Up next…this one counts for a classic, one of my 12 in ‘24 books, and an #unreadbookshelf read.
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I still can‘t get over A Farewell to Arms featuring so prominently on my shark-themed #Bookspin lists. 🤣 I‘ve been laughing about that all day. I hope my sick sense of humor isn‘t offensive to anyone. I blame working with desensitized firefighters.
Anyway…here‘s my very extra #BookspinBingo board.
Dying over A Farewell to Arms being listed right over the fin. I swear I didn‘t plan that 😂.
Is anyone else excited for Shark Week? 🦈
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pickThe lover of the protagonist who is a ‘little bit crazy‘ with doing and being anything and everything for the protagonist, and the protagonist whose feelings mainly revolve around lust for a body and desire for connection to escape war.the idea of these characters being in love for me was absurd. I read the story with fascination mainly with Catherine Barkley whom Hemingway did his best in not depicting as interesting but ‘typically hysterical‘.
“If people bring so much courage to this world, the world has to kill them yo break them, so of course it kills them…It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impairtially. If you are nonr of these you cab be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.” Also one of the most gut wrenching war/death scenes written for me personally around p 47.
30 Book Recommendations in 30 Days — Day 7. Ernest Hemingway‘s “A Farewell to Arms.”
so-soThe only other Hemingway I've read is Old Man and the Sea and that was years ago. Going in, I had low expectations for this book. I am definitely not a fan of Hemingway's writing style. I know some people praise how he writes but I find it too sparse and infuriating.
While there are a few truly beautiful sentences written in this novel, overall I wasn't a big fan and just wanted it to end.
I think in the future I'll avoid his books.
“I knew I did not love Catherine Barkley nor had any idea of loving her. This was a game, like bridge, in which you said things instead of playing cards. Like bridge you had to pretend you were playing for money or playing for some stakes. Nobody had mentioned what the stakes were.“
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“In the late summer of that year we lived in a house in a village that looked across the river and the plain to the mountains.“
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pickI haven‘t always seen eye to eye with Hemingway but I really loved this one. I don‘t know if that‘s this book being better than others or my mindset changing, but I liked the simplicity and the way the emotions kind of rose to the surface through the clipped, pared back sentences. The ending felt almost like a classical tragedy, knowing what was coming and not wanting to look.
I've visited Hemingway's grave, but I've never actually read a book by him. I just brewed some fresh coffee so I can dive into my first one. 🤓
Happy birthday to Ernest Hemingway!!!
panI fucking hated this book. Hate it. Loathe it entirely. I could keep going but I think my point was made.
pickOne of those books that I read without knowing anything about it but found it captivating. Somewhat dated but in a nostalgic sense.
pickWhat the hell, Hemingway? I finally start to get into the story halfway through and then you end it so abruptly.
It's a pick because I left happy to have read it. It took me some time to find pace, though.
@BookishMarginalia , my first book in the A-Z challenge is complete. I'm going to cleanse with some women-led history to compensate for the codependency Hemingway illustrated.
This tea is the Lunar New Year 2021 flavor from Harney and Sons and tastes like I‘m drinking a delicious cookie. I like mine with a splash of plain soy milk. 🥰 #tea
panI‘ll probably be disparaged for this review given Hemingway‘s status as a legendary author, but his writing is just not my cup of tea. Didn‘t enjoy his writing style (his avoidance of commas irks me) nor his subject matter (admittedly a personal issue; just not into the manly stuff he writes about like war) nor the plot/characters (now I see why some complain about the way he writes female characters). Glad I finally read one of his books, though.
I am posting one book per day from my extensive collection. No description. No explanation. Some will be old. Some will be new. Don't judge me. I have a lot of books. Join the fun if you want.
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so-soA morbid read, deciphering the war and its aftermath. The ending still haunts me, war never really ends with one generation as much as you want it to.
“Besides, I'm not jealous. I'm just so in love with you that there isn‘t anything else.”
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pickAs I‘m reading I‘m asking myself did people really speak this way or is this just Hemingway darling? Still the story kept me reading and broke my heart in the end. #classicschallenge2020
so-soAfter one memoir, three novels, and several short stories, Ernest Hemingway and I are through. I was surprised by how much I disliked The Sun Also Rises, but I didn‘t realize that the stereotyped non-Americans (they‘re not foreigners; Hemingway‘s protagonists are in *their* countries) and clingy women he writes were standard for him until I read A Farewell to Arms. I suspect my Book Lover card will be under review for it but ⭐️⭐️.
One of my very favorite beers is book themed! Love it. 📚🍺
Waiting for Hubbie is no problem with a good book at hand ❤️😁
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Forgot to post yesterday's #audiowalk
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pickI haven‘t read this since high school. I revisited it with this Folio edition and I wouldn‘t say I necessarily enjoy the book. But given that it was written using some of Hemingway‘s experiences in WWI I think it‘s a useful read and it is well written.
However, I had to chuckle as I remembered the old joke about how Hemingway would answer the question “Why‘d the chicken cross the road?” That he wound answer “To die. Alone. In the rain.” 😂
bailedI've had this on my to-read list for years. I managed to skip Hemingway in high school and despite being an English major I also managed to not read any of his works. I wasn't missing much. I know he is supposed to be one of the greats and maybe this isnt the one to start with. I found it incredibly tedious, dry and boring. It took me forever to finish because I just didnt want to read it. I wouldn't reccomend it.
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