The Lords of Discipline | 
Starting my first #AllergicToChunksters of the year which also is my April #DoubleSpin and a #BookSpinBingo book. I love when the reading challenge stars align ☺️
pickWow.
A story about the brotherhood, friendship, and love between 4 young men going through the trials and tribulations of the "education" they received while attending South Carolina Military Institute. The Citadel. The story is told through the eyes of one of the men, Will McLean..he despises the Institute. We learn why.
Engrossing, descriptive, and heartbreaking.
🎧 Next up: An audiobook that‘s been in my queue for several years— ever since @BethFishReads cited it as one of her personal all-time favorite audiobooks!
#AudiobookPantheon
Day 10 for #adventrecommends I ❤️❤️❤️ Pat Conroy, ever since a prof in grad school made us read The Prince of Tides. I have 3 favorites by Conroy & all of them are gut-wrenching, beautiful, traumatizing, & unforgettable. TW-suicide, violence @emilyrose_x
pickAside from having to listen to southern drawl for x hours I really enjoyed this one!
Celebrating June is audiobook month with my top-10 list—culled from 30 (!) years of listening—and a USA giveaway. Brief reviews & giveaway info on my blog. http://www.bethfishreads.com/2017/06/10-best-audiobooks-and-audiobook.html?m=1
#MayBookFlowers #InMemorium
I've read all of Pat Conroy's novels at some point or another and recently re-read Beach Music. I was fortunate to see him speak just a few months before his death. A complicated man, to be sure. But, a master at observation and so beautifully able to paint a scene.
(PS: not my pic. Found this one by googling)
I guess I'm preaching to the choir on this one... book stickers suck! #bookishpetpeeves #marchintoreading
pickNo, YOU'RE crying unexpectedly reading a story about cadets at The Citadel in the 60s. "Read Pat Conroy," they said. "You'll love it." Sure. Now, please excuse me while I try to piece my heart back together. Yes, there are problems in the book, but it's been a while since I've cried actual tears* while reading. *BONUS: tears were at my desk while eating lunch. ?
pickI've lost count of how often I've read this story. I went to grad school at The Citadel, long after this era, and yet, so many of the traditions remain. Like the South, and the cadets' uniforms, things simply aren't black and white. They are a million shades of grey, and yet, doing the right thing isn't easy when tradition dictates another course of action. Definitely worth a read, or six...
Check this out. Tomorrow is #PatConroyDay. I think we Littens should be able to do some posting damage for a good cause. Right?!
#Somethingforsept - #favevillain - I love the nuanced, human bad guys at the core of these novels. In particular, Tradd's betrayal in Lords of Discipline is so villainous because it's done out of "love," but it really comes from a place of weakness - a weakness easily identifiable, and tempting in all of us. In both these novels, to quote Goodfellas, the bad guys come with smiles. They come as friends.
pickI was listening to a podcast recently and was shocked to hear the reviewers had never read Pat Conroy. He's worth keeping around (RIP). Here is one of my favorites, (look at the kindle/audible special), and a great movie, too. #southernlit is worthwhile, but lately seems to be denigrated or at least forgotten. Perhaps it should gain a written in #readharder spot? Anyway, Pat Conroy is a keeper. This one took my breath away.
pickTBT. This is my favorite book of all time. I read it for the first time in 1999. I have read it once a year since, give or take. It is part of me, in my blood, in my marrow. And, like the main character, it still teaches me what kind of man I don't want to be. I miss Conroy. I miss him so much.
pickAmazing. This book challenges the way way you look at the right and wrong doings of another person. Conroy does an excellent job developing his characters and I'd be lying if I said I didn't leave multiple tear stains in my copy. I cannot recommend this book highly enough.
pickI read this book in high school and absolutely loved it. It is one of those books that I constantly think about even all these years later. I think this is Pat Conroy's master piece and I recommend it to everyone.
