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In high school, I could not STAND The Scarlet Letter. After revisiting it in college, I found a weirdness in Hawthorne and fell in love. A colleague just gave me a box of books and I found this gem - I think the 'connections' section is what makes this edition for me. #TeachersofLitsy #TOC

What? Now the heroine finds that the potential bad guy has a banned book (which a group of Littens just read together)! And she better know, even if he's not a killer, he's a wacko dude if he's reading this racist, misogynistic book. 😱😱

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Best #TOC ever! This is going to be fun...

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2.5 stars Have you ever known a twenty-something young man who arrogantly believes he knows everything about everything? This is 319 pages of that guy, mostly while he's drunk or high. It's just a whiny bigoted blog, albeit with moments of brilliance.

Longer review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1777545523

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Well, this isn't exactly a #bookandbrew, but my rye & soda with a splash of ginger ale is my go-to drink at the end of a long work day. This is my current read and it's making me cranky! I'm aiming to finish it by the weekend. *fingers crossed* #TOC #TOCreadathon
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I finally don't hate this book. Not that I love it, but I've settled into his odd cadence of non-story telling writing. Still struggling with his incredible bigoted nature though. Almost caught up too.

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Today's plan. Couch. And 80 pages from our #tocreadalong book! I can do it, right? 😜 #toc #tropicofcancer

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😂😂😂This is probably my favorite part of this crazy book so far. Weirdly, I find it to be the most profound and the funniest bit I've read. Miller's unabashed embrace of the sh*t of life, both figurative and literal is pretty off-putting most of the time, but here it works! #TOC #TOCreadalong #bannedbookchallenge @Kathrin @BarbaraTheBibliophage @PurpleyPumpkin @gibblr @katedfisher

This was a rough read for me for a couple of reasons:
1. Stream of consciousness writing is not my cup of tea,
2. I like to have a plot/storyline and there was none and
3. The sexism and racism really bothered me.

The only reason why I finished the book was because every now and then the literary brilliance shone through.

I read it faster than it was planned for the read along, because I just wanted to get it over with! 😬

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