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An old favourite, both book and cover ❤️

#7days7covers No explanation #covercrush Day 1

@Marina_h , care to play? Post 7 covers you love over 7 days, no explanation needed, try to tag a new litten each day.

I felt an air of #Melancholy in this brilliant tale of an undistinguished life.

#SoulSeptember @Eggs

5⭐️ “Stoner is one of the few books which have caused buyers to call us in gratitude for having recommended it.” - John Doyle, Crawford Doyle Booksellers, NYC 👉🏻 my fav bookseller, which sadly closed down a few years back 😿

I‘m so glad that I finally read this book. The prose is elegant and captivating; I felt privileged to get to read this beautiful story of a simple and dedicated man 💕

A singular novel, unlike almost anything I‘ve ever read. I can‘t believe I‘d never heard of it before I read it.

Congratulations on your Litsy milestone @GrilledCheeseSamurai ! Wohoo! Six-digit Litfluence!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Thanks for hosting the awesome giveaway!

The tagged book is one of my favourites so far. Love Litsy for its positivity, lovely bookish-minded people, and fantastic book recommendations. Scrolling Litsy is one of my little daily pleasures. 😊

Tagging @TheAromaofBooks

#SixDigitSamurai

Nursing a bit of a book hangover after finishing Stoner last night 🤯 Williams captures the quiet triumphs and tragedies in the ordinary life of University professor so eloquently that it‘s spellbinding ✨ Just brilliant!

Hello, Stoner... you are next! 😃

“Having come to his studies late, he felt the urgency of study. Sometimes, immersed in his books, there would come to him an awareness of all that he did not know, of all that he had not read; and the serenity for which he labored was shattered as he realized the little time he had in life to read so much, to learn what he had to know.”
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My god, what a relatable description of being a nontrad student.

He saw [the future], not as a flux of events and change and potentiality, but as a territory ahead that awaited his exploration. He saw it as the great University library, to which new wings might be built, to which new books might be added and from which old ones might be withdrawn, while its true nature remained essentially unchanged. He saw the future in the institution to which he had committed himself and which he so imperfectly understood...

The ultimate English Major book. Like a Wharton novel and a Willa Cather combined. 📚 🌾

Started this one this morning. Seems very promising. It has a melancholic undertone. Could listen to some early Neil Young as you read this book.

"... as if those studies were life itself and not specific means to specific ends."

It is one of the best books I have read. Underneath Stoner's indifference and compromising, lies a deeply complex and passionate character. I have felt anger, sympathy and yes love for William Stoner and never has the depiction of loneliness felt more intriguing than in Stoner by John Williams.
Others might disagree, but for me this is a must- read again.

Brilliant.

Am I getting this wrong or is the main character only referred to as Stoner or William Stoner until page 60 (that is when Edith calls him William for the first time) and only after page 60 as William. If yes, I find that a clever way of establishing a growing intimacy between reader and main character.

The story of William Stoner is cruel and sad, yet there‘s something engrossing about the life of this ordinary man. Stoner himself is considered a failure..despite his passion for literature, talent for teaching, hard work and best intentions, things didn‘t work out for him. Stories of middle-class white males and their life problems don‘t normally interest me this much, but this book is different..👇(cont.)

Many quotes from this book that are worth sharing...some have so much emotion, some tell the truth, and others brimmed with melancholy.

#currentread

William Stoner plays the hand he has been dealt. His life is filled with frustration and disappointment, but he makes it worth living.

Current and most frequent view.
#kal

My neighbor just finished reading this and talked me into bumping it the top of my tbr.
#peerpressure

On the surface this appears to be a dull book about a seemingly dull man but there is something so captivating about Stoner and his story. One thing that really had me thinking was how often he says that there was nothing he could have done differently when in fact, doing something differently could have changed everything in his life. He simply wasn‘t the type of person to think that way and instead watched his life go by as if a spectator.

I really enjoyed this book! A seemingly dull protagonist that was actually incredibly interesting, trapped in his life by his choice of wife but far more passionate about everything than his outward attitude let's on. Little bit too detailed on some of the literature lectures (coming from an ex-literature student) but good!

