Welcome to Litsy!

I'm thoroughly enjoying this read.
How esquisite does this man write?!

Hey @ljuliel !

This is my emotional book - I actually haven‘t read it yet! But this edition was the first present my partner ever gave me. I couldn‘t read it then cause I was so busy studying. We split up and I gave it to my mum to hide as I was so heartbroken. When we got back together my mum and I couldn‘t find it anywhere. I finally found it in my mums basement earlier this year just in time to bring it when me and Matt moved in together ❤️

Thanks for the tag @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🤗💕
1. Living: Anne Tyler, of course. No longer with us: John Steinbeck
2. For Anne: I‘d love to hear about her writing life and the real-life quirky people who inspired all her quirky characters. For John: I‘d pick his brain about why he wrote the tagged book and who Cathy really represents. 🤔
3. Enough to open a small store! 🤣📚
4. @PurpleyPumpkin @TheAromaofBooks @Nevermore88
Rock on @Eggs 🤗

1. Just one???? Lol
2. Socks! All the time
3. 14,260 feet Mount Evan's, Colorado
4. Cilantro or mint
5. I don't think so
@howjessreads
#friyayintro

In case you missed the #EoE readalong earlier in the year, it‘s a #Kindledeal today. Also, I am *very* late in passing along this DVD so kindly sent to me by @UwannaPublishme 🙁 I‘d be happy to mail it on to any Litten who wants to see it. Just leave a comment if you‘re interested.

#FallIsBooked - Orange Cover: I like the orange Penguin Classics...possibly called the Vintage Popular Orange Penguin Classics. I don‘t know what they are actually called. The one thing that I know is that I can‘t order them so when The Penguin Orange Collection came out I was overjoyed. The collection is small - twelve books. These are the titles that I have so far! I still yearn for the plain orange editions, but not at such high intensity!🙃

So I‘m moved into my first place in London (well with roommates so not just ours but still)! My bf unfortunately has flu so won‘t be able to join me today, it‘s just me for a bit😕 I‘ve spent the day getting everything sorted and here are all of the books I‘ve brought! It‘s a quite small room and I won‘t have a bookcase til next week so two piles on the desk is how I‘m getting started. It‘s all very new and exciting and a bit scary but here I am

#7days7covers #covercrush Day 6

Play along! Post a cover you love every day for a week, no explanation. Tag another Litten inviting them to join...if you can keep track of who is/isn't already playing then I seriously commend you!

#QuotsySept19 #Idea
@TK-421

Fantastic book! I went through a constant roller coaster of emotions and am really looking forward to discussing this book in person with my readalong buddy tomorrow.

My current situation.

#SummersEndReadathon

#imagination #letstravelaugust

Cruised through this classic while on vacation, it was heart crushing and so lovely. Also probably the most picturesque background for a book pic ever! 😂 #classic #Steinbeck #eastofeden #grandtetons

“You can boast about anything if it‘s all you have.”

Got my 2nd goal of #24in48 completed by finishing Part 3 of East of Eden for a readalong that discusses this week and then took a #readathon break to go watch Bayern Munich and Real Madrid play. Now back to reading! @24in48

Look at the great #litsymail that just arrived from @UwannaPublishme 😍 I‘m dying to watch the Jane Seymour version of #EoE and compare it with the James Dean movie. The vintage book is gorgeous, as is the bookmark peeking out of Travels With Charley. And for those of you unfamiliar with Dark Shadows (see card in upper right), Angelique is the evil witch—though maybe not quite as evil as Cathy. 😂 Thanks so much, Donna!

I really enjoyed this book; Steinbeck is a wonderful writer. I tend to think of his work as heavy and dense, but it‘s really not that way at all; quite the opposite. In some places, the Cain & Abel analogy was a bit too heavy handed, but overall, East of Eden is a great book. Thanks for doing the #eoe buddy read, @Cinfhen ! I‘ve been putting this book off for years and now I‘ve finally read it and loved it.

I spent all day cleaning my closet and putting new bedding and curtains in my bedroom. Now I‘m settling down and I‘m going to try to finish this — my vacation interrupted my reading of it for the #eoe buddy read. I‘ve got about 100 pages left, if that.
#bookfitnesschallege #bfcr2
Walking = 2.27 miles
Eating = good — lots of veggies and healthy protein
Other = can I count all that cleaning? It slap wore me out!😄
@wanderinglynn @Emilymdxn

Rec by Stephen Jackson, somewhat stressful

Can‘t believe I hadn‘t read Steinbeck before this year. An epic story of good and evil and the choice we have in the type of person we become. Found the character of Cal to be one of the most fully realized and interesting, and was drawn into the Trask and Hamilton families. Some weaknesses esp with flat portrayal of the women w/ exception of Abra. Loved Lee and the empathy he brought to all. Lots to think about.

