
Tagged book
Vonnegut
Vanderpump Rules (first thing that popped
Into my head. Thanks to my kids ๐คฃ)
(the) Verve, Vetiver, Van Halen
Viola Lee Blues - Grateful Dead
#manicmonday #LetterV @CBee
Tagged book
Vonnegut
Vanderpump Rules (first thing that popped
Into my head. Thanks to my kids ๐คฃ)
(the) Verve, Vetiver, Van Halen
Viola Lee Blues - Grateful Dead
#manicmonday #LetterV @CBee
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!
I totally love the 1970‘s-80‘s โsoap 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! ๐ค๐ค๐ค
#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 ๐
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 itโs kind of trashy but at the same time so ahead of its time. Itโs 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 straightโfor 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 industryโonly to find that there is no place left to go but downโinto the Valley of the Dolls.
Final quarter of #booked2019 complete ๐ thanks again @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage for putting this challenge together. I‘m already looking forward to next years โจ
๐ Book about addiction - Valley of the Dolls
๐ฅ Soldier‘s story - The Things they Carried
๐ New in 2019 - The Dutch House
๐ป POC paranormal - Kindred
๐ฅ Public domain - A Christmas Carol
๐ 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 โstar‘ (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 ๐ #booked2019 #bookaboutaddiction โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
Yoga and a bit housework done now time to sit and read ๐
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
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 #its๐๐
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!
This is my review for the book #valleyofthedolls which was my #tbrjarpick for July. This fulfills the #bookishbingo prompt โA Debut Novelโ.
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 ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ by ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ. My next #tbrjarpick to listen to is ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ by ๐๐๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ง. โฃ
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Here‘s the synopsis for this audiobook:โฃ
โAt 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
โBut honest, honey, if I had your looks I‘d head straight for John Powers or Conover.โ
โWho are they?โ Anne asked.
โThey run the top modeling agencies in town.โ
โI 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. ๐
Valley of the dolls 99p on the Kindle. Another love or hate cult classic I haven't read yet.
About Life: โWhen 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
โEveryone 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!! ๐๐
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. ๐คท๐ฝโโ๏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 โtrashโ ( although I dont really consider any book trash). I have never read this one and i‘m excited. Tennis and reading before a Monday.