This Side of Paradise | 
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#paradise
pickFitzgerald‘s first novel, this is the semiautobiographical story of the handsome, indulged, and idealistic Princeton student Amory Blaine. It read more like a series of related essays than a novel and you can tell that Fitzgerald was still fairly unpolished as a writer, but his brilliance and promise still shines through.
... Hurried to the refreshment of a shower that would have to serve in the place of sleep
"anyone with an imagination is bound to be afraid".
"we're hundreds of years before the time when non resistance can touch us as a reality" referencing the German invasion of Belgium. Taking a back office war post was considered weak and lazy - would the same be the case now?
Fast cars, fast liquor and fast women. They knew how to party in the 1920‘s #PartyRockAnthem #heatofjuly
"There is a moment—Oh, just before the first kiss, a whispered word—something that makes it worth while."
—F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise
Did I say no more book buying this month? Me?! Well I got a bit of a bonus at work this week and I told myself I was allowed to spend a little of it on something fun. #obviously that meant books. My first order came in. I keep telling myself I don't need the entire set of Fitzgeralds but I know I will end up with them all. #melodicmay
Never thought i'd say this, but after rereading Gatsby, i find myself on a Fitzgerald kick. 👑📚🍸
