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Siddhartha, by Hermann Hesse

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Thistle

I have been terrified of Hermann Hesse for years. I’m not sure how I got the impression that he was difficult and dense to read, but I’ve avoided him. Next year, however, my book club is reading Siddhartha, so I … Continue reading →

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Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Thistle

Waiting for Godot is a French absurdist play written by an Irishman who then translated it himself into English. There is no plot. Two men, Vladimir and Estragon, meet at a tree every day and talk, while they wait for … Continue reading →

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The Turn of the Screw, by Henry James

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Thistle

My husband swears that I read this about a decade ago, so I decided to read it and see for myself if I remembered it. He was right. Parts of this book and certain images definitely came back to me, … Continue reading →

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Lady Audley’s Secret, by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Thistle

Sir Michael Audley of Audley Court falls in love with a young, penniless, beautiful woman with a secret past, and marries her. Meanwhile, George Talboys heads home from Australia after over three years abroad trying to find a fortune in … Continue reading →

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The Sorrows of Young Werther, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Thistle

I first read this book back in 2001, and it’s one of a handful of books from that year that I remember reading, but don’t remember a thing about. Now that I’ve reread it, I can see why. The book … Continue reading →

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The Belly of Paris, by Émile Zola

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Thistle

This is probably the best Zola I’ve read since Germinal. The translation, by Mark Kurlansky, was fabulous. Each of the six chapters opens up a new section of life in the Paris food market. Food becomes a metaphor for everything … Continue reading →

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The Nun, by Denis Diderot

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Thistle

I’ve wanted to read this for years solely because I bought it in French back in 2000. I didn’t even know what it was about, but I owned it in French. I read it in English though. It’s all about … Continue reading →

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Dracula, by Bram Stoker

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Thistle

The first weekend of May, a cold front came through and got me right into the mood for RIP reading. My last book of the weekend was Dracula. Everyone pretty much knows the story of Dracula. While I didn’t love … Continue reading →

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Death in the Castle, by Pearl S. Buck

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Thistle

The first weekend of May, a cold front came through and got me right into the mood for RIP reading. Death in the Castle was the second of three books I read. Buck is famous for The Good Earth, which is … Continue reading →

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Protected: The Winter of our Discontent, by John Steinbeck

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Thistle

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