Also finally starting a book journal for interesting quotes and my thoughts on novels. Hard copy of my goodreads account 😂

It's a book, with a book cover of a pile of books, on top of a pile of books.
Also known as my immediate TBR pile, made up of mostly second-hand books 👍📚

This is the year I go heavily into back stock books that I have always meant to read, but haven‘t yet. This is a big deal because I suffer from severe FOMO regarding new releases- so much so that I tend to ignore older books in favor of the new & shiny. But I have so enjoyed some of the recent classic books I have read that I am finding myself drawn to them more often. I know so many people love this one. I do hope it lives up to the hype!

#LiteraryLove Day 3: These are some of the #RedReads found in my bookshelves that I wish to read at one point in my life. With the exception of Don Quixote and Tess of D‘Urbervilles, I have yet to read these classics.

I struggled with the first quarter of this book; I found it rather dry. However I soon got drawn into the minutiae of Stoner‘s life and really enjoyed the rest of the book.

This is book number 7 for #readingUSA2019 - Missouri.

"...and he watched with an immeasurable sadness their last effort of gaiety, which was like a dance that life makes upon the body of death." #johnwilliams #holidayreads #mustreads #favorites

For Day 4 of #Adventrecommends I have chosen one of my absolute favourites. A quiet, beautiful book ❤️

I think it‘s time for a re-read soon!

#Favourites

#Nofemmeber @Cinfhen @Billypar
I may have been living #underarock , but I have been meaning to read this modern classic FOREVER! 🤦‍♀️
It has a really high GR rating, and lots of Litten love....
It‘ll work for #pop19 so next year I hope to finally read this one 😊👍

#NoFemmeBer #DebbieDowner I think Stoner works here ... can be a bit of a downer , depressing ( ? 🤷🏻‍♀️) .. also brilliant !
And the title leads one to think it may be about a dope fiend... not so.

Nice story

Day 29: Stoner by John Williams; this is the one I've been talking about all summer; quiet but beautiful, great characters and themes; college English professor finds meaning in life #31Books #BooksIRecommend

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Ending a busy weekend in slo-mo... ***aaahhhhh***

Because this is comfortable? Belated #caturday I‘m hoping to wrap up Stoner today.

My morning view in a little cabin in the woods.♡♡♡

So this stopped me in my tracks. 💓💓💓

When you've had a thumping headache for days, you draw yourself a salt bath, put on the zen radio station and read.

Had a walk about with my peanut today. He climbed old school and I sat in the shade of this incredible tree and read. Heaven on earth!

This is the best book you‘ve never heard of. I‘ve been hesitant to publish my review bc I know it won‘t do the book justice. You‘ll just need to read it for yourself. **Spoiler-free review.**

http://www.literatureandleisure.com/2018/07/book-review-stoner-john-williams/

Just started rereading this one. It is one of my favorites. ❤️📚

It amazes me that even with all of the reading and thinking about books that I do and with all of the hours I have logged in various courses over the years, I can still encounter a book I have never heard of that completely blows me away. This is that book. The quote on the cover of the book says “The greatest novel you have never read” so I must not be the only one. The story covers the life of an ordinary man. The writing is exquisite.

Eight books!!! And a wealth of bookmarks. I'm so thrilled with all of these, haven't read any. Thanks so much @CindyMyLifeIsLit for these and thanks too @JoeStalksBeck for organizing our #summerslasherbookswap. I'm looking forward to reading all these slashers!

Dinner break #Chocolatestore #iatetoomuchsugaralready

**May Books**
7 books read total

4 print books
2 kindle books
1 audiobook

5 female authors/2 male
1 poc author
1 lgbtq+

1 Five stars (tagged book)
1 Four star (The Dud Avocado)
3 Three stars
2 Two stars

Decided to make a fire and read after work. Nice outside today.

Another long week calls for some retail therapy. In my defense the Friends of the Public Library store was having a 35% of sale for members so this stack was around $20 and for a good cause. I even bought them knowing that I would likely not get around to reading them for months and still feel like I deserve them. My favorite form of stress relief.

When I first started hearing about this book, I assumed it was about getting #wasted. Not exactly. 😂. I did absolutely love it and highly recommend this novel, but it is not about getting stoned. #getmovin

#7favesin7days 📚1/7

Found many good tips following this hashtag, join in:)

The tagged one and The Picture of Dorian Gray. Oscar Wilde is simply a brilliant writer, perfection! Stoner is well-balanced, soft, beautiful, poignant, sad, and simplistic. #faveclassic