pickThis a simple story that is stuffed full of Faulknerism which is not necessarily every person‘s cup of tea. Written in a stream of consciousness style with circular imagery, opaque idiomatic references, and a profound understanding of a bygone South and people, this book somehow positions the reader as the intruder and leaves us in the dust. Thoroughly enjoyable if you are OK with bowing to Faulkner‘s world.
We‘re starting off our April birthdays with a trio of special Littens! 🥳🥳🥳 Please join the #birthdayfairies in sending lots of #birthdaylove to our @Graciouswarriorprincess , @Reecaspieces and @Maggie4483 !!
Wishing each of you a simply marvelous day!!!
Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday!! 🎈🎈🎈
Options for my April #bookspin and #doublespin dreaming, as all coming from one local used bookshop, whose outside sales cart I like to shop and find older hardback copies from, and take a visit to the nearby local microbrewery for a leisurely pint or the lakeside park or Riverwalk.
March Recap! A mix of genres and a mix of ratings.
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How the Word is Passed
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1984
How to End a Love Story
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The Truth About the Devlins
#marchrecap #stats
If the Bookly app did a calendar graphic like Bookmory, I feel like you‘d have the perfect reading app. Until then, I will either make my own calendar in Canva (unlikely), or just stare enviously at others‘ calendar graphics. 😂 It was another slow reading month with a lot of bails. Children‘s books saved my stats, and Karin Slaughter‘s book, while definitely NOT for kids, was my favorite read of the month.
“Bartleby, the Scrivener” by Herman Melville
“The Immortals” by Jorge Luis Borges
“Hills like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway
And an honorable mention to “Super Human” by Nicola Yoon from the collection Fresh Ink that I recently read
I‘ve never been a huge fan of Melville‘s work BUT I‘ve never read any of his short stories which are supposed to be excellent. So, here goes. Let‘s see if these change my opinion…
#ReadingOnTheTrain #OutAndAbout
pickMy Antonia is one of the “best loved” American novels. I hate it, which is shorthand for saying that the book did not speak to me & I am jealous that it speaks to others. I decided to give her another read. I did this with Steinbeck last year and while I still hate The Grapes of Wrath, I happily found The Red Pony to be a marvel. I chose Cather‘s My Mortal Enemy. And it is a revelation. The characters & situation are drawn with care & pain.
pickA ship of fools goes aground in a lake near New Orleans, and the yacht‘s widowed mistress is not too happy. This book, Faulkner‘s 2nd (1927), has so many issues, including a sputtering narrative and Lolita-ish eroticism. And yet, so, I enjoyed it. It‘s funny. The characters stick and hang around. They can humorously romantic, and then suddenly full of deep drunken thoughts on the arts. One character reads poetry aloud. So…well…flawed but…
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