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Buck‘s prose is clear and beautiful, but it is weird reading a book written by a white woman whose family colonized China as missionaries. Still, I was drawn into Wang Lung‘s life as he ascended from a poor farmer to a rich land owner. The attitudes about women and girls as ugly, no better than slaves, etc. is also hard to stomach even if accurate of the time. I‘m glad I read this “classic,â€� but I‘m not sure it deserves that title. 3â­�ï¸�

Ebook on sale. Good for #China #readingasia2021

I liked this story, though at times it was slow. Most of the characters weren't referenced by name, even if they played a large part of the story, like Wang Lung's eldest son/second son/third son. It was also disheartening to read that girls were referred to as slaves through the whole book and that his disabled daughter was known simply as "the fool". I know it is a cultural and historical piece, but I still didn't like that.

On the recommendation of my husband, I've been reading this book. Hopefully, our power stays on and we are able to stay warm! Oklahoma is in the middle of a huge ice storm right now, some areas of the state have almost an inch of ice already, and we still have 2 more rounds of precip to go!!

April wrap up - 21 books and so many good ones I can‘t choose a favorite!

Plans for tonight 📚

Quiet Thursday evening, re-reading this classic for a challenge that I set for myself: to read one classic book per month in 2020. This will be for February 🤓

This is the audible daily deal. Fantastic book. Just a PSA!

Wonderful tale of a Chinese farmer and his family in old agrarian China. I can't believe I haven't read this classic until now. Looking forward to reading the rest of the trilogy.

Another classic I hadn‘t read. This was assigned to us in senior year, but I had mono and had home schooling. So it took a few years to read this. 😉 5 stars.

I've got 80 million other books going right now, but since this one is the only one on my #Pulitzer (Fiction, 1932) #SeptemberTBR that is also on #KindleUnlimited, I decided to start it just to see if you can still use #Bookly while also reading on your phone. You can!

#ChinaGirl

I loved this book and should really reread it one of these days.

#WanderingJune

Very rarely do I think a book only needs one word to describe how great it is but Pearl Buck's masterpiece only needs this, AMAZING. Please read this beautiful and hopeful story of a farmer and his family in early twentieth century China. #China #Nobel

It‘s a fun idea, but I don‘t think I‘ll be able to handle this. I‘ve got authors in various places and I may be a little too anal.

I wasn't overly thrilled about this story. It's a classic tale of boom and bust and the pitfalls of giving into impulses and pride, but I could not sympathize with any of the characters or relate to the story -not surprising considering the rather alien setting. If there was anything remarkable about it, it was that the prose style seems to have been consciously designed to evoke a timeless, ancient China.

I've loved this book ever since I first read it in high school. #anewchapter 5 I'll Always Love This Book.
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I enjoyed reading this #classic from my #library. Seeing how differently people from that time and culture thought was both interesting and difficult. Difficult because their attitudes especially towards women was something that took an effort to read through.
I liked the themes of cycles. Not only seasons, and famine and plenty, but also the cycles of age and wealth that seemed to lock people into certain roles and actions.
Would recommend, 8/10.

This book made me feel all sorts of ways.

I had an enormous amount of empathy for Wang Lung's wife, O-Lan. It killed me how little she thought of herself, and reminded me of how I used to view myself for a large portion of my life. She truly believed she was so ugly that it was impossible for anyone to ever really love her. Sadly, for the most part, even her husband was unable to love her as she deserved because of her ugliness.
#classics

To himself then he remembered that once he had been afraid because he would‘ve been seized against his will, but now he was too old for use and besides he was rich and the rich need not fear anything.

“And to him war was a thing like earth and sky and water and why it was no one knew but only that it was.�
#classics #24in48

The way they felt about females boggles my mind. The way they thought in general; it‘s so different. I‘m finding it very interesting getting this peek into Wang Lung‘s brain. I‘m surprised I‘m finding a book about rural life in pre revolutionary China so compelling.
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Only a few of the beans did Wang Lung hide in his own hand and these he put into his own mouth and he chewed them into a soft pulp and then putting his lips to the lips of his daughter he pushed into her mouth the food, and watching her small lips move, he felt himself fed.
#classics #quotes

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I just finished the first chapter and I‘m fascinated. #classics

Doing some reading for school while camping in the Smoky Mountains. #teachersoflitsy

More reading time than I expected to sneak in yesterday. I finished one book and made progress in two others. I'm looking forward to October when I'll hopefully get a day of dedicated reading time again. #readathon
@DeweysReadathon

Our daily routine of Mommy reading while my little guy wakes up from his nap by watching VeggieTales Silly Songs. Perfect for getting a little more reading in for the #readathon!
@DeweysReadathon

I know I'm not going to get much reading in today, but I wanted to participate in the #readathon anyway! I should be able to finish The Vanderbeekers and hopefully make some progress in the tagged book. Happy Readathon Day!
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Congratulations @hermyknee on this awesome giveaway!! These are some of my old and new favorite books(so hard to pick!!) and a mug that reminds me of sunny skies and warm weather when it feels like winter is neverending in Chi-town! Also, I‘m a little obsessed with coffee and am loving this idea! #CoffeeCoffeeCoffee

I had never read this before, so thought I‘d try it out. It was okay, definitely not a fave, but it‘s certainly an important book and shares a unique voice with the world. I didn‘t really identify with any of the characters, but that‘s part of what makes the book special.

Worthy of the term classic. Highly recommend. #litsyclassics

I reread so few books, but much time passed between reads here - junior high to middle age. A book must be very well liked to earn a second read or have special significance in my life. Thanks for the generous giveaway!
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@Liberty

One of the 10 books everyone should read in their lifetime. I rarely reread but this classic is an exception. Early Bird Books deal for today.

#pearlsbuck #read #wordsarepowerful #imagine #escape #bibliophile #bookworm #books

#FallIntoBooks #classicsforclassichaters #ClassicHaters might be too strong a word, but they really are not my jam
These 4 I read as an adult and loved them all! Also, how do YOU define what falls under the category of a classic?!? Withstands the test of time? Something revolutionary?? Written before your lifetime??

Another one checked off my TBR Bingo! This was a good book showing how the lives of ordinary people can seem untouched even when the society around them is experiencing a vast upheaval -- in this case, China's Cultural Revolution. Buck's use of language is also interesting; it seems even Biblical at times.

This is my first Pearl Buck book ever and I can say I am glad that my Nobelistas Bookclub is allowing me to become familiar with works like this. You can tell she lived in and loved China , not only because of her understanding of the culture but because of her phrases which are so poetic yet simple. I like the theme and the reflection about what happens to people when they are disconnected from the earth.

#historiquices 5/5 Opinião: https://goo.gl/Fn9bPu

I pulled out this beat up old copy of a classic for today.

#junebookbugs #aplanetinthetitle
@RealLifeReading

Biggest Book in 1931. Oh, man. This book is good. I couldn't exactly identify with the main characters (except maybe O-Lan), but it was mostly because of cultural relevance and such. But I could definitely identify with the themes: What we work so hard for, how soon we can forget where we came from, generational gaps, appreciating the simple things as we age...I will definitely re-read this one.

Pleasant surprise from Thrift Books! Totally thought I ordered a paperback, and they sent me this beautiful hardback copy of The Good Earth.

Re-reading this story now because I feel it's one I didn't fully appreciate when it was assigned to me in my highschool lit class.