Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf

I put this book in my To Read pile because a year or two ago I saw the 1990's movie version starring Vanessa Redgrave and enjoyed it.  I thought the book would be lots more confusing than it really was because I was aware it was written in Woolf's "stream of consciousness" style.  Actually this style of writing is very effective at establishing an atmosphere and a character because you are let in on many more details in the scene noticed by the characters as well as their chance thoughts.  So I liked this a lot better than I thought.