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| Virago Modern Classics : What Virago are you reading? (Part II) | | 197 | lindsacl, I går 8:02am | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What is the Best Book you've read so far this year? April 2008 | | 144 | Storeetllr, torsdag 10:44pm | |
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| Reading Globally : Where in the World Are You Now? July 2008 | | 107 | rebeccanyc, august 5 | |
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| 1001 Books to read before you die : June 2008: Which Book from the 1001 List are You Reading? | | 104 | billiejean, juli 15 | |
| The Prizes : The Best of the Booker | | 36 | Cariola, juli 10 | |
| Reading Globally : Welcome & Group information | | 52 | lindsacl, juli 9 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : Top Five Books first quarter of 2008 | | 119 | rachbxl, juli 1 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Favorites for first half of 2008 | | 3 | karspeak, juni 30 | |
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| 1001 Books to read before you die : The 1001 "I've Read That" chain game | | 300 | BKieras, juni 16 | |
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| What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 19 April 2008 | | 165 | sandragon, maj 12 | |
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| Girlybooks : 500 Great Books by Women | | 202 | primlil, april 6 | |
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| I dvale: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 30 Dec 2006 | | 128 | jcasteel, januar 2007 | |
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| Book talk : Name authors that after youve red them first, you had the urge to read EVERYTHING they wrote. | | 396 | saraslibrary, I går 1:30pm |
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| 1001 Books to read before you die : How many have you read? | | 163 | starcitywoman, I går 12:42pm |
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| Italians - Italiani : top 5 | | 41 | aluvalibri, torsdag 11:32am |
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| Book talk : Books that everyone loves and you hate | | 394 | frogbelly, lørdag 5:55pm |
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| 50 Book Challenge : An expanded gathering place to chat | | 205 | shootingstarr7, august 29 |
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| What Are You Reading Now? : A Great Book I've Read in 2008 Because of LT . . . | | 75 | STOCeallaigh, juli 29 |
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| 1001 Books to read before you die : Best 1001 Books Alphabetically | | 157 | odysseya, juli 14 |
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| What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 28 June 2008 | | 219 | Cariola, juli 5 |
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| Go Review That Book! : Game Thread 2 | | 253 | ireed110, juni 30 |
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| Hogwarts Express : Book Discussion: Twilight | | 215 | Ms_Bella, juni 18 |
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| Awful Lit. : I can't believe I wasted my time on this... | | 441 | 0bazooka0, juni 16 |
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| 1001 Books to read before you die : Which of the 1001 are you currently reading? | | 337 | Grammath, maj 15 |
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| The Green Dragon : April's New Books - did you get some?? | | 116 | Musereader, april 30 |
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| 1001 Books to read before you die : Worst Movie Adaptations of a book! | | 26 | Nickelini, april 11 |
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| Books in Books : Message Board | | 86 | slickdpdx, marts 26 |
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| What Are You Reading Now? : Top Five books read during 2007 | | 255 | RcCarol, marts 17 |
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>24 Thanks lindsacl. I did hang in there with Possession and I'm glad I did. Not reading a 1001 at the moment. Thanks, christiguc and aluvalibri, for your feedback. I have heard such good things about Possession - I really can't believe I haven't read it already! =) This will be my first Girlybooks Themed read! So many choices but I am leaning toward Possession by A.S. Byatt, but I reserve the right to change my mind. LOL. =) I'm reading Possession: A Romance. I'm halfway through and it's still not grabbing me hugely. Finding all the Victorian stuff a bit turgid. But I'll persist. ... - after A Fairly Honorable Defeat
Muriel Spark - after The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
A.S. Byatt - after Possession
Patrick Suskind - after Perfume:The Story of a Murderer
... "Possession" before I'd even heard of A.S. Byatt (I can't believe I'm admitting this here). But then I found the book Possession, read it, and loved it. I wouldn't have read any of Byatt's work if it wasn't for the movie. I'm really glad I saw the movie first because I'd probably be ... I just finished Possession by A.S. Byatt, which was a wonderful book, but it took me way too long to read it... probably spending too much time on LT and not enough time actually reading...
