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... a good book but I think Angle of Repose and especially The Big Rock Candy Mountain which can be favorably compared with The Grapes of Wrath and because large sections are autobiographical, gives Stegner a broader and deeper scope to his considerable talents. The passage of time and ...

The Curious Case of Dean Winchester (Classic Literature) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. possibilities The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck Tales of the Jazz Age by Fitzgerald Tender is the Night by Fitzgerald Flappers and Philosophers by Fitzgerald The Last Tycoon by Fitzge ...

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien 3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte 4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling 5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee 6 The Bible 7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte 8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell 9 His Dark Mat ...

... work but find it impossible. His language is beautiful but his stories are just a soup of melodramatic pablum (IMHO). Grapes of Wrath. Anything by Hawthorne. But, to be honest, there are many writers out there that I despised the first time I picked up their work and returning ...

... Uni (about nine years ago now). I've also been determined to finish Midnight's children, A Prayer for Owen Meaney and The Grapes of Wrath - all of which i have left halfway through. I think 2010 is THE YEAR for it. Anyone else got a few they're desperate to get through and want to join ...

... long as I get to take: 1 Middlemarch 2 Captain Corelli's Mandolin 3 The Crimson Petal and the White 4 The Grapes of Wrath (my Steinbeck choice changes every time I write one of these lists; Cannery Row or Tortilla Flat would do just as well.) 5 Life of Pi But I' ...

My favourite book of all time is The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

... long since I read it that I need to reread it. I like some of the modern classics, if there is such a thing. Loved The Grapes of Wrath and seem to have a different reaction to the word Okie than do most Oklahomans. Could be because I'm a transplanted Okie. To me, this book ...

... - Ford Madox Ford (256) 387. The Nobody - Jeff Lemire (144) 388. What the Dead Know - Laura Lippman (400) 389. The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck (464)

... Being and Nothingness, The Age of Reason, misc. others 1962 - John Steinbeck: Tortilla Flat, Of Mice and Men, Grapes of Wrath, The Long Valley, Cannery Row, East of Eden, Travels with Charley, The Pearl 1958 - Boris Pasternak: Dr. Zhivago 1957 - Albert Camus: ...

... order except the first: The Bible Heart of Darkness Jude the Obscure Pickwick Papers Middlemarch The Grapes of Wrath As I Lay Dying The End of the Tether The Golden Bowl Treasure Island Ivanhoe There are many, many more that I am glad I've read and ...

... Lavransdatter War & Peace Dr. Zhivago Lonesome dove Raintree County Gone with the Wind Grapes of Wrath Look Homeward, Angel The Rains Came The Awakening Land trilogy Friendly Persuasion The Poisonwood Bible The God of small things ...

I know they've published Grapes of Wrath but how about a set of John Steinbeck?

... I will start Tortilla Flat in the near future. I have not read The Moon Is Down but plan on it. You will have to read Grapes of Wrath!! His masterpiece!

... recent The Greatest Show on Earth) Catch-22 1984 A Short History of Nearly Everything I, Claudius Ulysses The Grapes of Wrath With honourable mentions to The Great Gatsby, Catcher in the Rye, One Hundred Years of Solitude, At Swim Two Birds, To Kill a Mockingbird, ...

... are enjoying Steinbeck; do you have a copy of his The Moon is Down or have you read it? Also do you have a copy of The Grapes of Wrath or have you read it? You can P.M. me and let me know. That would be great. Catchya later buddy, belva

I nominate: East of Eden and The Grapes of Wrath I second Dr. Zhivago

... three books do you most often recommend? The Human Comedy by William Saroyan Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. If you were going into hospital, which three books would you take with you? When I end up in hospital, I will probably ...

On love, hate and everything in between 1- Stupeur et tremblements 2- Pride and prejudice 3- L'amant 4- The grapes of wrath 5- I'm not scared

... I have it on my shelf (I purchased it for a course on travel writing and never actually read it...). We were assigned The Grapes of Wrath as juniors, and I didn't make it very far into the novel before I gave up on it. I think I'll check out the Kindle selections for his short novels and ...

... Much to my surprise, i have started dabbling in his writing and found it quite enjoyable. You're right not to try The Grapes of Wrath as that is one of his more difficult works to connect with, though it is one of his greatest. Though, Travels with Charley would give you no grief, I ...

... y 3. In Dubious Battle 4. The Long Valley 5. Tortilla Flat 6. Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters 7. The Grapes of Wrath 8. East of Eden 9. John Steinbeck; Modern Critical Views edited by Harold Bloom 10. Steinbeck: A Life in Letters edited by Elaine Steinbe ...

... up on fire or exploded. Just an FYI. Time to put that "bipartisanship and healing" myth to sleep. Someone needs to write The Grapes of Wrath for the poor and uninsured in the United States, since the robber barons and theocrats would prefer to drink blood from the freshly harvested skulls of ...

Ishmael? If Steinbeck's moralizing lessens the power of Grapes of Wrath, does that make Picasso's Guernica merely scribbles on canvas?

54: Actually, I liked Grapes of Wrath It was long and unpleasant and made my blood boil, but that's a good thing. Not all Great Literature is about New England literature professors wanting to commit adultery ... although those are good too. Given our present Economic Unpleasantness (aka the Wh ...

... You are my constant reminder, I need to get back to Mr. Steinbeck. He's been my favorite since high school. I first read Grapes of Wrath and I was transported. I've been bad!!

OK, just catalogued a few that fall into the 'definitely mine' category: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Turin Shroud: How Leonardo da Vinci Fooled History by Clive Prince and Lynn Picknett Pompeii by Robert Harris Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne The Folding Star ...

I am considering purchasing Grapes of Wrath as part of my renewal package. According to the website listing there are 40 left. I already have an EP edition which I am pleased with, but I am pleased with the cover design and the illustrations I see for the FS edition. It is also one of my favorite ...

... reads by far. It got *rotten* reviews when it came out, it was such a departure for the author of Tortilla Flat and Grapes of Wrath to write about this kind of character.... No spoilers! Enjoy, come tell us what you thought soon! (PS--hi to Ellie)

... books because they're just fun and I can read/listen to them over and over. I would have to say off the top of my head the Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck}} probably tops the more serious list, as it is the first book I remember reading that just wouldn't leave me afterwards. Of course, ...

... and I've got an English version as well. I may consult it now and then, at least the notes. Many, many years ago I read The Grapes of Wrath and I loved it. Some weeks ago I purchased Steinbeck's complete works (Norwegian, 15 volumes), so I assume I'll read much Steinbeck for some time. # ...

The Summer Tree by Guy Gavreil Kay Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck The Celery Stalks at Midnight by James Howe

And the Winner Is: (Books which won some type of award) 1.The Known World 2.Remains of the Day 3.The Grapes of Wrath 4.Rabbit is Rich 5.Rabbit at Rest 6.A Confederacy of Dunces

... the Getty Casals and the Art of Interpretation 800 – Literature The Rhetoric and the Poetics of Aristotle The Grapes of Wrath The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson THE COLLECTED POEMS OF W.B. YEATS Four Quartets Julius Caesar Brave New World The Iliad ...

000 – Computer Science, Information Ideas and Opinions The World As I See It 100 – Philosophy and Psychology The Poetics of Space Memories, Dreams, Reflections A Whole New Mind Going the Distance: One Man's Journey to the End of His Life Man's Search for Meaning The R ...

... was a series of very short synopsis of classic works of literature. I'm fairly certain the Odyssey was in there, as was The Grapes of Wrath and The Great Gatsby. Something by a , possibly Wuthering Heights. They were all read very quickly, and with some humorous asides. Each book ...

... I read, it's just so damn thick ... in fact I've been thinking of going and picking it up again I love Moby Dick and Grapes of Wrath, never tried Crime and Punishment, Don Quixote is a favorite and I have several different versions but I'm not sure I've ever read it all the way ...

... quite hard to take, isn't it? I'm shuddering at the mention of that one, plus Jonathan Strange, Sophie's World, Grapes of Wrath, Owen Meany, Crime and Punishment, Don Quixote etc, etc, etc. Just as their nominators are no doubt shuddering at me shuddering at them shuddering at ...

... sometimes quite hard to take, isn't it? I'm shuddering at the mention of that one, Jonathon Strange, Sophie's World, Grapes of Wrath, Owen Meany, Crime and Punishment, Don Quixote etc, etc, etc. Just as their nominators are no doubt shuddering at me shuddering at them shudering at ...

#14 Don't worry about Grapes. I'll do your share of reading that one any day!

I confess that The Grapes of Wrath is my "I don't know how many times I've tried to finish it" book. I can't even explain why. I've probably tried to finish this book two dozen times.

... War and Peace Lolita Don Quixote Pride and Prejudice Atlas Shrugged As I Lay Dying A Farewell to Arms The Grapes of Wrath Mrs Dalloway Faust Nausea The Stranger On the Genealogy of Morality Critique of Pure Reason The Ego and the Id Midnight's Children ...

... War and Peace Lolita Don Quixote Pride and Prejudice Atlas Shrugged As I Lay Dying A Farewell to Arms The Grapes of Wrath Mrs Dalloway Faust Nausea The Stranger On the Genealogy of Morality Critique of Pure Reason The Ego and the Id Midnight's Children ...

... - On Agate Hill by Lee Smith North Dakota - Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdrich Ohio Oklahoma - Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Oregon - River by Mary Jane Beaufrand Pennsylvania - Lady of High Regard by Tracie Peterson Rhode Island - Gods of Newpor ...

... Holy Bible Lazarillo de Tormes Don Quixote The Brothers Karamazov Moby Dick The Golden Bowl Labyrinths Grapes of Wrath Death of a Salesman Lolita Keep in mind, this is off the top of my head. It is impossible to create a top ten list worth its salt on short notice. A ...

Too, too many to choose from. I love Grapes of Wrath for its immensity, Of Mice and Men for its simplicity, Travels With Charley for its humanity, but I have to admit to a very soft spot for both Cannery Row and Tortilla Flat, simply because I am stunned and amazed at the genius of any ...

... Southern California. His writing reminds me of Raymond Carver, who also set many of his short stories in California. Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden, Pastures of Heaven and many other of Steinbeck's novels are set in California (the Salinas valley, I think). Obscene in the Extreme is ...

Middlemarch The Grapes of Wrath Captain Corelli's Mandolin The Crimson Petal and the White To Kill a Mocking Bird A Prayer For Owen Meany The Magus The Go-Between Jude the Obscure Life of Pi And keeping it to no more than 10 is one of the hardest things I've ever ...

... Men by John Steinbeck, it was amazing. I love it so much I got to find his other books, and now I'm thinking of reading The Grapes of Wrath. I've also started Kafka on the shore by Haruki Murakami. I don't really like this author's style but I got recommendations from so many people I ...

