I read this book for the first time as a junior in high school. Reading books for a grade is always a different experience than reading them just because you want to. I decided to reread this book because of Leonardo DiCaprio's new movie coming out May 10, 2013 (See the trailor here). I love watching books that I've read be made into movies (and one starring Leo is an added plus.) As I started seeing previews, I realized I really didn't remember what the old classic was about. I remembered Gatsby's parties, a yellow/cream car, and a lady named Daisy; but to be honest that was about it. I didn't want to go into the movie and have to be reminded of the story thought the movie... because let's face it, we know that Hollywood is going to mess it up somewhere.
I read the book over spring break.Just as before I was blown away by the story. Fitzgerald has an ability to use only 4-6 sentences to describe what some others take up pages for. I feel that if this book would have been written today it would not have gotten as much hype, though. Still a great book. I loved it just as much the second time, if not more.
I now have over 3000 hits on my blog!! While I'm happy to know this, I don't have enough followers. If you read my blog, please follow me! I you read it and like what I've written, please make comments at the bottom. I'm not sure if I am going to keep it going if no one is reading it! After the next few blog posts, I may strictly post my reads and reviews of books on goodreads.com.
I now have over 3000 hits on my blog!! While I'm happy to know this, I don't have enough followers. If you read my blog, please follow me! I you read it and like what I've written, please make comments at the bottom. I'm not sure if I am going to keep it going if no one is reading it! After the next few blog posts, I may strictly post my reads and reviews of books on goodreads.com.
