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re: If you could pick from these books, which would you pick to read next?
Posted on 9/23/25 at 10:11 am to AllbyMyRelf
Posted on 9/23/25 at 10:11 am to AllbyMyRelf
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Tender Is the Night
I wasn't super aware of this one until I listened to Carlin's Hardcore History series about WWI (Blueprint for Armageddon - it's hours and hours).
The key quote referenced:
This western-front business couldn’t be done again, not for a long time. The young men think they could do it but they couldn’t. They could fight the first Marne again but not this. This took religion and years of plenty and tremendous sureties and the exact relation that existed between the classes. The Russians and Italians weren’t any good on this front. You had to have a whole-souled sentimental equipment going back further than you could remember. You had to remember Christmas, and postcards of the Crown Prince and his fiancée, and little cafés in Valence and beer gardens in Unter den Linden and weddings at the mairie, and going to the Derby, and your grandfather’s whiskers.
Literally brilliant. Fitzgerald could do more with a sentence than most could do with a paragraph and more with a paragraph than most could do with a chapter.
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Posted on 9/23/25 at 10:22 am to Ace Midnight
I happen to believe that works of art (including writing) should be beautiful, and Fitzgerald is able to convey ideas with precision and beauty like no other American author.
Posted on 9/23/25 at 10:25 am to Strannix
quote:THANK YOU
One of the worst books I ever had to read, I never got the hype.
Posted on 9/23/25 at 8:25 pm to When in Rome
The 2 John, Stienbeck books I have read,
The Pearl - Short story which was great.
Of Mice and Men - Short story, which I enjoyed.
The Pearl - Short story which was great.
Of Mice and Men - Short story, which I enjoyed.
Posted on 10/11/25 at 4:24 pm to When in Rome
Update: I ended up going with The Grapes of Wrath, and I actually enjoyed it! The ending was quite something; I was left blinking like the guy in that meme. I kind of wish it had ended a bit differently, maybe with Tom Joad leading a rebellion somewhere. Anyway, onto the next! I am going to read Fitzgerald’s “Tender is the Night” based on the rec in this thread. Thanks to all for the input!
Posted on 10/12/25 at 10:05 am to When in Rome
It's a close call, maybe the Road over Grapes? But I might think differently tomorrow. I'm not a bawler, but I was crying at the end of the Road.
I was in a similar dilemma before a long flight to Europe last week. I took Crime & Punishment, because when the heck am I gonna read it if I keep waffling? Still have to get through lots of the classics.
I was in a similar dilemma before a long flight to Europe last week. I took Crime & Punishment, because when the heck am I gonna read it if I keep waffling? Still have to get through lots of the classics.
Posted on 10/12/25 at 11:08 am to Htowntiger90
I read Grapes! Finished it yesterday. I’m glad I read it!
Crime & Punishment is a fantastic book. Did you like it? Since you’re already in the Russian literature vein, I would suggest War & Peace next—my all-time favorite novel!
Crime & Punishment is a fantastic book. Did you like it? Since you’re already in the Russian literature vein, I would suggest War & Peace next—my all-time favorite novel!
This post was edited on 10/12/25 at 11:10 am
Posted on 10/13/25 at 5:26 am to When in Rome
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Crime & Punishment is a fantastic book. Did you like it?
Not yet; didn't get through too much of it on the flights. I'm kind of a plodder with some books. This one might take me a few weeks.
Posted on 10/14/25 at 10:29 am to Htowntiger90
quote:I am that way too. There seems to be no rhyme or reason either. I think it has more to do with my headspace at the time than the actual book.
Not yet; didn't get through too much of it on the flights. I'm kind of a plodder with some books
Posted on 10/14/25 at 10:52 am to When in Rome
quote:
Crime & Punishment is a fantastic book. Did you like it?
I did enjoy it, but it was heavy.
Posted on 10/14/25 at 11:32 am to Strannix
quote:agreed
One of the worst books I ever had to read, I never got the hype.
Posted on 10/14/25 at 2:28 pm to Strannix
quote:It was definitely starkly different than East of Eden. Much more of a slog. But I did get something out of it—mainly gratitude for not having had to live through something like that. I think that’s a valuable thing for a book to do.
One of the worst books I ever had to read, I never got the hype.
Posted on 10/15/25 at 9:50 pm to When in Rome
Read it this summer for first time
Cathy was wild. And Lee was the shite
Cathy was wild. And Lee was the shite
Posted on 10/16/25 at 9:50 am to NorthshoreClown100
Lee was a character that will stick with me for a long time.
Posted on 10/16/25 at 10:10 am to Strannix
quote:
One of the worst books I ever had to read, I never got the hype.
Theres a poster here that insists Steinbeck is the greatest American author of all time. He’s not even the greatest author of his era.
Posted on 10/19/25 at 9:19 pm to When in Rome
What do you mean Lee isn't real?
Is that a joke or did I miss that in the story?
Is that a joke or did I miss that in the story?
Posted on 10/20/25 at 3:22 am to beauxgus
I meant that he’s a fictional character but I feel like I know him 
sorry I didn’t word that too well
sorry I didn’t word that too well 
Posted on 10/20/25 at 12:16 pm to DesScorp
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Theres a poster here that insists Steinbeck is the greatest American author of all time. He’s not even the greatest author of his era.
Steinbeck is the greatest American author. Who’s better? I'm not looking to argue. If someone is better, I want to read them. Name an author and a book, and I'll read it.
Posted on 10/20/25 at 12:33 pm to TAMU-93
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Steinbeck is the greatest American author. Who’s better?
No better than Third behind Mark Twain and Ernest Hemingway.
Posted on 10/20/25 at 1:24 pm to DesScorp
It's been years since I've read either author. For Hemingway, I prefered The Old Man and the Sea over For Whom the Bell Tolls. And for Twain, I liked Adventures of Huckleberry Finn more than The Adventrues of Tom Sawyer. What else do you recommend? Maybe The Sun Also Rises or A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court?
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