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Golden Notebook
Golden Notebook | Doris Lessing
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"The Golden Notebook is Doris Lessing's most important work and has left its mark upon the ideas and feelings of a whole generation of women." -- New York Times Book ReviewAnna is a writer, author of one very successful novel, who now keeps four notebooks. In one, with a black cover, she reviews the African experience of her earlier years. In a red one she records her political life, her disillusionment with communism. In a yellow one she writes a novel in which the heroine relives part of her own experience. And in a blue one she keeps a personal diary. Finally, in love with an American writer and threatened with insanity, Anna resolves to bring the threads of all four books together in a golden notebook.Lessing's best-known and most influential novel, The Golden Notebook retains its extraordinary power and relevance decades after its initial publication.
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Jeg
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Normally large books with small print put me off but I was determined to give this a go. Published in 1962 I can see why it would have been widely read then. The more I read her and find out about her the more I admire her. It felt like this was auto fiction. It was like reading several books in one. I read the preface last. She had written that in 1971 and though long was very insightful. A woman before her time. 👏👏

Suet624 I read this so long ago I have completely forgotten what it‘s about. But I remember really liking it. 1mo
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rubyslippersreads
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I have a feeling many Littens will identify with this cartoon. 😆 #notebooks #stationeryaddict

Seabreeze_Reader 🙋‍♀️Especially tempting around back to school time, although I reigned myself in the last few years. 📒 2mo
ShananigansReads 100% bought a notebook yestderday that I will likely never use. At least it was only $1.00.
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dabbe 🎯! 2mo
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Ruthiella
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Definitely a challenging book. I ultimately found it rewarding but also hard work. In any case, I like this quote about reading from it.

#WondrousWednesday

vivastory Love this 💙 4mo
Daisey I like this quote, but at the same time I never would have finished the tagged book or many others I ended up appreciating more if I would have followed this advice. I do think often timing matters, but I also think some books are worth the push to get through them. 4mo
Ruthiella @Daisey I totally agree with you! This book is a good example of one I had to push myself to read! 😂 Doris Lessing was given to broad pronouncements. But I do like it as a reminder. 4mo
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sarahbarnes This is such a great quote and such good, true advice. 🩵 4mo
Eggs Great thoughts!! 4mo
bthegood great advice - 🙂 4mo
Jeg I‘ve just this minute finished the book. Her preface was great. I read it last. This quote stood out for me. 2mo
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Rissreads
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I did a bad, bad thing! 🤣 Wants, not needs. But I don‘t care! Retail therapy at its best! ♥️

Jari-chan Nothing bad about buying books. You could spend your time and money worse 😉 6mo
LeeRHarry Looks like good choices were made! 😊 6mo
batsy Nice! I think the Lessing is well worth reading (and one to own 🙌🏾) 6mo
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Jeg Love Doris Lessing. Met her once at a book festival in Scotland. The book she was promoting hadn‘t arrived so I got a little book about cats which she signed. A treasure . 6mo
Rissreads @Jeg I am interested in her cat books as I am a cat lover and have 2 of my own. You were very lucky to have met her. She sounds like a fascinating lady! 6mo
Reggie Annie Bot!!!!🖤🖤🖤 6mo
Rissreads @Reggie Just another book you got me to buy! 🖤 6mo
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mcctrish
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@TheBookHippie it was a double Litsy mail day for me 🥰🥰 I laughed right out loud when I opened this gem ❤️❤️❤️ you are a stellar book chooser and an amazing facilitator of Sunday Buddy Read, my Sundays are wonderful no matter the book thx to all your planning, prompting and when necessary, book throwing. This was an unexpected and thoughtful touch. I‘m so so glad I found #sundaybuddyread 🥰🥰

TheBookHippie Awe. Thanks & Yay!!!! It made it!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 6mo
dabbe This is better than the Pulitzer or Nobel Prize. 💙🩵💙 6mo
mcctrish @dabbe absolutely and not for the author 🤣🤣🤣 6mo
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LeahBergen 😆😆 6mo
Karisa Love it! 😂😂😂 6mo
mcctrish @LeahBergen this book sucked 🤣🤣 6mo
mcctrish @Karisa 🤣🤣 6mo
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vlwelser
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This is so epic and I love it.

