Ashleigh's Updates en-US Wed, 16 Apr 2025 13:39:23 -0700 60 Ashleigh's Updates 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Review7494113283 Wed, 16 Apr 2025 13:39:23 -0700 <![CDATA[Ashleigh added 'East of Eden']]> /review/show/7494113283 East of Eden by John Steinbeck Ashleigh gave 5 stars to East of Eden (Paperback) by John Steinbeck
It’s got everything! What more is there to say? ]]> ReadStatus9316825266 Wed, 16 Apr 2025 13:39:22 -0700 <![CDATA[Ashleigh wants to read 'The Pearl']]> /review/show/7494115305 The Pearl by John Steinbeck Ashleigh wants to read The Pearl by John Steinbeck
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Ashleigh Greene liked Wayne Barrett's review of The Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication:
The Short Reign of Pippin IV by John Steinbeck
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This is Steinbeck's only satirical work and if I may say so, he pulled it off quite nicely. It's a political piece, a subject in which he is knowledgeable, but instead of the darker, dramatic side of the topic that he has always portrayed, John gives us the scenario in a way that we can laugh at. Which, to me, is the only way we can sometimes survive the bullshit. "
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Like everything I’ve read from Steinbeck, this could have been written today. Kind of comforting to realize the dysfunction has always been in our society� I’m just finally old enough to understand. ]]> Review7494077035 Wed, 16 Apr 2025 13:24:14 -0700 <![CDATA[Ashleigh added 'The Secret History']]> /review/show/7494077035 The Secret History by Donna Tartt Ashleigh gave 3 stars to The Secret History (Paperback) by Donna Tartt
Found myself holding onto many little Easter eggs placed along the way, but finding they never showed up again. So many “hints� to some secret history, deeper than “I killed a guy and I liked it�.

At least the gun in the first act found its way to the final act. Everything else floated on the surface. Also, I’m hungover just from reading this. These lushes didn’t do anything if it didn’t involve liquor or drugs! ]]> Comment288419424 Mon, 17 Mar 2025 18:21:10 -0700 <![CDATA[Ashleigh commented on Richard's review of Sons and Lovers]]> /review/show/238013156 Richard's review of Sons and Lovers
by D.H. Lawrence

I finished it but it was rough. I could not care less about any people or relationships in it. First time I finished something I never enjoyed ]]> Rating835905439 Thu, 13 Mar 2025 19:36:39 -0700 <![CDATA[Ashleigh Greene liked a review]]> /
Ashleigh Greene liked Lisa's review of The Winter of Our Discontent:
The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck
"Steinbeck is my favourite author to read when I feel lost in the swamp of the human condition.

What is ethical? What is right? What is necessary for survival?

Can you be good while surviving?

These questions matter. And Steinbeck gives them context and personal relevance."
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