Welcome to Litsy!

I not only lightened my hair for the first time EVER, but sitting in the chair gave me three hours of only slightly interrupted reading time!

Finally starting this classic! My Daisy Jones hangover has me clamoring for some mid-century drug addicts...

Crossing some overdue reviews off the list starting with this one!
The story revolves around three women in the entertainment business, each grappling with demons of their own the more success they attain. JS doesn‘t hold back & some chapters are like a raw wound. She uses the celebrity culture to peel back the layers & reveal the flawed & tragic, unpalatable & pitiable. The overall tone has a modern feel & crackles with witty dialogue. ⬇️

“But honest, honey, if I had your looks I‘d head straight for John Powers or Conover.”
“Who are they?” Anne asked.
“They run the top modeling agencies in town.”
“I think I‘d rather work in an office,” Anne said.

#YoungAndBeautiful (Featured in The Great Gatsby)
#MayMovieMagic
@Cinfhen

Starting with the tagged book next and rereading some Lovecraftian stories. 🐙

Valley of the dolls 99p on the Kindle. Another love or hate cult classic I haven't read yet.

About Life: “When you‘re climbing Mount Everest, nothing is easy. You just take one step at a time, never look back and always keep your eyes glued to the top.”

“Everyone should at least try to do the thing he wants to do. Later in life situations and responsibilities force people to compromise. But to compromise now . . . it‘s like quitting before you start...
No one should give up a dream without giving it a chance to come true.”

I love it when Half Price Books has a sale!! This is today's rather eclectic haul. I read 'Valley of the Dolls' and 'Manson...' in high school, but I'm looking forward to reading them from an adult perspective. I've also developed a longing for 'Mad Men' era fiction, so two of these should hit the mark! Happy Saturday!! 😊📚

Some more from 1st box from my sale.The Cat‘s Table is autographed.And a Hardcover Pym ! Yay ,sale!
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1. Little Women
2. The English Patient
3. The Good German
4. Clive Owen, Tom Cruise ( I know, I know I cant stop) Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Evans. Penelope Cruz, Kate Winslet, Jessica Chastain, Amy Adams
5. A cheat bc its already been made ( badly) I think an updated version is in order.
@SailorMoon #frideas

Im wrapping up the movie now. After reading the book, the movie does not do it justice. I really did not like it all. 🤷🏽‍♀️

I loooooooved this! It was just the kind of escapism I wanted. Of course these ladies and men are just terrible.

I am in need of “trash” ( although I dont really consider any book trash). I have never read this one and i‘m excited. Tennis and reading before a Monday.

I am never going to make my #goodreadschallenge if I keep whiling away my time on #twitter #goodreads

This book is what first came to mind for the #candyland prompt for the seventh day of #SeasonsReadings. I think I would have enjoyed this book more had I read it in my twenties. I think I had a higher appreciation for camp then. But still this is well worth reading for it‘s classic status and its depiction of three women in the entertainment industry in the mid century who take uppers and downers like candy 🍭.

It‘s after midnight here, but oh well. 🤷🏼‍♀️

#HelloThursday

1. Finish #LitsyAtoZ. I only need V and Z. Also, knock out some of the books for the last round of #Booked2018 .
2. No.
3. Cooler temps. 🤞🏻Food. Time off at Thanksgiving.
4. Happy November! @Heatherfeather @LibrarianRyan @Reggie 🦃

Been wanting to read this one for ages! #lipsticklies #septemberdanes

#BookMail Pt5 The Final Book today is the paperback 50th Anniversary Edition Of Valley Of The Dolls, but *gasp* NO PINK EDGES!!!! Sooo disappointed😢 I‘m thinking I may add this to the pile for my next giveaway & ordering the hardcover of this edition instead, which is also supposed to have pink edges. So emotional Bookdepository.com You‘ve never let me down before!😩Oh, The Book is a classic about uppers, downers & the pressure of Hollywood.👍

#SeptemberDanes #day1 #BarbieGirl 2nd day of the month and I‘m already playing catch-up! I‘ll do the best I can with posting for this each day but no promises sorry lovelies💕 This classic(50th Anniversary Edition)follows three “Barbie girls”, small town young women, trying to make a career on Broadway but end up dropping “dolls”(amphetamines) daily just to keep up. A tragic tale of ambition, greed, addiction & downfalls.

I‘m having trouble choosing which edition of Valley Of The Dolls to buy, so I need a little Litten love. A or B? A. is the 50th anniversary paperback edition which has those gorgeous sprayed edges, or B. which is the hardcover Virago Modern Classics edition. Price is around the same so it‘s which is the prettiest I suppose. Any thoughts guys??

A sad story of 3 women trying to find love and success and destroying themselves in the process.

#LitsyAtoZ

Up next...trying to knock out some of my challenges and a massive #tbr pile.

#Litsyclassics
#LitsyAtoZ

#RequiredReadingRedo

Day Six: What Not-Safe-for-Parents or Banned Books did you read?