... in from the Cold The Bell Jar One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest The Talented Mr Ripley For Whom the Bell Tolls The Grapes of Wrath To Have and Have Not They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck Emily's Bread Sandra M. Gilbert Mr. Jelly Roll Alan Lomax Oranges are Not the Only Fruit Jeanette Winterson Blackberry Winter Margaret Mead

... Wind - Margaret Mitchell 22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald 27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky 28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck 29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll 33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis 36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe 39 Memoirs of ...

... I know that's a hard ask, as they are probably all very good. I have Beloved, Middlesex, The Age of Innocence and The Grapes of Wrath so far on my virtual wishlist.

... by Mark Twain that I cherish to this day. And, when most people think of John Steinbeck they think Of Mice and Men or The Grapes of Wrath; but what about Cannery Row?

Have you tried East of Eden by Steinbeck? It's my favorite of his, and I thought it was better than Grapes of Wrath. That zombie haiku book sounds just ... so ... kooky. I don't like zombie stuff at all, but the premise is intriguing.

... Cannery Row as well. If you find you do like him and want to read some of his heavier stuff, when you get ready for The Grapes of Wrath don't buy a copy as I believe I have a duplicate around here somewhere that I will gladly send to you. Always happy to turn someone on to "the man"!~! ...

Hi, wildbill- Sorry to butt in but if you are asking for some good Steinbeck, you have to go with Grapes of Wrath. It's probably my favorite book of all time. Next would be Of Mice and Men. Let us know what you choose! You are so in for a treat!

... a murder involved--which may make it a bit more exciting than some other historical novels in that period. How about The Grapes of Wrath, which is about the Great Depression? Or USA by John Dos Passos? Or Dreiser's An American Tragedy?

I really liked both Grapes of Wrath (which I read in high school) and My Antonia (which I just read on my own about a year ago). Worst assigned reading would, hands down, be Ethan Frome. Books I pick up on my own and hate I tend not to finish, so they're somewhat more forgettable.

30. The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck (*****) Category: from The Modern Library's 100 Best books The Grapes of Wrath tells the story of the great depression, interweaving the broad tale hundreds of thousands of farmers who fled to California in hopes of achieving the mere basic ...

The lesson of Grapes of Wrath in my literature class a few years back was basically "never read a book ever again in case it's as terrible as this one." Nice job, literature class...

Years ago (1960's) I read Grapes of Wrath and Tortilla Flat. Cannot believe I had never heard of Travels with Charley all by John Steinbeck until I joined LT. I am having such a good time, this book is timeless. It reminds me of my better half. He has traveled a lot on his bicycle, ...

... to make it in 1950s London or the stunningly profound Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison For a bit of a twist, I think Grapes of Wrath would qualify as it's really about slavery of whites during the US depression. As whymaggiemay said Cry, the Beloved Country, while not dealing ...

... is a horrible, horrible attitude. I have read and LOVED some works of American literature, mostly in high school. I enjoyed The Grapes of Wrath and went around thinking in accented English for weeks afterwards; Little Women and Laura Ingalls Wilder's books were particular favorites when I ...

... e Nineteen-Eighty Four Great Expectations The Hobbit Catcher in the Rye Great Gatsby Crime and Punishment Grapes of Wrath Chronicles of Narnia The lion the witch and the wardrobe Animal Farm Da Vinci Code Handmaid's Tale Lord of the Flies Atonement Of Mice ...

... I just finished The worst hard time and it was really good. i remember FDR, but don't remember the ddust bowl except for The grapes of wrath

I'll add The Grapes of Wrath (unless it's already been done?) I'll second (or third?) : Don Quixote The Woman in White The Idiot Doctor Zhivago I also loved Madame Bovary when I read it last year!

... Karamazov Dostoyevsky East of Eden John Steinbeck 101 Things you Didn't Know about Disney World by Kevin Yee The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck Yup, catching up on Steinbeck. Although these are "the pile", they could be interrupted at any moment, that's just what happens. F ...

... - Great! and Year of Wonders - pretty good. And now I am reading East of Eden which I am enjoying but not as much as Grapes of Wrath. This is a bit more rambling.

... a horrible, horrible attitude. I have read and LOVED some works of American literature, mostly in high school. I enjoyed The Grapes of Wrath and went around thinking in accented English for weeks afterwards; Little Women and Laura Ingalls Wilder's books were particular favorites when I ...

... as I haven't read most of the authors. 23) What is your favorite novel? To Kill a Mockingbird, East of Eden and The Grapes of Wrath are among my favorites but there are many, many more. 24) Play? Arsenic and Old Lace 25) Poem? don't really have one although I do enjoy Shel S ...

... to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams 26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh 27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky 28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck 29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll 30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame 31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy 32 David Copperfi ...

... to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams 26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh 27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky 28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck 29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll 30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame 31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy 32 David Copperfi ...

... to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams 26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh 27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky 28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck 29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll 30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame 31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy 32 David Copperfi ...

... that wasn't so bad ten years later? It hasn't been 10 years yet, though the only required reading I really hated was Grapes of Wrath and I don't see myself ever reading that one again for any reason. 14. What is the strangest item you've ever found in a book? Like Foggi, I've found a ...

... - JRR Tolkien 2. Lord of the Rings trilogy - JRR Tolkien 3. Beowulf - Anonymous 4. Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand 5. The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck 6. A Tree Grow in Brooklyn - Betty Smith 7. Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell 8. The Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis 9. ...

... - Douglas Adams 26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh 27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky 28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck *29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll 30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame 31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy 32 D ...

... of the plays 16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien 20 Middlemarch - George Eliot 26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh 28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck 30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame 33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis 35 Persuasion - Jane Austen 36 The Lion, The Witc ...

... of the plays 16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien 20 Middlemarch - George Eliot 26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh 28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck 30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame 33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis 35 Persuasion - Jane Austen 36 The Lion, The Witc ...

... Wind - Margaret Mitchell 22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald 24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy - Reading Now 28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck 29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll 30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame 33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis 36 The Lio ...

... Galaxy - Douglas Adams 26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh 27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky 28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck 29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll 30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame 31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tol ...

... Revisited - Evelyn Waugh (MM is currently reading for April) 27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky *28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck *29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll *30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame *31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy (MM is ...

... Dexter, Russell Banks, and even John Steinbeck. I can definitely understand those comparisons. "American Rust" has a very Grapes of Wrath-sort-of-feel. I really liked it, though I found it slow-going at times. 25. Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella. Okay, kind of a ...

For Whom the Bell Tolls now has 5,673 owners on LT and The Grapes of Wrath has 10,568. "The Family" by Nina Federova has jumped up to two.

Grape(s) of Wrath

I've read The Grapes of Wrath, All This, and Heaven, too is in my house but I haven't read it yet, I read Rebecca decades ago - can't remember it though, I read The Yearling a year or so ago, after seeing a movie about the author. I like Christopher Morley's books about books, but ...

... also click on "remember playback position" and "skip shuffling" (there is nothing more diconcerting than having a track of The Grapes of Wrath segue right into Bread and Jam For Frances. If you have downloaded the cover from the net you can drag it and drop it right into the window on the ...

... s. 19. Whispers Along The Rails. 20. A Constant Heart. 21. Cross Creek. 22. Tales of Beadle The Bard. 23. The Grapes of Wrath. These are in no particular order but they have all been read by me this year. I am so glad I have my ticker. Now I know just how much I have left ...

... form. It is also his last novel. Some people at the time it was published felt it was a wrong turning for Steinbeck (The Grapes of Wrath, Tortilla Flat) to abandon both the west coast that had made him famous and brought his considerable social conscience to the world's attention for an ...

I would say Grapes of Wrath counts by your definition. Yeah! It's nice to know I read something important.

... WTF? I'm sure there are more but I've blocked them out. Now, there is one classic I adore and reread yearly. Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath.

... Steinbeck A very enjoyable and exciting short story, which has really fueled my desire to read more Steinbeck. I have The Grapes of Wrath in my TBR pile, but I'm somewhat hesitant to read it. I will, sometime in the not so distant future, though.

Yep, that's Steinbeck of Grapes of Wrath fame. The King Arthur book is actually a direct reinterpretation of Thomas Mallory's Le Morte D'Arthur, which Steinbeck never finished before he died. Let me know how that one was, Hope. I'm a big Steinbeck idolizer as well as an Arthurian legend ...

I only have about 90 pages left on my The Grapes of Wrath. I could push and have it done tonight but then I am faced with having to figure out what to read next and I'd rather face that task when I am fresh...so I came down to check and see if anybody wants my Bookins books(check under Deirdra Va ...

... your literary dust! Now the quest for the Severance Package begins! >169: scarpettajunkie- Thanks for all the updates on The Grapes of Wrath. It brings back incredible memories and reminds me, I'm due a re-read. Banned? Utterly ridiculous!!

Update on The Grapes of Wrath: Now I am on page 332, the end of chapter 24. I am pushing hard but this book insists on taking its own pace. There is a dance at an aid haven for poor sharecroppers and the police are trying to start a fight so they can break in and shut the station down. It ...

I have to throw in my two cents on The Grapes of Wrath. The problem I have is the reader never sees the Joad family from outside. I think in order for the book to be truly "great" the reader would see at least some actions from the growers point of view.

I am well into The Grapes of Wrath. Page 190. Almost on chapter 18. I still can't get over the amount of words on a page. With this book it is pages more than chapters that are mileposts. The family is finally getting into the swing of camping overnight and have been warned California may ...

Is that the Steinbeck of The Grapes of Wrath? I never would have thought of him writing about King Arthur. --BJ

> 83 scarpettajunkie - The Grapes of Wrath is absolutely worth it and truly a book for these times. A wonderful read! > 84 morfam - I am anxiously waiting for my turn with a copy of Cutting for Stone from the library so I'm glad to hear good things about it. Currently I'm reading To Siber ...

I am going to start The Grapes of Wrath because I heard it is a banned book and I happened to have a hardcover copy from who knows where. Hopefully it is not too political...that would make it hard for me to slug through. May need some encouragement for the uphill sections. I am looking ...

I didn't even look for The Grapes of Wrath at the book store today. I went in looking for one book and came out with three. I am working on buying books that have been made into movies. I did buy the 3rd book in the trilogy by Dave Pelzer: A child Called It, The Lost Boy and A Man Named D ...

It is worth noting that Grapes of Wrath was often banned for political reasons more than for anything salacious. There is one scene that some parents object to with some regularity, but the end of the book spends a lot of time promoting socialism, which in the commie-pinko era could just about ...

