pickI didn't intend to read The Grapes of Wrath this year, but I've always meant to and @BarkingMadRead and the #hashtagbrigade reading it in November seemed like a perfect opportunity. It's a heavy book made all the more heavy by how timely it is right now. Steinbeck's writing is amazing. It's been several years since I read East of Eden and I'm thinking it may be time for a reread soon.
pickI reread (or listen to) A Christmas Carol every year…I really like Hugh Grant‘s narration!
pickLove this tradition :) It started with my grandmother, who used to read this to me every December 1st when I was younger, and then she gifted me a couple of copies of it throughout the years. We had very little in common other than our love for reading. This reading from Hugh Grant was perfect! Also was able to get some work done around the house :)
pickI‘ve always wanted to read this book and thankfully my husband had an old copy. I knew it was dark, and right away I noticed similarities between it and the series Yellowjackets. This book is banned, but of course it shouldn‘t be. It‘s an important coming of age story with the real world horrors that can take place when young boys are left to their own devices (with a taste for violence). Too much testosterone on this island for me!
panDepressing slog. Put this in the category of its a classic, I never have to read again. But thank you @BarkingMadRead for the #HashtagBrigade as an Okie I wanted to read.
HOWEVER, Sallisaw is actually closer to Arkansas while it was affected by The Depression it WASN'T part of the Dust Bowl. It always bugs me when authors get State wrong. There's a very big difference between the flat of the panhandle and green country of eastern Oklahoma. 📍
My goal is to actually start reading through this author's catalogue starting with the one received for jolabokaflod years ago.
so-soI gotta say “so-so”. Sure the writing is beautiful, but would I recommend it to anyone? No. It‘s too much. Even though the ending wasn‘t what I expected- it wasn‘t enough to encourage others to get there.
#LazloJustBecause
@BarkingMadRead thanks for hosting #HashtagBrigade book
