Reading 1001 discussion

1. He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope
✔️2. In Search of Klingsor by Jorge Volpi
3. Black Dogs by Ian McEwan
4. The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat
✔️5. (WL) Nineteen Seventy Seven by David Peace
✔️6. Democracy by Joan Didion
7. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
✔️8. Vineland by Thomas Pynchon
✔️9. (WL) Ferdydurke by Witold Gombrowicz
✔️10. Pastoralia by George Saunders
✔️11. (WL) The Unknown Soldier by Vaino Linna
✔️12. Fatelessness by Imre Kertesz
✔️13. (WL) Yes by Thomas Bernhard
✔️14. Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys
15. (WL) Your Face Tomorrow by Javier Marias
16. The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
✔️17. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
18. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
✔️19. Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
20. The Colour by Rose Tremain
21. H is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald
✔️22. A Kestrel for a Knave by Barry Hines
23. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
✔️24. Falling Man by Don DeLillo
25. Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake

Thank you Patrick,
I have read He Knew He was Right, Black Dogs and The Blind Owl so I will need replacements for those. I will send you my reviews in a separate post in a moment.

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Books swapped (although I have a nagging feeling the work is not fully done...)

You are quite done for the moment, Patrick. I have read none of the additional three books you added. Although I am not sure if reading two Pynchon in one year is likely. As for Little Women, it is almost sacrilegious to admit to not having read it in some circles, so don’t share that around. Thank you

We seem to belong to the same club then. You know the first rule of the Fight Club? It's the same here!

I have read Nineteen Seventy Seven and written a short review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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I have read In Search of Klingsor and posted a short review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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I have read Ferdydurke and posted a short review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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I have read Democracy and added a short review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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Thank you Patrick

I have read The Unknown Soldier and added a short review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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I have read Fatelessness and added a short review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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I have read Yes and posted a short review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

New wish list book added

Oh good, a concise 1242 page challenge for my next WL book....looks as if I may be reading Vineland after all.

It could have been worse. The randomiser initially picked Gravity's Rainbow; I thought I would be nice by doing a second draw (lol).

Thank you for your generosity

I finished reading Pastoralia and added a short review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Apologies, I forgot my randomiser in Sydney and can't pick a new book for you here in London. Do you mind waiting until May 23rd when I come back to Sydney?

No problem at all. I suspected you would be too busy so was not expecting you to even look at GR. I still have other options. Travel safe.

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Welcome back Patrick. I have read Turn of the Screw and here is the review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I have just finished reading Good Morning, Midnight and have added some review notes to all the other reviews for this book: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

New book swapped (but I think we might have to keep playing cat-and-mouse...)

No, I have not read Memoirs so that one is good and I think you owe me one more. Preferably not Gravity’s Rainbow please.

Oh, I missed that (blame it on jetlag)! New book added. Glad it worked out for the Geisha, I haven't read it yet either

I have read the Chabon book: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Please try again (but no hurry)

Sisyphus has swapped your book

And the boulder makes it to the top of the hill.

Gail wrote: "And the boulder makes it to the top of the hill."

LOL

I have read Memoirs of a Geisha and here is the short review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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I have read The Colour and have posted a review:
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New book added. I kept drawing a new pick until I got one you haven't reviewed, the lengths I have to go to now ;=)

Thank you for your diligence.

I have read Vineland and published a short review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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Hawk, Hedgehogs and Kestrels. Hmmm
I did find a used copy of Your Face Tomorrow but it is 3 books totaling 1261 pages with very small print. Not likely to get to that before the end of the year....

I have read The Elegance of the Hedgehog and added a short reaction here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

New book added (on the second attempt; the first one was Buddenbrooks (Mann) which you have luckily read)

I have read Kestrel for Knave and posted a short review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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I have read Falling Man and added a short review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...