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While I think the author wants us to see her as a brave whistleblower ( and she is), she must certainly bear some of the blame for the heinous things she describes. You don‘t live and work like that for so long without being complicit. Overall, I was deeply disappointed and often horrified at the ridiculous behavior and dangerous decision-making that results when ordinary people acquire an unimaginable amount of money and power.

Super informative about what Fitzgerald‘s influences were when writing Gatsby. Unfortunately, of course, the story ends the same. His last check was for $13 in royalties. The price of genius, I guess.

The story of F. Scott Fitzgerald & the world that prompted The Great Gatsby -including two brutal 1922 murders. More than just an origin story of the iconic Gatsby, Churchwell also reconstructs remarkable moments in American history. I loved how she wove throughout the story bits of changing words & meanings, snapshots of people, menus, newspaper clippings. She even includes Fitzgerald's conjugation table of "cocktail" as it entered use as a verb.

Finally able to snag a bit of reading time in this morning after an insanely busy week. I'm really enjoying this book.

"Filaments of fact and fiction shed different lights on each other, and also throw shadows back on us."

I love Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and am excited to finally start this book that has been on my radar for quite some time! This quote is from the preface, which was fascinating. High hopes for this one! ?

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Part true crime, part biography, part critical study. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald not only lived a fascinating, albeit tragic life, but the world in which they lived was rendered perfectly by Churchwell. I loved the inclusion of photographs and newspaper clippings. My one regret is that it‘s been 15+ years since I read Gatsby. I need a reread. #carryonmywaywardson #marchintothe70s

Tonight‘s #bathandbook is very low key. Just some epsom salt, body oil, and my current read.

#walkonthewildside works with this one, which is about Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, the writing of The Great Gatsby, and the murder of the decade that may or may not have influenced Fitzgerald during his writing. #marchintothe70s

#bathandbook tonight is the amazingly scented Chamomile Flower bath bomb. It smells wonderful. 😍

The idea of this was up my alley. The things around Fitzgerald that brought about his work. Ultimately fell flat though. Does show that the 20s wasn‘t full on glitz and glamor which I think is refreshing. A few interesting facts and insights in their life but mostly it‘s meh.

I️ love coming back from vacation to my bookmail. All my books for #booktoteswap and #whodunitdoeschristmas swap have arrived! Plus a few for me. 😁#📫 #📪 #📦 #emojinov

Lost Generation reading continues into March! 🙌

It's so loud at the tournament that I can't read. I'm bored out of my 💀 , so I'm weeding books from my kindle... #teachersoflitsy 🙉🙉🙉

First shelf of first bookcase in new country filled. 💕

Made it 3/4 through this. I even tried switching to audio book format and it didn't help. Writing style was trying to hard, but that may be that the premise was trying to hard to connect things that just didn't fit. I enjoyed the photos and some of the facts about Fitzgerald's life were enjoyable. Wouldn't recommend.

Can't believe I managed to get an autographed copy for $1.49. Really looking forward to this one! The Hall-Mills murder took place in 1922 in New Brunswick, NJ (where I did my undergrad). The police investigation and trial were a mess and apparently that case was an influence on The Great Gatsby. Also, the house in which Eleanor Mills had lived was the residence of the dean of my college.