So We Read On: How The Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures | 
pickI wasn't far in to the tagged book before I realized I just had to do a reread of Gatsby along with it. I can't begin to count the number of times I've read Gatsby because I used to teach it, but So We Read On made it feel like a new experience. It's part literary criticism and part author study, but it's all heart because it's written by a Fitzgerald/Gatsby scholar who adores the book. I loved it! And I loved revisiting Fitzgerald's prose ❤️
pickCorrigan teaches a class about Gatsby and this feels like a lecture from a professor you like and also wants you to think hard about the information you're given. Gatsby is divisive, being either loved or hated, but a look at Fitzgerald's misfit existence and longings put a lot into perspective. This will feel intimate to New Yorkers and Long Islanders and bring you right back to high school English class.
Still working on my #DoubleSpin for January but I'm about halfway through so that's a bonus! 😁 I need to set aside some time to read a bit for each challenge a day!
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pickThis one‘s like sitting through a really interesting lecture on a really familiar book. I loved hearing her discuss the symbolism and themes of the novel as well as various reactions and understandings of what is considered one of the greatest American novels available. She‘s a Fitzgerald fan through and through, and a little biased in believing he can do no wrong, but that‘s okay. My English teacher heart is full. #nerdalert
I love seeing Long Island in print in any form but especially when I know exactly what is being discussed. This was pre-highways but about an hour on Northern Boulevard is fairly accurate still today! (Thanks Google Maps 😁) I'm also checking at 12pm during a pandemic so not as much vehicle traffic as normal but maybe closer to the 30s or 40s volume.
Precisely put, Professor!!! 🤣🤣🤣
An interesting Gatsby point of reference in portraying Fitzgerald's inability to truly fit in. We discussed this in my Gatsby tours at Coe Hall and how someone with an expansive estate on Long Island surely would have had horses. Gatsby's ignorance of that fact leaves his vulnerable to the snub he receives from Tom's group as they disappear, expecting Nick to deliver their regrets. Gatsby's rejection is palpable.
Oh my goodness... poor weird, trying too hard, Gatsby-esque F. Scott Fitzgerald!!!!
Piano lessons and my first stab at a #Bookspin #Doublespin! I've had this for ages and Gatsby is in my top 5 favorites!!!
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The insight and pleasure gained from the introduction alone makes this a gem for one who ranks The Great Gatsby a favorite. I highly recommend this book to all who inspire these words (from my 9 year old daughters): “ Only an extreme lover of books, like mom, would find a book all about another book to read.”
#TheGreatGatsby #books #bibliophile #americannovel #FscottFitzgerald #booklover
Picked this up at The Dollar Tree for my swap partner, but upon closer inspection I was mistaken and it is not on their TBR.
I already own a copy so this one is up for grabs. This one is a hardcover, but if you would prefer a paperback I can do that my copy is pb and new unread.
Just leave a comment to claim it.
pickObsessed with The Great Gatsby or the Fitzgeralds? (I am a little) Then this book is for you. I enjoyed most of this book. Although very well researched, some of the authors claims of "could be" were a bit too biased. But the "could be's" will have to stay that way and we will always be left wondering about some of the deeper meanings of Fitzgerald's greatest book.
(My opinion ?)
#LitsyAtoZ
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😀 Tagged! And it's awesome.
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Holy dear sweet goodness sake... if I were taking a shot every time this narrator describes someone or something as “hard boiled” I would be dead.
It almost ruining this book for me.
pick“And, because I still haven‘t learned enough, because I want to look harder, read smarter, I let a year or so go by and, inevitably, pick up Gatsby again.”
5⭐️ Corrigan expounds on my favorite novel. She approaches it from numerous angles with an intellectual yet fan girl love. I loved this book for pointing out themes I missed, history into Gatsby‘s creation and salvaging, and ultimately its worth of reading. Not dry & completely entertaining.
We‘re halfway through the #NetGalleyTBRAttack readathon and I think we‘re making some pretty nice progress. Personally, I‘ve been mostly reading my easier books from #NetGalley. A lot of children‘s books, graphic novels, cookbooks, and photography books. Either way, I‘m happy to say that since Monday I have #readandreviewed 22 books already!!! I‘ve also gone up 4% for my feedback status, but also downloaded 8 more books 🙈 #Readingstats
And the tallied amount for number of books we plan on collectively getting through in the 7 day #NetGalleyTBRAttack readathon?
205 between 43 people!
I was surprised to see I signed up for 25 books for the week 🙈😂📚
Wow! I just tallied up the total amount of books left to #readandreview from the #NetGalleyTBRAttack sign up survey, and it looks like between the 43 people that signed up, we have a total of 2,476 Books left!
You guys are all truly amazing! That‘s 2,476 reviews that these authors are going to have for their new books! I guess all that I can say from here is READ ON! We‘ve got 4.5 days left, let‘s see what we can do! ♥️
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After reviewing 4 more books this morning, I‘m still only at 44% feedback sent. I‘m hoping to get that up to at least 50% before end of day Sunday. Time to read on!
