The Day of the Locust | 
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#beginswith #Day I read West‘s books so long ago now I don‘t remember very much except that I liked them.It was suspected that he might have become a major novelist, he was really just beginning his career when on the way back from Mexico he was in a terrible car accident that killed both him and his wife.
He was only 37.
I‘m sitting inside, but I can still hear cicadas. Bob Dylan heard them too, even though he called them locusts. https://www.forbes.com/sites/evaamsen/2021/03/22/cicada-brood-that-inspired-bob-...
There‘s at least 20 carcasses in the building foyer, but I‘m not taking any pictures of them. #BroodX
pickThe novel is set in a time when the Hollywood film industry was mushrooming. But it does not showcase the movie stars, glamour, and glitz of Tinseltown. Instead, we see the disillusioned and aspiring actors, the struggling movie extras, the out-of-lucks who came to California to pursue a better life. It shows us the sad nature of the industry..the harsh realities and dashed hopes.
#Booked2020 #setinhollywood
#jennyis30 #satire
California 1930s. People came to pursue the American Dream.
Side note: In the tagged book, there‘s a character named Homer Simpson!
#currentlyreading
“I‘m going to be a star some day – if I‘m not I‘ll commit suicide.”
Synopsis says it‘s a ‘classic study of early Hollywood‘, with all its glittering facade.
#MOvember #Hollywood
Can anyone tell me anything about this book. I know it was made into a film
panThis book was not for me. Which is a shame because it started off strong. As the book progresses, it just got worse. This is definitely a niche read and would probably work with fans of cult classic reads. I'm actually slightly mad I read this book.
Found this book in a free little library in Phil Campbell, Alabama. I was passing through on my way to a restaurant that‘s in a cave, yes it‘s a real restaurant in a cave, in North West Alabama when I passed a park that had a free little library. I had to stop. It was mostly full of romance novels. However, in the corner I found this book; looks like it‘s probably assigned to high school students. I will give it a try.
so-soRead between Feb 23-27, rated 3.5 ⭐️. I was on the fence about this book. I am sure at the time of its publication in 1939 it may have been controversial but it seems rather mild. I found it less about Hollywood and more about the dissolution of an artificial dream. Tod and his companions are rather unlikeable and as artificial as the movies they are involved with.
I don‘t know why, but I keep getting these books in green packaging in my mailbox! 🤔🤔🤔😉😉😉 I‘d better make it a reading Sunday! 😃😃😃
Weird to see Homer Simpson pop up in this mid-century classic!
I realized when I was answering the #QOTD that it's been awhile since I've posted a #bookandbath pic. And then I realized that it's been a long time since I've read a book in the bath😕Fixing that tonight.Back to this one for the @RoscoeBooks Classic in Brief book club meeting this week.I set it aside for the Roscoe fiction book club(which doesn't meet until NEXT week)pick& I couldn't put that one down.(Behold the Dreamers)#bookandwine#bathandbook
I am halfway novella 2 of this two novella volume, and so far, I am liking it much better than the first, Miss Lonleyhearts. Re that sandwich-every so often I get a craving for this one, and I admit, it's weird. White bun, yellow mustard, Kraft Deli American cheese (😳), bread and butter pickles, and potato chips. 🤔It's oddly delish but it doesn't go so well with the sangria I chose to pair it with 🙃#bookanddinner #bookandwine
This is a story of loneliness and isolation, about a group of people working on the fringes of #Hollywood. #maybookflowers
Jeremy: "I've been on a LA kick lately. Before this, I read Eve Babitz who said this is the worst book about LA ever written. In her opinion the author paints too grim a picture, but I kind of like that. Babitz' book was airy and all about the beauty of LA – like the sunshine and the food. This book is about a struggling actress who can't find work. I'm a filmmaker and am considering moving to LA. Right now I'm getting my fix through fiction."
Only those who still have hope can benefit from tears. When they finish, they feel better. But to those without hope, whose anguish is basic and permanent, no good comes from crying. Nothing changes for them. They usually know this, but still can‘t help crying.
so-soI wanted this book to be so good...I really did. It starts out really strong and has well thought out characters but the situations got very tedious for me. I wanted them (or at least a few) to be smarter or want more. The presence and language of the time period was what I liked the most.
