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On Love is a collection of Bukowski‘s poetry on the subject from other publications.

It made me think, feel, empathize, judge — a successful collection.

This book showed a softer side of Bukowski. Granted, there were still lots and lots of women, lots and lots of sex, a great deal of nudity and drinking and many references to how much he loved certain parts of his body that I will not name in this review.

I didn't like this book enough to keep it on my bookshelf, so I plan to trade it in at the used bookstore. However, I did enjoy it, and it's a must read for Buk lovers.

#reademandeatathon

I'm really late to the readathon, and it's not possible for me to make 24 hours, but I want to participate anyway.

I've been curled up on the couch reading some Bukowski. To me, he will always be the first poet that made me laugh out loud in the library. I love that about him.

#reademandeatathon #24in48

My #bookoutlet haul from their 15% off sale! It would have been five, but the Vonnegut I added to the cart disappeared when I went to check out! When I tried to add it back, the site said it was sold out. Which of you stole it from under my nose 😂?!

Some poems were sweet and tender, others brash and crude. I loved the ones about his daughter and her mother the most, but my favorite over all was "Pulled Down Shade" which ended with these lines:

you've got to
be
the best thing that ever
happened
to
a girl
who's between
one guy
and the next
and has nothing
to do
at the moment.
this fucking
Scotch is
great.
let's play
Scrabble.

12 of ?: #MountTBR

Lastly, a coincidental abstract #bookface of my #currentreads. 👁👁💋

Bukowski never disappoints. This was a great collection of poems, and it contained my favourite, "the bluebird".