The Fountainhead | 
Caught reading- my 17yo reading The Fountainhead at his 14yo brother‘s soccer game. We‘re in Pontiac, Michigan for a couple of days of soccer. He‘s disappointed that this is the last of Rand‘s fiction. He tackled Atlas Shrugged and Anthem last summer.
so-so3 ⭐️.
Rand deserves an A+ for the writing used to preach about her philosophy, thought it didn‘t appeal to me. While I did like some of the characters and the ideals they stood for, I found some of them to be boring and therefore uninteresting and unimportant to the plot. Rand‘s writing is descriptive, sometimes to the point of being too wordy, but it did help to visualize the scenery of this era of NYC.
Overall good but would not reread.
Ugh, Wynand is the definition of Hot Mess Express. That man needs to get his life together. I was starting to like his sense of perseverance and ambition as a young adult, but it quickly deteriorated once his backstory gave more detail into his adult life. He sounds like a spoiled, greedy child with no sense of responsibility, importance or priorities.
Thoughts? ⬇️
Dominique is a tough character for me to understand. It feels almost like she makes choices to run away from the life she really wants to have, but won‘t allow herself the self-satisfying feeling of accepting a life with Roark. I‘d have to choose an act of cowardice.
Post your thoughts below! ⬇️
🗣 #FountainheadBuddyRead Part 3 discussion questions are about to be posted up! 💬💭
Crime: Charged with not keeping up with this #LitsyBuddyRead.
Verdict: Guilty as charged. 🙈😬
I know I haven‘t been the best leader for #FountainheadBuddyRead. Please forgive me; this is not an easy, breezy book to get through but I‘m trying my best! 😭
Here are the updated dates for discussion posts. I love to see your thoughts as you read so please keep them coming! ❤️
Thanks to all my buddies joining me on this 🥰
pickThis was my one and only audible book this month. #litsybuddyread #buddyread Stop by my blog and check out my thoughts. https://reecaspieces.com/2019/03/28/march-audible-reads-audible-audiobooks/
I haven‘t been reading much this week, but I hope I get back in my routine soon. I miss my books. For any #FountainheadBuddyRead friends, I will post up questions as soon as I get through Part 3!
This has not been an easy week for me. My grandma just passed away at 91, almost exactly 2 years after my grandpa passed.
They are back together now, after a 70 year long marriage and 2 difficult years apart. I miss them both so, so much. 💔
#FountainheadBuddyRead Part 2 discussion!
1. I think their personalities complement each other, but it seems like a really unhealthy relationship. I struggled with the intimacy piece of it for sure.
2. Nope! He seems like a big phony. He seems like someone who learned to use his speech to protect himself as a wimpy little kid and carried on that way through adulthood.
Share your thoughts in the comments below! ⬇️
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I share a library account with my child, and the book I just borrowed and wasn‘t even done with chapter one, she returned! (It wasn‘t malicious, but still...)
Gotta be honest here... these pages were tough to get through. Roark and Dominique‘s relationship had a shockingly unpleasant beginning, and I‘m not sure I‘m shipping them. Might be my least favorite book couple. 😦
Also, Toohey is just plain off-putting. He seems petty and pathetic going after Roark like that. His speeches put me to sleep. They sound like a bunch of 🐂💩. Not an exciting character for one who has such a following. 👎🏼
I started this today, just read through the introduction. Very interesting that in her introduction written 25 years after the first publication she talked about how difficult it was to get this published, how many times it was rejected, how it was seen as too intellectual; all the reasons that I would want to read it! How it has held up through time. I‘m looking forward to the reading, I hope it doesn‘t disappoint. @booklahoma
Hands down the MOST cowardly act, and such a genuine portrayal of Peter‘s character. It was a pathetic move to threaten a man whose life was already coming to an end, just to feel a sense of comfort in a moment of insecurity that Keating wouldn‘t win the competition.
Ugh, I can‘t even. 😒😒😒 Huge neon sign from Rand screaming at us to dislike Keating!
