The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

JohnSteinbeck_TheGrapesOfWrathJust some rambling thoughts about The Grapes of Wrath, which I just recently read for the first time.

My first ramble is why did it take me so long to get around to reading this book?

If you read much you know that certain books stay with you more than others.  For me, such books are Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad, Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee,  several of Jack London’s books and  Shelby Foote’s Civil War trilogy to just name a few.  This book will join that list.  It is a powerful novel not easily forgotten. Continue reading “The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck”

Quote for the Day – John Steinbeck

AVT_John-Steinbeck_6088“A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.”  ~~ John Steinbeck

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Quote for the Day – John Steinbeck

AVT_John-Steinbeck_6088“A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.”  ~~ John Steinbeck

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Quote for the Day – John Steinbeck

AVT_John-Steinbeck_6088“The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.”  ~~ John Steinbeck

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Quote for the Day – John Steinbeck

AVT_John-Steinbeck_6088“Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.”  ~~ John Steinbeck

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