I haven't read The Great Gatsby for 15 years or more. Last week I saw a preview for the Baz Luhrman movie with Leonardo Dicaprio as Gatsby. It looked extremely sumptious, extravagant and dramatic. I also felt that liberties were being taken with the story! When I got home I pulled my copy off the shelf … Continue reading The Great Gatsby | F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Wondrous Words Wednesday
Wondrous Words Wednesday is a lovely meme hosted by Bermuda Onion each week to highlight new (to us) words that we come across in our daily reading. This week I've been rereading The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald for the Classics Club. Although I've read this book several times, the last time was about … Continue reading Wondrous Words Wednesday
The Beautiful and Damned | F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Beautiful and Damned was the book I chose for the recent Classics Clubs Readathon. I love The Great Gatsby and I thought this would be a similar quick, engaging read, suitable for a readathon. I also recently read a biography on Coco Chanel and Hemingway's A Moveable Feast where the Scott Fitzgerald's were referenced several times. I … Continue reading The Beautiful and Damned | F. Scott Fitzgerald
Readathon ends…
I have to say that today has been a thoroughly enjoyable day.A day completely devoted to books and reading. Not as much reading as I would have liked, but I spent a lot of time thinking about reading!It has been a long time since I spent a whole day reading and curiously I found it … Continue reading Readathon ends…