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John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath | John Steinbeck

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It was an emotionally charged month immersed in this moving novel along with journals & letters by one of my fave authors. Steinbeck certainly succeeded in his goal to “rip a reader‘s nerves to rags” and deeply experience the life of a Dust Bowl migrant…from the brutal oppression to the enduring human spirit and everything in between. It‘s no wonder JS collapsed from exhaustion after finishing it. Now to watch the film!
#AuthorAMonth
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Leftcoastzen Love this post! 5h

staci.reads I've never heard that story (of him collapsing after finishing it), nor have I seen the movie. 4h

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thewallflower0707

William Shakespeare's Macbeth | William Shakespeare

On Monday, I also walked along the Themse in Southwark and passed Shakespeare‘s Globe.

#london #sightseeing #bookish

Readergrrl I was able to see Hamlet there back in 2017. What a performance!! I‘d love to go back to the UK someday! 1d

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bela_deters

Eurydice | Sarah Ruhl

Not my favorite play I‘ve read, i feel like the structure and language wasn‘t my favorite.

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IndoorDame

The Pervert | Michelle Perez

so-so

#TransRightsReadathon Book 5 The writing style wasn‘t my favorite, but the art was great! There were a handful of full page black and white panels scattered throughout that were sublime, and it was worth reading this just for those. And I loved seeing an honest representation of sex work. That‘s a community that‘s grossly underrepresented in media, and usually either romanticized or demonized when it is portrayed. #transrightsarehumanrights

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag

Romeo and Juliet (Updated) | William Shakespeare

Went to see & Juliet tonight - what a talented young cast!

I was somewhat swayed by knowing that my early 00s crush - Millsy was in the cast (😍😍😍) - and while he was fantastic - he wasn‘t the best thing about the show.

Blasting millennial era pop songs & using Juliet not ending things with a dagger when she wakes up from her drugged sleep as a jumping off point - this honestly was just ridiculously fun - and the plot twists! Loved it!

janeycanuck Oh, I loved this, too! What they did with Shakespeare and Anne was so good!! 3d

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @janeycanuck, yes! I love a bit of fourth wall breaking! The line about there never being another Anne Hathaway where they both side eyed the audience was 👌🏼. Excellent puns too - I especially enjoyed da bois band! (edited) 3d

DivineDiana Sounds fantastic! Adding to “must see” list! 3d

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @DivineDiana, that‘s an excellent life choice ☺️ 2d

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bela_deters

How I Learned to Drive | Paula Vogel

Personally I feel like there‘s better books out there tbh, this book was not my cup of tea and my professor did not teach it well.

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VioletMoonBooks

If I Stay | Gayle Forman

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rubyslippersreads This seems perfectly reasonable to me. 😄 4d

TheBookHippie 💯💯💯💯 4d

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MingWei

The German and the Jew: 1942 | Ming Wei

This own paperback book published November 2022
Also available in ebook format

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BookishTrish

The Wife of Willesden | Zadie Smith

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I‘m skeptical about reading plays but I really enjoyed this one.

rwmg I used to live in Willesden, so an intriguing title. 5d

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IndoorDame

The Sea and the Mirror | W.H. Auden

bailed

I‘m finding this too esoteric. #Roll100 @PuddleJumper

PuddleJumper I didn't know he wrote longer form poems. I enjoy his other works, I'll have to look out for this 5d

dabbe Sometimes those modernists really wanted to make things difficult for the reader. I love challenging works, but I don't like challenging works just for the sake of showing me how brilliant you are. (not that I know WH is doing this here, but that's usually when I bail on a modernist piece of literature). 5d

IndoorDame @dabbe it might be me not WH, but the whole time I was reading I kept thinking I just read The vTempest and I still feel like I need the benefit of a college lecture to get this. Not worth it… 5d

dabbe @IndoorDame Well, that's another thing we have in common (sort of). I tried to read WH and couldn't even get past a few pieces. And my feelings why are the same as yours. And now that I'm (ahem) older, life is short, and I want to enjoy what I read and be challenged but not necessarily oh-good-lord-not-another-plea-to-have-our-book-club-read-Ulysses challenged. That was fun to write. 😊 5d

IndoorDame @dabbe haha I‘m with you there! Challenged is good. But I have yet to hear anything about Ulysses that makes me even slightly tempted to tackle it 5d

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