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Neil Young Live BBC 1971

Alice in Chains MTV Unplugged 1996

Passenger Live at Pinkpop 2013

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It bothers me that my photo puts the lighthouse in the middle of the ocean, the ocean in the sky, and random grassy dunes in the sand, but i'm doing my best here people. Please forgive me. I brought a nice, short, confusing, mind-bending, phychological, and difficult read that requires my complete attention for a relaxing time on the beach.. Seriously though, i'm enjoying this. Virginia Woolf really was one of a kind. #currentlyreading To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf [1927] "It ain't no lie. We're gonna do it. Gonna get a little place an' live on the fatta the lan'.” ▪ ▪ My second time reading this classic little novella. Third if I count high school. After my last read I watched the film so this time I couldn't help but read the whole thing in the voices of John Malkovich and Gary Sinise. Can't tell if this was a good thing or not. Steinbeck's sixth published book, Of Mice and Men [1937] complete. The Red Pony up next. It's a great feeling when an author gets you excited about their writing. It's an even better feeling when it happens with one of their less praised books knowing you have much of their more prominent work to explore. The story is rather hard to follow in The Orchard Keeper, jumping all over the place and essentially leaving you with little idea of where it is headed. I'm not finished yet so I have to trust that McCarthy will tie all these pieces together, however the imagery and the prose is completely carrying my experience. I did read The Road a while back and wanted to try more McCarthy since. My idea was to get accustomed to his writing before hitting the more prominent novels, so I figured i'd start with his very first. This probably wasn't the best approach as The Orchard Keeper doesn't seem like the best starting point, but it ended up working out for me. It didn't hurt having read The Road and getting a taste of his later work. I can't tell how much I actually like this thing yet and probably won't until the end, but the writing has me captivated. It's quite a teaser for whats to come in his bibliography. Anyone else familiar with Cormac's work? Or has anyone had this happen where one of an author's less popular books got you excited to read more by them? What happened when you finally did read more by that author? #currentlyreading The Orchard Keeper by Cormac McCarthy [1965] #augustwrapup Books I finished up in the month of August ▪ ▪ Moby-Dick by Herman Melville: 5☆ To a God Unknown by John Steinbeck: 2☆ Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison: 4☆ Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck: 3☆ I didn't make it through A Tree Grows in Brooklyn before the end of the month so now you must wait until the end of September to see how I rate it. Unless of course you check out my Goodreads account and my blog. 🙄 I write reviews for the books I read which helps my reflection process and makes each reading experience more memorable. So if you want to know what I thought about each one in more detail this is where to find out. Or you can just ask 😃. For instance, Moby-Dick was an incredible experience for me, but I admit the story is slowwww. This makes it hard for me to reccommend it to people without giving them a heads up. I try to make these observations apparent in my reviews because at the end of the day ratings mean nothing and can be misleading. Every book is subjective. What matters is what each of us get out of our own personal reading experiences. My Goodreads shows everything i've ever read and wrote. The blog is still a work in progress but I will be posting each review on both sites going forward. 💻📖 Links are in my bio! Was tagged by @josephacena for the #bookishcolor challenge and he chose to do blue. Solid color choice. I was worried I wouldn't have enough blue colored books but it turns out finding them was the easiest part. I've read a solid portion of these but still need to get around to the others. Would love to talk about the ones I did read and know more about the ones I haven't. Which ones have you read? I'm not going to tag people individually this time but if you're interested in doing it go for it and tag me back! I'm keeping it blue like Eiffel 65. blue da ba dee da ba daa.... Still enjoying A Tree Grows in Brooklyn but started Steinbeck's 5th published book on the side cause why not. #currentlyreading In Dubious Battle by John Steinbeck [1936]

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