Next up I think will be Double Negative by David Carkeet. After that probably Bad Blood: A Memoir ... It took a long time, but I finally finished
23. Possession by A.S. Byatt
I really enjoyed it. Like somebody else in this group I just left the academic world of England and the literary world of Victorian England in Possession and the Italian world of Aurelio Zen in And Then You Die and Back to Bologna. Now I am slipping the surly bonds of Earth in Epic Rivalry and traveling into ... I recently returned from vacation; I didn't have tons of time to read, but I did enjoy An Equal Music and start Possession. I'm more than halfway through it and it's quite enjoyable. ... vacation in Florida, I spent my literary vacation in England, mostly London. I read An Equal Music and am still reading Possession. A couple of very nice reads ... I meant to also say ... I'm reading A.S. Byatt's Possession. This has come highly recommended by many LTers, plus it won the Booker Prize. It took me a while to get into it, but now (just over halfway through) I'm finding the parallel story lines really interesting. I like the way the lives of ... ... I am back in the thick of May Sinclair's Three Sisters which I am enjoying thoroughly. I second all the affection for Possession. It is a remarkable book and I have not ever reread it. I wonder how what I would discover in it now. ... my top 5 of the quarter! My favorites of the year so far (the ones that come to mind first) are (in no particular order)
Possession: A Romance by A.S. Byatt
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind
An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro
If On A Winter' ... Juliette07, Possession ranks very high among my favourite books of all times, if not at the top of the list. The memory of the feelings it stirred when I read it is always present in my mind. I loved every minute of it, and was sorry to reach the end.
I will definitely read it again. >#32 Possession is one of my favourite books. I love the way both stories unfold like a flower. I'm leaving on vacation today, and am taking with me:
1 - An Equal Music, by Vikram Seth
2 - Possession, by A. S. Byatt
Both of these are books I've been looking forward to, and so were specifically selected for my vacation. I have some other great books on tap for July, like Out Stealing ... Possession:A Romance by A.S. Byatt
The Godfather by Mario Puzo ... Return of the Soldier, which is quite short and the writing is lovely.
>71: Elee, I've heard lots of good things about Posession and am planning to read it in July. Can't wait!
>73: hemlokgang, hope you enjoy it! I did ... I just finished Possession: A Romance while on holiday and loved it. I've now started on Infinite Jest and I can't quite decide what to make of it yet. I'm enjoying it at the moment simply because it's weird. possession: A Romance looks great.
Has anyone ever heard about Loving Frank: A Novel by N. Horan?
... 5. Ci penso ormai da una settimana e sono giunta a questo:il dolore perfetto,,suite francese,l'anima e il suo destino,possessione,siddharta. Sono d'accordo, cinque sono troppo pochi ma, dovendo per forza scegliere.....
La Divina Commedia
Possession di A.S. Byatt
Il Giornalino di Gian Burrasca
Pinocchio
The Song of the Lark di Willa Cather I second the recommendations of Possession : A Romance, the Jane Stevenson trilogy, and anything by Sarah Waters. I would also add some of my favorites:
The Good Men : A novel of Heresy by Charmaine Craig (13th century France)
The Jump off Creek by Molly Gloss (late 19th century, Oregon ... ... Chaise-Longue by Marghanita Laski. But I can think of many more possibilities - some of my favourites would be Possession by A S Byatt, The Winter Queen and its sequels by Jane Stevenson, The Voyage Of The Narwhal by Andrea Barrett ... so many to choose from! I'm definitely caught between Pale Fire and Possession: A Romance -- both completely incredible books! ... so I'm not even going to try. Here, in no particular order, are the P books I love so very much:
Pride and Prejudice
Possession: A Romance
Perfume: the story of a murderer
Pale Fire
A Pale View of Hills
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
See? Too many good P books. ... you realized and got out of it.