What are your thoughts? Comment below! ⬇️
This is a tough one for me. I think if Roark, who is the antithesis of the public and such a strong individual with a passionate indifference to other‘s approval, can appreciate a piece of work, or give feedback, or become a friend, it brings some authenticity into the lives of Keating and Heller, who are surrounded by so many people who just put on a show to please society.
What are your thoughts? Comment below! ⬇️
Katie seems like an escape from the false life Peter tries to lead. Toohey‘s presence prevents Peter being able to escape from his work when he spends time with Katie.
Katie‘s fascination/obsession with Toohey sort of gave me the creeps. It seems like she has an unhealthy idolization of her uncle and it‘s having an effect on her sanity.
What are your thoughts? Comment below! ⬇️
Roark chooses a mentor who is not afraid of public disapproval, as long as he stays true to his work. He believes that although expression outside of the norm is an acquired taste, he is confident with his individuality. Roark pursues him as a role model for his style of work, as well as a companion with similar views.
Keating, who likes to be flashy and attract public attention, chooses Francon, who takes credit for... (contd. in comments)
Roark was not a good fit for school. Even today, I feel that schools struggle with allowing students to express extreme individuality during academic classes. While it isn‘t right for students to outright disobey instructions, I think it should‘ve been the job of the Dean to find classes in which Roark could display his strengths without penalty, as opposed to throwing him out. Change means progress!
What do you think? Comment below! ⬇️
Checkpoint 1️⃣ for #FountainheadBuddyRead!
I will be posting discussion questions shortly as spoilers. Comment whenever you like, whether it‘s today, next month, next year 🗓... whenever you finish Part 1!
If there‘s anyone that‘s read this before and wants to join in on the discussion, all comments are welcome. 🤗
Looking forward to everyone sharing their thoughts! 💭
Here we go! #FountainheadBuddyRead 📕🌆
Picked up my copy today (along with some fun new bookmarks that I couldn‘t pass up!), so I‘m ready for our buddy read!!
You either love her or hate her. I personally I have never read any Rand but it‘s late and it‘s time. My mother had this and atlas shrugged in the bookcase, asked her what she thought and she claimed it was too long ago to remember. Online it seems people are passionate one way or another and either adore or despise her objectivism. I‘m gonna jump in and form opinions of my own. Have any opinions on Rand or her work? #latenight #objectivism
Friendly reminder that #FountainheadBuddyRead starts soon! Can‘t wait! 😄
I plan to start on March 1, so I have the week to work through Part 1. 💪🏼📖
Posting on behalf of @laur89 who is hosting her very first #buddyread! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
One of my all time favorite books and she‘s thrown in the 1949 classic film adaptation! It‘s gonna be awesome!
Repost for @laur89 :
Hosting my first #BuddyRead! 👫📕
Here is the schedule I have planned out. You‘re welcome to read at your own pace but I will post discussion questions on the dates above! I have also included the 1949 movie, which is totally optional but I think would be a fun wrap-up.
So excited for #FountainheadBuddyRead 😁 Let me know your thoughts on the schedule!
Comment on her page if you‘re interested in joining!
Hosting my first #BuddyRead! 👫📕
Here is the schedule I have planned out. You‘re welcome to read at your own pace but I will post discussion questions on the dates above! I have also included the 1949 movie, which is totally optional but I think would be a fun wrap-up.
So excited for #FountainheadBuddyRead 😁 Let me know your thoughts on the schedule!
Comment below if you‘re interested in joining! 👇🏼
Repost for @laur89 :
👋🏼 Littens! Wondering if any would want to do a #BuddyRead of this book with me (probably in March/April).
It‘s been sitting on my shelf as one of those should-read-haven‘t-read, but I‘ve included it in my #LitsyAtoZ challenge to make myself read it this year.
I tried reading it before but didn‘t make it too far in. I was thinking it might be less daunting if I read it with some friends! 🥰
Comment if you‘re up for it
👋🏼 Littens! Wondering if any would want to do a #BuddyRead of this book with me (probably in March/April).
