kimlockhartga ,
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Book Challenge: Choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Book One: @bookstodon

The cover of Daytripper is, well, kind of trippy. A man sits on a park bench, with a dog in front of him. Pretty normal so far, right? Except we can see his thoughts, which are presented in watercolor splashes of imagination. There is the precarious love he shares with an adventurous woman, represented by them both standing up in a boat. There is an image of a great modern city. And there is his trusty typewriter. Sure, he uses it for his newspaper job, but he writes about life and death; it's impossible to think about the beginning and the end without considering all the chapters of one's own life, and about what it all means.
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    • kimlockhartga OP ,
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    @bookstodon that greatly influenced you, Day Two:

    kimlockhartga OP ,
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    @bookstodon that greatly influenced you, Day Three:

    kimlockhartga OP ,
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    @bookstodon that greatly influenced you, Day Four:

    catsnfats ,
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    @kimlockhartga @bookstodon I like this challenge! Here’s my first one.

    kimlockhartga OP ,
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    @catsnfats @bookstodon I have not read this one. I still need to read Blood Meridian, but you find this one even more impactful?

    catsnfats ,
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    @kimlockhartga @bookstodon blood meridian was intense. Amazing but intense. This was the first Cormac book I read and in it he describes being in love but without any sappy language that was typical. I didn’t start with this one on purpose, but I’m glad it was my first McCarthy book.

    catsnfats ,
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    @kimlockhartga @bookstodon today’s book!

    skribe ,
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    @catsnfats @kimlockhartga @bookstodon I am Salman Rushdie

    kimlockhartga OP ,
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    @bookstodon that greatly influenced you. Day Five:

    kimlockhartga OP ,
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    @bookstodon Day Six:

    kimlockhartga OP ,
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    @bookstodon Day Seven (keep forgetting to do these):

    Gorfram ,
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    @kimlockhartga @bookstodon This is absolutely one of my favorite books ever.

    franksting ,
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    @Gorfram @kimlockhartga @bookstodon among the greatest books I’ve ever read

    kimlockhartga OP ,
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    @bookstodon Day Eight.

    ReticentTurnip ,
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    @kimlockhartga @bookstodon Nice cover, but I really liked the one with Ernest Borgnine and John-Boy. 😁

    pjohanneson ,
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    @kimlockhartga @bookstodon Gad, this one was a ride.

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