The Book Album

Happy New Year!! Here is our long-awaited discussion about Joan Didion’s “The White Album.” Additional Notes: https://livepaola.wordpress.com/2017/08/27/notes-from-joan-didions-white-album/

The blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

Books 2018:

LOTR #3-TolkienDeadeye Dick-VonnegutFrom Here to Eternity-DoughtyPalm Sunday-VonnegutThe Elephant Vanishes-MurakamiGod Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian-VonnegutThe Sound and the Fury-FaulknerMr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore-SloanA Brief History of Time-HawkingThe Stranger-CamusAbsolutely on Music-MurakamiAll The Pretty Horses-McCarthyIndignation-Roth1Q84-MurakamiATPH (again)Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls-SedarisWhite Noise-DelilloThe Year of Magical Thinking-DidionDrive-PinkThe White Book-KahnIf This Isn’t Nice, What Is?-VonnegutThe Secret Agent-ConradInnocence-DahlDeath of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories-TolstoyCalypso-SedarisHuman Voices-P. FitzgeraldAnna Karenina-TolstoyThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks-SklootThe White Album-DidionSlaughterhouse Five-VonnegutThe Handmaid’s Tale-AtwoodEverything That Remains-Nicodemus/MillburnLess-AustBeautiful Darkness-Garcia/StohlBeautiful Chaos-Garcia/StohlBeautiful Redemption-Garcia/StohlMother Night-VonnegutTYOMT (again)The Great Gatsby-FitzgeraldClock Dance-TylerI Married a Communist-RothHT (again)Something Wicked This Way Comes-BradburyThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle-MurakamiOption B.-Sandberg/GrantI Am I Am I Am-O’FarrellAn Absolutely Remarkable Thing-GreenThe Handmaid’s Tale (yes, this is #3)Frankenstein-ShelleyThe Joy Luck Club-TanV for Vendetta-Lloyd/MooreJailbird-VonnegutSleep of Memory-ModianoOliver Twist-DickensKilling Commendatore-MurakamiDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim-SedarisChasing Red-RoninAlways Red-RoninPrometheus-5-VonnegutA Tale of Two Cities-DickensA Pale View of Hills-Ishiguro

Tonight, on Christmas Eve, we are having fun with "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens.

Our New Website: https://didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net/  

The History: http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20171215-how-did-a-christmas-carol-come-to-be

Fun Facts: https://www.1qct.org/2014/11/ten-fun-facts-about-a-christmas-carol/

John Leech: http://theconversation.com/john-leech-the-cartoonist-who-gave-us-christmas-past-88977

Adaptations: http://collider.com/a-christmas-carol-adaptations-ranked/

An overview of "The Chimes" by Charles Dickens, short stories throughout history, and an added discussion of how short story anthologies are compiled and published.

The History of Christmas Ghost Stories: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-do-ghost-stories-go-christmas-180961547/

Book Critics Circle: http://bookcritics.org/blog/archive/a-brief-history-of-the-short-story-in-americaA short story blog?? : https://writing.stackexchange.com/questions/6712/how-many-short-stories-make-a-collection

Time to chat about “A Tale of Two Cities” in the context of the French Revolution. Happy #DecemberDickens !

Thresholds:https://www.suz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:ffffffff-f952-f950-ffff-ffff87498b5e/03.18_granovetter_78.pdf

Summary: https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/twocities/summary/

Timeline of the Book: https://www.preceden.com/timelines/63427-a-tale-of-two-cities-timeline

This week we are tackling questions about how to read a book a week, with a list of the books that I have read thus far this year.

Link on success and reading: https://medium.com/the-mission/how-to-read-a-lot-more-books-this-year-according-to-harvard-research-e1dfc55e0b9f

So sorry that this is a day late! A thorough analysis of character in none other than "Oliver Twist" #DecemberDickens.

History of Oliver Twist: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Oliver-Twist-novel-by-Dickens

Plot Summary: https://www.shmoop.com/oliver-twist/summary.html

Dickens for the layperson and the not-so-layperson. How to keep up with the #DecemberDickens reading list.

**SPOILERS**

Oliver Twist, Bleak House, A Christmas Carol, Tale of Two Cities ... and MORE!

Everything Tolstoy in one place.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DidionIn

Join guest Morgan Wallace and I as we discuss a "gay reading" of none other than "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

NOT Affiliate Links:

Killing Commendatore: https://www.amazon.com/Killing-Commendatore-novel-Haruki-Murakami/dp/052552004X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1542159788&sr=8-1&keywords=killing+commendatore+murakami

Simple Matters: https://www.amazon.com/Simple-Matters-Scandinavians-Approach-Style/dp/142364963X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1542159804&sr=8-1&keywords=simple+matters