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Technically, I went over $15, so I bought one book for myself. Not awful since I've only spent $20 all year on books during the #BookBuyingBan!
Bonus points for getting Caraval, Kitchens of the Great Midwest and the tagged book on clearance!!!
#bookhaul #shoppingspree #zeroselfcontrol
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pickA great read for anyone interested in The Great Gatsby or Fitzgerald. There was a lot of great information and I loved how much the author loved Gatsby.
I'm only through the introduction and I already want to reread The Great Gatsby and everything else Fitzgerald has ever written!!
Ok. I got about 3/4's of the house shuttered and I'm pooped! But also really proud of myself for going into beast mode and doing that by myself. But now I've got my book, US Open Tennis, New Girl, and a big bottle of Gatorade to replenish fluids and #LitsyPartyOfOne is back on! Thank you all for your wishes for safety. May Irma harm no one. #HostPost
It was a busier weekend than expected and I started the #reademandeatathon late, but I still managed some quality reading time. 🤓📚It was fun hanging out with everyone and meeting some new friends, too. Thanks for planning this cool party @Read.Em.And.Eat 👏🏻👏🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🎉🎉
Picked up a couple of books that were on my wishlist. My husband says he's glad I got some books for Father's Day. 😂
🔊🎧Listening to a few podcasts as Corrigan discusses this book. She's delightful, articulate, and so incredibly smart. I have a small stack of notes full of book and author recommendations on Gatsby and Fitzgerald. Love the podcasts that have her interviews!
#thegreatgatsby #podcast #maureencorrigan #fangirl #gatsby #TotalMCFangirl
Until I read So We Read On, I didn't know there were naked ladies swimming in these eyes of the well-known cover of The Great Gatsby. Or that this cover was designed by Francis Cugat (older brother of bandleader Xavier), for a fee of $100 and no royalties. He never did a book cover again, and according to Corrigan, probably because it was too much work for too little money. #eyesoncover #eyesoncovers
pickI highly recommend this! Based on how many quotes I shared of So We Read On, it's no surprise I enjoyed this book. Not strictly a bio but a focus on the history and meaning of The Great Gatsby. Eager to re-read The Great Gatsby! And now I'm wondering what happened to The Beautiful and the Damned 🤔. I know I had to buy a new Gatsby some time back, couldn't find the one I had.
"Four fictional histories in 2013 alone" based on Zelda plus several other fiction based on Gatsby characters are mentioned by Corrigan here. The TBR list grows ever more!
With a friend like this, who needs enemies 😩? It's really hard for me to like Hemingway right now (the author also has cited other examples of when Hemingway has put down Fitzgerald). And Hemingway was going to be my next letter for #LitsyAtoZ 😨
It's heartwarming to see amidst Fitzgerald's critics, that he had some genuine Gatsby fans after it was released -- Gertrude Stein (who somehow sounds like a grandma here 😊) and T.S. Eliot. Hemingway, on the other hand 😡 (I'll post about that next).
The 1949 film adaptation of The Great Gatsby is this author's favorite. I did not know about this movie until now! Must watch! And movie tie-in covers are only cool if it's published at least 50 years ago, right 😎?
"Arguing with Zelda devotees about Scott's responsibility for her ruin, however, is like arguing with Rush Limbaugh about Obamacare". Both quotes on same page. Corrigan is very much Team Scott -- after all, Corrigan penned this book about The Great Gatsby and how it got to be what it is. I think Zelda's mental illness doomed her; it doesn't seem like any other husband could have prevented her sad downwards spiral. I feel sorry for both of them ?
Halfway through! Woo-hoo! ??? Not calling it a night just yet. "If the Creek Don't Rise" is too good to put aside! ?#24in48 #Readathon
pickI feel both after listening to this book.
I want to read smarter.
I ❤️ Maureen Corrigan!
I recently moved to CT for a reporting job and found out that Maxwell Perkins, editor to Fitzgerald and Hemingway, lived in one of the towns I cover. I was in the area on assignment today and couldn't resist popping over to his old house. It's privately owned now, so no chance at going in, but oh to have been a fly on the wall there back in the day...
pickI never knew someone could love Gatsby this much and I own four copies of it. Nonetheless, an educational if not glowing look at Fitzgerald and the book that made me want to try and write creatively.
Minor allergic reactions are no fun! Enjoying some sleepy time tea until the allergy medicine kicks in with my main man, Gatsby. My obsession is starting to get embarrassing 🙈
pickI love Gatsby, so, I think I was always going to love this. The author's enthusiasm was infectious.
I've been looking forward to this. Finally getting to it in audio form.
so-soThough it bogs down a little in several places (Corrigan's enthusiasm for her subject is so great that she waxes almost too poetic at times), this is a pretty good history of one of the Great American novels, and how it almost wasn't.
