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I read this on the beach in Cuba a number of years ago. I felt it was appropriate.
its a good book, OP
Make sure you write an esé when you finish.
I’ll try but I can’t promise anything.
Terrible book. It’s what turned me off of Hemingway, and made me wonder what people see in his writing.
Exactly the opposite for me!
I also read this one in one day the first time I read it. If you enjoy Hemingway, I’d definitely recommend For Whom The Bell Tolls or The Sun Also Rises; but his short fiction is also some of best.
If you don’t like Hemingway, I’d probably recommend other authors that aren’t him, some of whom I could name.
Basically, reading is awesome.
I have For Whom the Bell Tolls and tried reading it a while back but I could only get about halfway through before I stopped.
At the time I wasn’t necessarily in a reading mood so I think it was more that than anything. I hear The Sun Also Rises is more popular so I might give that a try later in the year.
I have East of Eden by Steinbeck on my shelf that I’ve been wanting to read. That’s probably the next fiction that I’ll read.
Edit: I was thinking of A Farewell to Arms not The Sun Also Rises.
Go get dressed up like a classy grandpa, and then go read it by the biggest body of water you have next to you
I think I have a fishing hat somewhere. Does a cat water bowl count? That’s really the best I can do.
Sunhat and pipe!!!
I would love to read this book too. But this is not the dull_men_with_adhd_club so sitting and reading is outside my current skillset.
Have you tried walking and reading?
This sounds both intriguing and terrifyingly dangerous at the same time.
Edit: ooh… ooh… a treadmill. But I don’t have a treadmill. I have a standing desk at work. Maybe I could get them to buy something like this: https://www.walkingpad.com/products/walkingpad-a1-pro-foldable-treadmill
And now I’m down another rabbit hole. Told you I have ADHD.
Maybe taking something with stimulants in it, like coffee? Or having some brown/white/green/pink noise audio files playing?
Fidget spinner while reading?
I saw this film when I was a kid and really enjoyed it. I should read the book.
Never knew it was a movie too. Maybe I’ll watch it after I finish this book.
Nice! Just briefly for anyone curious, it’s a short story with themes of human perseverance, being old but maintaining fierce tenacity, plus battling vs. nature whilst having lots of respect for it, all in Hemingway’s voice.
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