The Great Gatsby | 
1.F.Scott Fitzgerald,Jack Kerouac,& Virginia Woolf
2.For Fitz & Kerouac where did the magic go? Why did it all end in drink & cynicism?(as if that‘s answerable)with Woolf , let‘s have tea & see where the conversation goes.
3.my guess is about 2500 , if I count, I‘ll post it.Always changing though,I buy, gift , trade, & donate.
Thanks @Eggs #wonderouswednesday
“It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of #eternal reassurance in it...It ...seemed to face the whole external world for an instant, and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. It understood you just so far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself, and assured you that it had precisely the impression of you that, at your best, you hoped to convey.” #QuotsyNov19
pickI really enjoyed the feel of this story, but was quite surprised with the turn the book took in the second half, most unexpected. Really pleased I finally got to read this, but felt quite a sad and reflected ending. If you haven‘t read it yet, it is quite a quick and easy read.
“‘I love to see you at my table, Nick. You remind me of a— of a rose, an absolute rose. Doesn‘t he?‘ She turned to Miss Baker for confirmation. ‘An absolute rose?‘
This was untrue. I am not even faintly like a rose.”
I love how Nick felt the need to point this out in his narration 😂
#greatgatsby #fscottfitzgerald #nickcarraway #daisybuchanan #rose #comic #art
November is here and I am starting off the month with a classic I have never read!
Have you read it?
Would you recommend it?
pickI finally got around to reading this classic after seeing and hearing it referenced throughout my lifetime literary journey. It felt like a very nicely paced, structured, compact novel. I can't say many of the characters strike me as likeable except perhaps the narrator, but maybe that's the point. Overall, the story is perhaps a warning about letting an obsession with the past derail one's future.
picka nice short read, beautiful language. a snapshot into a different time
pickI had to read this for school, and I honestly thought I‘d hate it. (Spoiler alert: I didn‘t!) I think what I loved most about this book was the writing style, the way Fitzgerald describes early New York paints a beautiful picture of the glitz and glamour of the time period. The characters weren‘t ones I was incredibly attached to, but I felt like I understood them, and I liked how they weren‘t supposed to be redeemable. Overall, really good!
Jay Gatsby = the ultimate #PartyMan
#SoaringScores
The Spark Notes Twitter page is my new favorite thing.
@Blueberry
pickTo many Jay Gatsby appears to be living #thelifeofriley - he has everything money can buy. Well almost...this book shows the dark side of the American Dream and launched a million high school term papers. #RedroseSeptember
For seven days I‘ll post a favorite cover with no explanation.
#7days7covers #Day2
#7days7covers #covercrush Day 4
Seven book covers in seven days.
No explanation.
“Life begins again when it gets crisp in the FALL.” 🍁🍂🔥
#7covers7days #covercrush
Day 5
Seven covers in 7 days with no explanation, and tag someone new everyday.
If you haven't already been tagged by someone and would like to play
along, please do!
Dropped a copy of The Great Gatsby in front on the gorgeous Holly Inn in downtown Pinehurst, NC this afternoon to celebrate #bookfairyclassics weekend.
1. Unpopular opinion - I really can't stand this book about a bunch of whiny, discontented, spoiled people lol
2. Most recently, The Grand Tour. I also turn to Phineas & Ferb when I need a laugh!
3. Cheerios are my everyday go-to; French toast for special occasions.
4. Eastern (US)
5. The Maroon Fates
@HowJessReads #Friyayintro
I am feeling lousy, think I‘m getting sick, the heat has been unrelenting, stressed with some of the BS of living!Sometimes I have to break from the news, crazy politics, & the sad stories everywhere you look.
I know when I visit Litsy, the humor, enthusiasm for books, & updates of many of the positives in life will make me feel better, no matter what!So again , Thanks so much, Littens!👏👍❤️Happy pet and kid pictures are always appreciated!
I initially thought I'd be posting about a jazz musician for #swingthemood, but after looking at the lyrics I was reminded of Gatsby. #ayupaugust @Cinfhen @squirrelbrain
Stopped to pay our respects 💖. Looks like others have, too.
(Returning home today— more later!)
My kid is reading this and left it on the couch, so I picked it up and started reading it. Guess now I have to finish it. With a lap of cats.
so-soEnjoyable enough for audio puzzling. Great performance by Mr. Gyllenhaal, but audiobooks are still not my favorite. The story, while a worthwhile classic, did not move me in any way. I am completely disinterested and indifferent to these awful and boring rich people and their pretenders.
pickSomehow I have never read this, and it fit in to a challenge I'm doing, so now was the time. I enjoyed it!
#LilithJuly #WhiteFlag
“The windows were ajar and gleaming white against the fresh grass outside that seemed to grow a little way into the house. A breeze blew through the room, blew curtains in at one end and out the other like pale flags, twisting them up toward the frosted wedding-cake of the ceiling, and then rippled over the wine-colored rug, making a shadow on it as wind does on the sea.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
panUnpopular opinion: I seriously disliked this book. I don't understand how it became a high school syllabus staple. Fitzgerald sounded like a wannabe poet trying too hard to write romantic prose. If you're after a great novel of the Jazz Age, I would highly recommend checking out Gentlemen Prefer Blondes instead - if nothing else, it's a lot more fun. Full review here: http://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/the-great-gatsby-f-scott-fitzgerald/
I feel like whenever someone who has read The Great Gatsby mentions it, they have really strong feelings about it. They either love it or they hate it and there is no in between. How about you? If you‘ve read this book, how do you feel about it? #1920s #letsflyjuly @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620
1920s.. of course I'm picking The Great Gatsby! #LetsTravelJuly @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620
I host a book themed Christmas party every year. For 2020 I'm doing a "Roaring 20s Gatsby Christmas". Needless to say I'm a little excited for it. ?? Also I love Value Village. #AintNoPartyLikeAGatsbyParty #Xmas2020 #IHaveNoSelfControl #AGatsbyChristmas ???
The first book that came to mind for #GreenEyes...
The image of these eyes are seared into my memory 😂 Paired with Gatsby‘s fixation with the green light, the combo is exactly what today‘s #JulyColdplay is all about!
There are 7 copies of The Great Gatsby on my bookshelf... Can you tell it‘s one of my favourites? #shelfie
“There was music from my neighbor's house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars..”
One of the books I‘ve read that reminded me of #summernightcity #WanderingJune .
(Pic ☝️Pinterest)
Hmmm, it might be time for a re-read.
#TheAssignment #StarTrekSummerJune
So the above-pictured books were my favorite assigned books from high school on the Kentucky-dead-white-men tour, both by the same beloved teacher.
Okay, I swear I‘ll stop beating up on O‘Brien soon, but I do love the way this episode progresses the prophets/pah wraiths storyline more than the O‘Brien/Keiko storyline. 🤦🏻♀️🖖🏻
”I couldn‘t forgive him or like him, but I saw that what he had done was, to him, entirely justified. It was all very careless and confused. They were careless people, Tom and Daisy — they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made. . . .”
#Riotgrams #Day12 #SummerRomance
Are Daisy and Gatsby the ultimate summer romance? I‘d say so, even if they are doomed.
😂😂😂 Found this on IG and it made me laugh out loud for real, not like lolz... 😂😂
#DiCaprioIsMyGatsby #FightMeDaisy
'There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired.'
“Gatsby believed in the Green Light, the orgasmic future that year by year recedes before us.”
