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These are 2 #DNF for me. Ruby-sexual violence was vivid and overwhelming. Water For Elephants-I'll trot out my personal hashtag #toomuchpenis. I did not see the movie. I do own another Sara Gruen novel "At Water's Edge" that I have not tried. #readJanuary

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saresmoore Now that's a good hashtag! 😆 8y

SuperPunkNinja 😂😂😂 8y

Texreader Water is on my tbr list. But now I'm very hesitant to pick it up. Ewwww! 😂😂😂 8y

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BarbaraTheBibliophage

Tropic of Cancer | Henry Miller

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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

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

DGRachel, KVanRead, PurpleyPumpkin, Kathrin, katedensen, Chrys, manifestsanity, gibblr

beagle.mama Isn't this the book Jerry owed the library in that Seinfeld episode? The one with the librarian named Mr. Bookman. 8y

PurpleyPumpkin I am still struggling with this one! Ugh, I'll be glad when I'm done. I'm gonna finish it because I don't think l be going back to it. Ever. 😕 8y

DGRachel Kudos to you for sticking it out (I'm so glad I bailed!). 🤓 8y

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LauraBeth I can remember being in my early 20s and having someone in their 40s say, "if you ever meet a man and he tells you he likes Henry Miller, run far, far away..." 8y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @beagle.mama Believe it or not, I didn't watch that show. I've only seen a few episodes. But, I did think of it while reading this book, which is also about a whole lot of nothing. 😎 8y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @PurpleyPumpkin @DGRachel I just decided to power through it this weekend. I hated seeing it waiting all the time. But ugh. 8y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @LauraBeth Wise words! 😎 8y

DGRachel @LauraBeth 😂😂😂😂 8y

Kathrin @LauraBeth And now we know why!! 😂😂😂 8y

Kathrin Okay... so what are we going to tackle next???? 8y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Kathrin I'm open to suggestions! What do you think? 8y

Kathrin @BarbaraTheBibliophage If we stay with banned books and avoid books that have been banned for obscenity (#toomuchpenis) then how about...

Doctor Zhivago

KVanRead Was planning to finish it last week, but after Tuesday it was pretty much the last thing I wanted to read. It's due back at the library tomorrow but I just can't do it right now. I'm so close to done. Ugh. Maybe tomorrow. 8y

KVanRead When I return TOC I'm picking up my next read which also happens to be a banned book

Persepolis

BarbaraTheBibliophage @kvanread Persepolis is one of the last few books I have on my list for the #ReadHarder challenge! @Kathrin I'd be up for reading about snow and cold in Russia during my winter. It'll make me feel warm! 8y

Kathrin @BarbaraTheBibliophage Persepolis sounds interesting! 8y

KVanRead @BarbaraTheBibliophage I'm reading it for ReadHarder as well! 8y

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ApoptyGina69

Portnoy's Complaint | Philip Roth

Yeah, I have a complaint NO ONE CARES! #threwitacrosstheroom #toomuchpenis. Actually I wanted to throw it out the window of the MUNI (SF bus system), but I donated it instead. Now it lives again once we blended the households. Sigh. #photoadaynov16

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Kirstin 😂😂😂 8y

merelybookish Ha! Good choice! 8y

Alfoster You're killing me!😜😜😜 8y

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KVanRead

Tropic of Cancer | Henry Miller

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

KVanRead @Kathrin @BarbaraTheBibliophage @katedfisher @gibblr @purpleypumpkin @Chrys @manifestsanity 8y

katedensen I think I have to pause my reading...I'm so so so so so (ad nauseam) behind. 8y

KVanRead @katedfisher I'm on track to finish next week and send it back to the library. I'm so close now I'll definitely finish but I can see why anyone might want to pause or bail. It's quite an experience!! 8y

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PurpleyPumpkin I admit it, I'm having a hard time going back to it. I haven't yet given up though! Your comments are spot on btw. You captured my feelings precisely!👌🏼 8y

BarbaraTheBibliophage Bloated is certainly true. Misogyny is absolutely true. It was more tolerable last weekend when I was a little stoned on medications. I am planning to power through the last 100 pages soon. 😝😝😡😡 8y

BarbaraTheBibliophage Next time, can we co-read something more pleasant please? @katedfisher @KVanRead @PurpleyPumpkin 8y

PurpleyPumpkin @BarbaraTheBibliophage Yessssss!😂 8y

Kathrin I would love to do another read along with you guys and yes please something more pleasant... but how are we supposed to know?? 😱😱😱😱😆 8y

ApoptyGina69 I get how it was so revolutionary and controversial and blew people's minds and I love his passion for writing and living, but I have a personal rule of jettisoning any book with #toomuchpenis. 8y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @ApoptyGina69 Oh my there's a hashtag! 😜 8y

KVanRead @katedfisher @PurpleyPumpkin @BarbaraTheBibliophage @Kathrin @ApoptyGina69 Great to come back to the comments thread and see all the fun you've been having! Yes, let's do another that doesn't require meds and isn't guilty of #toomuchpenis. 😂😂😂 8y

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