15.7 (Beware The Seven Deadly Sins)

[Cynthia]

15.7 - Beware The Seven Deadly Sins
Read a book with one of The Seven Deadly Sins in the title: wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and gluttony. When you post this task you also need to state if/how your book related to the sin that was in the title and why you think that particular sin is so deadly.
You may also use the word sin and deviations of the word sin.If you choose to go that route you would need to explain in your post what specific sins were represented in the book and why you think they are sinful.

Ex. The Grapes of Wrath, Greed, Lust and Gender: A History of Economic Ideas, Sloth: The Seven Deadly Sins, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Lust, Loathing and a Little Lip Gloss, Envy the Night, Gluttony: More is More, Cerulean Sins.

If you need suggestions OR have suggestions for books to read for this task post them here.

[Deirdre]

Cynthia, would Wanderlust count for this task?

[Cynthia]

Deirdre wrote: "Cynthia, would Wanderlust count for this task?"

Sure

[Manday]

no suggestions? oh dear.

[Cynthia]

Besides What I Listed Above
Wrath - The Crepes of Wrath, Two Parties, One Tux, and a Very Short Film about The Grapes of Wrath, The Wrath of God, Day of Wrath: A Mystery, Wrath of Angels: The American Abortion War, Obscene in the Extreme: The Burning and Banning of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath

Greed - In the Arms of Evil: A True Story of Obsession, Greed, and Murder, The Big Book of Greater London Murders, Top Producer: A Novel of Dark Money, Greed, and Friendship, Two of the Deadliest: New Tales of Lust, Greed, and Murder from Outstanding Women of Mystery, Cape Greed, The Actor's Guide To Greed, Greed and Stuff, Fear & Greed

[Petra]

Lust -
Lust for Life
The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove

[Cynthia]

Sloth - Sloth, Sloth, The Cry of the Sloth, Sloth: The Seven Deadly Sins, their are several children's books with sloth in the title if you read a combined 100 pages worth of those books that would be fine

Pride - Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife: Pride and Prejudice Continues, Pride of Baghdad, Pride and Prescience: Or, A Truth Universally Acknowledged, The Pride of Lions, Pride of Carthage: A Novel of Hannibal, The Sands of Pride: A Novel of the Civil War, Pride of Kings

[Cynthia]

Lust - Lust for Life, The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove, Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason, Lust Killer: Updated Edition, Lust, Lust in Translation: The Rules of Infidelity from Tokyo to Tennessee, All You Need to Be Impossibly French: A Witty Investigation into the Lives, Lusts, and Little Secrets of French Women, Tomato Rhapsody: A Novel of Love, Lust, and Forbidden Fruit

Envy - Envy, Envy, Venus Envy, The Female Thing: Dirt, Sex, Envy, Vulnerability, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea, Envy the Night, Demon EnvyHell Hath No Fury: A True Story of Wealth and Passion, Love and Envy, and a Woman Driven to the Ultimate Revenge

Gluttony - Gluttony, Gluttony: The Seven Deadly Sins, Gluttony: Ample Tales of Epicurean Excess, The Anatomy of Gluttony, Fat, Gluttony and Sloth: Obesity in Literature, Art and Medicine, The God of Thinness: Gluttony and Other Weighty Matters

[Cait]

Thank you Petra and Cynthia for mentioning The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove! I still want to try to use this task as an opportunity to reread The Grapes of Wrath (I hated it in high school but that was 15 years ago and I want to give it another try), but it's good to have Christopher Moore as a backup.

[Manday]

Many Thanks!!

After all of that, I think I am going with
More Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason

[Krista]

Cynthia, would 'lazy' also work for the sin of sloth?

[Cynthia]

Krista wrote: "Cynthia, would 'lazy' also work for the sin of sloth?"
No just the words themselves or derivatives like lustful or greedy not synonyms.

[Krista]

Cynthia wrote: "Krista wrote: "Cynthia, would 'lazy' also work for the sin of sloth?"
No just the words themselves or derivatives like lustful or greedy not synonyms.
"

Okay, thanks!

[Ashley FL]

Can we use the actual word "sin"?

[Cynthia]

Ashley wrote: "Can we use the actual word "sin"?"

I will actually accept the word sin and its deviations i.e. sinful/sinfully. If you choose to go that route for part B you would need to explain what sins were represented in the book and why you think they are sinful.

[Ashley FL]

Thanks, Cynthia! There is an Agatha Christie I am considering for this task. I'll have to track it down and see which sins. Double Sin and Other Stories

[Janice]

I highly recommend:
Sins of the Seventh Sister: A Novel Based on a True Story of the Gothic South by Huston Curtiss

[Deedee]

Two suggestions:

The Loved and Envied (Virago Modern Classics) by Enid Bagnold (Paperback, 288 pages)

Pride and Avarice: A Novel by Nicholas Coleridge (Hardcover, 432 pages)