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The_Penniless_Author
Jailbird: A Novel | Kurt Vonnegut
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Pickpick

Returning to Vonnegut is like putting on a favorite pair of old slippers - familiar, comfortable, almost as if it were tailor-made specifically for me. How it is that I didn't burn through all of his novels long ago is a mystery, but I'm glad I paced myself and can still enjoy the pleasure of reading one of his books for the first time at my rapidly advancing age.

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Yenya1954
Pickpick

A collection of Vonnegut‘s short stories. Some were very enjoyable, some were mediocre. I actually laughed while listening to a few3.75/5

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JuliaTheBookNerd
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#EPluribusUnum 💜💛

#JulyJazz 🐚🌺☀️🌴🌊🫧 🍉🇺🇸🎆

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

Eggs 💜💛 1mo
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Susanita
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I have a dilemma this morning…

Muffin or pizza
These are my breakfast choices
I just can‘t decide

#haikuhive #haikuaday

TheBookHippie Pick the pizza! 🤣 2mo
AmyG I love cold, leftover pizza. 2mo
Tamra Pizza! 2mo
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nanuska_153 Why choose? Both! 2mo
Jari-chan I go with @nanuska_153 - life's too short anyway 💪 2mo
Bookwormjillk Both! 2mo
ShananigansReads Por que no los dos? 2mo
JenlovesJT47 🍕🍕🍕 2mo
lil1inblue I agree with @nanuska_153 - BOTH! 😍 2mo
Susanita @TheBookHippie @nanuska_153 @Tamra @AmyG @Jari-chan @Bookwormjillk @lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47 @ShananigansReads I had the muffin for breakfast and the pizza for elevensies/second breakfast. 2mo
dabbe I love that you had people helping you with your haiku-survey! #welldoneyou! 👏🏻🖤🐝🖤👏🏻 2mo
Itchyfeetreader Excellent haiku and bold choices I hope you embraced the idea that both is an option 2mo
AnnCrystal Both, Good choice! 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🍕😋🧁🐝💝...a lot late to the vote...but for the record, I totally would have chosen 🍕😋. 2mo
Reggie I‘m late but I would have rooted for the pizza. Glad you still had it for second breakfast. 2mo
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Creadnorthey
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Pickpick

A funny book whose satire is true to today in so many ways- how Kurt is still relevant after some 40-50 years is the genius behind his words.

CatLass007 Love Vonnegut. But are you sure that‘s a picture of breakfast? 😍 I haven‘t read this particular novel yet so maybe this is a reference to something in the book. Or maybe it‘s just a fantasy. (edited) 2mo
Creadnorthey Pure fantasy- my personal BoC! 😂 2mo
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Leftcoastzen
Jailbird: A Novel | Kurt Vonnegut
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#Bibliophile #Birds A Jailbird in the stash !

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Excellent 🙌🏻 3mo
Eggs Perfect 🤍 🦜🖤 3mo
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AvidReader25
Bluebeard | Kurt Vonnegut
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The story follows a fictional abstract expressionist painter, Rabo Karabekian, who was also a WWII vet. The whole book dances around the mystery of what is he hiding in his huge potato barn. The payoff at the end was absolutely worth it. Rabo is a cynical man, but somehow also incredibly hopeful. It also explores the impact art can have on processing trauma. I love Vonnegut's work and this one falls in my top five for sure.

Ruthiella I think this was the first Vonnegut I read as a teen. The artist main character in Percival Everett‘s “Almost Blue” is also hiding something in his barn and I wondered if this was a hat tip to this book. 4mo
AvidReader25 @Ruthiella oh I bet it was! Now I need to check that out. 4mo
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britt_brooke
Deadeye Dick: A Novel | Kurt Vonnegut
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Huge shoutout to my local used book shop for this beautiful 1982 Vonnegut!

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Trashcanman
Welcome to the Monkey House | Kurt Jr. Vonnegut
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What‘s your favorite collection of short stories and or essays? Welcome to the Monkey House is one of my favorites. Which would you recommend?

mobill76 So many Bradbury collections are near and dear to me. Lately, I've been remembering stories from John Joseph Adams's "Wastelands" anthology. This is the way the world ends... 4mo
Reggie The Living Dead edited by John Joseph Adams. The 1st volume. Nothing but zombie short fiction every which way. I loved it. 4mo
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Trashcanman @Beatlefan129 Thank you, I‘ll definitely check it out. Thanks for the recommendation. 🙌🏽 4mo
Trashcanman @mobill76 Thanks for the recommendation! I‘ll check it out, I‘ve heard of the author but I‘ve never read any of his books. 🙌🏽 4mo
Trashcanman @Reggie Thanks Reggie, I appreciate it man. Hope all is well on your end. 🙌🏽 4mo
Trashcanman I was hoping for more recommendations. I thought more people liked short stories. 🤷🏽‍♂️ 4mo
Billypar My favorites are probably Get in Trouble by Kelly Link, Stories of Your Life by Ted Chiang, and Ficciones by Borges. And the two Alice Munro collections I've read - Open Secrets and The Love of a Good Woman. 4mo
Trashcanman @Billypar I just saw your review of the latest book of short stories. Did it bump any of these from the list? Thank you for this comment. 3mo
Billypar Once a book is on my all-time favorites list, I feel like it can never be bumped by a recent read, no matter how good. But it's also a short list, so there's definitely room to add the Crace. 3mo
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Schnoebs
Galapagos: A Novel | Kurt Vonnegut
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Bailedbailed

Ugh, this is so frustrating. I love a good classic sci-fi story, especially when it‘s talking about catastrophic events happening on earth and to the environment. I just couldn‘t get on with the writing style I think. I can see where the author was taking us and what they were trying to say but I just couldn‘t connect with any of it. I‘ve been trudging through this book for so long and I just need to give up.

#dnf #classicscifi #scifi