tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246380981479604275.post583861284250398422..comments2024-01-22T14:32:22.110+00:00Comments on An Armchair By The Sea: The Grapes of Wrath Part 1 - It's Not Tuesday...anarmchairbytheseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14593618746095559894noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246380981479604275.post-20905235393294818332012-10-17T17:03:35.953+01:002012-10-17T17:03:35.953+01:00How does one make a cupcake teacozy? And also, I A...How does one make a cupcake teacozy? And also, I ALSO flag the bottoms of my pages for quotes/passages I want to remember (the top flags are for review purposes and/or things I want to look-up/research). It's a system. I like it! <br /><br />So, yeah, saddest book of all time? Maybe. Too many things to think about what to say in each post? Totally. I wrote mine today too, and now that I'm going back through and reading others' posts I am seeing ALL THE THINGS I thought about while reading but didn't write about (because that's what happens when I don't take notes and/or write my post at work).<br /><br />Anyway, all the feelings. Scared of what's a-coming.Kerry Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10624436758426097032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246380981479604275.post-13128064232140154012012-10-11T01:46:34.532+01:002012-10-11T01:46:34.532+01:00I love this book, just finished it last week. I pu...I love this book, just finished it last week. I put up a quote on Tumblr about the banks and it is BY FAR the most reblogged post I have ever put up! It is, as you say, entirely relevant and by GOD the Tories need to read it. <br /><br />(Couldn't help but feel a bit sad at Boris's latest speech, saying we're moving from an age of excess, to an age of austerity, then to an age of enterprise. Money money money.)ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01245931629228090133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246380981479604275.post-27924966502142265532012-10-10T23:07:18.162+01:002012-10-10T23:07:18.162+01:00It's ADORABLE that you thought the baby would ...It's ADORABLE that you thought the baby would arrive in time for your due date. ADORABLE.<br /><br />I didn't mind the car dealership chapter as much as some others did. It seemed important, and it kind of had a rhythm. Like an auction a little bit? "More jalopies can-I-get-some moooore jalopies. Over here, some jalopies. If I only had 100 more jalopies."Megshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967657695336270359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246380981479604275.post-11603178985509077472012-10-10T19:32:58.817+01:002012-10-10T19:32:58.817+01:00I started reading The Grapes of Wrath and at first...I started reading The Grapes of Wrath and at first I was like 'oh god, the description. Why is there so much description?', but after a while I sort of got immersed in it and I realised that Steinbeck is an actual genius with words.<br /><br />Ma's deference to the men and letting them speak first actually reminds me of those super-smart silent types in movies, who lets all the idiots talk and then wows them all with his/her genius insight. Hehehe.<br /><br />BTW cupcake teacozy? So cool.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196903315080725315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246380981479604275.post-36819782832629883262012-10-10T15:05:33.522+01:002012-10-10T15:05:33.522+01:00Your priorities are awesome, cause that teacosy so...Your priorities are awesome, cause that teacosy sounds AMAZING! I would make one, but no one I know uses a teapot. Hmph.<br /><br />I'm glad someone liked the car salesman chapter! I don't like LOVE it, but I think it adds an interesting perspective and also plays to the 'car salesmen are CROOKS' stereotype and ALSO shows how many poor people are moving west which could almost definitely be a problem... <br /><br />Totally relevant politics to today, agreeeed. Capitalism gone MAD! It's interesting to me how much the politics of GoW match up with my own, and it kind of makes me wonder how much of them I've actually GOTTEN from GoW... I mean, obviously they've developed and whatnot since I first read it, but I have a feeling that at least some of them must have been formed when I read this... Interesting! (to me, anyway!)<br /><br />I get the sexism, but also not the sexism cause Ma is super important and they literally wouldn't be able to function without her. Which, you know, makes her kind of the leader, and THAT is kind of non-sexist. Maybe.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246380981479604275.post-52254636287195844582012-10-10T14:44:19.099+01:002012-10-10T14:44:19.099+01:00I love the phrase "eternal oranges"
Tha...I love the phrase "eternal oranges"<br /><br />That car salesman chapter. I think it could have been done in like 1/2 the pages and still gotten the point across. But while I didn't like it I'm still sorta glad someone did cos those macrochapters are so far some of my favorite parts. Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456600806188531803noreply@blogger.com