#SundayBuddyRead @TheBookHippie

TheBookHippie 🤭♥️🏆😘 6mo
Karisa 😂😂😂 Well deserved! 👏👏👏 Brilliant, @TheBookHippie 6mo
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mollyrotondo
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Thank you @TheBookHippie for my certificate of completion 😂 it was a challenge for sure! I am also so honored to receive this very appropriate bookmark!! ❤️ I hope our next few books are way better than this but I do look forward to enduring another challenging read together!!

TheBookHippie ♥️🤣♥️ 6mo
slategreyskies This is so cool! Love it! ❤️ 6mo
AmyG Hahahaha! 6mo
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TheBookHippie @AmyG yours should arrive soon 🤣 6mo
AmyG Thank you. This just cracks me up. My biggest accomplishment in years! 6mo
Sargar114 Lol that‘s amazing!!! Well done @TheBookHippie 😂😂😂 6mo
TheBookHippie @AmyG 🤭🤭🤭 6mo
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mcctrish
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Thank god that‘s over

Susanita Okay that made me laugh 🤣🤣 7mo
kspenmoll I had to bail for many reasons, sounds like I did not miss too much! 7mo
mcctrish @kspenmoll I wish I‘d had reasons, between this and The Brothers Karamazov I feel like all my reading is full of despair 7mo
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mcctrish @Susanita this last chunk was the easiest but full circle is still awful 7mo
quietlycuriouskate Yep, that's about the measure of it! 7mo
dabbe Somehow I think the same will be said about #thebros. I'm definitely staying away from this one! 🤩😂🤗 7mo
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vlwelser
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TheBookHippie 😑🤷🏻‍♀️🤐🤫 7mo
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 7mo
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IndoorDame
The Golden Notebook | Doris May Lessing
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CBee Yes! Love this word 😊 7mo
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quietlycuriouskate
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Thank God that's over! It pains me to pan a book but I did not enjoy this one little bit.

Anna is going round the bend with writer's block and keeps multiple concurrent notebooks whilst sleeping with a succession of increasingly dreadful men and agonising over whether to leave the communist party or not. Maybe it's an insightful document of its time but I was in WTF?! mode for most of it.

#sundaybuddyread @TheBookHippie

Balibee146 Read it at uni..... 🤮🤮🤮 7mo
quietlycuriouskate And then, the Golden Notebook itself, that was supposed to somehow pull everything together? She gave it to that monstrous man-child to write a successful novella in! (Consider the camel's back definitively broken.) 7mo
quietlycuriouskate @Balibee146 You have my sympathies! At least I wasn't required to write essays about it. 7mo
AmyG YOU DID IT! 👊🏻 7mo
BarbaraBB Love your review though. And I‘ll donate my unread copy to a free library 😀 7mo
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IndoorDame
The Golden Notebook | Doris May Lessing
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Phew, done! I‘m guessing no one will find it spoilery if I say I found the ending unsatisfying 😂. I have no idea how to rate this — there were enough nuggets along the way to keep me reading, but the further I got the more infuriating I found it. There were so many places I wanted the author to take this that she stubbornly refused to go & the questions I found most interesting stay unanswered. 😅😵‍💫🤬😬🤷🏻‍♀️ See you Sunday! #sundaybuddyread

AmyG I am so happy I read this as I truly believe that I have officially perfected the art of skimming. The end? Whatever. 7mo
IndoorDame @AmyG such a good skill! Wish I‘d known how to do that back in school when I needed it the most desperately 🤣 7mo
vlwelser 😂❤ 7mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 7mo
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vlwelser
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Made it. Took a weird selfie to celebrate.

#SundayBuddyRead

TheBookHippie 😅😮‍💨💛📔 8mo
TheBookHippie I got the FLORIDA POSTCARD!!!!! 🧡 8mo
vlwelser @TheBookHippie perfect. Much faster than Spain. 😂 😘 8mo
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vlwelser
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I cannot even with this book. It's never going to end....

AmyG 😩That‘s tomorrows reading for me. 8mo
mcctrish I like to put it off for as long as possible 8mo
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