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Oct 31, 2017 09:24AM

70438 I'm reading The Beach by Alex Garland. Have not got far into it yet but extravagant praise on the cover. Like Silver's choice it is also a dark novel.
Mar 30, 2017 07:17AM

70438 I just completed A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams which is a quick 5 star read
Jan 23, 2017 03:17PM

70438 Just finished Pippi Longstocking which was made into movies in 1969 and 1988.
Jan 11, 2017 08:11AM

70438 I'm reading The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene which was made into a movie in 1953.
Jan 05, 2017 12:55PM

70438 Just completed the short story The Rocking Horse Winner which was made into a movie in 1949.
Jan 03, 2017 11:15PM

70438 I'm currently reading The Jungle which was made into a movie in 1914. However, the film version has been lost so I won't be able to see the movie.
Dec 23, 2016 02:31PM

70438 I'm reading Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett. I have read most of the Death Series in Discworld but this is the first of the Witches Series for me.
Oct 14, 2016 09:23PM

70438 I am starting Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner this evening.
Jun 28, 2016 04:44PM

70438 Just finished Behind the Scenes at the Museum. The first line is "I exist." Great start to a book that I really enjoyed.
May 07, 2016 03:59PM

70438 I'm reading Little Big Man for this theme.
Apr 01, 2016 02:38PM

70438 Congratulations on your upcoming marriage! I am reading Atonement by Ian McEwan
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Sep 13, 2015 07:26AM

70438 Lamilla wrote: "I'm reading the second book of Outlander series which is kind of historical with a twist Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, #2) by Diana Gabaldon"

That book is on my list to read this year but I don't think I will get to it this month. Let us know what you think of it.
Sep 04, 2015 12:58PM

70438 Starting with The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy.
Aug 14, 2015 11:34PM

70438 Continuing on with the Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz. Starting Point Blank.
Aug 09, 2015 11:42PM

70438 Started Stormbreaker tonight. It is a young adult book so it will be a quick read.
Jul 01, 2015 04:12PM

70438 I am going to read The Walk West: A Walk Across America 2. Starting today.
Jun 21, 2015 02:26PM

70438 Starting A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole as my Pulitzer Prize book.
Apr 01, 2015 09:34AM

70438 Anne wrote: "I'm going to read The Lost World by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Lost World and Other Thrilling Tales by Arthur Conan Doyle"

This might be my choice for the month as well.
Jan 31, 2015 02:16PM

70438 I am going to read Katherine by Anya Seton
Jan 02, 2015 11:32AM

70438 I am going to be reading Love in the Time of Cholera for this theme.
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