The Catcher in the Rye
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5 Classics for September
It’s time for another monthly recommendation! (Miss my August post?) In this series, I recommend five classics each month that remind me of that particular time of the year. Because I’ve been a student my entire life (wooo law school!) I always automatically associate September with the start of a shiny new school year. Everything… Continue reading
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A Classic Couple: THE CATCHER IN THE RYE and PORTNOY’S COMPLAINT
What’s this?! A Classic Couple post?! After SO MANY MOONS OF ABSENCE?!?! I’m so excited to be back with this feature because it’s one of my absolute favorites. I have such a soft spot for classic lit and even though there are certainly some problematic beans out there (I’m looking at you, male-dominated white western… Continue reading
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A Classic Couple: The Catcher in the Rye and The Perks of Being a Wallflower
When I realized recently that I have never made a Classic Couple pairing of J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye (1951) and Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower (1999), I vowed to remedy that situation immediately. This classic/contemporary duo always reminds me of the start of the school year, which makes this the… Continue reading
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books to Pair with Classics
Happy Tuesday!! August is coming to a close, which means it’s time to start thinking about going back to school. This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic is back-to-school themed, which means I’ve decided to focus on classic literature. Classics definitely get a bad reputation from required reading lists in classrooms; however, I think looking at… Continue reading
1984, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Classics, Donna Tartt, English Major, Gone Girl, Illuminae, literature, On the Road, The Broke and the Bookish, The Catcher in the Rye, The Goldfinch, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Road, The Woman in White, Top Ten Tuesday, We Were Liars -
QUOTE: J.D. Salinger
“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it.” ~ page 18 of The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger As much as… Continue reading
About ME, Holly
former english major, current twenty-something book lover, allergic to nuts. drop me a line at nutfreenerd@gmail.com or on instagram.
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