pickI wasn't far in to the tagged book before I realized I just had to do a reread of Gatsby along with it. I can't begin to count the number of times I've read Gatsby because I used to teach it, but So We Read On made it feel like a new experience. It's part literary criticism and part author study, but it's all heart because it's written by a Fitzgerald/Gatsby scholar who adores the book. I loved it! And I loved revisiting Fitzgerald's prose ❤️
Great month!
#BookSpin✅
#DoubleSpin✅
#SummerTeads ✅✅✅✅
#FiveStarReads ✅✅✅ (Sandwich, The Situation Room, God of the Woods)
#Nonfiction2024 ✅
pickDid I really mean to read a book about F. Scott Fitzgerald‘s last few years and Zelda‘s hospitalization? No. But I did want to read an O‘Nan story. Somehow the author kept my interest through his writing style, even as the book began to lag. Not necessarily O‘Nan‘s fault - I mean how many times can you make it interesting that Fitzgerald fell off the wagon yet again? Would I recommend the book? Probably not. But I enjoyed O‘Nan‘s effort.
pickSuper informative about what Fitzgerald‘s influences were when writing Gatsby. Unfortunately, of course, the story ends the same. His last check was for $13 in royalties. The price of genius, I guess.
pickAnother excellent #biography by Jonathan Bate! This time he serves a Keatsian inspired look at F. Scott Fitzgerald‘s life. Bate includes long excerpts from letters and primary source material that enriches this glorious history of two writers gone too soon. I can never get enough of Keats and neither could Fitzgerald! #audiobook BEAUTY+LOVE4EVER
I can‘t believe we‘re at letter Z
I LOVED playing #ManicMonday @CBee - thanks so much for hosting
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✍🏽Gabrielle Zevin
🍿 Zohan
🎤 Zedd
🎶 Zanzibar
Book club celebrating the holidays and discussing “Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald,” by Therese Anne Fowler