Jody don't worry there are plenty of us that are not in out 20s here.
LG did you read Posession by A.S. Byatt. I was trying to think if there were any books that described what it was like to love someone and want to maintain your own identity. That one came ... Seems like we're stuck again... How about one of my favs Possession? ... great big book fair in my neck of the woods this morning, spent $30 and got quite a haul. The ones I can remember are:
Possession: A Romance by A.S. Byatt (yay!)
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton (also yay!)
The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde
At Swim, Two Boys ... to #48
I am listening to Possession: A Romance and really like it. I have had it on my TBR list for ever and finally got around to it because I bought a cassette tape recording at a second hand book store. I find myself sitting in the car listening to it long after I have stopped driving. Th ... From my local Value Village:
Possession by A.S. Byatt
The Club Dumas by Reverte
The Orkney Scroll by Lyn Hamilton
The Curse of the Pharaohs by Elizabeth Peters
Shoes to Die For by Laura Levine
Like that is not enough for one day, I then went to the library to ... ... read several really great books so far this year (and some terrible ones) but the best book I've read so far this year is Possession: A Romance. I loved the jumping back-and-forth in time, and the letters, and just about everything about it. ... by Heinrich Boll, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle and Possession by A.S. Byatt. Clearly I'm going to have to keep reading because I really need to add more female authors to that list. 6 Possession: a Romance by A.S. Byatt
Another winner! Byatt is a wonderful writer, even the poetry in the book (her own) is not to be missed. I really loved this novel. I need to go buy it now. Wow, lots of people reading lots of great books. #86 lisacharlotte18, Possession is one of my favorite books of all time. Please don't skip over the poetry!
#79hoopmanjh, I loved Dusk, but haven't gotten to Dawn yet -- I'm looking forward to it. I reviewed Dusk for Rick Kleffel's Agony ... Finished The Mill on The Floss and I'm now reading Possession by A.S. Byatt. Paid a visit to the local used bookstore and got:
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See
Possession: A Romance - A.S. Byatt
Baudolino - Umberto Eco
Only $7 and two are hardcover, they're all just a little beaten up though. My top 5 (both fiction and non) for the first quarter:
Possession: A Romance by A.S. Byatt
Perfume: the Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
Marie Antoinette: the Journey by Antoni ... Possession? ... and distant and Mistry's Fine Balance (admittedly somewhat less complex) was full of heart. I actually wanted to compare Possession (a very complex book with heart) to something comparable that is brilliant but doesn't move the reader -- but couldn't think of anything that compares to Possessi ... ... -- Philip Roth
18) The Virgin Suicides -- Jeffrey Eugenides
19) American Psycho -- Bret Easton Ellis
20) Possession: A Romance -- A. S. Byatt
21) The Remains of the Day -- Kazuo Ishiguro
22) The New York Trilogy -- Paul Auster
23) Beloved -- Toni Morrison
... Possession by A.S.Byatt is a romance - and my favorite book to boot! Bittersweet, but it's a great read if you haven't already read it. 8 Novels by Women {complete}
1. The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton ***½
2. Possession: A Romance by A.S. Byatt ***
3. The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing **½
4. The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton *****
5. White Teeth by Zadie Smith ***½
6. The Awakening by Kate Chopin ... ... shot at a top 10, although this was tough, and probably will change everytime I revisit... no particular order on this.
Possession by A. S. Byatt
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Persuasion by Jane Austen
The Road by Cormac Mc ... ... and South; also Author, author and Henry James (even Small world and Spenser, if you want to get fancy)
Byatt's Possession and Robert Browning
Bradbury's To the Hermitage and Diderot
@2, Oh I love Possession!
