Welcome to Litsy!

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. 😱😱

#toc #tocreadalong #coincidentalreading

Giving this a so-so. While I disliked most of it, and rage read good portions of it, the writing is brilliant and breathtaking at times and does represent a breakthrough in literary history. But it is also deeply misogynist and racist in a way that can't simply be written off as 'the times.' It's been compared to Whitman but to me it's the antithesis —so preoccupied with darkness, death and decay. Whitman inspires me. This is just depressing.

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

#TOC
#ToCreadalong
#bannedbookchallenge
#bannedbookreadathon
#bannedbookreading
#TOCreadathon

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
#ToCreadalong #day9 #photoadaynov16

This quote really smacks of coy self-promotion and apologia to me because quite frankly I'm not sure there's one cohesive page of greatness in this book. There are lots of snippets of brilliance but the bloated, self-important sewage you have to wade through for it is enough to make me want to punch the self-indulgent, superior misogynist right in the kisser! Still glad I'm reading it, but rage reading it half the time.😂 #TOCReadalong

Plus, still chugging along with David Copperfield on Serial Reader and enjoying listening to Confederacy of Dunces on my walks. #TOCReadalong continues. Excited to finally start Kindred for @LitsyFeministBookClub and Library at Mount Char for @litsybookclub @RealLifeReading #photoadaynov16

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.

#TOC
#ToCreadalong
#bannedbookchallenge,
#bannedbookreadathon
#bannedbookreading
#TOCreadathon

@manifestsanity
@KVanRead
@katedfisher
@gibblr
@PurpleyPumpkin
@Kathrin
@Chrys

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

#TOC #TOCreadalong #bannedbookschallenge @BarbaraTheBibliophage @Kathrin @katedfisher @PurpleyPumpkin @gibblr @manifestsanity @Chrys

😂😂😂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