I am definitely going to get a copy of Walter the Farting Dog. I am definitely going to read The Grapes of Wrath. I have read Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and am shocked that it would be banned from any high school. It just makes me want to go right out and read what some ...

I hope you get Grapes of Wrath really soon - I haven't read that one and I would love to read a review of it before I go ahead and buy/mooch it!

Now I just need to find a copy of The Grapes of Wrath so that I can read it. Honestly the title would never interest me but I may as well give it a try. Considering The Red Pony is the first book I read of his I can't compare it to say if I like it more then any of his other works.

Hi! Thanks for commenting on my thread. I read The Grapes of Wrath in my high school English class and hated it. I also read The Red Pony in middle school and didn't like it. I'm going to give East of Eden a try, eventually. I'm interested to hear what you think of The Grapes of Wrath, ...

I enjoyed the Grapes of Wrath very much. It was a ScrantonReads book in 2007 and my husband and I decided we would read with Scranton! I was skeptical but surprised that I actually liked it and have gone on to read and will continue to read more Steinbeck. I guess you can never really know ...

If anyone would like to know I am enjoying The Grapes of Wrath a lot more now that I am further into it.

... compromise - give direction to the directionless? On a separate note, I attended high school in a district which banned The Grapes of Wrath due to the last chapter. 'Grapes' was never a book high on my list, but the controversy stirred up in our little town made me drive to the nearest ...

I think I must put in a word for why it is a good idea to read some Steinbeck. Perhaps it is because prior to his writing Grapes of Wrath it was very common to be unkindly prejudiced against any family that was poor, and especially prejudiced against those families who moved West from Oklahoma (O ...

Personally, I think Steinbeck is like stabbing yourself in the eye. I finished the grapes of wrath AND east of eden, those are days I will never have back. I could have read something enjoyable instead. Wish I had. I have never read any Lovecraft yet, though I do now own a few. I have never ...

... it. My friends tell me I am missing something. I never read Frankenstein. I want to... I never finished the Grapes of Wrath. Everyone tells me, because of my profession, that I should read Tuesdays with Morrie and Five People You Meet in Heaven. Sorry, and thanks for the ...

If Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits by Erma Bombeck The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Peachtree Road by Anne Rivers Siddons The Strawberry Statement by James S. Kunen The Body in the Big Apple by Katherine Hall Page

... week will be better. I read The Lace Reader for my RL book club a few months ago and really enjoyed it. I also read The Grapes of Wrath a few years ago and it is one of my all time favorites. I am sorry that you are not enjoying it.

Loved Grapes of Wrath and The Jungle.

I also read The Grapes of Wrath in high school, though I have a vague memory of the content (something about a turtle is all that remains from my memory of the book, but I've watched the movie several times). As to Sinclair's The Jungle, I read that for my college history class. Having ...

... the fact that it is unfolding slowly, building the anticipation. Different strokes I guess. I have to add my praise for The Grapes of Wrath, which I keep meaning to re-read and The Jungle, which I had to read in college and loved!

My husband just finished reading Grapes of Wrath. He loves it. I think this is his 3rd time reading it. I hope everyone enjoyed their Valentines Day - no matter how you spent it. Mike and I just got back from one of our favorite little dives where we like to get pizza with pepperoni, ...

I too loved The Grapes of Wrath and am currently reading The Jungle by Upton Sinclair...what a muckraker! I am surprised by how much I am enjoying it.

I also had to read The Grapes of Wrath in high school and then East of Eden. Both turned out to be absolute favorites, even then. But then again, I love Slaughterhouse-5, so what do I know! ;)

I was "forced" to read The Grapes of Wrath in high school, some 35 years ago and it still remains the best book I ever read. Sucks? Come on!

... extreme Moon marathon and some sort of poison/disease outbreak in the middle of it. Very taught and fascinating. Loved The Grapes of Wrath and found it a page turner that I couldn't put down.

... Truth be told, it didn't do much for me. Too random. A classic, really? #25 - I'm sorry you're not liking Grapes of Wrath; now that to me is a worthy American classic. Anyway, not sure where I'll go next. Maybe Black Water - a short Joyce Carol Oates novel on the 1001 list.

>16, Pummzie I read Grapes of Wrath many, many years ago. I've almost forgotten this novel until you mentioned it and now I do remember that it was a great and beautiful story about struggling for life and very much hard work. Nature and landscape were important parts of the story I imagine, ...

I am reading The Grapes of Wrath and not by choice so it sucks! And hopefully I can finish Edgar Sawtelle soon which doesn't suck!

Definitely read Grapes of Wrath if you are interested in Steinbeck. It is my favorite of his novels. Cannery Row is also a wonderful read.

#28: I must admit, Joyce, that I have never thought of The Grapes of Wrath as being 'light'. I agree with you about Civil War reading, though, because it seems as soon as you finish one another that you have not read presents itself. I think a person could devote their entire lifetime to ...

... I'm going to finish my study of the 2nd day of Gettysburg before reading any other. On to something lighter, like The Grapes of Wrath.

Without thinking about it too hard or too long it occurs to me that Grapes of Wrath has had a huge influence on society's attitude towards people who find themselves poor. Also, The Jungle had a big influence on food safety, although perhaps not enough.

If we're going to read an American novel next, I'll suggest a Steinbeck, perhaps The Grapes of Wrath or East of Eden (cf. #23) They're both rather voluminous books, aren't they? When do you think we should stop suggesting (and start "voting")?

... Night a Traveler? Thanks for bringing back memories of my insane attempt at teaching postmodernism last year {shiver}. The Grapes of Wrath is the only one I haven't read there, but with my current workload I don't think I can drop into the VBB just yet. I highly recommend Mr Ripley though. ...

... and If On a Winter's Night a Traveler, and a few others will drop into the Oz VBB when it's my round. So if you want The Grapes of Wrath or The Talented Mr. Ripley or Sense and Sensibility you know where to go. :) Mr Ripley's the only one I haven't read as such, but I have a PC copy ...

#10 - Finally finished The Grapes of Wrath. I'm really not sure what to say about it. I've seen some people rave about it and say that they reread it every year or so. To them, I'd say - are you crazy? It's not a bad book by any means, but why subject yourself to the sad fate of the Joads on ...

>135 I haven't read Grapes of Wrath but I absolutely loved East of Eden! I liked it even more than Of Mice and Men, it just felt more like a proper novel, it's much more intricate and it sucks you right in. Steinbeck also considered it his greatest novel and said (wildly paraphrasing here) ...

135: Miss Carolyn, I sure will, my best friend suggested I read this one since I didn't like Grapes of Wrath. Catey

... and I've never read that one. I read Of Mice and Men last year and loved it, but Cannery row is still my favorite. Grapes of Wrath is probably his best, but that one is kind of depressing. It's beautifully written, though.

... Children, Macbeth, On the Road, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Crime and Punishment, Invisible Man, The Grapes of Wrath, A Room of One's Own, 1984, Wide Sargasso Sea, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch, short stories from everyone from Chekhov to Poe, ...

... extent and depth of the disaster. I told her that for my next book, as a mood-lifter and pepper-upper, I'm going to read The Grapes of Wrath. That's my idea of humor right now.

... Storm Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Inkheart The Spiderwick Chronicles Eragon Because of Winn Dixie The Grapes of Wrath The Great Gatsby Shane

... Boys Cold Mountain The Color Purple Cool Hand Luke The Constant Gardener The Crucible East of Eden Grapes of Wrath David Copperfield Death of a Salesman The Lord of the Rings Frankenstein Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe The Godfather Grea ...

... the book is very funny, very touching, and all about family, Antsy's and others. There is a very intriguing report on The Grapes of Wrath, which in some respects reminded me of the class reports in The Human Comedy by Saroyan (another favorite). I highly recommend it to others. I wish it ...

... The Return of the King J.R.R. Tolkien Night Elie Wiesel Ulysses James Joyce The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck Brave New World Aldous Huxley Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut Love in the Time of Cholera Gab ...

... of the three great American regionalist artists (not illustrators--artists). Benton's signature is also on the LECs The Grapes of Wrath for which I paid $1000 last year, and Twain's Life on the Mississsippi, which in Near Fine or Better condition seels normally in the $500 range and Lyn ...

I can't pick just one either, but here are some standouts: Classic: The Grapes of Wrath -- this was one of those high-school reads for English class that I absolutely enjoyed while everyone else was trudging through it. I ended up doing my junior-year term paper on Steinbeck. From my ...

... The Modern Library's 100 Best books (5/9 complete) 1. On the Road (audio book), by Jack Kerouac (****) 2. The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck (*****) 3. A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess (****1/2) 4. The Call of the Wild, by Jack London (***1/2) ...

... winners: "Novel" *1947 All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren 1945 A Bell for Adano by John Hersey *1940 The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 1939 The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings *1937 Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 1932 The Good Earth by Pearl S. ...

You have a great beginning list! Incidentally, Grapes of Wrath can cross-over into your banned books if you need to. There's an excellent book about its banning called Obscene in the Extreme, which also has a lot about the politics of the day. I love noirish crime novels and have found that S ...

... Hours iv. The Shipping News v. American Pastoral vi. Beloved vii. The Killer Angels viii. The Fixer ix. The Grapes of Wrath (ii, iii, and iv because I own them, and the others simply because they piqued my interest.) And my thread: http://www.librarything.com/topic/52271 ...

... Daphne de Maurier, 1960's 131. Nausea, Sartre, 1960's 132. Good Morning Midnight, Jean Rhys, 1970's 133. The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck, 1960's 134. *Party Going, Henry Green, 1970's 135. Native Son, Richard Wright, 1960's 136. For Whom the Bell Tolls, Hemmingway, 1 ...

... e). Prior to 2008: 1. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 2. To Kill a Mockingbird 3. Memento Mori 4. The Grapes of Wrath 5. Of Mice and Men 6. The Great Gatsby 7. Heart of Darkness 8. The Scarlet Letter 9. The Pit and the Pendulum 10. The Fall of the House ...

... bio list, The Body in the Bouillon as part of the books in my nightstand that have been there forever series, and The Grapes of Wrath as part of the classics list.

... they meant to Steinbeck, you may not see his own love for these characters. This is also true in his larger works like Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden, though Grapes is not so much focused on the Salinas Valley. Another difficulty you may be having is that Steinbeck's works are ...

Joycepa, I'll be interested to hear what you think of The Grapes of Wrath. It's my favorite of the Steinbeck works I've read so far. After reading some of the comments since our exchange last night, I realized that so many of his books have the plight of the lower classes as such a central theme ...

... I'm basing my remarks at the moment on his earlier California works, because I'm afraid that my view at this moment of both Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden is clouded by nostalgia and/or the movies, both of which I loved. I'll also be reading some time this year his non-fictional Log Fro ...

