A-Z Wednesday is hosted by Reading at the Beach.Here are the rules:
Go to your stack of books and find one whose title starts with the Letter of the Week.
Post:
- A Photo of the Book
- Title and Synopsis
- A link (Amazon, B&N, etc.)
- Come back here and leave your link in the comments
If you’ve already reviewed this book, post a link to the review as well. Be sure to visit other participants to see what books they have posted and leave them a comment (we all love comments, don’t we?) Who know? You may find your next “favorite” book.
THIS WEEK’S LETTER IS: E
My “E” Book is:
East of Edenby John Steinbeck
(New York: Penguin Books, 1986)
Paperback, 778 Pages, Fiction
A searing novel about the oldest and most terrible of conflicts: brother against brother.
From the Cover: Adam Trask came to California from the East to farm and raise his family on the new, rich land. But the birth of his twins, Cal and Aron, brings his wife to the brink of madness, and Adam is left to raise his boys to manhood. One boy thrives, nurtured by the love of all around him; the other grows up in loneliness, enveloped in a mysterious darkness. As Steinbeck interweaves the stories of the Trasks and their neighbors, the prosperous, open-hearted Hamiltons, he portrays men and women determined to conquer not only the land but the forces of love and hate, trust and suspicion within their hearts.
My Thoughts: When I saw that this week’s letter was “E,” there was no doubt in my mind that the novel I would pick would be John Steinbeck’s East of Eden. I’m not even sure where to begin on this book. This was one of the books I had to read for my Eminent Authors: John Steinbeck class that I took this past Spring, and I was blown away by what Steinbeck manages to accomplish in this novel. It is definitely one of the best books I have ever read, and is now in the Top Five Best Books I Have Ever Read (up there with the likes of The Three Musketeers, The Shining, Flight and Moby-Dick). Though, rather than rehash all of that, I’ll just direct you to my review from March. The link is HERE.
10 comments:
*hangs head*
I have not read Three Musketeers, The Shining, Flight, Moby Dick OR East of Eden...
I have read Of Mice and Men for an American Lit class and thoroughly enjoyed it, so perhaps I should read East of Eden.
Another one of those books that I 'will get to'. Thanks for sharing.
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I have not read this in years, maybe its time for a reread!
I liked the movie. Time to read the book methinks!
I loved this book. Have also read The Moon is Down and The Pearl too. Grapes of Wrath is on my TBR pile!
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And I forgot to mention Of Mice and Men. I liked that too.
This is another classic that I should definitely get around to readnig.
I considered choosing this as well; I love Steinbeck. Great choice!!
I've never read this. I need to though, it sound really interesting!
Thanks for playing!
Books and reading are part of our dinner conversation at my house, and when I said this week was the letter "E" my youngest son said this is a must read. Thanks for posting and I guess I'll be reading it sooner than I thought.
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