Wowie, wowie, wowie! That’s what I’m thinking right now at approximately 21.45, and I’m also grinning like a mad woman because I really enjoyed this book! Despite the fact that I typically do not enjoy when the narration stays on the same topic for a long time, I was very enticed by this book. The […]
Thank you Marguerite Duras for this book but why did the protagonist have to be so young?? I get that she’s reflecting back on her life but a 15-year-old having an affair with a 27-year-old? Ewwwwwwww! I was just hoping for a somewhat normal relationship but I guess that’s too much to ask for. I […]
To be honest, I was so bored and annoyed reading the first half of this book, but once Olímpico broke up with Macabéa it became much more enjoyable. I don’t know how many more shitty men I can stand reading about because this guy really ticked me off (but he’s somehow not the worst, in […]
To be honest, this was not what I was expecting from a book set during a war, but nonetheless, it was a pretty good read (it would’ve been better if Quimet died sooner and Rita didn’t marry Vicenç). Throughout the book, Natalia’s narration seems repetitive and confuses the reader, which represents the dizzying world she […]
In my opinion, Black Shack Alley was a great choice to read after Agostino. Both follow the story of a young boy, but the characters are opposites in many regards. Agostino came from a privileged upper-class community and never worked, whereas José was born into a marginalized, working class group. Agostino’s troubles were much more […]
Song of the week: Mother – John Lennon Ew! That’s what I thought before I had even finished the first page and also what I was thinking while reading the 100 pages that followed. Surprisingly, this book was quite interesting despite all the weirdness. The fact that the main character, Agostino, is only thirteen years […]
Side note: in my post about Proust I jokingly mentioned that a family tree would be useful for keeping track of all the different characters. This week, I decided to make my own (see cover image). Let me know if there’s anyone I missed or if you’d do it a different way! I’m a […]
Trigger warning: suicide and attempted suicide Song of the week: mother, i’m sorry – Kamal. This book was a real pleasure to read, especially after Combray. I loved the humour throughout it, as well as the narrator’s descriptions of the different settings that gave me a vivid image of the scenes as they were playing out. […]
Song of the week: Les Champs-Élysées – Joe Dassin Where do I begin? This was a difficult read, not just because it was our first book of the semester, but also due to Proust’s looooong sentences. I really wanted to like this book, and maybe I would have if I had read the entire thing […]
Hi everyone, it is so nice to meet you all! My name is Kim, I’m a third-year psychology major and here’s an interesting fact for you: humans have a tendency to prefer objects/things that are positioned on the right, even when the objects are identical! Remember that next time you’re in the produce section trying […]