... the conversation because I don't know several of those works, so bear with me. My opinions are based pretty much solely on The Grapes of Wrath and I'm wondering if it's very different from the other books you're citing. You say that "compassion is not love"...I'm having trouble articulating ...

... probably have sold my soul to have gone to Doc's party, so it's just as well I never had the chance! I'm about to reread Grapes of Wrath and will get to East of Eden in working my chronological way through his works. But I still think that his early works on the whole social justice issue ...

... as symbols of the problems upon which he wanted to comment—Curley in Of Mice and Men, the farming corporations in The Grapes of Wrath. These kinds of characters seem much more uni-dimensional to me than his main cast. When reading The Grapes of Wrath, I almost felt like "there are ...

... in all those early works. Anyone want to weigh in on this? I'm resting from Steinbeck for a bit, about to start The Grapes of Wrath.

Classics 1. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 01/03/09 - 01/27/09 (3 stars) 2. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 01/28/09 - 02/08/09 (2 stars) 3. Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier 03/19/09 - 03/26/09 (3 stars) 4. The Time Machine by H. G. Wells 03/19/09 - 04/26/09 (3. ...

... The Trolley Saul Bellow: Ravelstein Jean-Paul Sartre: The Flies, No Exit John Steinbeck: Of Mice and Men, The Grapes of Wrath Albert Camus: The Plague, The Stranger, The Outsider Ernest Hemingway: The Old Man and the Sea William Faulkner: As I Lay Dying André Gide ...

Don Camillo and the Devil by Giovannino Guareschi The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck The Linguist and the Emporer: Napoleon and Champollion's Quest to Decipher the Rosetta Stone by Daniel Meyerson The Agony and the Ecstacy by Irving Stone A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's ...

... for the recommendations. I've read 8 of the books on the list previously: What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, The Grapes of Wrath, Blood Meridian, The Postman Always Rings Twice, For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Shining, Moby Dick and The Continental Op. If I had Charle ...

... The Manchurian Candidate East of Eden Of Human Bondage The Forsythe Saga From The Terrace Forever Amber Grapes of Wrath

Definitely The Grapes of Wrath, though it was a re-read for me, but it still stood a head above all the others.

Classics 1. Catch-22 2. Atlas Shrugged 3. Cantebury Tales 4. Kim 5. For Whom the Bell Tolls 6. The Grapes of Wrath 7. Watership Down 8. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 9. A Tale of Two Cities

Classics 1. Catch-22 2. Atlas Shrugged 3. Cantebury Tales 4. 1984 5. For Whom the Bell Tolls 6. The Grapes of Wrath 7. Watership Down 8. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 9. A Tale of Two Cities

... 6 iv. Olive Kitteridge Finished Apr 25 v. The Fixer Finished May 12 vi. The Stone Diaries Finished June 23 vii The Grapes of Wrath Finished July 13 viii. The Optimist's Daughter Finished July 28 ix. Beloved Finished August 24

... really are better than the fifteen or so that they leave behind If, On a Winter's Night A Traveller by Italo Calvino The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck The Loser by Thomas Bernhard (mainly as an introduction to Bernhard) One, No One and One Hundred Thousand by Luigi Pirandello ...

Keep meaning to read Grapes of Wrath. Thanks for the reminder and welcome to the Group. - TT

1. The Grapes of Wrath Just finished this book and it is now one of my favourites. I loved it. Very emotional but a fantastic read!

At last! I agree everyone should read it too! Sticking to my alphabetical list, I can't believe we haven't yet got The Grapes of Wrath. Another must-read!

... Gray - Oscar Wilde 10/5/09 8. The Spoon River Anthology - Edgar Lee Masters 9. Of Mice and Men and/or The Grapes of Wrath (4)

Pulitzer Prize Winners 1. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 2. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 3. Dragon's Teeth by Upton Sinclair 4. A Fable by William Faulkner 5. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee 6. The Reivers by William Faulkner 7. Beloved by Toni Morrison ...

In 1977, I bought a first edition of The Grapes of Wrath for $5 in a South Dakota used bookstore. Took the chance, and at the time $5 mattered, that it was really a first. And it was!

... Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Samuel Beckett: Malloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable John Steinbeck: East of Eden, The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men(favorites) Ernest Hemingway: Short stories Hermann Hesse: Steppenwolf Thomas Mann: The Magic Mountain (favorite) Sigrid Undset ...

I have always wanted to read The Grapes of Wrath. This only reminded me to put it on my wish list. Thanks for the reminder appydo1.

127: beebowallace, Despite the fact that I liked The Grapes of Wrath and a few other Steinbecks, the first time I was assigned to read The Pearl I busted out laughing @ the end. It was too over the top.

I didn't like Of Mice and Men. I did really like The Grapes of Wrath. It's long, but hey, my sons are reading Wheel of Time. Plus, I really like the movie. I've been thinking about reading East of Eden myself. How about that one? Any thoughts?

... eventually. My oldest (18, so technically still a teenager) has been calling me with questions like, "Do you think I'd like Grapes of Wrath?" Seriously! Of course, he's far enough away to avoid parental-clothing embarrassment now, so maybe that has something to do with it.

... Steinbeck next year--can I assume you would recommend East of Eden? I've read Cannery Row, Of Mice and Men, and Grapes of Wrath--all of which I love--so far have only reread Cannery Row and I own Travels with Charlie but haven't read it. Eventually I'd like to read all of his ...

... Wtg...good for you. I haven't hit my 50 book challenge yet but I will. I was just talking to someone about The Grapes of Wrath. It was featured on the radio. I now want to get my hands on it. How did you like it?

48. Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck.

... by Michael Pollan 5. The Little Prince/Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (French and English) 6. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 7. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 8. Native Son by Richard Wright 9. This category is very important to me. I ...

... by Paul Zindel (and many of his other books, also). Also A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath is one of my all time favorite books.

I have 288 books that have been tagged "Green Dragon." (Some of them are real head-scratchers: The Grapes of Wrath? Really?) Edited to add: That's just over 2%.

Ha! What if Stephen King wrote a sequel to The Grapes of Wrath? From E.W. Online: "Deadly Harvest," by Stephen King-- In the sequel to "The Grapes of Wrath," fruit picker Tom Joad -- who has left his family -- ...

Brave New World Aldous Huxley Under The Volcano Malcolm Lowry Grapes Of Wrath - John Steinbeck Tender Is The Night - F. Scott Fitzgerald Faces In The Water - Janet Frame

... today. So, while taking a trip to the library, I picked up One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. Also picked up The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.

The Grapes of Wrath.

... Cannery Row if a favorite of mine and I've read it several times--so far it seems to be his happiest. I also loved Grapes of Wrath--it was my first. I already own Travels with Charley so that will probably be my next one. I bought that the last time we went to Monterrey and the Aquar ...

Hmm, I may need to squeeze in a Grapes of Wrath re-read

... system has what it calls "Scranton Reads" and this year the area is reading The Maltese Falcon. Last year it was the Grapes of Wrath. I understand that this is the fourth year but I was living out of town for the first two. I think it's a great idea and it has gotten me to read two books ...

... for it). I really liked the book but it was either too short or not focused enough. Rick Wartzman uses the banning of The Grapes of Wrath to examine state and national politics of the time and it was a valid approach but too many names were thrown at me too quickly in the 280 or so pages ...

... favorable. The group is wildly divergent in tastes, so that should tell you something. If you liked Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath, what about trying Tortilla Flat? It's another Steinbeck's-California book, a wee teensy bit less depressing.

... read Faulkner, but classicsphobia is pulling me down once again - don't know why I have trouble with them. I did enjoy Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck - maybe I should try another one of his books?

... if not for them, I would've never read this book. Even when I started reading it I kept thinking: I know this great book (Grapes of Wrath) was banned like many others before and after its time, what else is there to know. Boy, was I wrong! There is so much more. All the historical ...

... the Archibishop by Willa Cather, Tony Hillerman's mysteries Oklahoma: She Had Some Horses by Joy Harjo, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck and Oklahoma! by Rodgers and Hammerstein Oregon: Opal by Opal Whiteley and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kese ...

... most recently The Painted Drum and especially The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse Oklahoma -- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Texas -- The Liars' Club: A Memoir by Mary Karr, Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry and Giant by Edna Ferber

... reason I'm posting is that I've developed a nerd-crush on Gretchen Knief, the Kern County librarian who's standing up for The Grapes of Wrath.

... well. I enjoyed it -- haunting, very well-crafted novella. In general I am more of a thick book kind of gal - I preferred The Grapes of Wrath. I am finding I like Steinbeck the best of the classic American writers -- I am thinking of Hemmingway and Faulkner here. I have just barely ...

I have the The Grapes of Wrath on my TBR List.

... people, well, reading. The pick a book and have all kinds of events and things that surround one book. Last year it was Grapes of Wrath. I have Steinbeck on my "want to read' list now. Scranton Reads kicks off in September and we wanted to get the book before the rush, but Borders had ...

So you wouldn't consider Grapes of Wrath to be a classic then? Because it was published in 1939? The Great Gatsby misses it by two years? Faulkner's stuff? Animal Farm? Native Son? Lolita?

The Grapes of Wrath

... Seize the Day, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Manalive. Currently I'm reading Human Action, City of God and Grapes of Wrath. I'll try to read also Big Fisherman and maybe The Great Gatsby or The Pickwick Papers.

I think I need to give The Grapes of Wrath another try. I suffered through it as summer reading going into my freshman year of high school (11 years ago) and think I must have really missed something. I did enjoy Of Mice and Men, though. And The Great Gatsby is one of my top 10. Love ...

#55 koalamom: I loved The Grapes of Wrath, don't miss Cannery Row and my personal favorite The Moon is Down. FWIW, I really liked The Historian. Perhaps I'm used to drag-on endings or something, because I didn't notice it so much. #52 Richard: I echo the thanks for the term 'sudser' I ...

Our local library system has what it calls "Scranton Reads" every year. Last year they read Grapes of Wrath which I found to be very good (a classic I liked). I now intend to find more Steinbeck to enhance my reading lists. And I actually finished Pride and Prejudice - sort of. The edition ...

... but I highly recommend reading the two in close proximity. I think a similar book is available from Steinbeck's writing of The Grapes of Wrath.

... books we read for school, although I am having trouble remembering them all now. This is a short list: Romeo and Juliet, The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men, The Pearl, The Scarlet Letter, The Once and Future King, Lord of the Flies, Pride and Prejudice, Native Son, Hamlet, T ...

lindsacl - I am wondering if summer reading for school is ever successful. My daughter started The Grapes of Wrath last weekend, knowing that she has band practice all day for these last three weeks. To make matters worse, she and her boyfriend are reading it to each other. While that sounds ...

