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I am starting to see this as a movie. That is the sign of a good book!

This was published in ‘59?!?!
I’ve been pleasantly surprised and impressed so far.

So, if you were wondering HOW Gatsby knew that Daisy was living (or would end up living) in East Egg, you can thank Jordan (I told you I’d get back at you for hurting Daisy, Tom) Baker ⛳️

Whoops 😅 This got Mrs Frenchtoast level of spicy all of a sudden. And here I thought this was a murder mystery!

Who killed Jay Gatsby?
If you read the original, you’d say…
But this isn’t the original 😉
Pretty good, so far. Short, interconnected chapters that give three different perspectives about one man.

Never read until now - nothing like “Puttin’ on the Riiiiiiitzzzzz” Young Frankenstein (that’s Franken-stein).

Let’s play a game of “Rochambeau”…
🪨 📝 ✂️

And… boom 💥 goes the dynamite 🧨

Damn you, Spotify and your listening limit 😣

Stream of consciousness novels tend to be tough to read if you’re not paying attention. 😅
So far… a lot to digest!

“I am the Nostradamus of two weeks from now!”
But in this country, who knows what will happen in two weeks… sheesh 😒

“Dying while I remember you is better than living a day without knowing your name.”
That was a fucking good line 👍

“Books do not find value when they are written. They find value when they are read. Every book 📕 is both worthless and priceless at the same time. It depends on who you ask.
I have not yet had the pleasure of reading half of (my) library collection, I can say that only the books that I have taken from the shelves and stored in my heart are truly precious.”

End of part 1.
Heymitch, my man… you had ONE JOB! 🥛 🩸

Nitpick time 🚨
Some of these flashbacks are unnecessary.
That is all.

Audiobook: not boring, but definitely taking its time to get to the actual horror. More backstory than it actually needs, IMO.

What is it with offing the youngest ones first? 🤔
Sure, they’re the weaker ones who probably couldn’t defend themselves over the much stronger ones, but geez 🙄 let one at least make it to the final four or something.

WHAT THE FUUUUUUU DID I JUST READ?!?!

Two chapters in and this reminds me a little of The Midnight Library.
Here’s a quote for those who don’t care about reading:
“Piece of mind…
was worth the price of never knowing what happed after page 254.”

All right Ms. Forintos - here ai go!

“Banned books. The right books. Books that stirred up trouble, threatened public order, offended society’s morals, and rattled the world’s confidence…
Real books with catastrophic influence, equally able to crate and destroy.”

I mean… it’s a Hunger Games novel - it’s entertaining from the start, which makes it a good read, so far. But the YA aspect is very evident and although I am a dystopian junkie, there’s works with deeper meaning out there.

I, too, would like to know how to become the Guardian of the Library, as the way things have been going around these parts have worried me to think that life will continue the way it has been and people will stop to ask, “Who am I?”

Started this while students were testing - might take a while to get through. It’s giving me Stephen King’s “On Writing” vibes based on the informal and personal way it’s presented - which I like.

Now this is more like it!
The last book I read was molasses, but this has been interesting from the start.
World gone to 💩? ✅
Weird closed-off community vibes? ✅