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In preparation of our road trip to Yellowstone I’ve been pouring through the pages of #TravelsWithCharley. As I read it I realized a few strange similarities between our trips. ___ Firstly, the middle section of his trip in the book is almost the exact route I plan to follow. ___ Secondly, for his trip he planned to pass through Canada via Niagara, but found himself going through Pennsylvania instead - with the need of a passport I decided to save money instead. ___ Lastly, he found his dog and Yellowstone didn’t workout well - in a similar turn of events it turns out I need a permit (that I can’t afford) to take pictures with #TheOrangeChair in National Parks. Thus I will have to take creative pictures outside of the parks. ___ Altogether, though, this book got me excited to explore some new states, books, and locations in less than two weeks. And it was encouraging to read about Steinbeck’s approach to traversing America and his interactions along the way. ____________________________ #Roadtrip #JohnSteinbeck #ClassicLiterature #Travel #Explore #Adventure #Literature #Books #Bookish #BookReview #Bookstagram #OrangeChairClassics

GIVEAWAY!! In honor of my upcoming road trip to Yellowstone I wanted to do a giveaway. Post a photo reading in a creative location, mention my account and use the hashtag #OrangeChairClassics. __ I will pick my four favorite photos on May 4th and announce them during the road trip. The best photo will receive the pictured book, stickers and bookmark, along with a postcard from Yellowstone and the 3 runners up will get a postcard from my trip. __ I’m stoked to see your creative photos! __________________________ #TheOrangeChair #OrangeChairClassics #ClassicLiterature #Literature #Books #Bookish #Bookstagram #TheAdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn #MarkTwain #Giveaway #OrangeToYellow

In less than 3 weeks #TheOrangeChair is off to #Yellowstone with a crate full of books!! Keep your eyes peeled to see where we go and what we read! __________________________ #OrangeToYellow #NationalParks #Roadtrip #States #Adventure #Explore #Exploring #Travel #Wanderlust #ClassicLiterature #Literature #Books #Bookstagram #OrangeChairClassics

Sometimes I just need an adventure novel to escape into for a few days. 'The Time Machine' was perfect for this. I've only read a few of Well's novels, but I'm always intrigued by the premises he writes about. This one was no exception. I was first introduced to this story through the 1960 film, so I knew the basic story, but I was still drawn in and quite enjoyed an engaging adventure that only took a short time to read. I wasn't drawn into quite as much as I am reading the works of Jules Verne, but it was still an adventure worth embarking upon. _____________________ #SwataraStatePark #BordnersCabin #AcriggsFalls #StateParks #PACollective #Pennsylvania #Adventure #Explore #Travel #Wanderlust #Cabin #TheTimeMachine #HGWells #ClassicLiterature #Literature #Scifi #Books #BookWorm #Bookish #BookReview #Bookstagram #OrangeChairClassics #TheOrangeChair

“Above me shone the stars, for the night was very clear. All the old constellations had gone from the sky, however: that slow movement which is imperceptible in a hundred human lifetimes, had long since rearranged them in unfamiliar groupings. But the Milky Way, it seemed to me, was still the same tattered streamer of star-dust as of yore.” ‘The Time Machine’ by H.G. Wells _____________________ #SwataraStatePark #BordnersCabin #AcriggsFalls #StateParks #PACollective #Pennsylvania #Adventure #Explore #Travel #Wanderlust #Cabin #TheTimeMachine #HGWells #ClassicLiterature #Literature #Scifi #Books #BookWorm #Bookish #Bookstagram #OrangeChairClassics #TheOrangeChair

I enjoy finding places where the present frames by the past. This cabin in the Swatara State Park is an amazing example - hidden away at the base of a waterfall few people know about. So I thought reading ‘The Time Machine’ by H.G. Wells there would be more than fitting. ___________________________ #SwataraStatePark #BordnersCabin #StateParks #PACollective #Pennsylvania #Adventure #Explore #Travel #Wanderlust #Cabin #TheTimeMachine #HGWells #ClassicLiterature #Literature #Scifi #Books #Booknerd #Bookish #Bookstagram #OrangeChairClassics #TheOrangeChair

New books lead to new adventures... ____________________________ #SwataraStatePark #StateParks #Travel #Adventure #Explore #PACollective #Pennsylvania #TheOrangeChair

Books written about writing and living always intrigue me. The simplicity of the words between the pages have a strange depth to them. _ As I read ‘A Moveable Feast’ it didn’t seem like much was going on, but at the same moment I wanted to be there to see for myself. I wanted to travel streets, borrow books, join conversations, and climb mountains with skis on my back. _ Hemingway has quite a way of drawing one into normality. _______________________ #AMoveableFeast #ErnestHemingway #ClassicLiterature #Literature #Books #BookCover #Bookstagram #Bookish #BookNerd #CurrentlyReading #Pottsville #OrangeChairClassics #TheOrangeChair

Most people visit Pottsville for the Yuengling but I went for an amazing grilled cheese sandwich!! ____________________________ #Pottsville #Wheel #GrilledCheese #Yuengling #Adventure #Exploring #Travel #Pennsylvania #TheMoveableFeast #ErnestHemingway #Literature #ClassicLiterature #Book #Bookworm #Bookstagram #Bookish #Novel #OrangeChairClassics #TheOrangeChair