... only thing we know for certain about a work of fiction that may be true if the author has died. But if you are studying The Grapes of Wrath would you discount anything John Steinbeck had to say in Working Days (not the best example I admit, since he doesn't get into much detail about ...

I know that one...............Grapes of Wrath..........I think.

I know that one...............Grapes of Wrath..........I think.

... she hoped they would "like" to read. So I'm just trying to picture high school without The Scarlet Letter, Hamlet, The Grapes of Wrath, Jane Eyre, and The Great Gatsby. It seems insane! Yes, I didn't always enjoy the books we read for school - Heart of Darkness, ugh! - but I ...

... known for one book, but you may be able to compare the number of reviews for East of Eden (85) against the number for The Grapes of Wrath (76) maybe. Or try checking out the number of reviews of A Million Little Pieces (101) against say... My Friend Leonard (23)...

... Orchard by Anton Chekhov The Orange Tree by Carlos Fuentes American Whiskey Bar by Michael Turner The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Life of Pi by Yann Martel Guide to Indian Herbs by Raymond Stark Kongi's Harvest by Wole Soyinka The Orchard ...

Pulitzer Winners 1. Middlesex 2. The Shipping News 3. A Confederacy of Dunces 4. Grapes of Wrath 5. Age of Innocence 6. The Hours 7. Beloved 8. American Pastoral

... it. It's been on my wish list for awhile, so now I'll have to get it from the library. Recently finished a re-read of The Grapes of Wrath, which, as you said, has the family leaving. It will be interesting to find out the other story.

I did have three this month that stood out: The Grapes of Wrath, a re-read Enrique's Journey, for the LT Global Reading Group The Cellist of Sarajevo an LT recommendation

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali Honorable Mentions to: March by Geraldine Brooks and Pretty Birds by Scott Simon

... it was kind of depressing too. I think some of the other choices we had to chose from was something like Moby Dick and The Grapes of Wrath and I think a few other Classics too so I just picked In Cold Blood. Also in my High School l Library we had two copies of the book Roots where there ...

... of Dan Brown. Oh, John Steinbeck, too. After a secondary school course full of his stuff (The Pearl in middle school, The Grapes of Wrath in high school - the most books in the system by any author), I never want to read his works again. Ever.

... Journey which spurred me on to read Ex Mex: From Migrants to Immigrants which I finished last night. I'm half through The Grapes of Wrath (and right now would slap that Al up one side of his head for stupidity) and just started Christine Falls.

... are any more fun to read/watch than those describing the discreet charms of the überclass. Of course, I haven't read The grapes of wrath etcetera. But Tortilla flat didn't made me want to try... There are so many books out there nothing's going to convince me to read books 'just because' ...

Animal Farm George Orwell Of the Farm John Updike Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck A Thousand Acres Jane Smiley Red Harvest Dashiell Hammett

Started both My Bridges of Hope and The Cellist of Sarajevo today. Also still reading Enrique's Journey and The Grapes of Wrath.

... to Guatamala to Nuevo Larado, Mexico with Enrique's Journey. Also in Oklahoma, but soon to begin my trek West in The Grapes of Wrath. Lastly, I'm in Prussia with Elizabeth and Her German Garden.

... so beautifully. Not fond of Dickens particularly. I don't mind Steinbeck - have read the short stuff - and have The Grapes of Wrath on my 888 list.

*shudders* Steinbeck *trying desperately to beat back the painful memories of reading Grapes of Wrath..

... big a piece of sh!t it turns out to be. I may have hated that Hellgate book, but it has a space on my shelf as much as The Grapes of Wrath does. I suppose my system won't work for members with a better sense of taste.

Just finished The Prince of Frogtown so will begin The Grapes of Wrath for my at-home read (HB) and Enrique's Journey for my train read. Both being read for different book groups.

Finished Pretty Birds last night. Excellent. Today I'll begin The Grapes of Wrath, a re-read for me, for book club.

... if those who complained about including "modern" books would have been quite so hesitant had they known that now the LEC The Grapes of Wrath in Fine condition fetches around $800--$900, a Fine Main Street brings $400--$500, a Fine Of Human Bondage with Sloan's illustrations $400--$700 and ...

The Clams of Wrath just doesn't have the same ring to it.

... Be Happy About by Barbara Ann Kipfer I'm Not Scared by Niccolo Ammaniti The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

... far past the '30s. He keyed in so keenly on our modern obssession with pleasure seeking in so many forms!! I read the Grapes of Wrath late last year and enjoyed it a great deal also but it didn't overtake my love of East of Eden. I'll have to keep a lookout for Bukowski to ...

... then his full length novels but still a more compelling then Kerouac's style. My Favorite book by Steinbeck is The Grapes of Wrath I must have read that half a dozen times. If I had to pick the greatest American novel that would be it. Its a easy read but at the same time I felt ...

And I'd love to write a happy ending for the Joads in Grapes of Wrath too. ETA Touchstones again

I celebrated the end of the school year by visiting the library--what's that about? :) I picked up The Grapes of Wrath, Death in Venice, One Hundred Years of Solitude, and The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable. (Sadly, the only copy of King Leopold's Ghost had JUST been ...

I can't believe I haven't read Jane Eyre, The Great Gatsby, The Grapes of Wrath or Wuthering Heights. I was an English major! And now I'm a librarian!

I couldn't believe I escaped high school without reading any Steinbeck, so I started The Grapes of Wrath yesterday. ^^ Only three chapters down, but I already think it'll be worth my while.

On this date in 1940 John Steinbeck won a Pulitzer for The Grapes of Wrath. In 1941 Bob Hope performed in his first USO show. Today's birthdays: 1856 Sigmund Freud 1868 Gaston Leroux 1902 Harry Golden 1906 Enrique Laguerre 1915 Orson Welles 1921 Erich Fried ...

... (favorite) Den afrikanske farm (Isak Dinesen, psevd. for Karen Blixen) Of Mice and Men (long ago, favorite) The Grapes of Wrath Animal Farm (favorite) La Peste 1984 (favorite) The Grass is Singing (long ago) Molloy Malone meurt The Old Man and the Sea (long ...

south park (that classy little animated series on tv...) I couldn't remember if the last episode referenced The Grapes of Wrath or The Sound and the Fury... then miracle fruit -- because I couldn't remember if those little yummy things were called miracle berries or magic berries. 39 - I ...

I keep trying to finish The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck), but I just can't seem to do it. I know how it ends and I get skeeved. I've also abandoned The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco) twice in the last seven years. Sigh....

... time to time but this is as good as I've got yet (in no particular order): Middlemarch Captain Corelli's Mandolin The Grapes of Wrath The Crimson Petal and the White The Remains of the Day A Prayer for Owen Meany The Deptford Trilogy The Magus Jude the Obscure Life ...

... styles to tell different stories. Cup of Gold does not have the same sound as East of Eden which doesn't sound like Grapes of Wrath and so on. Hemingway is a mystery to me. He is the epitome of what can be done with little talent and lots of desire. Unfortunately, while I doff my hat ...

Quite a few goodies in this lot! Ive read The Grapes of Wrath, Rebecca, The Yearling, and Wind, Sand and Stars. I love Christopher Morley, but Kitty Foyle is one of the few of his I haven't read. I was kind of surprised to see Mein Kampf on this list, but I guess it makes sense.

Just The Grapes of Wrath for me.

... old Limited Editions Club was that they often published limited editions by living authors--Joyce's Ulysses, Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath Masters' Spoon River Anthology, Lewis' Main Street,etc. and wonderful editions of books that deserved a place in most bibliophile's libraries, but ...

... because I compared it to the other wonderful works that we read that I really adored: The Crucible The Great Gatsby The Grapes of Wrath To Kill A Mockingbird Death of a Salesman Maybe I should give ol' Hawthorne another shot now that I am a bit older and wiser, although I think I ...

Yesterday from the library: Foreskin's Lament And from the Friends of the Library for book club in June: The Grapes of Wrath, a lovely old hard back for $2.

... of the other designers--in fact were sometimes superior to theirs. A case in point: I recently acquired the LEC 2 volume The Grapes of Wrath which he designed. The binding is one of the "association" bindings he seemed to love, where the style and materials of the binding were intended to set ...

... I'd ever say, about a Steinbeck book, that it was irritating and actually dull. This book supposedly was the run-up to The Grapes of Wrath but about the only thing they have in common is picking fruit in a California valley. The characters are too simplistic, the dialogue doesn't feel ...

THis thread is somewhat old, but I went back to it when I received my latest acquisition--The Grapes of Wrath, published in a limited edition by The Limited Editions Club in 1940, bound in rawhide quarter-leather. Included in the 2 volume set was a slip from the publisher "About the Binding of Th ...

... sci-fi section to see what else the store held. Even as a penniless teenager I was willing to plunk down $5.00 to gamble on The Grapes of Wrath. Now that book runs fifteen to twenty bucks.

... the Edgar Allan Poe and H G Wells omnibuses. I can't say I remember reading The Pearl either, only Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath. So now I'll be on the look out. Cheers!

... several years ago. I've read several other books mentioned here but have many more to research and add to my tbr list. The Grapes of Wrath is on my 888 list for this year. I remember enjoying Cannery Row, Tortilla Flat and Of Mice and Men but read them so long ago (high school) that I ...

I actually read The Grapes of Wrath because I knew what the ending was and was intrigued by it. I read my now-favorite book, Sometimes a Great Notion, after hearing someone describe a climactic scene in the movie (not the ending, as it turns out). But other than those incidents, I agree that ...

... books I've read over the years which would fit this theme. All are recommended: Tortilla Curtain by T. C. Boyle The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck (which I'll be reading in addition to Enrique's Journey because it's the Classics book club pick for June and covers immigration (or ...

... books I've read over the years which would fit this theme. All are recommended: Tortilla Curtain by T. C. Boyle The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck (which I'll be reading in addition to Enrique's Journey because it's the Classics book club pick for June and covers immigration (or ...

... The diary of Anne Frank 3 lists 8) The Iliad 3 lists 9) War and Peace 3 lists 10) Origin of species 3 lists 11) The grapes of wrath - 2 lists 12) Nineteen eighty four 2 lists 13) Good omens 2 lists 14) Winnie the Pooh 2 lists 15) The unbearable lightness of being 2 lists ...

... Psalter? It's pretty, but is it a "good read?" That makes me feel MUCH better about my recent acquisition of the LEC The Grapes of Wrath, published the year after the book came out, and illustrated with original stone lithographs by Thomas Hart Benton (and signed by Benton!), in a ...

