Classic BOTM - October 2013- The Great Gatsby

[Delia]

Your votes have been counted and The Great Gatsby will be our October BOTM. Beginning today and ending November 8th! Enjoy!

[Nicky]

Fantastic!!!!

[Delia]

Nicky wrote: "Fantastic!!!!"

I agree!! Thanks Nicky for your help putting this together on such short notice!

[Jessica]

I got my copy today! Amazon is selling it for 6 dollars!!! Went to feed books and it free there.

[Delia]

Jessica wrote: "I got my copy today! Amazon is selling it for 6 dollars!!! Went to feed books and it free there."

I thought Gatsby was free. Looks like I got every other book on the list but that one (sorry guys!!).

Thank you Jessica! Here's the link to it on feed books. It's Sony format (and just so that you are all aware: Calibre software can change formats of books to mobi file (Kindle format).

However, I did find Anna Karenina, Moby Dick, Walden, and many others free on Kindle.

[Lesley]

Delia wrote: "Jessica wrote: "I got my copy today! Amazon is selling it for 6 dollars!!! Went to feed books and it free there."

I thought Gatsby was free. Looks like I got every other book on the list but that ..."

I got all 3 of those a few days ago when Delia first told us all the classics were free. Yay!!

[Delia]

Lesli wrote: "Delia wrote: "Jessica wrote: "I got my copy today! Amazon is selling it for 6 dollars!!! Went to feed books and it free there."

I thought Gatsby was free. Looks like I got every other book on the ..."

I haven't read Gatsby in probably 15 years or more. It is in my hard copy collection. But now I'm hooked on reading on Kindle.

[Lesley]

Delia wrote: "Lesli wrote: "Delia wrote: "Jessica wrote: "I got my copy today! Amazon is selling it for 6 dollars!!! Went to feed books and it free there."

I thought Gatsby was free. Looks like I got every othe..."

Hahaha!! Me too!!

[Rachel]

ok ladies and gents, who has started the book? and how far is everyone?? thoughts? feelings? :D do tell

[Nicky]

Done.. It was as great as the first 6 times I read it!!!❤❤

[Rachel]

lol nicky i loved it the first few times i read it but i still get so sad.... i love the happy ending ones x

[Jessica]

I'm on chapter three. I'm not liking Tom at all and why isn't Nick protecting his cousin!!!

[Nicky]

Oh me too.. I think I may have cried a couple times...lol

[Rachel]

So do we like books that make us cry??? I am trying to come up with a Los for next month's botm classic lol

[Lesley]

I'm still trying to finish the book I was reading but I read chapter 1. Should be into it by tomorrow though.

[Delia]

Rachel wrote: "ok ladies and gents, who has started the book? and how far is everyone?? thoughts? feelings? :D do tell"

I started it day before yesterday. LOVE his writing!

[Delia]

Rachel wrote: "lol nicky i loved it the first few times i read it but i still get so sad.... i love the happy ending ones x"

Rachel, I'm with you on the happy endings. Although I like to have a wide range of emotions in a book.

[Nicky]

It doesn't matter to me on the ending of a book. The way you feel when you are reading it makes it more memorable!!!

[Jessica]

“Out of the corner of his eye Gatsby saw that the blocks of the sidewalks really formed a ladder and mounted to a secret place above the trees — he could climb to it, if he climbed alone, and once there he could suck on the pap of life, gulp down the incomparable milk of wonder.”

WTF?? That just sounds weird. I know the meaning but it's strange.

[Rachel]

Jessica wrote: "“Out of the corner of his eye Gatsby saw that the blocks of the sidewalks really formed a ladder and mounted to a secret place above the trees — he could climb to it, if he climbed alone, and once ..."

lol i get the feeling this author drank... a lot :)

[Rachel]

Rachel wrote: "Jessica wrote: "“Out of the corner of his eye Gatsby saw that the blocks of the sidewalks really formed a ladder and mounted to a secret place above the trees — he could climb to it, if he climbed ..."

no disrespect intended-- just meant to allude to the state of creativity :)..... that keeps coming out wrong yall know i mean it in a matter of fact way not a mean way lol

[Delia]

Haha! Quite a phrase!! Rachel, Fitzgerald and Zelda, his wife I believe had quite a reputation as drinkers!

[Jessica]

Of course I know what you meant. I think your right. He had to be drunk when he wrote that part.

[Jessica]

Finally finished it a few days ago. Its a tragically sweet ending.

[Delia]

Jessica wrote: "Finally finished it a few days ago. Its a tragically sweet ending."

Did you like it Jessica?

[Jessica]

I did. I felt like Tom was such a jerk for having an affair but got so mad when Daisy did the same.

[Sherry]

I didnt love it at all. I had a terrible time getting into the writing style and then had to trudge through all the infidelity. I think this book is a real shame.