://bookertalk.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-46408663895529775052020-10-05T16:46:59.797+11:002020-10-05T16:46:59.797+11:00Yours is the second vote for The Scarlet Letter, s...Yours is the second vote for The Scarlet Letter, so that has certainly bumped it up high on the list.<br /><br />Many years ago, I watched a movie called Henry and June, which turned me onto the idea of reading Anais Nin...although all I did, in the end, was collect the books! They're all still waiting to be read.<br /><br />Thanks for your thoughts, now I have to check if my copy of The Scarlet Letter is a hardcopy or an ebook.Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-83100471096840564802020-10-05T11:06:26.046+11:002020-10-05T11:06:26.046+11:00A few of us are doing a Review-along of Tender Is ...A few of us are doing a Review-along of Tender Is the Night soon if you were interested. All it means is we all post our reviews on the same day - 26th October, and pop round to the other blogs for a bit of chit-chat about it. A couple of the girls don't blog, so they leave their extended comments on my post. I'll be putting out a reminder about it on my TBR post on Thursday. No pressure, obviously, if it doesn't fit in with your plans! :DFictionFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06212537466233602766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-82108986016022174212020-10-04T11:15:30.687+11:002020-10-04T11:15:30.687+11:00I could write an essay in reply, but I'll try ...I could write an essay in reply, but I'll try to be brief. I listened to Huck Finn yesterday and didn't enjoy it as much this time round - Twain trying to hard to make fun of ordinary people.<br />The Scarlet Letter is one of my all-time favourites and not particularly long. Likewise Portrait of an Artist, which is a very good lead-in to Joyce. Ulysses is the best book ever written but takes commitment. Moll Flanders I read (and reviewed) recently and enjoyed. I must read Oronoko, but only for its historical importance. The Good Soldier Svejk is funny and definitely worth reading (if I remember, I might review it next Anzac Day). Read Delta of Venus if you're feeling horny. Ivanhoe is excellent, another I must review. And to finish, Walden is important, Flaubert's Parrot is tedious, Alice Through the Looking Glass is absolutely essential (try the audiobook). That should keep you going, Billwadhollowayhttp://theaustralianlegend.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-64270330246428057392020-10-04T10:09:17.127+11:002020-10-04T10:09:17.127+11:00I'm very keen to read more Sherlock....but I&#...I'm very keen to read more Sherlock....but I've decided that this weekend (a long weekend in NSW) is the weekend I will finish at least three of the books by my bed, before starting anything new!!Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-76889227389570380352020-10-04T09:11:37.142+11:002020-10-04T09:11:37.142+11:00I don't know very much about either of those b...I don't know very much about either of those books, but I see that Miss Pettigrew is one of the lovely Persephone Books. If I ever get back to London, it's high on my list of places to visit.<br /><br />I read A Suitable Boy about 20 yrs ago.<br />It's a commitment. <br />But I adored every minute with it. I still think about Lata to this day.<br />When I finally finished it, I declared to my book club at the time, that this is the book I want to buried with! Which was a BIG call considering how much and for how long I have loved P&P and Persuasion.<br /><br />However ASB has not yet passed the reread test and I would like to one day...especially before A Suitable Girl gets published. Given how long this second book is taking Seth to write it, I'm not feeling any pressure just yet :-)Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-88858137746271818092020-10-04T09:01:03.040+11:002020-10-04T09:01:03.040+11:00Given my pandemic reading phase atm, Love in the T...Given my pandemic reading phase atm, Love in the Time of Cholera is definitely on the cards!Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-61994292209234769792020-10-03T00:43:53.092+10:002020-10-03T00:43:53.092+10:00Those other Sherlock Holmes books! now that you...Those other Sherlock Holmes books! now that you've read Study in Scarlet. They get even better.<br /><br />There's a lot of big great classics on there, but I'll also plug for Siege of Krishnapur, which is awfully good I thought, funny and short.reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818057262934008241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-84140379461385847232020-10-03T00:22:03.867+10:002020-10-03T00:22:03.867+10:00The Diary of a Nobody because it is funny and we a...The Diary of a Nobody because it is funny and we all need light relief these days. Or Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day because it is heartwarming and we also need that. <br /><br />I am interested to hear how much you love A Suitable Boy. I pulled it off my shelf the other day and then put it back. Maybe I will go find it again.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07878149675832228998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-25062639369879591242020-10-02T20:42:22.165+10:002020-10-02T20:42:22.165+10:001. Love in the Time of Cholera
2. The Scarlet Lett...1. Love in the Time of Cholera<br />2. The Scarlet Letter<br />3. Bel-Ami<br />:)NancyElinhttps://nancyelin.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com