Mine’s The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath. Thick books never stopped me from reading nonstop before, but there are entries in the book that just has me stopping and taking time to mull things over.

Also, sharing this excerpt: “Not to be sentimental, as I sound, but why the hell are we conditioned into the smooth strawberry-and-cream Mother-Goose-world, Alice-in-Wonderland fable, only to be broken on the wheel as we grow older and become aware of ourselves as individuals with a dull responsibility in life?”

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    Thinking of taking East of Eden and Demon Copperhead off my currently reading and giving up on them

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      1 year ago

      I felt this way about East of Eden too. Most of Steinbeck, really. He’s my favorite author, but I find that I’m not really pulled in until 1/3 to 1/2 way through his books. My opinion is that it’s worth finishing East of Eden.