panI‘ll be honest, I have no idea what I read - I just know Woolf‘s style isn‘t for me. So much double speak and description of minutiae for no real reason. Only one of the stories in this collection was enjoyable to me…but even then its point felt confused. #AuthorAMonth
bailedI tried Virginia Woolf for the first time and she is definitely not for me. I hope other #AuthorAMonth readers have better luck!
A day late but here I am joining in! #Tuesday #Scavengerhunt #Ocean #youreit
@marleed your it!
From a bubble of privilege, she extolled idleness. I think one must be idle in order to become oneself, she wrote. 'If you have a profession you become part of that profession. With work you become a function. With idleness you become who you are.'
pickJanuary 2025 Book #7
My experience with short story collection is that like/enjoy some stories more than others just like this collection. Some of stories were so beautifully written, others in my humble opinion, were like beautiful expressions but didn‘t feel like a short story for me. 3.5⭐️
Recent acquisition:
📖 A Colder Eye: The Modern Irish Writers by Hugh Kenner
I'm a day late, but I couldn't miss the final AP List for #threelistthursday!
6 that had an impact (and all have stories attached)
🩵 The Waste Land
🩵 Things Fall Apart
🩵 Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
🩵 The Stranger
🩵 A Separate Peace
🩵 Waiting for Godot
1 Confession:
I've never read To Kill a Mockingbird. Nor have I seen the movie. (I know, I know. On both fronts.)
#tlt @dabbe
#classicschallenge 2025 @Lunakay #poetry #2025reads
I like text that presents language in unexpected ways. I didn‘t warm to this as much as I wanted to but there were parts that stood out. I could see how daring this was in its own time.
#VirginiaBloomsberries January's #buddyread discussion thread.
📚 What did you think of the various writing styles between stories?
📚 Did you enjoy any particular stories? If so, why?
📚 Do you like the stream-of-consciousness style she uses?
All are welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.
Next up - Jacob's Room https://litsy.com/p/c3lpd2JsbHJN
