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MariSlie's Reads

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15.02.05Maintained by:
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the Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Novel by John Steinbeck, published in 1939. Set during the Great Depression, it traces the migration of an Oklahoma Dust Bowl family to California and their subsequent hardships as migrant farm workers.

It won a Pulitzer Prize in 1940. The work did much to publicize the injustices of migrant labor. The narrative, interrupted by prose-poem interludes, chronicles the struggles of the Joad family's life on a failing Oklahoma farm, their difficult journey to California, and their disillusionment once they arrive there and fall prey to a parasitic economic system.

The insularity of the Joads--Ma's obsession with family togetherness, son Tom's self-centeredness, and daughter Rose of Sharon's materialism--ultimately gives way to a sense of universal community.

So I guess I'll start...	[Wednesday February 23rd, 2005 at 7:34pm]
[ mood** | chipper ] Started reading the book all ready and I realized that we probably don't have all the same copy, meaning the pages might be off so yeah, always include the chapter...behind the cut:comments on the first page of the bookChapter 1: page 5Chapter 3Chapter 4: page 32( My thoughts so farCollapse )Okay then, and this is what I think of the main characters I've met so far( Tom Joad and the preacherCollapse )**Okay then, I'd love to hear what everyone else thinks about what I've posted or about your own thoughts on everything. XD-les
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It's been 1 week :D	[Wednesday February 23rd, 2005 at 8:36am]
[ **mood** | excited ] Okay then, it's been a week since I last told everyone what the first book was going to be. I hope we've all found a copy :DSo let the reading and posting about thoughts and comments begin!But to get things started, why don't we have everyone who's reading post what their first impressions are about the book and/or the main characters. Okay, I'll be back with another mod post when we're half way thru the book loves XD-leslie
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Woo! Here we go!	[Wednesday February 16th, 2005 at 6:47pm]
[ mood** | excited ] Yay! We've got like 4 members, and 2 of them aren't me and Maria hahaha. Okay, we're starting this bad boy off now. We've fixed up our layout and our userinfo as you can see and we're ready to start the first book. But first, lemme copy and paste the section in our info that explains how the comm works:( how the community worksCollapse )Okay, I hope that didn't confuse anyone. And now the community rules:( the rulesCollapse )**Okay then, now that everything's been posted and such I'll tell you all what book we're reading. It's gonna be The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. We all have 1 week to find a copy of the book before we start it. Thanks again to everyone who's joined and hopefull we can get more people to join before the week is over. -leslie
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Book List	[Wednesday February 16th, 2005 at 12:07am]
[ **mood** | blah ] Here is our list of books to read. Once we are near to finishing a book, I'll have post in which I tell y'all to vote on which one of the books you'd like to read next. And if you have something you want to add to the list, be sure to comment and I'll add it on XD_the Grapes of Wrath_ by John Steinbeck_the Pearl_ by John Steinbeck_of Mice and Men_ by John Steinbeck_East of Eden_ by John Steinbeck_Animal Farm_ by George Orwell_to Kill a Mocking Bird_ by Harper Lee_Angela's Ashes_ by Frank McCourt_Farenheit 451_ by Ray Bradbury_1984_ by George Orwell the Lord of the Flies by William Gerald Golding_Memnoch the Devil_ by Anne Rice *note* this is not the first in the Vampire Chronicle series but since the story has little to do with the 3 before it I put it up on it's ownthe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold_the Giver_ by Lois Lowry_He's Just Not That Into You_ by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo_Macbeth_ - William Shakespeare_Bridget Jones's Diary_ - Helen Fielding_Me Talk Pretty One Day_ - David Sedaris_the Mists of Avalon_ - Marion Zimmer Bradley_Neverwhere_ - Neil Gaiman_Wuthering Heights_ - Emily Bronte_the Joy Luck Club_ - Amy Tan_the Picture of Dorian Grey_ - Oscar Wilde_the Great Gatsby_ - F. Scott Fitzgerald_Daughter of Fortune_ - Isabel Allende_Memoirs of a Geisha_ - Arthur Golden_the Girl with a Pearl Earring_ - Tracy Chevalier_Pride and Prejudice_ - Jane Austen_American Gods_ - Neil Gaiman_Good Omens_ - Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett_Snow Falling on Cedars_ - David Guterson_the God of Small Things_ - Arundhati Roy_His Dark Materials trilogy_ - Philip Pullman *note* after reading the first book, we may then decide whether to contiue with the trilogy or notAlice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll_the Kitchen God's Wife_ - Amy Tan_the Bonesetter's Daughter_ - Amy Tan_a Collection of Beauties at the Height of their Popularity_ - Whitney Otto_Shantaram_ - Gregory David Robers_Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell_ - Susanna Clarke_the Handmaid's Tale_ - Margaret Atwood_My Sister's Keeper_ - Jodi Picoult_Don Quixote_ - Miguel de Cervantes_the Lord of the Rings_ - JRR Tolkien_Harry Potter series_ - JK Rowling_the Fall of the House of User\\the Masque of the Red Death\\the Raven_ - Edgar Allen Poe *note* since these are short stories and a poem, I'll be grouping them togetherthe Monk - Matthew Lewis
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