It Can't Happen Here | 
so-soAudio. This was an interesting story. Given in context of the time it was written, Nazi‘s and fascism was on the rise and Americans weren‘t quite aware of it.
The premise of the story is promising, where the execution didn‘t come through. Didn‘t keep my attention. Story was difficult to keep with; so many characters and disjointed side scenes. The number of times the characters stated, “but it can‘t happen here”, was crazy. That carried the book.
pickFinished my 4th book of the 24-hour readathon. I'm glad I read this, but this political satire is alarmingly realistic and scary. I wonder if Sinclair Lewis had a crystal ball to look into the future or if human nature just that predictable... @DeweysReadathon #readathon #deweyoct #litsylovereads
Almost halfway thru the 24-hour readathon. Wish I would have completed more books by now, but I did get to go on a lengthy #audiowalk . @DeweysReadathon #readathon #deweyoct
So what would a imitation celluloid ivory tower look like, I wonder?...
It's kinda creeping me out how spot on this 1935 book is to what is happening right now...
When your lap needs to be big enough for both your loves♡
We‘re heading to dystopias today.
1. Nope! I was supposed to be doing a reread with my youngest sister of The Handmaid‘s Tale this year, but it‘s feeling a little too real right now.
2. Tagged, and not strictly dystopian, but there‘s an uncomfortable level of prescience in this one.
3. Hope. For the hope of people who fight back against terrible odds, the hope of turning a country to empathy and community.
Don‘t forget to tag me! #sundayfunday
We had a fun day checking out two different bookstores today. This was Renaissance Books in the Mitchell Airport. The other was Boswell Books in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The tagged book was one of my purchases. #airportfinds #mitchellairport #usedbooks
“NOW is a fact that cannot be dodged.”
#QuotsyMar19 #procrastinate @TK-421
pickThe back cover. Starts out as a usual satirical novel but becomes more and more chilling as the president sets up an amateur militia of people who feel powerless and give them the power to torture anyone they disagree with, send them to concentration camps and burn books. Doremus initially writes articles for them under duress, but then becomes a resistance fighter. This is terrifying because it seems real.
pickAn alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America. The book details the chillingly realistic rise of a president who becomes a dictator to “save the nation from welfare cheats, sex, crime, and a liberal press.” Sound familiar? Written during the Great Depression, but incredibly relevant to what is happening in America today. 4.5 stars.
pickIt took 6 weeks, but I‘m glad to have read this. And I‘m SO glad I‘m finished. Too relevant. Can‘t wait to get to something light and not so much like the world we live in right now.
1. I always love Anne Hutchinson references. I have a fascination with her.
2. Apparently wanting to move to Canada when crazy leaders come to power in the US is not a new thing 😂😂
3. I feel like I‘m reading a work of fiction about our current times. It‘s making me 😳😳😳
pickWOW! What a gripping, terrifying book! I read it as a cautionary tale of what could happen. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. I wonder if this has ever been made into a movie?
“He simply could not believe that this comic tyranny could endure. “
This is a good book, but it is a difficult read. I keep finding myself wanting to take breaks from it. It certainly feels very modern!
I can‘t wait to start this! Someone on here recommended this, but I am ashamed to say I can‘t remember who. Curling up with this, my Mickie D‘s tea and the high school football game on in the background. Go, Dragons!!
I mostly tolerated required reading in HS until I can get my hands on A Stephen King or Dean Koontz book. In college as political science major I had to read It Can‘t Happen Here. It‘s now one of my favorites and scarily timely. Once Lewis got into a public fight with an author who he accused of plagiarism and got slapped many times. He also attempted to run away when he was 13 to join the Spanish America war but dad caught him. #agameoffavorites
pickThis book felt like a rollercoaster. The first 100 or so pages were difficult to read. The vocabulary is, naturally, a little out of date and the story moved slowly. However, the book really takes off around page 133. The pacing greatly improves and you‘re filled with a lot of complicated emotions while reading it. It‘s definitely worth dedicating yourself to getting through the slow parts.
I‘m getting some long distance love from my girl Gravy. It‘s hard to concentrate with this intense staring.
#dogsoflitsy
Oh good. It only took 133 pages before the book turned from painful reminder to a fictional story.
Seriously though, this book is fairly terrifying.
It was a town of perhaps ten thousand souls, inhabiting about twenty thousand bodies.
#BookNBrunch! Brunch on a Thursday? Why not? 😊 A yummy fried egg sandwich with 3 melted cheeses, on toasted peasant bread, and a cup of vanilla caramel coffee. Mmmmm! 😋 P.S. Check out the fog! I‘m tempted to go for a walk to admire and photograph it...just a little worried about getting run over due to the low visibility, lol.
Seems like a very timely book and Kindle version on sale today 2/17/18 for 1.99. Just snapped one up.
Oops, too late!
#DearMrPresident #Fiercefeb
@Cinfhen @batsy
I just made a best of page in my journal. These are the ones I gave ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ratings this year. The colors are format and where they came from. They are in order by finished date.
so-soWell, that was dark. Written in 1935, this novel imagines the rise of fascism in the United States, and challenges the notion that such totalitarianism is for other countries and couldn't happen here. As a cautionary tale, this is frighteningly prescient. As a novel, especially in terms of structure and tone, it‘s kind of a mess. Whether or not you should read it, sort of depends on which of those you are looking for.
Best of the Left Podcast put this book on my radar after including clips from Ideas from the CBC's American Fascism episode (listen here: http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/american-fascism-it-can-t-happen-here-1.3824591) on their Understanding Authoritarianism episode. Eight months into the nascent apocalypse, which books are helping you cope with Trump's America lately?
pickPolitical satire published way back in 1935 and terrifyingly relevant today. It took a while to hook me but I really enjoyed it once I got into it.
pickWhat I had to put up with while trying to finish this book. Lots of bits seemed eerily prophetic of things that are happening today. So much that if I attend a protest I may make a sign with a picture of this cover and writing "NOT AN INSTRUCTION BOOK." #catsoflitsy
I'm almost done with this book, and this is how I picture Emma Jessup.
Well this makes reading a bit difficult. #catsoflitsy
pickLet the major book hangover ensue.
I will be blunt. This book is hard work. It is challenging and dense and often confusing, but frighteningly, presciently brilliant.
I took this photo two weeks ago at a market in Spain. This t-shirt was on the €3 table.
Is democracy overrated? Can it be bought and sold? How far and in what way do we fight for freedom? These are important questions to ask during these times.
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