TheAromaofBooks's blurb on East of Eden

We should be finished with The Robe by the end of April, which gives us a fresh slate for starting East of Eden. I have a kind of love/hate relationship with Steinbeck's writing, so we'll see what happens 😂 Some of the chapters are long, but some are really short, so I think we're going to go with a chapter a day and hope it averages out. There are 55 chapters, so this one will carry into June. We may take a little break around Memorial Day if ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) it feels like we need some catch up time, or just a break from what I'm assuming (being Steinbeck) will be fairly unrelenting depression haha

June is going to be a Kipling I've never read. July is going to be tricky because I own two copies of Robinson Crusoe and they both have wildly different chapter divisions. So. That's fun. We'll figure that out when we get there haha

Tagging the master list, so let me know if you want to be on ⬇ 4w

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) the East of Eden list. As always, no worries if a book isn't your cup of tea, or if you decide it isn't your cup halfway through 😂

@AnneCecilie @BarbaraJean @BarkingMadRead @Bklover @BookingitwithSandra @Bookwormjillk @catiewithac @CatLass007 @ChelseaM6010 @Clare-Dragonfly @CoverToCoverGirl @Cuilin @eeclayton @janeycanuck @julieclair @Lcsmcat @Librarybelle @Meshell1313 @Read4life @SamAnne @TheBookHippie

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Librarybelle I‘m in for May! I have a copy of East of Eden ready to go!! 4w

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SaceReads I might be able to make May. I‘ll definitely be on board for November. I‘d love to be tagged, even though I‘ll mainly be watching from the sidelines. 4w

SaceReads Oh! I just searched my bookshelf and I have The Red Pony too! Maybe I can make it for September too. I love John Steinbeck. 4w

BarkingMadRead I‘m ready to go!! 4w

Bklover Please include me on the list! 4w

TheBookHippie I too feel this way 😂😂😂 I put it on hold should be here in time!!! 4w

Read4life I‘m ready to go for May! 🤓 4w

CogsOfEncouragement I appreciate this schedule. I‘ll join in for July and November. 4w

BarbaraJean Ohhh, would you tag me for East of Eden? I often think about re-reading it, and you know my weakness for buddy reads… 😆 Two of my current buddy reads will end in April, and Kindred Spirits is starting up again, so why not slot in another buddy read to keep my overcommitments going? 😂 4w

julieclair I‘m in! I have always wanted to read East of Eden. And @BarbaraJean is there any way to live other than in a state of overcommitment? 🫠🥴 4w

BarbaraJean @julieclair When it comes to reading commitments for me, apparently there is no other way to live!! 😂 3w

SamAnne I‘m in. Really looking forward to finally reading this Steinbeck! 3w

TheAromaofBooks @BarbaraJean - That's the kind of can-do attitude I like to see around Litsy 😂 3w

TheAromaofBooks @BarbaraJean @BarkingMadRead @Bklover @Librarybelle @Read4life @SaceReads @TheBookHippie - Okay, I have all of you down for East of Eden!! Literally know nothing about it, although my copy's blurb describes it as a “sprawling and often brutal novel“ so that sounds super fun 😂 😂 😂 3w

TheAromaofBooks @SamAnne - Accidentally skipped you in the previous comment, but I have you on the list, too!! 3w

TheBookHippie @TheAromaofBooks I have zero knowledge… 😂 3w

Read4life @TheAromaofBooks @TheBookHippie We‘re going in clueless together! 🤣 3w

CoffeeNBooks I would love to read Robinson Crusoe with you all in July- it's been sitting on my bookshelf for years! 3w

TheAromaofBooks @SaceReads @CogsOfEncouragement @CoffeeNBooks - Yay!! I would love to have you along for later this year!!! I'll tag everyone each month and you can remind if you want to read along that month or not haha 3w

CoffeeNBooks @TheAromaofBooks Thank you!! I put a reminder in my calendar so I wouldn't forget which month I'm joining. 😁 3w

Catsandbooks I'd love to join you for Fahrenheit 451 in August! I've been meaning to do a reread 2w

ChelseaM6010 Oh, crumbs! I thought I had responded to this 😰🫣🙃😅 I am planning on returning for Robinson Crusoe in July! 🙂 1w

TheAromaofBooks @ChelseaM6010 - No worries, I'll be creating that tag list when I get a little closer haha But check your copy... I have two copies and one has chapters and one doesn't!!! So I'm not completely sure how to divide up the buddy read LOL 1w

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