... - Jane Austen 4. All quiet on the Western Front - Erich Remarque 5. In Search of Lost Time Marcel Proust 6. The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck 7. Don Quijote Miguel Cervantes 8. Les Miserables Victor Hugo 9. Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 10. A Tale of two Cit ...

Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinback Emma by Jane Austen War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy The Complete Oscar Wilde C.S. Lewis For the Third Millenium by Peter Kreeft Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Yay for used book stores! :D

Kristin lavransdatter Sigrid Undset Gone with the Wind Margaret mitchell Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck War & Peace Leo Tolstoy Raintree County Ross Lockridge Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver The God of Small ThingsArundhati Roy To Kill ...

... The Count of Monte Cristo and Pride and Prejudice grew on me. While I might not enjoy certain books - for instance, The Grapes of Wrath didn't do much for me - I can honestly understand why they *are* classics. War and Peace has started to not look so scary.

... David McCullough The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Nothing by Janne Teller The Grapes Of Wrath by John Steinbeck The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time by Mark Haddon And from the library; In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

... Verne finished 2/19/08 4. Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott 5. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain **started 3/1/08 6. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 7. Moby Dick by Herman Melville 8. The Sea Wolf by Jack London I really enjoyed 20,000 Leagues and am happy as a clam reading ...

... Joseph Heller 4-3. On the Road, Jack Kerouac 4-4. An Artist of the Floating World, Kazuo Ishiguro 4-5. The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck 4-6. Kokoro, Natsume Soseki 4-7. The Turn of the Screw, Henry James 4-8. The Wasp Factory, Iain Banks

It's really peculiar how the touchstones work to a different degree every time I edit my list. Perhaps it depends on how much time I give them to load while I'm editing? (I expect this is information I could easily find out somewhere else on the site, but really I'm just registering surprise since I ...

Of Mice and Men is one of my least favorite books I have ever read, but East of Eden and Grapes of Wrath are in my top 5, and The Moon is Down is up there as well. Schools should use The Moon is Down instead of Of Mice and Men - short, engaging, and a history lesson all in one!

... short -- to introduce Steinbeck. Later, on my own (but still in high school) I read and really liked Cannery Row, The Grapes of Wrath and (particularly) East of Eden. I love Fitzgerald (every word he ever wrote).

... are overly fond of Steinbeck, aren't they? I've been forced to read The Pearl, The Red Pony, Of Mice and Men, and The Grapes of Wrath. Of all of these, I only liked the last one, though I couldn't tell you why.

... ous. Let me Live by Angelo Herndon. A labor organizer in the 1930s. Langston Hughes wrote a play and a poem about him. The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck Dorothy Day co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement, still alive and well. Harry Bridges: the rise and fall radical labor in the U ...

... And a couple of Shakespeare plays thrown into the mix. Others that I read for the first time in the last 12 months: Grapes of Wrath, Sense and Sensibility, Old Man and the Sea, Mrs. Dalloway. It's hard work playing catch-up! Good thing I love to read. I'll be retiring in October, ...

Is it The Grapes of Wrath?

I REALLY didn't care for Grapes of Wrath, but I may try it again sometime. When I get a book I don't like, I skip to the middle, and if it's good I'll start from there and finish it. If not, it depends if it's a bad gripper, or it just sucks. It's weird, I've never read the first half of The ...

Bit obvious, I guess, but Grapes of Wrath. (I do know one or two books that aren't by Steinbeck - honestly.)

... by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 6. The Bostonians by Henry James 7. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett 8. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Edited to place them in chronological order of publication, as I want to read them in that order.

The Grapes of Wrath almost does, but then it lops off the last 1/3 of the book, ending it on a hopeful note instead of a happy-but-hopeless note.

Reading the moderately sized oldies. I was halfway through Grapes of Wrath when I decided to take a break, as it were, and started reading these books, all very short: Candide, or Optimism by Voltaire - finished Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole - finished Chaireas and Kallirhoe by Cha ...

... I want to continue the series. :) #11 lefty: I haven't read either of those yet, either. I've been very curious about Grapes of Wrath. My family and I cannot put grapes on the table without making some sort of joke in reference to the title of that book and so I've been wanting to read it. ...

... for school, I thought of two that I definitely don't like and only read so I could say I've read them and pass the test. Grapes of Wrath and All the King's Men. Really didn't like either of them at all.

... Andrews, but a friend who knew I had the 1001 Books and had a copy himself gave me Eugenie Grandet, which I read, and The Grapes of Wrath, which I'm now reading. Some of the old ones are crushing bores, I think, that nobody wants to admit not liking. Pilgrim's Progress is supposed to be ...

... about how the American ruling class starves people probably wouldn't become a classic like TKAM has. It's called The Grapes of Wrath.

... long enough to get the job done. Ray Bradbury can tell a great story in just a dozen pages. I would not have wanted Grapes of Wrath to be any shorter. (I know, it's not SF)

In order: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry Grapes of Wrath Steinbeck Rebecca Daphne DuMaurier Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout (an LTearly reviewer) First Man in Rome by Coleeen McCullough I have also just started The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor which is ...

I got Interview with a vampire by Anne Rice and The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck which is pretty good for me, as I usually don't get many books given to me as gifts.

... and it changed my world view. I started looking at overpopulation and other flaws in our society in a different light. The Grapes of Wrath helped me to unserstand the Great Depression when I was in high school. Not only that, but history in general... I started to see history through the ...

... particular order) The Brothers K by David James Duncan (2) A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (3) The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (3) The Lizard Cage by Karen Connelly (3) Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson (4) Honorable mention must go to: ...

... and art reproduction that will make you weep when you compare it to the older books. I have a copy of the Easton Press' Grapes of Wrath and it's startling to see how faded the type looks compared to the Heritage pages, and how murky are the T.H. Benton illustrations. I can't imagine how ...

... prison - The Lizard Cage 2. Afghanistan - A Thousand Splendid Suns 3. The US dust bowl and California in the 1930s - Grapes of Wrath and The Worst Hard Time (yes, I live in the US, but this was a different time period) 4. China in the 19th century - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan 5. ...

... The Pearl. Then I want to head inland to The Long Valley to engage In Dubious Battle with The Harvest Gypsies over The Grapes of Wrath. If I survive, when The Moon is Down, I'll wander The Pastures of Heaven and talk To a God Unknown Of Mice and Men. And who knows--at that ...

... (being on vacation from work and all), I would be surprised if anything topped my top 5. In the order I read them: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (Q1) Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky (Q1) Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Q1) Interpreter of Maladies, ...

... tired) 2) Finishing treasure boxes for niece and nephew 3) 3 secret Santa ATC's (artist trading cards) 4) Finish The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck and Wild Succulent Woman by Sark 5) Watch the second half of Metropolis and the third Pirates movies 6) Try out the local Unitarian ...

... miss out on (even though I have an English degree). I read Jane Austen for the first time (Sense and Sensibility); The Grapes of Wrath; and will soon be tackling War and Peace and Middlemarch. I’ve also been reading a lot of British lit which I hadn’t much before. I’ve ...

Middlemarch was my absoulte favorite. Grapes of Wrath To Kill a Mockingbird Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee and A Bend in the River by Naipaul (?I think thats on the list) Worst, worst, worst -- Ulysses

... of which I see others have also loved): Tess of the D'Urbervilles To Kill a Mockingbird (re-read) Cloud Atlas The Grapes of Wrath Sense and Sensibility

I'm still reading The Grapes of Wrath. I'm not usually such a slow reader, but I can only take so much at one shot. I put down A Gentle Madness by Basbanes after 25 or so pages. It wasn't a bad book, but rather oddly, I found myself uninterested in the subject matter (book collecting.) I ...

... Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway 11.Animal Farm George Orwell 12. Cannery Row John Steinbeck 13.The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck 14.A Farewell to Arms Ernest Hemingway 15.A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man James Joyce 16.Nana Emile Zola ...

... only read 31. It was almost 32 but I couldn't get past page 1 of Humphrey Clinker by Smollett. I'll hit 32 when I finish The Grapes of Wrath.

Read Rage and The Long Walk by Richard Bachman/Stephen King. Continuing to plod, plod, plod through The Grapes of Wrath. It's a good book, just slow reading.

#6,7 -- loved, loved The Way the Crow Flies -- very entertaining. #15 - The Grapes of Wrath really begins to grow on you after awhile (pardon the pun) -- I just watched the old 1940 movie though with Henry Fonda and it was pretty well done -- except they butchered the ending! I finished T ...

Bah, I keep posting one week late. Repost: I'm leisurely reading Little, Big (still) by Crowley and The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck. Neither is a real page turner. Heh.

I'm leisurely reading Little, Big (still) by Crowley and The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck. Neither are real page turners. Heh.

... Great Expectations, The Catcher in the Rye, Heart of Darkness (which I have read three times and still can't stand), The Grapes of Wrath, The Scarlet Letter, Jude the Obscure, and many others that I can't remember. Looking at this list, I seem to have been fortunate in that I read a ...

So far I have read: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov Brave New World by Aldous Huxley To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee Animal Farm by George Orwell As I Lay Dying ...

... shaped his character. He is less interesting than a more multi-faceted character would be, though. I have to agree that The Grapes of Wrath is a masterpiece that A Thousand Splendid Suns doesn't match. Steinbeck seems to have had a more intimate understanding of the people and events he ...

Both A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini and Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck seek to bring the personal story behind a large scale human tragedy. Both seek to inform us about the real impact of those tragedies on the people involved and so raise our awareness and form our opinions ...

So far I have read: The Grapes of wrath To Kill a Mockingbird Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Animal Farm A Clockwork Orange A Farewell to Arms The Scarlet Letter Beloved Herzog Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Charlotte's Web in my TBR pile are the ...

nohrt, The Grapes of Wrath has been opposed for a long time becuase of supposed socialist sympathies. I remember one of the saddest pictures I've ever seen was a guy with a fire in an oil barrel, droping in first print hardcovers of The Grapes of Wrath. (And Steinbeck is my favorite ...

... These are maybe not the best books, but they are the ones that had the most impact on me when I read them: 1) Grapes of Wrath 2) The Glass Castle 3) The Lord of the Rings 4) It 5) Island of the Blue Dolphins 6) Angela's Ashes 7) To Kill a Mockingbird 8) Fried Gre ...

nohrt4me: I was laughing at the typo in the paragraph on Grapes of Wrath. Apparently some publishers were indicted on "Gropes of Wroth." I might ban that title myself! ;-)

... Factory by Iain Banks 9. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson 10. The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby 11. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 12. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson 13. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks 14. Literary Theory: ...

... are the top 10 most recommended books (title by author, # recommendations) To Kill a Mockingbird by Lee, Harper, 16 The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck, John, 15 1984 by Orwell, George, 15 Brave New World by Huxley, Aldous, 14 Beloved by Morrison, Toni, 13 Gone with the Wind by M ...