It‘s been sitting on my shelf as one of those should-read-haven‘t-read, but I‘ve included it in my #LitsyAtoZ challenge to make myself read it this year.
I tried reading it before but didn‘t make it too far in. I was thinking it might be less daunting if I read it with some friends! 🥰
Comment if you‘re up for it 📝📖
My #bookhaul from my trip with @TracyReadsBooks ! Always a fun time! Such a good stack and all the books but The Fountainhead were on sale! And this “rocket” bookmark was made and given to me when I got home from work by my 7 year old son because he “knows how much I like bookmarks for my books.”🥰♥️😍 #canteven #mamasboy #helikesreadingtoo
1. I did. Threw it across the room. Only book I‘ve ever physically thrown in disgust.
2. I work from home, so I eat at home!
3. It‘s a long story, involving a hotel balcony and a couple having sex in their room. I was 15 at the time and was somewhere I should not have been. 😂😂
4. Chocolate chip cookies.
5. Striped Phantom
#FriYayintro
Quotes from Ayn Rand.
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#quotes #books #bookquotes #moviequotes #freedom
Please help me welcome @Keturah_Dockery and @AESPN to Litsy❣️#welcomewagon #newLittens #LitsyWelcomeWagon #welcome ♥️♥️♥️ @RaimeyGallant
‘Religion‘s monopoly in the field of ethics has made it extremely difficult to communicate the emotional meaning and connotations of a rational view of life.‘
This one is starting to get interesting! I hesitated due to mixed reviews but glad I‘m trudging on.
A most unusual main character I am enjoying trying to work him out! 🤔
panI fought and fought to get through this book just so I could say that I did. I've been working up the courage to post this because I know so many people loved this book. I didn't get it. It wasn't epic; it wasn't profound; it wasn't anything I didn't already know. I did find it pretentious and was highly irritated that large parts of the story ended up being moot in the end. 🤷 Sorry; I don't get it. Mustering the will to try Atlas Shrugged.
My irl friend, @AlexandraBishop is moving halfway across the country (boo), but that means I get to raid her bookshelves and adopt some new plant babies!
What you feel in the presence of a thing you admire is just one word ‘yes‘. The affirmation, the acceptance, the sign of admittance. And that ‘yes‘ is more than an answer to one thing, it‘s a kind of ‘Amen‘ to life, to the earth that holds this thing, to the thought that created it, to yourself for being able to see it. But the ability to say ‘yes or no' is the essence of all ownership. It is your ownership of your own ego. Your soul, if you wish.
pickTo ensure suffering,
To know exaltation.
Quote:
"Most people go to very great lengths in order to convince themselves of their self-respect. And, of course, a quest for self-respect is proof of its lack."
Nerve racking, Mind blowing!
This book changes your perspective and makes you question yourself. Delusional and thought provoking.
This novel is a rambling, egotistical mess rife with misogyny and white male navel-gazing. Basically, it's already a Zack Snyder film in book form. Hard pass.
"To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That's what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul - would you understand why that's much harder? "
Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
#aynrand #thefountainhead #reading #literature #bibliophile #classics
Better late than never...Here is my haul from my library‘s book sale! Can you tell one of the tables I set up was classics? It‘s one of the genres I haven‘t read a lot so I‘m playing catch up. My shelves are full so I don‘t know where they are going to go and I‘m going to two more Library sales on Saturday. 😬
pickThis book reveals the true nature of romance
panFull of arrogant a🤬🤬holes and Rand beats you over the head with her philosophy over and over.
Howard Roark “the question isn‘t who is going to let me, it‘s who is going to stop me.” #coffeewithacanadianbookbinge Comment your favourite Howard thought or moment?
It‘s such a big responsibility to really want something.
#KonMari -ing my bedroom and getting rid of a bunch of books even if they were gifts. It‘s very freeing. I️ already owned only about 50 books and I‘m weeding them down even more.
I️ used to do this thing where I️ used a piece of notebook paper as a bookmark and wrote down quotes I️ liked.
In 2012 I️ wrote down stuff that reflects that even back then I️ was looking for answers that I only very recently found the answers to.
