pickI had this sitting on my shelf for years and was happy that the #HashtagBrigade motivated me to finally read it. I suppose I'd put it off because of the heavy themes, including mental illness and suicide. The novel was indeed disturbing and difficult to read, but also engrossing, poignant and even really humorous at times.
pickThis has been on my tbr forever, and I am so glad the #HashtagBrigade read it, though I‘m pretty late finishing the book for the group.
This is a hard story to rate, as Esther‘s story is parts disturbing and hard to read. Knowing Plath‘s state of mind too adds to backstory of this mental health novel. It‘s not supposed to make one comfortable. Glad I read it! #192025 #1963 #LitsyAToZ #LetterB
so-so#Wardens2025 #Read2025 #Roll100 #hashtagbrigade
Finished last week. Glad to have finally read/removed this classic from my physical shelves. So much happier also to have read it with great friends #hashtagbrigade 🥰💖
Thanks @BarkingMadRead for hosting #hashtagbrigade 💖
Also, this was one of my February #Roll100 picks📚
#readingbracket2025 Thank you, @CSeydel 🤗
February: THE BELL JAR
So far: THE CRUELEST MONTH
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@Read4Life
Thank you, #hashtagbrigade and @BarkingMadRead for this week's gem.
pickWhat a gorgeous, wrenching book! I‘m sorry it took me so long to read it, and grateful to @BarkingMadRead and the #HashtagBrigade for moving it up my TBR. I don‘t know if it would have been even better to read when I was a teenager or if it would have been a little *too* relatable then.
pickI will love this book till the end of time. I've read a lot of bad reviews of it online and they make me want to weep. So many point to Esther's relative privilege, asking, "How could she be depressed?” As if mental illness cares about circumstance! As if being an ambitious woman in the '50s wasn't stultifying and stifling! Anyway, I'll be over here with Kat Stratford, relishing the gorgeous prose and feeling deeply understood. Thank you, Sylvia.
#52bookclub25 (Stream of consciousness narrative)
#gottacatchemall (Spinda: a book you forgot you owned) @PuddleJumper 1d