Legends of the Fall | 
pickI have loved this movie from the first time I saw Tristan (Brad Pitt) crying on a hill in the Montana wilderness. I have finally gotten around to reading the novella, and though somewhat different than the movie in style, the novella is just as good. It was a quick read, and like the movie, I didn‘t want it to end.
Day 23 - #legend #literaryluck
“Legends of the Fall” an epic, moving tale of three brothers fighting for justice in a world gone mad. Early 20th century Montana to the blood-drenched European battlefields of World War I and back again to Montana, Harrison‘s powerful story explores the theme of revenge and the actions to which people resort when their lives or goals are threatened, painting an unforgettable portrait of the twentieth-century man.
Keeping the Books into Film streak going, next up is Legends of the Fall by Jim Harrison
so-soI‘ve been wanting to read this novella for ages. I‘ve always been a fan of the movie. While I enjoyed the short story, I think it‘ll be the movie I revisit. #popsugar #readingchallenge2018
Some of our strangest actions are also our most deeply characteristic: secret desires remain weak fantasies unless they pervade a will strong enough to carry them out.
@Tiffy_Reads #falltimefavorites
1️⃣ Apples. Of all the gourds and squashes, pumpkins are my very least favorites.
2️⃣ Cozy. But that's relative. Comfort readings are relative.
3️⃣ Meh. Though haunted houses are kinda lame, no?
4️⃣ Hot chocolate, rather than hot cocoa
5️⃣ Meh. Patch if my son is there.
6️⃣ Bonfires. Always.
7️⃣ No football 🏈. Though possibly football ⚽.
I'm not sure if you would call Legends of the Fall a novella or even a short story, but in any case, it's not long. Even so, it still manages to tell an epic family #saga and be so much bigger than its page count.
The film (of course) changes the story somewhat, but it also packs in way more emotion. One of the few cases where I thought the movie was actually better than the book.
Also, there's Brad Pitt in the movie. 😍😂
#JubilantJuly
Today I went to Barnes and Noble, and indulge myself... #bookhaul #compulsivebookbuyer
Sometimes the worst books can turn into the best Book Club discussions -- especially when you have the right group of people to collectively stab the offending book in the heart.
panThree unrelated novellas. So, there's this white guy, and he just does what comes natural, and hot girls fall for him, and he makes money, but he doesn't care for all that. But then some baddie is after him, so he and his faithful minority sidekick have to kill an unnamed ethnic guy (Mexican, Italian, Irishman), and he does it because he's a clearheaded white guy. This is respected and there are no repercussions.
Which novella? All three.
If your paragraph is so long that there's no paragraph breaks on the page, then you need to make either bigger pages or shorter paragraphs. Unless you are Molly Bloom stream-of-consciousing.
(Can you tell I'm not enjoying this?)
Stared at my Book Club book all day -- dragged it from place to place -- didn't read a damned page. #bookisholympics #bookisholympicsfail
Will I finish the book? Will I get a sunburn? Will I actually get in the water? Stay tuned for updates....
You strut like a peacock. I don't know what you waltz like. Not a peacock, violent or pacifist. But either way I don't think that when a peacock gets violent it's strut morphs into a waltz.
Ugh. This book is short, but I can't read more than two pages at a time.
Also, I'm not feeling my Book Club book, so I keep putting it off for things I actually WANT to read...
When I read, I'm always on the lookout for least-likely-to-be-juxtaposed words. I think "melancholy bouillabaisse" qualifies.
Honestly, if you felt strongly about it, you could probably convince me it's a brilliant symbol, or that it's an example of the nadir of horrible writing. I don't know. I just like seeing the words sitting there next to each other.
True story. Every damn day. The fall is no legend.
Anyone read this? Does it get better? It's my next Book Club book, but so far it's just stereotypical people doing stereotypical things. A Latin man only cares for his pride, but his hot-blooded Latin wife cannot be controlled, when she meets the brave Anglo veteran from Indiana . . . (I'm on page 40.)
Any hope?