Having enjoyed 'War and Peace' so much when I read it I thought I'd give 'Anna Karenina' a try. At first I was skeptical knowing the basic plot of the story, but as I read it, I fell in love with the depth of the story and its characters. What I loved the most was the contrast of the two main narratives and the search of both Anna and Levin as they searched for meaning, purpose and happiness in their lives. __ I know the book is named for Anna Karenina, but I really connected with Levin on a level I haven't with a fictional character before. His love of nature, his compassion for peasants, his love for his wife, and his search for morality and a spiritual significance really stuck with me. In many ways I feel as if I'm currently in a similar place as well, and to see how his search for meaning opened up his life before him. __ I definitely would look forward to reading this again. There is just something beautiful about the way that Tolstoy tells stories. _______________________ #AnnaKarenina #LeoTolstoy #ClassicLiterature #BookReview #Literature #BookCover #Book #Bookstagram #NYC #StatueOfLiberty #Adventure #Exploring #Travel #OrangeChairClassics

Today I opened up an Etsy shop called OrangeChairClassics to help fund future adventures. There are a few classic novels and these epic stickers for sale! _____________________ #Bookshop #EtsyShop #Stickers #Bookmark #Vintage #ClassicLiterature #Literature #Booknerd #OrangeChairClassics #TheOrangeChair

I think there is something to be said for works of literature that transport us back into a bygone era leaving us to wonder if we had experienced it ourselves. Fitzgerald and Hemingway both do this both in a unique way that stands apart from so many others. _____________________ #TheJazzAge #FScottFitzgerald #ErnestHemingway #TheSunAlsoRises #TheGreatGatsby #ToHaveAndHaveNot #ForWhomTheBellTolls #TenderIsTheNight #AMoveableFeast #TheOldManAndTheSea #ThisSideOfParadise #BookStack #Bookstagram #Instabook #Bookish #BookWorm #ClassicLiterature #Literature #HousePlants #Orchid #OrangeChairClassics

As the snow continues into the spring it reminds me of the day 4 years ago when my wife and I built a snow fort to read ‘War and Peace’ in. While throwing snowballs of course. _______________________ #Throwback #Kunkletown #Poconos #Snow #Snowfort #Exploring #Adventure #WarAndPeace #LeoTolstoy #ClassicLiterature #Literature #Bookstagram #Bookworm #Books #Instabook #OrangeChairClassics #TheOrangeChair

To celebrate #StPatricksDay I decided to read through a play by a famous Irish writer. _______________________ #OscarWilde #IrishWriter #LuckOfTheIrish #TheImportanceOfBeingEarnest #Winter #Icicle #Adventure #Exploring #Poconos #ClassicLiterature #Literature #Play #BookCover #Bookish #BookWorm #Books #OrangeChairClassics

In 2010, as the concept for ‘The Orange Chair’ was taking form, I read (and re-read) some books that still inspire me to this day. Some I finished in just one day and others took me months, but 4 of these 5 books (I wasn’t a huge fan of ‘David Copperfield’) were books that inspired me to press through, stretch my mind, and read more classic novels. Whether it was the profound offensiveness of ‘Franny and Zooey’, the moral dilemma’s of ‘Brother’s Karamazov’, or the call to see a person’s value in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ each book was a seed within me that grew. _______________________________ #ClassicLiterature #FrannyAndZooey #JDSalinger #TheJungleBooks #RudyardKipling #TheBrothersKaramazov #FyodorDostoyevsky #DavidCopperfield #CharlesDickens #ToKillAMockingBird #HarperLee #Bookstagram #Bookstagramer #Bookish #Books #BookShelf #BookStack #Reading #Classics #Literature #OrangeChairClassics

Everyone is talking about different #Oscars today, so I figured I’d mention Oscar Wilde who wrote ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’. _______________________ #OscarWilde #ThomasDarlingPreserve #Poconos #Nature #Travel #Wanderlust #TheImportanceOfBeingEarnest #ClassicLiterature #Literature #Play #Books #Bookish #BookWorm #OrangeChairClassics #TheOrangeChair

‘We shall not cease from exploration / And the end of all our exploring / Will be to arrive where we started / And to know the place for the first time.’ - T.S.Eliot ____________________________ #Poconos #Pennsylvania #Exploring #Adventure #ThomasDarlingPreserve #Travel #BookQuotes #TSEliot #TheOrangeChair

Exploring old locations in new seasons for #TheOrangeChair... _______________________ #Nature #ThomasDarlingPreserve #PABoardwalk #Poconos #DiscoverNEPA #Wilderness #Exploring #Travel #Winter #Snow

Easing into a snowy March weekend to the sounds of #MilesDavis while flipping through the pages of ‘AnnaKarenina’. Classic Jazz and Literature are two constants here at Orchard End. ____________________________ #Classics #Pennsylvania #OrchardEnd #Poconos #Snow #Jazz #KindOfBlue #Vinyl #AnnaKarenina #LeoTolstoy #Literature #Books #ClassicLiterature #OrangeChaieClassics

Joining #ReadAcrossAmerica with some classic Dr. Seuss. _______________________ #Poconos #OrchardEnd #HobbesD #DrSeuss #OhTheThingsYouCanThink #GreenEggsAndHam #ChildrensLiterature #Literature #Books #Bookstagram #Bookish #TheOrangeChair

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