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I don't know what it is about January that leaves me in this weird state. The cold, the dark? Anyway, the only remedy I know is some light reading. Funny, sad, drama-filled, but definitely plot driven. None of this "cerebral" stuff, I just want to wrap up in my snuggie and be entertained for a few hours. |
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Just finished rereading Catcher. That book will never get old.
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"What I was really hanging around for, I was trying to feel some kind of a good-by. I mean I’ve left schools and places I didn’t even know I was leaving them. I hate that. I don’t care if it’s a sad good-by or a bad good-by, but when I leave a place I like to know I’m leaving it. If you don’t, you feel even worse."
The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
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Part 2 of The Catcher In The Rye discussion.
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notes"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don’t feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth. In the first place, that stuff bores me, and in the second place, my parents would have about two hemorrhages apiece if I told anything pretty personal about them. They’re quite touchy about anything like that, especially my father. They’re nice and all - I’m not saying that - but they’re also touchy as hell. Besides, I’m not going to tell you my whole goddamn autobiography or anything."The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger (via first-lines)
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Mr. Spencer: Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rules. Holden Caulfield: Yes, sir. I know it is. I know it. (Game, my ass. Some game. If you get on the side where all the hot-shots are, then it's a game, all right — I'll admit that. But if you get on the other side, where there aren't any hot-shots, then what's a game about it? Nothing. No game.) -
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J.D. Salinger's Response to Turning The Catcher in the Rye into a Movie
A letter written by Salinger.
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If you’ve never watched any VLOG BROTHERS videos, they’re hilarious, and definitely worth subscribing to.
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The Catcher In the Rye
For my first post, I’d like to pay tribute to J.D. Salinger. We all read Catcher In The Rye in high school and fell in love with the rebellious Holden Caulfield and his red hunting hat. Now, in light of Salinger’s recent death, it’s perfect timing to revisit the eternal favorite.For those of you have yet to read it, the main charachter, Holden, narrates a set of strange events that occurs right around Christmas time. It follows him from his dismissal from yet another private school, to his adventures traipsing around New York City.
It’s a must read for all high school students “who [feel] themselves beset on all sides by pressures to grow up and live their lives according to the rules, to disengage from meaningful human connection, and to restrict their own personalities and conform to a bland cultural norm” (SparkNotes).
5/5 stars
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Christmas tree bookshelf.
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“Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart and his friends can only read the title.”— Virginia Woolfe (via tobia)...
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