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Mind blowing both in content and the quality of the writing.

After a slow startm I'm really getting into it. An eviscerating description of atrocities due to the caste system.

Another Bookclub selection. A slow start but is gradually picking up.

An interesting premise. Let's see where it goes

Just started this so the jury is still out.

Very compelling. Set in Halem, religious fanaticism and rebellion

Quite pedestrian. The jury's out on this one!

Have decided to jettison this book!

Am really struggling wirh this one. Makes Proust look like a walk in the park, not to mention James Joyce! Will persevere for the time being.

It is a satire on life in the former Soviet Union. Very savage including the humour!

This is taking a while and will continue to do so as after a lapse of several months my French has deteriorated! C'est la vie!

Slogging through this one as I haven't read in Spanish for some time.

Totally engrossing. The politics have to be believed with all their machinations.

The novels are definitely becoming darker. Harry is filled with anger and is on the verge of exploding.

Finished. Have had some challenging times and am reading Harry Potter as reassurance despite the fact that Rowland's comments on transgender etc are reprehensible.

Finished! Well written but uneven in places.

Incomplete. May get back to it later

Suspense is building. Will she break with tradition to save her son??

Slow going but am proceeding slowly.

Proceeding glacially

Am about halfway through the novel. It is becoming increasingly more dramatic as the protagonist has to cope with an alcoholic husband who is corrupting her child.

This novel is an audiobook which I listen to whilst on the treadmill. Anne Bronte has a clear and concise style very different from Charlotte and Emily. A strong feminist message is coming through and convention are indeed challenged. Novel keeps me motivated to exercise.

Dickens never ceases to engage me with his humour, well drawn characters and sense the absurd as seen in the caricatures of Guppy and Mrs Jellyby. as well as villains such as Mr Tulkinghorn. Like a number of Dickens' novels there is a cry for social justice and an expose of the legal system.

Am reading this via Audble especiall when working on the treadmill.

This is a 19th Century novel in Spanish and is glacially progressing. Is Ana going to turn into a Madam Bovary??

A coming of age novel compared to Catcher in the Rye and To Kill a Mockingbird. Certainly better than the former.

Quiee a departure from his usual subject matter!

Couldn't put it down. The protagonist is a deeply flawed individual who appears unlikeable. The novel is set in post-apartheid South Africa consisting of a new order and adjustments have to be made. A hint of redemption, perhaps?