Slaughterhouse-Five: Or The Children's Crusade | 
pickLast book for November and this was a weird one. It is about a man, Billy Pilgrim, who gets displaced in time and is kidnapped by aliens. All of this starts when he is a soldier during World War 2. You never really know whether he's nuts or not.
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I had to read this for my Junior english class. So long ago!
pickAfter reading this book I thought back to my days in school and asked myself, why didn't we read this? Or Catch 22? These books are printed awesomeness.
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pickIncredible anti-war novel, the story of Billy Pilgrim, who has become unstuck in time. Billy, like Vonnegut, witnessed the firebombing of Dresden as a POW. Billy also has been abducted by aliens, been a successful businessman, and more, always knowing his inevitable future. Great read for #BannedBooksWeek https://cannonballread.com/2019/09/slaughterhouse-five-elcicco/
panI‘ve read a few of the author‘s novels, and this is by far my least favorite...so it goes. It reads fairly monotonously, and the plot is forgettable. In all honesty it was my hope that each next page would bring some fresh twist or revelation that helped me make it all the way through. I would recommend spending time on his other books instead of this one.
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And Lot‘s wife, of course, was told not to look back where all those people & their homes had been. But she did look back, & I love her for that, because it was so human.
So she was turned to a pillar of salt. So it goes.
People aren‘t supposed to look back. I‘m certainly not going to do it anymore. I‘ve finished my war book now. The next one I write is going to be fun. This one is a failure, & had to be since it was written by a pillar of salt.
“Why you? Why us for that matter? Why anything? Because this moment simply is. Have you ever seen bugs trapped in amber? Well, here we are, Mr. Pilgrim, trapped in the amber of this moment. There is no why.”
“Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops.”
“And Lot‘s wife, of course, was told not to look back where all those people and their homes had been. But she did look back, and I love her for that, because it was so human.
So she was turned into a pillar of salt. So it goes.”
pickNot what I expected when I picked it up to read, but ended up enjoying the non-sensical time travel and the Tralfamadorian's perspective of time and death.
Some powerful passages in this book!!
“America is the wealthiest nation on earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves...It is in fact a crime for an American to be poor, even though America is a nation of poor.” Times may change but the reality for many in the US, not so much.
pickI love Vonnegut‘s style and quite enjoyed this book. It‘s about Billy Pilgrim, WWII veteran & POW who witnessed the Allied attack on Dresden and becomes unstuck in time via his experiences with the alien Tralfamadorians. Didn‘t realize that this is the source of “everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.” I did feel like the non-linear story telling undercuts the climax a bit, plus I read about Dresden and the facts recontextualize this story.
so-soAnother one done .. and I have to say I have mixed feelings for this one .. I finished it because that‘s what I do lol! Would I recommend it?? I don‘t know 🙈 .. it‘s a satirical look at WWII.
I have several of the unread ones on my shelf just haven‘t gotten around to them yet. Once again saw this on @thegirlwiththelibrarybag
https://www.buzzfeed.com/rubyreds/how-many-of-these-ap-lit-books-have-you-read-1...
