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Sideways
Sideways: A Novel | Rex Pickett
22 posts | 14 read | 1 reading | 8 to read
Sideways is the story of two friends-Miles and Jack-going away together for the last time to steep themselves in everything that makes it good to be young and single: pinot, putting, and prowling bars. In the week before Jack plans (…more)
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Blueberry
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Mehso-so

2⭐. It's hard to like the characters.

kspenmoll Fun movie! 1d
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Blueberry
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Reading next for my movie/book club. So far it's just ehh.

WildAlaskaBibliophile The movie, tho 💔 1w
Blueberry @WildAlaskaBibliophile I did hear the movie was better. I'll see it in 2 weeks. 1w
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melissajayne
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1. N/A; looking for work at the moment

2. I don‘t think Miles particularly likes being a teacher

TheSpineView Good luck on the job search and thanks for playing! 1mo
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everlocalwest
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Can anyone tell me why @litsy wants all of my pics to be sideways? Every time I post, my image is properly oriented as I edit but when the post is published the image is sideways. (Note, I delete the post when this happens, so you won't see it reflected in any of my posts.) Am I the only person this happens to or is this a regular consequence of using the webpage rather than the app?

everlocalwest Of course this post is properly oriented. 😕 11mo
Smrloomis Huh, this doesn‘t happen to me…weird! So you have to rotate it every time? 11mo
Sharpeipup I‘ve been wondering this too! If I crop or edit the photo, then it will post correctly. I don‘t understand! 11mo
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everlocalwest @Smrloomis Sometimes they are properly oriented and sometimes they aren't. When they aren't - I just delete the post. So I have this backlog of reviews that I wanna post but don't want to post wonkily. I think my suspicion that this is a web based issue is it - but Litsy is no longer on Android. :( 11mo
everlocalwest @Sharpeipup If I edit the photo - in any way! - it deletes from the post and I don't like posting without an image so I just delete the whole post when that happens. I'm so frustrated by it!! But I'm about to review dump and just let what happens happens. 11mo
Smrloomis @everlocalwest darn! That‘s so frustrating 😡 11mo
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Blueberry
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💚📚🖤 12mo
Eggs Great choice 💜🍷🩷 12mo
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Shemac77
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Mehso-so

I think this might be the rare occurrence where I liked the movie better….

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Shemac77
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This has been on my bookshelf for so long. Giving it a try.

AmyG Such a great movie…if you haven‘t yet seen it. 3y
Shemac77 I have! And really enjoyed it. The book however…not so much. @AmyG 3y
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Andrea313
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Miles and Jack, pretentious and philandering, respectively, take a trip through #WineCountry, and God help me, I love it. #LitsySpringBreak
@TheKidUpstairs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🍷💜📚 4y
TheKidUpstairs ❤🍷🥂 4y
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Ruthiella
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This was one of those cases where I saw the movie first and then read the book. It was fun to compare them and I enjoyed them both.

Both the film and the novel portray two screwed up, irresponsible guys who take a road trip through California #WineCountry 🍷 and do lots of pretentious spouting about wine and of course, drink plenty of it as well. Do they gain any wisdom as a result of their travels?

#LitsySpringBreak

vivastory This was one of the few movies I watched more than once when it was in theaters 4y
Ruthiella @vivastory I‘ve only seen it the one time. Because I read the book and saw the film so close to one another, it was neat to see what they adapted and what they cut for the film. 4y
SamAnne I loved the movie. 4y
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TheKidUpstairs ❤🍷🥂 4y
Ruthiella @SamAnne It was a good one! 😀 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Lol 📚🍷 4y
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TheKidUpstairs
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Cinfhen This looks fun 6y
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gradcat
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I went outside...it‘s still one color here: green! #Louisiana
But I found this picture I took of an old friend of mine in the liquor store...took it about 2 months ago. Anyway, lots of #Colors to be found here!
#Gratitude30
#Colors
@hermyknee

Amiable That's a great photo! 😀 6y
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TiredLibrarian
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Thank you @LibrarianRyan for hosting this #RoadTripGiveaway - I hope you and your friend have a great adventure!

My song pick is Carefree Highway by Gordon Lightfoot https://g.co/kgs/c919ci paired with the tagged book. Both are about the highway/road trip as escape from commitments and obligations, and a chance to explore the possibilities "out there" - before it's too late ??????

#RoadTrip #TheBookIsBetter #Music #BooksandMusic

Wife I ❤️ that song. Now I need to find it on Pandora and 🎶🎵🎶 sing! (Thankfully I am alone because my singing is 🙄🤭🤐) 7y
TiredLibrarian @Wife I spent a lot of time commuting to work & school years ago, and had "Gold's Gold" on audiocassette. Did a lot of in-car singing along to that - no one else to hear, which was for the best! ??? 7y
Dragon Love that song ! 🤗 7y
LibrarianRyan I have not heard Gordon Lightfoot I years! 7y
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Mindyrecycles
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Pickpick

Loved this buddy road trip novel. #journey #readingresolutions @Jess7

Oblomov26 Loved the movie - been meaning to pick this up 7y
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GripLitGrl
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#ThisRemindsMeOf 🍷 @JoeStalksBeck @Tiffy_Reads
Great movie & i will say my husband who's not a reader enjoyed the movie so much he actually bought the book.

cariashley Love this movie, it‘s definitely in my top 5! 🍷 7y
GripLitGrl @cariashley 🙌🍷💗 7y
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DMC_run8
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Mehso-so

Not really a fan of this one. The female characters were one dimensional and at one point I wouldn't have minded if both the main characters died.

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BooksForYears
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#SeptPhotoChallenge Day 9 - Made into a movie

While the movie doesn't follow the book faithfully, it definitely gets the wine love & wine snobbery parts right. And anytime someone orders merlot, I can't help but think of Paul Giamatti's rant 😏🍷

JoeStalksBeck I learned a lot from this! 8y
Oblomov26 Loved the movie, need to read the book "any day you open that bottle of wine will be a good day" 8y
LauraBeth Loved this ❤️ 8y
youneverarrived I loved that film didn't know it was based on a book, might have to give it a read. 8y
RealLifeReading Oh yes it was such a great movie. Plus I love anything w Sandra Oh 8y
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SarahTheSpectator
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"Feeling better?" Jack asked gingerly, watching me out of the corner of his eye.
"Immeasurably." And I was. I didn't give a damn anymore. "I needed this", I added, holding up my glass.

I want a good friend by my side on a long, contemplative, road trip... with a glass of wine. Jack and Miles forever!

#Day7 #FavoriteBookishFriendship #AugustPhotoChallenge

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ElliePelto
Sideways: A Novel | Rex Pickett

Finished Sideways yesterday, then watched the movie. I have to say I do not understand the changes they made. Stephanie instead of Tara? No Brad? Anyone else feel that way? #thebookwasbetter #movieadaptations