I read The Grapes of Wrath a couple of times.

... lately: The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry In the Fall by Jeffrey Lent The Grapes of Wrath Steinbeck

He wasn't particularly liked here since The Grapes of Wrath. The farmers of Salinas were rather grumpy about the portrayal of farmers in the book, and held a book burning in the center of town. As for reading Steinbeck, I think East of Eden and Tortilla Flat are the only major ones I haven' ...

read the 1940 pulitzer Prize winng The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway is on my to be read pile. How Green Was My Valley by Richard LLewellyn I read in one sitting as a young lad home from school with the measles.( I know I'm ...

I finished Grapes of Wrath which I loved - a very worthy Pulitzer; and started Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler -- which so far is not a worthy Pulitzer (IMHO, of course) Sappy, sappy, sappy. Just my 2 cents -- #26 kiwiflower and others -- Outlander series is very addicting. I always say ...

143: Joycepa, I agree with you that the characters in Grapes of Wrath are more likeable than those in East of Eden. And to add to that thought, in Grapes of Wrath the family has a close relationship and weathers adversity together, whereas in East of Eden the relationships are more ...

... Chabon fan... just didn't grab me quickly, but I will try it again.... much love to all the Steinbeck readers -- Grapes is important and a classic, and Cannery Row is a favorite i've read several times.... I highly recommend The Road by McCarthy....

I loved East of Eden and Grapes of Wrath when I first read them 30 or so years ago (yikes!). All the wonderful feedback here reminds me it's time for a reread--especially East of Eden as I can recall so little from it. And, I can't believe I don't own either one. Slogging through The Emp ...

#120 jhowell: glad to hear you're enjoying Grapes of Wrath. #121 bunagsbooks: I've always thought that East of Eden was a more sophisticated book than Grapes of Wrath. Loved them both, but thought East of Eden the more powerful.

#120--Jhowell: I love The Grapes of Wrath. Pick up East of Eden next if you love it too.

I really am enjoying The Grapes of Wrath, ~ 1/2 way through -- I agree with others re (#87,92) -- a visceral, painful read in that you just know that it is going to get so much worse for these folks despite their hopes -- you can just feel tragedy waiting to happen on every page.

... nor Brave New World, nor Slaughterhouse Five. I have only very recently read To Kill a Mockingbird and I am reading The Grapes of Wrath right now. All of those are in the embarassed to have not read category for me. Now, I can't say that I think The Lord of the Rings is masculine. ...

Add me to the Grapes of Wrath / East of Eden fan club! Hope you enjoy GofW, jhowell.

... what a cumulative impact they have until the end--when, as you say, you're drained. I can't remember the first time I read Grapes of Wrath--probably nearly 50 years ago--but from that very first day, the image of Ma picking peaches into her apron has stayed with me. My parents (immigrant Italia ...

##85 & 86: I too loved both Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden. I grew up (and still am) a poor farmer's daughter and am proud of it (and him), so I guess I felt a kind of kinship with some of the characters and situations. They were both particularly emotionally draining for me for some ...

#85 jhowell: It seems as if there have been some others who have recently decided to read Grapes of Wrath. I love Steinbeck's writing, and consider Grapes of Wrath, which won him the Pulitzer, and East of Eden gripping works. I've read Upton sinclair's The Jungle which, like Grapes ...

... Lonesome Dove - just finished last night ( I can't believe that it's not on the 1001 Novels . . . list). I just started Grapes of Wrath which I have never read before.

>9 media1001, I haven't read that one since school but I have rediscovered Steinbeck this year through Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden. He's really a wonderful writer, and his characters have such depth. I may have to revisit Of Mice and Men.

Wow, I just checked it and sure enough, East of eden is not on there. Just Cannery Row, Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men. Thanks for pointing that out. Oh well, it's now in my TBR pile. LOL

... pages) 6) A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin (807 pages) 7) 1776 by David McCullough (294 pages) 8) The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (559 pages) 9) A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin (969 pages) 10) A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin (112 ...

... Factory by Bryce Courtenay Poor Man's Orange bu Ruth Park James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg

... their secrets to a deaf-mute, in Carson McCullers' dramatic story of poverty and racism in a 1930s Georgia mill town. The Grapes of Wrath The saga of the Joad family's rough passage to California and the rougher treatment they find there, John Steinbeck's novel is tragedy and comedy, ...

... In 2007, my goal is for 30% of my reads to be by authors from countries other than the US North America USA – The Grapes of Wrath (review) – John Steinbeck Canada - Fall on Your Knees lindsacl in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 29 September 2007 (Sep 30, 2007, 7:29am)

>35: read_lola_read, I came across Grapes of Wrath in a similar way, having read The Red Pony and Of Mice and Men years ago in school. Grapes of Wrath was the first book I read this year and I really loved it. As noted at the top of this thread, I'm now reading East of Eden and am ...

I am reading The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. I have say that since my introduction to him a few months ago after reading The Red Pony and Of Mice and Men I haven't looked back. I love his writing.

... Fall or David Halberstam, Colin Wilson's The Outsider, Kitchen Condifential by Anthony Bourdain...oh, and The Grapes of Wrath, I could read that book all day.

I recently read Grapes of Wrath, then saw the movie ca 1940. It was pretty good for its time, but the ending was soooo different from the book, it totally changed the flavor of the way Steinbeck ended it. That was difficult for me!

... one of these though): A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini The Lizard Cage by Karen Connelly The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee In the Name of Salomé by Julia Alvarez Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Li ...

... I've also been inspired by LT to fill in some big gaps of the classics that I never got around to reading in years past. (Grapes of Wrath, anything by Jane Austen). I've added many titles to my TBR list solely because of LT!

War - The Butter Battle Book - Dr. Seuss Famine - The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck Pestilence - The Pest House - Jim Crace Death - On a Pale Horse - Piers Anthony all together now - The Armageddon Crazy - Mick Farren ...although for Pestilence I almost went ...

... Michael Faber 6. Confessions of a Pagan Nun by Kate Horsley 7. The Road by Cormac McCarthy 8. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 9. You're All Alone by Fritz Leiber 10. The Little Friend by Donna Tartt 11. 6xH: Six Stories by Robert H ...

... the author. Steinbeck, John The Essential Steinbeck: Four Complete Novels ISBN # 082890877X; tags: "do not own", The Grapes of Wrath, Cannery Row, Of mice and men, Tortilla flat, novels.

Suggestions for other agrarian novels from this thread: http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.php?topic=18047 Grapes of Wrath The emigrant series by Vilhelm Moberg Cold Comfort Farm The Go-Between The Grass is Singing The Rainbow The Tree of Man Tess of the d'Urberville ...

We started homeschool today! My kids are 11 and 16, and we are starting The Grapes of Wrath tomorrow as kind of a double whammy. It is for literature, but also applies to Oklahoma History.

... at, 1940, we were lucky and got two serious books in the same year: For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck In 2001 (the latest year I've done), we managed at least one: The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen. 19 people have ...

... by Christopher Moore The Envy of the Stranger by Caroline Graham Death of a Glutton by M.C. Beaton The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

They aren't books I'm reading right now, but two books that would make the world a better place if everyone read them are The Grapes Of Wrath and In Dubious Battle by my favorite writer John Steinbeck. Those books have shaped my political conscience more than anything else I've read. A ...

Burnt Offerings at the Lunatic Cafe by Laurell K. Hamilton Eye Candy by R.L. Stine The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Mouse Soup by Arnold Lobel Bitter Harvest by Ann Rule

... off while they're helping you fight other bugs. In short, it helps prevent the "skitters." (To borrow an expression from The Grapes of Wrath.) ;) I had leftover gnocchi with meatballs for lunch, then Twizzlers and soda while at the movies.

... anything else by him) For Colored Girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf, Ntozake Shange The grapes of Wrath, John steinbeck The house on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accent, Julia alvarez The joy Luck C ...

This brings back a few memories. The Grapes of Wrath was amazing. I read it in some 35-cent paperback edition that had bright orange glue falling out of the spine in chunks. I think I had to discard the book when I was done with it. I never read The Nazarene; the only book I ever read by S ...

I finished The Grapes of Wrath and started The Lizard Cage. However, my early review book Tipperary arrived; I'm torn between digging into that or sticking with the Lizard Cage; the latter is for a book club, so both of them are - sort of - must-reads. And both are fairly substantial. Ah ...

... to take a look at the 1939 bestseller list and see if any of the books I mentioned above were on it and there were three. The Grapes of Wrath was #1 in 1939; The Nazarene was #9; and Kitty Foyle was #10.

10. The Grapes of Wrath -- John Steinbeck. What can I say? 5 stars.

Great idea, vpfluke! I've only read (and own) two of those ten, How Green Was My Valley and The Grapes of Wrath. Enjoyed them both immensely, but I rated the Steinbeck higher.

... is owned by 6, with no reviews. 7. Oliver Wiswell by Kenneth Roberts is owned by 50 with no reviews. 8. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck is owned by 5,384 and reviewed by 40. This obviously has become a classic. 9. Night in Bombay by Louis Bromfield is ...

Hungry, desperate and looking for work in California in The Grapes of Wrath.

I'm about 2/3 through The Grapes of Wrath and will finish it before I read Tipperary (which hasn't yet arrived). I also have The Lizard Cage waiting in the wings and need to read for a book group by the end of August; it and Tipperary are ~450 pages, which is a little daunting for me, given ...

I'm just halfway through The Grapes of Wrath and loving it. Also dipping in and out of Grace (Eventually ) by Anne Lamott and Bird Brains : The Intelligence of Crows, Ravens, Magpies, and Jays by Candace Savage.

Just crossed into the California desert on the westward journey in The Grapes of Wrath.

... finished The Yacoubian Building in the context of a self-imposed crash course on Middle Eastern history. Since reading The Grapes of Wrath in high school, I have been a believer in the power of fiction to convey the essence of a period in a way that non-fiction can't. This book is quite ...

I'm now on Route 66 somewhere between Oklahoma and California in The Grapes of Wrath.

... The Assault on Reason last night and this morning picked up Grace (Eventually) by Anne Lamott. Also still reading The Grapes of Wrath and loving it. Determined to finish the last bit of Power Down in the next few days, which I put aside for Al Gore, then I need to take a break from ...

The Grapes of Wrath is one of my all time favorite books. Glad you found it teelgee and lindsaci.

... by Al Gore, the next nonfiction will probably be The Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson. Next up for fiction after The Grapes of Wrath will be either The Lizard Cage or 1984.

