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#manicmonday #LetterV @CBee

#CultClassic #ValleyOfTheDolls

Snort a line of coke while you drown in a sea of vodka and whiskey bottles while wearing your sables and furs, it's the trashiest, campiest novel of it's time. Valley of the Dolls! Three women seek fame and fortune but find depravity and decadence as get caught up in the sex, drugs and rock and roll but with the celebration of prescription meds (dolls)! So wig snatch and catfight your way into Jackie Collins reality show oblivion and read this!

#LipstickDay #JulyJam @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

๐Ÿ‘„๐Ÿ’„๐Ÿ’‹

I totally love the 1970‘s-80‘s โ€œsoap operaโ€ feel to this book. I find reading books from various eras unique in how writing as well as everything else changes. This was a solid and entertaining read.

#OnThisDay in 1966, Valley of the Dolls was first published. Initially rejected by many publishers, it went on to become the best selling book of the year, leading author Jacqueline Susann to declare "The 1960s will be remembered for Andy Warhol, The Beatles, and Me!โ€ But Susann would rather you skipped the movie adaptation, she didn't mince words when she called it a "piece of shit!" #HistoryGetsLIT

This was the bestselling novel in the U.S. in 1966. It's an over-the-top show-business soap opera, frequently bizarre, like a sequel to Sunset Boulevard directed by John Waters. I loathed the first 100 pages for its annoying characters and its awful prose. But then I started feeling its momentum toward spectacular disaster and could not stop until the book did and am now left with a bewildering just WTF did I just read?

#NutsInMay
@Andrew65

Wow! Very good...I can see why it‘s a pop culture classic. Glad I finally read it!

#bookspinbingo #bookspin

#booked2021 - characters are frenemies

The tagged book is my #bookspin pick for this month and the other is my #doublespin. Very excited!

Heck yes I'm in for #BookSpin #DoubleSpin #BookSpinBingo ! Bring it on, May flowers.

@TheAromaofBooks

From my tbr! ๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ–ค

#blackcover #forevernovember

1. When I was a teenager I snuck this book from my Mom to read it and it was wonderful! Mom laughed years later when it told her about it ๐Ÿ˜
2. Gore Vidal
3. Valkrie (not my fav, but a really great movie)
4. Van Halen
5. Ventura Highway - America

#manicmonday #LetterV @JoScho

- tagged book
- Kurt VONNEGUT
- Veep
- Vetiver
- Viola Lee Blues - Grateful Dead

#ManicMonday #LetterV @JoScho

Time for one of the classics. #FlyHighJuly #BlackandPinkCovers

This book took me on a wild adventure and I loved every second of it.

This book is a cult classic and I can definitely see why. There is something oddly intoxicating about it. Like itโ€˜s kind of trashy but at the same time so ahead of its time. Itโ€˜s kind of ridiculous at times but still manages to convey a message to readers.

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2020/06/01/review-valley-of-the-dolls/

This was a very popular book in the 1960‘s.

Dolls: red or black; capsules or tablets; washed down with vodka or swallowed straightโ€”for Anne, Neely, & Jennifer, it doesn‘t matter, as long as the pill bottle is within easy reach. These 3 women become best friends when they are young & struggling in New York & then climb to the top of the entertainment industryโ€”only to find that there is no place left to go but downโ€”into the Valley of the Dolls.

#NewYearNewYou @Eggs
#PinkCover

Final quarter of #booked2019 complete ๐Ÿ’š thanks again @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage for putting this challenge together. I‘m already looking forward to next years โœจ

๐Ÿ’Š Book about addiction - Valley of the Dolls
๐Ÿฅ‡ Soldier‘s story - The Things they Carried
๐Ÿ†• New in 2019 - The Dutch House
๐Ÿ‘ป POC paranormal - Kindred
๐Ÿ–ฅ Public domain - A Christmas Carol
๐Ÿ› Political intrigue - The Testaments

This was like watching a reality TV show with all the friendships and drama but where you get to see what goes on behind the scenes too; all the low points of being a โ€˜star‘ (and there is a lot of them in the latter half). I‘m glad to have finally read it after it being on my tbr for years ๐Ÿ’• #booked2019 #bookaboutaddiction โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ

Yoga and a bit housework done now time to sit and read ๐Ÿ˜

This was one of my #fivestarpredictions books which I‘m trying to make an effort to finally read and it fits a #booked2019 prompt so perfect time to start. It‘s one I‘ve wanted to read for years. #MrBook1inaMillion #24B4Monday #LitsyPartyofOne

"Why did warm Coke taste like a laxative?"

Jennifer (the one Sharon Tate played in the movie) is bi in the novel! Fucking u.s. film industry, straightwashing everybody.

This book is exciting and trashy and all kinds of depressing, and I might have really loved it. The ending made me SO depressed and there was some hard to swallow language and fat shaming in it that I can‘t bring myself to give it 5 stars on Goodreads JUST YET. #Booked2019 #bookaboutaddiction #spoileralert #its๐Ÿ’Š๐Ÿ’Š

Buddy reading with my cat, apparently. #valleyofthecats #damnfinecooper #catsoflitsy

#7days7covers #covercrush A very late day 7

Post a cover you love every day for a week, no explanation required.
It's been so much fun - perfect excuse to go digging through allll the books (as if we need an excuse!) And I've absolutely loved seeing everyone else's selections, and I would very much like MORE please! So if you haven't joined yet, please do!

day 2 ๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’Š
#7days7covers #covercrush

#7days7covers major #covercrush. Those pages....โค๏ธ. Day 3

This is my review for the book #valleyofthedolls which was my #tbrjarpick for July. This fulfills the #bookishbingo prompt โ€œA Debut Novelโ€.

#currentlyreading

I started this audiobook last night. I haven‘t made any more progress today but at least I got started on it. The first chapter is 6 hours long but I have 4 hours left in it now.

I finished listening to ๐‘๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ž๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ by ๐€๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ ๐“๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ. My next #tbrjarpick to listen to is ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฒ ๐Ž๐Ÿ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ by ๐‰๐š๐œ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐ง. โฃ
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Here‘s the synopsis for this audiobook:โฃ
โ€œAt a time when women were destined to become housewives, Jacqueline Susann let us dream. Anne, Neely, and Jennifer become best friends as struggling young women in New York City trying to make their mark.โ€

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. โฌ‡๏ธ

โ€œBut honest, honey, if I had your looks I‘d head straight for John Powers or Conover.โ€
โ€œWho are they?โ€ Anne asked.
โ€œThey run the top modeling agencies in town.โ€
โ€œI think I‘d rather work in an office,โ€ Anne said.

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

Starting with the tagged book next and rereading some Lovecraftian stories. ๐Ÿ™

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

About Life: โ€œWhen 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.โ€

โ€œEveryone 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.โ€

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!! ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ“š

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. ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ

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 โ€œtrashโ€ ( although I dont really consider any book trash). I have never read this one and i‘m excited. Tennis and reading before a Monday.