Pre-bedtime reading. Finishing up #eoe if I can stay awake and drinking lemon-ginger tea out of my new litsy mug. Perfect way to wrap up a monday. Thanks @Litsy @TimSpalding

The makings of a nice Sunday morning. Being outside, coffee, nytimes, bujo, and my planned reading. Hoping to finish #eoe today so I can read the discussion from Friday! #selfcare

Wow! I'm late for the close of the #EoE party, but I finally finished the book tonight. I would never have picked it on my own if @Cinfhen hadn't done the #buddyread & I'm glad I jumped in. I got hooked after the first 60 pages & had to see how this epic saga ended. Still working it over in my mind & headed to the last set of discussion questions now. The questions & group's perspectives helped me get so much more out of the story. Mahalo Cindy!😘

#LilithJuly I still have East of Eden on my brain because when I saw today‘s prompt #LoveFool my first thought was Adam Trask. Adam falls head over heels in love with the wickedest female ever! Because of spoilers, I won‘t share the details but trust me....Cathy Ames is seriously disturbed!!!! And Adam aka #LoveFool is completely blinded to her evil and demented ways. This was a gripping read with an incredible group of buddy readers!!! #EoE

#Unpopular opinion: I didn't like it. The writing felt flat and there was a lot of telling rather than showing. The characters seemed more like archetypes than real people. There was a lot of speechifying that I found off-putting. I think the theme was interesting, but it felt to me that the characters and story were in service to it, rather than it emerging from the story, if that makes sense. Thanks for the buddy read @Cinfhen #EoE 👇

My favourite #OrangeAndBlack books have to be this #PenguinClassic #Orange edition! I've only one out of this stack, but I can't wait to read them all! Thinking of East of Eden next ...Which one would you suggest for me to read next?
#ColorMePretty
#Classics #Pebguinbooks #ClassicsRead #booknerd #bookhaul #bibliophile

Finished about a week ago? WOW. What an amazing storyteller! My first Steinbeck. Won't be my last.

Final discussion of #EoE to follow this post. 7 questions under the spoiler tag. Thank you all for reading along with me!!! I‘ve really enjoyed this buddy read 💕💕💕

I'm reading! I'm actually reading! I'm so relieved because it was starting to feel like I'd never get the time or inclination again. 😩

This family saga is worthy of it‘s praise. Steinbeck examines right & wrong, good & evil, nature vs nurture, freewill, and “timshel” (my new fav word) from every angle. The character studios are brilliant and I think I will remember them for many years- especially Lee! ❤️
Thanks to @Cinfhen for leading this buddy read and encouraging me to finally read this classic! #EoE

I can see why Steinbeck considered this his masterpiece. Amazing!
#eoe

Steinbeck stirred so many of my emotions throughout this gripping classic. Some characters won my ❤️ while others made the hair on my neck stand up! 😬Now I want to see hunky James Dean in the film version. But who knew about this six-hour TV adaptation with Jane Seymour as “she-serpent” Cathy? Had to order it.🤭 Of
course I‘ll be sharing it with the amazing @Cinfhen and our great group of #EOE #buddyread friends.

Big book in every sense. Love, hate, families relations, expectations of society, guilt, self-interest, self-destruction and forever going battle between good and bad. Very colorful portrait of human characters from innocent to the really devilish, with very thoughtful portrait of consequences caused by good or bad deeds. Masterpiece that shows us the grey areas in human nature.

I loved the chance to read this again, and doing the #EoE buddy read made it an even greater experience than the first time I read it. While this isn‘t a perfect book, imo, there is so much to dig into, discuss, and wonder about, which makes it a great book for me.

I love Cathy‘s wickedness, Cal‘s fight between good and evil, and Samuel and Lee‘s discussions and musings.

Thanks for the motivation @Cinfhen and for the great questions!

Being half an hour early for my chiropractor appointment, means I have to time finish this for the #EoE buddy read 👌

Great book, great ending! And thanks to day 2 of road-trip reading, done ahead of schedule for part 4 ? "It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure to the world." #EoE