I'm reading The Geographer's Library right now, and it intersperses each present-day chapter with a story from sometime in the past, but I haven't yet figured out what the connections are. I'm not too far in yet, so we'll see where it is all leading! Possession by A.S. Byatt is the first that comes to mind. Oh, and The Map of Love by Ahdaf Soueif. ... A Biography of Nora Joyce, Brenda Maddox (biography, Ireland/France)
Pembroke, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (novel, US)
Possession, A.S. Byatt (novel, England)
The Princess of Cleves, Madame de Layfayette (novel, France, trans from French)
Ramona, Helen Hunt Jackson (novel, US)
The Ri ... ...
02/25/08
The Lover ***½
by Marguerite Duras
02/25/08
The Ghost Sonata **½
by August Strindberg
02/26/08
Possession: a Romance ***
by A.S. Byatt
02/28/08
Unforgivably indulgent to the detriment of a promising (albeit unfulfilled) narrative. My favorites would probably be The Blind Assassin, The Famished Road and Possession, although I really enjoyed both Peter Carey novels also.
The Booker winner is not something I've felt compelled to read over the years, so I'm basing my favorites on the dozen or so off the list I have ... This should prove to be a fun way to add a little variety to this years reading.
{Original Challenge completed June, 24th}
Categories now start at Message 12-20, 26, 33. 39, 50 Book #3 - (unread)
Possession : A Romance by A. S. Byatt I think you must mean Possession: a romance. ... Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
5. Silk by Alessandro Baricco
6. Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
7. Possession by AS Byatt
8. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway ... received universally bad reviews. Too bad because I loved the book.
I did not really care for the movie versions of Possession -- not bad, just lacked emotion. I imagine if you hadn't read the book, it was even worse. And also The French Lieutenan't Woman -- I understand why they ... Not in order
The Time Traveler's wife
Bel Canto
Possession
The Road
Truth & Beauty
Because of all the talke on LT, I read Possession by A. S. Byatt & also The shadow of the Sun & The Virgin in the garden. I now seem to be on a roll with UK authors, Ian McEwan Iris Murcoch Edna O'Brien Rumer Godden & all the Jane Austen's I hadn't read yet. ... is my review for The Patron Saint of Red Chevys
tjsjohanna - Welcome! Please read and review Possession by A.S. Byatt as I've been thinking of buying it. I did my best to select something that it looks like you've not previously reviewed. Let me know if there ... Aemilys--I LOVED Possession. Couldn't put it down, but I knew that it was a book that would be difficult to recommend to others. I think only a small amount of people would like it. ... shopping and grabbed a couple for ME that I've wanted for awhile:
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
Possession by A.S. Byatt
Plus a couple more Viragos I found lolling about on the shelves just begging to be sent far and wide! Tiffin, just wanted to let you know that I picked up A.S. Byatt's Possession at a library book sale today, entirely on the strength of your recommendation as the top read of 2007! ... In a show of remarkable restraint (well actually I was short on time), I came away with only two: A.S. Byatt's Possession, and The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat. ... known to look at a book I want to buy and leave it until I find an edition with better cover art. That's why I never bought Possession until it came out in the Vintage Classics series recently. The other cover was just too awful to contemplate...very cheap and nasty. Plus, the Vintage Classics ... Have to third? fourth? the nomination of Possession. Also one of my favorites.
As mentioned elsewhere on LT today...I am reminded of The Dress Lodger by Sheri Holman. I thought this quite good also. I agree with lilithcat and pamelad on The Quincunx, which I read years ago and thoroughly enjoyed.
Again, since Possession is one of my favourite books ever, I cannot but agree with pamelad (once again).
:-)) ... Fingersmith but it's an entertaining read all the same. I second lilithcat's recommendation of Quincunx
How about Possession? Victorian in parts and well worth reading if you've missed it. ... should be a classic but not so much the rest of her work. I agree with Sergio about Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Perhaps Possession by A.S. Byatt? That book is just so literary! ... in Wonderland and The Wind-up Bird Chronicle
Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales and The Bloody Chamber
Middlemarch and Possession
Tom Jones and The Rachel Papers
Frankenstein and sexing the Cherry
Gulliver's Travels and Atomised
The Inferno and Sabbath's Theatre
Oliver ... |
