Welcome to Litsy!

Can y‘all believe I made it through school without ever having to read this book? I can‘t. On to it now!

I can see why this is a classic piece of fiction, but it just fell short for my expectations.

This is the story of a group of boys stranded on an island after their plane crashes. What could be fun without adults takes a tragic turn.

These young boys are forced to create their own society, with new ideals. Who will be hunters? Who will lead?

In the end, one thing is certain: all innocence is forever lost.

Worth reading once but overall eh.

Found this old edition on the bookshelf at work!

Having just read the tagged book, I think Piggy could be described as a bit of a #MardyBum, always complaining about his specs, his asthma or the conch.

#AyUpAugust
@squirrelbrain @Cinfhen

I know a lot of people were forced to read this for school - I can not remember having done so, and hence I decided to read it as part of my quest to read a few more of the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. It‘s a thought-provoking book, brutal in places, but definitely one that should be read.

I haven't had a good thought for #ManicMonday in soooo long, but this one just spoke to me!
📘 Lord of the Flies
🎬 Airplane!
🎶 Learn to Fly
@JoScho

We have a second hand section in de book shop I work and I couldn't not get this one for myself. I love this book!

Page 117. Beast from air

Orange & Black (my copy of "Lord of the Flies")
#colormepretty @Sweetkokoro

I‘ve heard so much about this book over the years and finally got around to reading it as a banned book for a challenge. I wasn‘t sure what to expect but I wasn‘t expecting it to be as tedious and boring as it was. If I hadn‘t needed it for said challenge I may have bailed on it.

📖 Lord of the Flies
🎥 Swiss Family Robinson
🎙Islands in the Stream Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
#manicmonday @JoScho

Buying used books is amazing. My bf‘s haul included this novel and inside I found this handmade bookmark. I died. 😂

#WanderingJune Jack and his crew commandeer Castle Rock, the #CastleOnTheHill.
@Cinfhen @BarbaraBB

“I believe man suffers from an appalling ignorance of his own nature”

And the #24B4Monday #BannedBookEdition ends on chapter 3 of LotF. Going to continue on with my reading thanks to my wonderful neighbors who thought it was a fabulous idea to set off fireworks at this time of night.

See you all next month for June‘s readathon.

#MayMadness

@TheReadingMermaid @Andrew65 @Clwojick @RadicalReader

From what I‘ve read on American Library Association website about book 2 of #24B4Monday readathon, it has been challenged more often than banned. Some of the issues taken with LotF are: profanity, racist language, inappropriate for age group; and what I‘m about to find out with my the first time read, excessive violence.
#bannedbookedition #maymadness
@TheReadingMermaid @Andrew65 @Clwojick @RadicalReader

I have these two #bannedbooks on my TBR pile for soooo long! Now is the time to read them for #MayMadness Week 4 challenge! 😁

@Clwojick @TheReadingMermaid @RadicalReader

Unforgettable

Day 2 of the #maymakeup challenge! Time at about 15 hrs 45 mins.

Finished Lord of the Flies today. I‘ve been meaning to read it for a while, and I‘m glad I‘ve finished it. Depressing, but an interesting commentary on civilization and human nature.
#bookishbingo: Set on an Island

Also listened to The Poisonwood Bible and started the Career of Evil.

Let me just say, 10:10, one of my favorites. LOTF has so many mixed-emotion responses. Most people harp on how much they despise it, or they say how much they love it. I love it. The characters, the symbolism, the beast, it‘s all there and captivating. I can see why some people dislike it, but I think they say that because their to lazy to put in the effort. It is a harder read, and sometimes understanding what Golding is trying to say is hard.

I thought it was a book made of very mature language, meaning it takes thought to really grasp what William Golding is trying to articulate. I thought it was a little challenging for me but it can be a good book for the right person. I am a very casual reader where i might not pick up a book for months but once i do that‘s all i do for weeks.

Finally got to teach this book! Fun/fascinating to teach, and 8th graders eat it up 🐷🐚👓🛩🏝🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #classic #britishliterature #lordoftheflies #thriller #fiction

I just love this quote so much, I heard it in 10th grade and it has stuck with me ever since. #Woman

#QuotsyMar19 @TK-421

Day 6: #alltheyoungdudes #marchintothe70s

"Within the diamond haze of the beach something dark was fumbling along....Then the creature stepped from mirage on to the clear sand, and they saw that the darkness was not all shadows but mostly clothing. The creature was a party of boys, marching approximately in step in two parallel lines and dressed in strangely eccentric clothing."

@Lizpixie @Cinfhen

#alltheyoungdudes #marchintothe70s @Lizpixie @Cinfhen
the young violent dudes😜

What the prompt #alltheyoungdudes makes me think of 🙃
#marchintothe70s

Love this book! I highly recommend to anyone who hasn't read this yet ! Apocalypse lovers must read!!!

I wanna re-read this soon!

This cover though!!!! Bomb💣💥

#horror

A bit of an awakening of innocence

When I read this ⬆️ in Jr. High (that certainly dates me) I was horrified and revolted. I have an ongoing aversion for it even now. It‘s such a dark story! That‘s the power of a book wether you love it or hate it. Interestingly enough I do love this particular cover! It encapsulates the entire story for me in one picture!

@TheReadingMermaid

Some of the language was difficult because it is either dated or culturally coded, not sure. It is still quite a shocking tale which is worth a read.

C‘mon. Lord of the Flies and The Princess Bride are speculative, not literary, fiction.

What's in a book is not what an author thought he put into it, it's what the reader gets out of it.

-William Golding

This classic is on sale today.

#kindledeal #kindledeals #ebooksale

I love this book. Read it as a kid and it's still an intricate look into human natural and our natural compensity for evil.

Wishing I had a book to read while eating this pie. that‘s bound to cure my book slump, right?!? #litinreallife

This reread from high school is a DNF for me. I tried, but each chapter seems to be the same so I'm giving up at a little over halfway. As I'm reading I look around at all of the other books on my shelf that I'm super excited about, so it's farewell Lord of the Flies. Peace out, Book. I'll read your Sparknotes to find out what happens. ✌🏼

#TueadayTidbits
@SilversReviews

I barely remember reading this in high school, so returning to it in adulthood was much more interesting. The last few pages were so superbly written and tight with suspense, it played out like a movie in my mind, and the final scene was appropriately jarring. Really liked it!

#becauseclassics

1. Lord of the Flies
2. Victor LaValle
3. Lady Bird
4. Laddu
#ManicMonday
#LetterL
@JoScho

Amazing bookmail day! That Lord of the Flies cover .... swoon. Disturbing, yet stunning. Since buying the Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition of Les Mis - I wholly blame @vivastory - I cant get enough of these striking editions.

#bookmail #bookhaul #decklededges #frenchflaps

Thank You @BurghBookAddict for the wooden bookmark, sloth postcard and letter! The bookmark will join my wooden bookmark collection! I will write you back soon! 🍂🍁💛

Loving this cover!

Only reading it because I made my students read it.

I had to read this book in high school and I HATED it - but it was the only thing I could think of with an #SOS #AbbaInAugust

@TheReadingMermaid

There is a lot of content here I was never able to appreciate as a teenager & I know that this book is generally disliked by those who it has been forced upon. Perhaps it‘s because I was able to read at my own pace or maybe because I wasn‘t being made to read aloud to the class in a funny accent or perhaps forcing students to analyse a book‘s every word is just not the way to go about reading...

See my full review on my blog! 📚

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