I‘ve had a lifelong habit of reading banned books because censorship is wrong. So, here‘s the deal. My Dad was in charge of filtering our movies and he filtered hardcore. My Mom was in charge of filtering the books and she filtered NOTHING. Thank goodness. While I was in high school, she suggested this book. She also requested I not show my Dad! 😂😂😂

I love the pink edges of this book!!! #pink #riotgrams

@Libby1
1966 ! And yeah, I read it. Though it hardly defines my life..... 🤣

Gurl, my wig is shook as I say this while I am surrounded by my pile of empty liquor bottles and scattered pills of Ambien, Xanax, and Vicoden, wearing my frayed slip from Frederick's of Hollywood, smoking a pack of Virginia Slims and calling to my young pool boy named Lance as I snort a line of Coke and regret my fading celebrity career as a celebrity housewife, which I had four abortions showcased. I suddenly scream, "l'M NEELY BITCHES!"

These two books jump out at me for #rip2myyouth. VoD is a book I read for the first time last year. I‘ve always been curious about it for the Sharon Tate angle and it did not disappoint. I loved it. And the 50th Ann. edition I couldn‘t part with because of the pink page edging. I haven‘t read the Lindsay Hunter book yet but I loved her last book. If you‘ve read it, lmk what you thought. It sounds like possibly it could be comparable to Marlena?

My best friend bought me the first UK edition of Valley of the Dolls- my heart melts when your best friends know you so well! My favourite book- and not even a bookworm bought it for me! #bestfriends #bookish #favouritebook

😬😢 Notoriety = choosing which self you let the public keep.

Written in 1960's it was not at a light fluffy read at all!! The story starts out with three young women hoping to find some independance in a time when women were expected to get married and have children and be dependant on a man. They become friends and the story follows them through the years. The women experience success and failure in love and work, leading to heartbreak, addiction and tragedy. It was a wildly entertaining read!
#bookworm

My reading wrap up for January....
Here is my reading #wrapup for January. It was a good month for me. I read 7 books!
The End We Start From 4/5🌟
Station Eleven 5/5🌟
Bone 5/5🌟
Hourglass 3/5🌟
Valley of the Dolls 5/5🌟
Red Clocks 4/5🌟
One Day We'll All Be Dead And None Of This Will Matter 3/5🌟
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Valley of the Dolls, Station Eleven and Red Clocks were my favorites.
What was your favorite read this month?
#bookpile #bookstack #booklover

I‘ve always wanted to read this-but whenever I think about it, it‘s checked out at the library. So when I found a $3 copy at a used shop this weekend,I snapped it up. #minibookhaul

This book is so interesting, showing women trying to make it in a world that doesn‘t allow them to succeed. Their careers are fraught with drama, love, and heartbreak. Specially heartbreak, oh my. It‘s no wonder they have such a hard time becoming happy. Also, they all have terrible taste in men, which doesn‘t help them either. It‘s a fascinating look into Golden Age Hollywood and its treatment of women.
#RoryGilmoresReadingChallenge

I‘ve given up trying to find real bookshelves and embraced the wine crates 🍷📚🍷 #bookshelfie

"I've got a library copy of Gone with the Wind, a quart of milk and all these cookies. Wow! What an orgy!"
~Jacqueline Susann,
Valley of the Dolls
Started this yesterday. Enjoying it so far.
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Have you read it?
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#valleyofthedolls #jacquelinesuesann #booklover #bookworm #bookoftheday #goodreads #biblio #bibliophile

UGH I SUCCUMBED! The library bookstore had 50% EVERYTHING.... I went in to return late books and I walked away with a little #BookHaul 🤫🙈😏

I‘ve already read Valley of the Dolls but there was no way I could pass up this edition (PINK EDGES) for $2.50!!! 👍🏻

Reading and loving this one.

I really loved this book. We do a monthly challenge for our book club and this one was to read a classic and this is one I have never read. The writing is so good and so dark. It really stands the test of time and depicts that getting what you want may not always be a good thing. (Charlie, the cat, likes it too obviously).

Sooooo good!

This was the first adult novel I ever read! I was either 12 or 13. This is the original that I read way back then. Sex, drugs and Hollywood....What an education for a farm girl! 😜
#Decktheshelves #firstnovel

Thanks @Leftcoastzen @Redwritinghood and @eanderson for the tag 😻 it's not that often I give five stars generally a four star rating is a great book for me I just like to keep five stars for those books that really resonate with me for whatever reason and I think all of these will! #fivestarpredictions

Tagging @River_Voice @Nikki15 @Jamesmelvinmitchell @emilyhaldi & @Suet624 if you want to do it 😃

Day 20 #AugustGrrrl Today's song choice was suggested by the most #glamorous Litten ...mom of #Bitsy...the brilliant @LauraBeth 💕💕Fergie got it right when she sang
I got problems up to here
I've got people in my ear
Telling me these crazy things
That I don't want to know (f%ck y'all) 🎵The #glamorous life ain't so #glamorous just ask the three MC's from VOTD💉💊💉💊

Turns out, my husband is a fan of the #tbrbingo idea to curb my book buying tendencies! I'm going to try so hard to stick to the no new books* until I've completed a row. Thanks for the amazing idea, @WhatDeeReads! Also fun to go through all my current TBR books to plan what I might actually want to read for the rest of the year.

*except for my September #BOTM selection(s) 😬

A fluffy, sparkly, enthralling story of some #badgirls and their addictions 💊💊💊
#augustgrrrl

Beach read #3. @Liberty An oldie but a goodie. #BIRTHDAYSPACE

Valley of the Dolls was first published 1966. By 1971, it was in its 37th printing. I don‘t think it‘s ever been out of print. #jacquelinesusann #valleyofthedolls #blockbuster #bestseller #womenwhowrite #readingwomen

I reckon I'm no lady.