500 Great Books By Women discussion

Currently Reading:
The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Read:
A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis by Lydia Davis
Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
In the Woods by Tana French
The Middle Stories by Sheila Heti
The Folded Clock: A Diary by Heidi Julavits
Asylum Piece and Other Stories by Anna Kavan
Bluets by Maggie Nelson
Ariel: The Restored Edition by Sylvia Plath
The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton
The Small Backs of Children by Lidia Yuknavitch

Welcome, Holly! 'The Second Sex' is one of the more phenomenal 500 GBBW, so you're in for a treat.

The Mill on the Floss is one of my favorites!

Hello and welcome, Holly!:)

Thanks, Dustin. :)

I finished The Luminaries and also diverted from my list and read Ariel: The Restored Edition, The Middle Stories, and In the Woods. Not too shabby.

Holly wrote: "Thanks, Dustin. :)

I finished The Luminaries and also diverted from my list and read Ariel: The Restored Edition, The Middle Stories, and [book:In the Wo..."

Indeed!

Holly wrote: "Thanks, Dustin. :)

I finished The Luminaries and also diverted from my list and read Ariel: The Restored Edition, The Middle Stories, and [book:In the Wo..."

You're welcome!

You are off to a great start!

Oh, you've read The Luminaries! How was it? It's been standing unread on my shelf for about a year now and I feel a little bad about it. It also seems to be one of those books where no one agrees on whether it's good or bad.

Kirstine wrote: "Oh, you've read The Luminaries! How was it? It's been standing unread on my shelf for about a year now and I feel a little bad about it. It also seems to be one of those books where no one agrees o..."

Oh, man. The Luminaries is a tough one. I did not like it, but I have to admit that Eleanor Catton is a highly competent, creative writer. It was just so repetitive and absolutely did not need to be almost 900 pages. Her structure is really interesting, and like I said in my review, if you're into astrology, you'd probably get a big kick out of it. If not (I am not), probably not.

Oh no! Haha, I'm so glad I bought it now. No, I'll give it a go someday, maybe I'm lucky and I'll like it. Thanks for being honest! Hope you fare better with the other books you're reading/have read.

Thank you for your feedback, Holly, much appreciated. I am sorry that it didn't do a whole lot for you, though....:(

I'm curious about The Luminaries now..

As it turns out, Catton's tome was already on my TBR, but I'm so glad I checked out its synopsis, because this sounds promising. So many mixed reviews, too! This seems to be a book that you either love or hate. Not much middle ground. Holly- without any spoilers, in what ways is astrology incorporated into it?

Dustin wrote: "As it turns out, Catton's tome was already on my TBR, but I'm so glad I checked out its synopsis, because this sounds promising. So many mixed reviews, too! This seems to be a book that you either ..."

Each character represents an astrological sign, and each character's actions are determined by the moon. Or the alignment of the planets. Or something. I don't get astrology, haha. The book's structure (long first half, shorter second half, even shorter third half, etc) represents the phases of the moon.