false 56077 18 In Monterey, on the California coast, Sweet Thursday is what they call the day after Lousy Wednesday, which is one of those days that are just naturally bad. Returning to the scene of <I>Cannery Row</I>—the weedy lots and junk heaps and flophouses of Monterey, John Steinbeck once more brings to life the denizens of a netherworld of laughter and tears—from Fauna, new headmistress of the local brothel, to Hazel, a bum whose mother must have wanted a daughter. 1240141 1954 Sweet Thursday total:1603|5:513|4:637|3:374|2:71|1:8| 1603 6385 2235 117 4 1 false false Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 14:18:43 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 16:45:01 -0700 2009
There is a kind of style or attitude that Steinbeck brings to this world which is both sympathetic...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Oct 26 09:02:00 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 02 07:44:09 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 3 true false Fri Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 23 17:14:27 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 08 01:35:09 -0700 2008 Cannery Row, it's difficult to nail down exactly why this novel isn't as good as its prequel. Sweet Thursday is still a very enjoyable book and managed to arouse and audible chuckle from me here and there, but, as the only work of Steinbeck's I've read that could be labeled...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 04:09:11 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 23:37:43 -0700 2009 1 Cannery Row and taken as a whole, this is a very good book. But split in two, you can't help compare the two. Both take place on Cannery Row and has more or less the same main characters with a few exeptions. Cannery Row is about a party Mack and the boys want to throw for Do...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 14:55:38 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 09:26:24 -0700 2009 cannery row, sweet thursday is a revisiting of the characters popularized in steinbeck's earlier work. the row again serves as the backdrop, though this time during the years following world war ii. old faces abound (doc, mack, hazel, eddie), as do some new ones. t...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 15:23:57 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 03:44:08 -0700 2009 3 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 08 17:13:09 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 20:54:49 -0700 2009
"Sweet Thursday" takes readers back to the familiar denizens of Cannery Row. In this book, Mack and Hazel,...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 15:46:22 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 13:30:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 15:40:52 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 21:34:29 -0700 2009 Sweet Thursday, but all I can think of is, well, sweet. What struck me while reading this no...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 16:31:12 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 07:27:29 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 19 17:55:39 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 07:24:27 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 10 11:17:08 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 11:33:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Mar 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 23:34:41 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 00:07:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 28 17:44:14 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 28 17:44:14 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed May 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 19:46:52 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 19:49:01 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 03:52:26 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 03:55:03 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sun Sep 02 13:43:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 17 10:26:01 -0700 2007
One of Steinbeck's more light-hearted stories, Mack and other townspeople from "Cannery ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 07:08:13 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 07:12:48 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 17:31:09 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 17:33:28 -0700 2009 i think it's the only (somewhat) love story that hasnt made me fall asleep or want to stab myself on top of a skyscraper. Suzy kinda reminds me of Rebecca McKinley...but not really...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 08:24:22 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 08:25:05 -0800 2009
Steinbeck's characters are interesting and likeable. It's a worthwhile read.
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