From The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck: He loved the land no more than the bank loved the land. He could admire the tractor -- its machined surfaces, its surge of power, the roar of its detonating cylinders; but it was not his tractor. Behind the tractor rolled the shining disks, ...

I'm being forced off the land in the 1930s Oklahoma Dust Bowl in The Grapes of Wrath.

#7 and 8 - I agree! The Grapes of Wrath is amazing! I'll be reading The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King and, when UPS arrives tomorrow, I'll begin that other book. What was it called?? Oh, thanks Morphy! I'll begin Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. **touchstones are ...

Just started The Grapes of Wrath -- for the first time! Can't believe I've never read this.

Next up: 1984 The Grapes of Wrath Bird Brains : the intelligence of crows, ravens, magpies and jays Still reading The Assault on Reason and Grave Matters.

... nor did I make light of the subject matter or her experiences. I believe your rebuke was out of line. As for The Grapes of Wrath I read it as required reading in High School and actually enjoyed it. I grew up in the California Central valley where the Jodes ended up so at the ...

... are some family sagas, like Loula Grace Erdman The years of the locust & some Jessamyn West stories And of course, The grapes of wrath.

... I read Wuthering Heights, I was often confused about what some of the characters were actually saying! After I read The Grapes of Wrath, I found myself speaking the way the book was written!

People would probably like Steinbeck more if they assigned Tortilla Flat and Cannery Row in school instead of The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men.

... read him in school, starting in junior high school: The Pearl (meh) The Red Pony (ugh!) Of Mice and Men (sigh) The Grapes of Wrath (uh, actually kind of liked this one) Four books. With so many "classic" authors in the world, why so much focus on one author? If the kids didn't ...

... a little nuts at Powells, I'm starting a classics binge: Anna Karenina Sense and Sensibility 1984 Middlemarch The Grapes of Wrath and a historical book about 17th century New England, The Good Wives by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich.

John Steinbeck is a wonderful classic American author. I read The Grapes of Wrath and just loved it. It's a powerful portrayal of America during the "dust bowl" years (1930s), and a scathing social commentary.

Okay, let's go over this one more. I read The Grapes of Wrath in high school. I was forced to read it. I was a teenager. I liked it. It is the only Steinbeck I ever liked. I'm not reading it again. Please don't insult my intelligence as a teenager. If you have to, insult ...

... it is still one of my favorites of the year: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak The Road by Cormac McCarthy The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee ******* Black Swan Green ...

I only had 3 top picks for each quarter, but in the spirit of this thread these are my 5: 1. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (1) 2. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky (1) 3. Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - 2007 Orange Prize Winner! (1) 4. Cloud Atla ...

Ordinary People The Grapes of Wrath Little Children (which for some viewers/readers is really irritating. Retrograde conclusion! Everybody goes back to his/her lifeless spouse, and that's supposed to show they've grown more mature. Yuck. Makes for a good discussion, though, and Kate Winslet ...

Probably my biggest accomplishment would have to be The Grapes of Wrath for my AP American Lit class... I've read so many good books for that class, The Secret Life of Bees, Ceremony, The Awakening, Cat's Cradle, and currently reading The Great Gatsby. I'm so scared for As I Lay Dying!

Unfortunately, I can't find the reference, but a parent in Houston has also complained about students reading The Grapes of Wrath. The thing that really bothers me about this is: the school already has remedies in place where a parent can request that their child read a different book if they ...

... by Robert Ardrey On aggression by Konrad Lorenz Notes from underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky The grapes of wrath by John Steinbeck The true believer : thoughts on the nature of mass movements by Eric Hoffer I and thou by Martin Buber The ...

... bit about writing a paper that goes against what the teacher thinks....I did that in a college English class. The book was The Grapes of Wrath my professor's favorite book. I hated it. Like most here I'm not a fan of John Steinbeck. I tore the book apart in my paper....but rather then hold ...

... been better if I had just read it on my own...I hated it though, and considering we had just finished a huge project on The Grapes of Wrath before we read Invisible Man, I think I was a little tired of lengthy books!

... ) Daphne du Maurier - Rebecca (1938) George Orwell – Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1936) John Steinbeck – The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

It took me hours to read these two threads - gave me a lot of time to think though! Both East of Eden and The Grapes of Wrath are on my list of all time favorites - but I was not required to read them in school, I picked them up on my own. Cannery Row was also pretty good. My oldest just ...

... a middle-aged man who is feeling bored and dissatisfied with his marriage. A few years later, I read his masterpiece The Grapes of Wrath and found it deeply moving. Though I haven't read either Tortilla Flat or Suttree (two more for the lengthening TBR list), I think TGW must be quite ...

... 6. The Sound and The Fury by William Faulkner 7. Catch 22 by Joseph Heller 8. Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence 9. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 10. Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry 11. 1984 by George Orwell 12. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf 13. The Heart is ...

One of the most shocking endings has to be The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, especially when you consider the time period in which it was written.

... still not sure I grasp the deeper meanings of many classics, I just don't have the life experience. For example, I hated The Grapes of Wrath in 10th grade, but I suspect if and when I go back to it I will have more of a sense of what its about. For me the solution teachers should consider is ...

... Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 3. Black Swan Green by David Mitchell 4. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee 5. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

reading The Chicken Dance by Jacques Couvillon..cute YA title. To add to the Steinbeck posts..I would take The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden to reread again and again on the deserted island.

How about Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath? As a LThinger from the UK I often feel that some post-WW11 writers in the U.S.A. strive overmuch to write the GAN and are too verbose and long-winded.

I hate to admit, given the nature of this thread, that The Grapes of Wrath is the only Steinbeck that I enjoyed. I actually did like it. But only that one, all other Steinbeck can rot. Yeah, that means you, Of Mice and Men, and The Pearl, and what was that other one? The Red Pony? Yeah, ...

In senior year of high school, I trudged through 600 pages of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, and then never read the last ten pages...out of principle. It was definitely one of my most hated pieces of literature I was required to read. On the other hand, I was definitely surprised ...

... the Phoenix * The Road * Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee * Not Buying It * Pride and Prejudice * The Grapes of Wrath * Another T.C. Boyle novel, as I really liked Tortilla Curtain. Upping the challenge to 75 books. Reading 52 isn't much of a challenge for me ...

I limited my library to just books (sorting out the magazines and movies): The SCARLET Letter by Hawthorne The GRAPES of Wrath by Steinbeck The SILVER Chalice, a novel by Costain Mrs. Pollifax and the GOLDEN triangle by Gilman BLACK Beauty by Sewell Thirty Year ...

For me it was The Grapes of Wrath. This was my first book of the year, it had been a while since I'd read a classic, and I have not read much John Steinbeck either. I was just blown away by the writing.

Here are my first 4 books of 2007, with links to the reviews in my book journal: 1. The Grapes of Wrath - review 2. Before Women had Wings - review 3. Women's Diaries of ...

... Isaac Asimov Green: Little Green Men by Christopher Buckley Blue: Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry Purple: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Pink: Think Pink by Lynn Peril Brown: Bones of the Earth by Michael Swanwick Black: Black Orchid by Neil Gaiman ...

I'm reading John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath. I started last weekend and am totally sucked in. This week both work and family life were so busy I've hardly had any time to read but fortunately I've been able to spend Friday night curled up with a book ... bliss!

... that I shouldn't be buried in a book for their entire visit. So I've just kicked off the year with John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath. I am not very far into it, but what amazing prose!

... row I am really surprised that you find Steinbeck funny. I have read a couple - Of Mice and Men, East of Eden, and Grapes of Wrath, and humourous doesn't spring to mind as an adjective. I guess I need to go back and have another look. It has been years ... decades, even.

to #85..I loved Water for Elephants and also love stories set during the depression. The Grapes of Wrath is on my favorite list.

... mysteries. I have made an effort to mix some classics along with my reading, and I was surprised by how much I enjoyed The Grapes of Wrath. It is difficult to pick a fifth, but I guess it would be Elaine Cunningham's Starlight and Shadows trilogy. Liriel Baenre is an excellent ...

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

... discussing it. We read something by John Steinbeck but I don't remember what it was. It wasn't Of Mice and Men or Grapes of Wrath, because I remember reading those on my own too. I went to high school in an extremely small rural school in Kansas, and I don't remember any ...

... for California: McTeague by Frank Norris Cannery Row by John Steinbeck Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck The Wayward Bus by John Steinbeck East of Eden by John Steinbeck

... are some others....(I told you I would think of more!) The awakening by Kate Chopin for Louisiana; Tortilla Flat, The grapes of wrath, The wayward bus, Cannery Row, East of Eden and practically all of John Steinbeck's books for California; Cordelia Underwood and all the ...

... by Zola One Hundred Years of Solitude by Marquez Hamlet by Shakespeare Ulysses by Joyce The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck The Recognitions by Gaddis To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Song of Solomon by Morrison V by Pynchon

... Here's my list: - Madame Bovary - Something by Austen other than Emma - 1984 - Anna Karenina - Grapes of Wrath - Vanity Fair - Gone with the Wind Some books that I love, that I would love our book club to discuss: - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Tortilla Cu ...

... classics, Flannery O'Connor, a couple of John Steinbeck books, and I like William Faulkner short stories. Grapes of Wrath gave me a sick headache reading it. I fell asleep after only reading 10 pages into Jane Eyre.

I'm with you, JBookLover. I, too, read The Scarlet Letter in high school, and also read The Grapes of Wrath in my freshman college English class. I ended up reading the Cliff's notes for Last of the Mohicans. Granted, they are all great works, but, like you said, the language is so archaic, ...

... came to these works willingly. I hated The Scarlet Letter, The Pigman, everything by John Steinbeck except for The Grapes of Wrath, and Diary of a Young Girl. Yes, I hated the quintessential Holocaust memoir. She's really not an interesting person, just really, really unlucky. ...

I have never seen the appeal of Whitman's poetry. Also, Grapes of Wrath struck me as inferior to either a real novel or a real piece of social criticism. But beyond that, most of the "classic" stuff I've read (mind you, there's tons I've stayed far away from) has been pretty rewarding. I was ...

... 1.The Waves 2.Crime and Punishment 3.The Master and Margarita 4.The Magic Mountain 5.The Trial 6.The Grapes of Wrath 7.And Quiet Flows the Don 8.The Longest Journey 9.Wide Sargasso Sea 10.Blindness As always not entirely sure of the order - but not 100% ...

... Storybooks) Paula Rego's Nursery Rhymes Paula Rego The Folio Society Book of the 100 Greatest Photographs The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck The Diary of a Nobody George Grossmith Peter Pan J M Barrie Complete Works of Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde Anne Fra ...

... books---those books that spark a love of reading in a young person. I was thrilled to read that his formative book was Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck---Mine was Of Mice and Men and my all-time favorite is East of Eden!