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#thethingstheycarried
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ChrisBohjalian
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“That's what fiction is for. It's for getting at the truth when the truth isn't sufficient for the truth.” ― Tim O'Brien, born on this date. One of the greats. #TheThingsTheyCarried

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GingerAntics
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Had a student come in with one of the short stories in this book. It has officially moved up my TBR list.
#thethingstheycarried #timobrien #studentrecommendation

Readergrrl I loved teaching with this novel! It brings up the interesting concept of a series of seemingly quasi-related stories intended to be read and absorbed as a whole. 6y
GingerAntics @Readergrrl I first got this book almost 10 years ago and for various reasons I‘ve never actually read it, but I‘ve heard wonderful things about it. 6y
Readergrrl @GingerAntics There is one story that I do find very difficult/impossible to read. It involves a water buffalo calf. I will read that book over and over, but I just can‘t read that story ever again. It is perhaps the best illustration of what rage and grief and frustration can do to a person... I just can‘t. 6y
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GingerAntics @Readergrrl Hm, that sounds interesting. It just seems to shuffle higher and higher on the list. 6y
Texreader What do you teach? 6y
Texreader @GingerAntics yes. Do you teach? 6y
GingerAntics @Texreader intermittently, yes. I teach research methods, bridge to college writing, and critical thinking. 5y
Texreader @GingerAntics Sounds awesome! 5y
GingerAntics @texreader the research methods and the critical thinking are more in my wheel house, but I‘ve become a bit of a grammar tyrant since working in the writing Center, so the bridge to college writing isn‘t a stretch. lol 5y
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KatieanneF
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I had quite forgotten exactly why this book left an impression in my high school mind. As an adult, it‘s an impression in my soul and I‘m glad to have revisited it. The stories Tim tells are dim and without ornament, and yet an early chapter ends with him promising another vet that he won‘t tell “that” story- I feel somewhat haunted by what “that” story may be #thethingstheycarried #timobrien

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KatieanneF
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Having Walter White read this book to me presently. It‘s exactly as excellent as it sounds. Happy to be revisiting a story that caught my attention when I was in high school. #thethingstheycarried #audiobooks #timobrien

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MinDea
Six of Crows | Leigh Bardugo
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Burghbookaddict So pretty! 6y
Robothugs I‘m glad you love them! ☺️🤗 6y
TK421 Cool book marks! 6y
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YouReadMyEyes
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GingerAntics I have this book, but I've never read it. I may have to add this to my ever growing March Reading List (I think I need to start calling it a wish list). 6y
SaraBeagle One of my all time favorites! 6y
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actualdisneyprincess
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Because it's Flag Day, I thought it would be a good time for a book that highlights the people who serve in defense of that flag. (It's also one of my favorite books of all time.) A stunning collection of short stories focusing on the men of the fictional Alpha Company during the Vietnam War, "The Things They Carried" is lyrical and poetic but also an unapologetic barrage of raw emotion and hammering tension. #timobrien #thethingstheycarried

Cinfhen Great blurb❤️ 7y
Caroline2 I read this last wk and it has haunted me ever since!!! 😞 beautiful writing! 7y
actualdisneyprincess @Cinfhen Thank you!! :) 💖 (edited) 7y
actualdisneyprincess @Caroline2 It was on the syllabus for a "Writing and War" class I took my junior year of college, and I cried straight through reading it, and then straight through the classes we spent discussing it. ? I couldn't bear to part with it after the class was over, so I kept it, and now it has a forever-home on my bookshelf. ? 7y
Books88 ❤❤❤ Love this one! 7y
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