final post

 Well, this is it. The last blog post and I am a little sad about it. I really enjoyed pushing myself and reading a book a week. It gave me structure and a way to hit my reading goals and diving deeper into different novels. Some that I never woul…

final post

 Well, this is it. The last blog post and I am a little sad about it. I really enjoyed pushing myself and reading a book a week. It gave me structure and a way to hit my reading goals and diving deeper into different novels. Some that I never woul…

The pressures of society

 There is kind of a lot to unpack here. First, her as solely a mother and then her role in society. Because I kind of understand wanting to re-start her life and live it how she wants to, which makes sense (kind of). But like she has a child which…

The pressures of society

 There is kind of a lot to unpack here. First, her as solely a mother and then her role in society. Because I kind of understand wanting to re-start her life and live it how she wants to, which makes sense (kind of). But like she has a child which…

Into the unknown

 Valeria Luiselli’s  novel “faces in the crowd” kinda felt unsatisfactory and not because nothing happens, but because what happens keeps folding in on itself and made me a little confused reading it because she kept blurring the line between…

Into the unknown

 Valeria Luiselli’s  novel “faces in the crowd” kinda felt unsatisfactory and not because nothing happens, but because what happens keeps folding in on itself and made me a little confused reading it because she kept blurring the line between…

2 truths and 1 lie

 The first thing that came to mind when reading this book was a reading I did for a SOCI class by Baudrillard  “Simulacra & Simulations: Disneyland”In which Baudrillard argues that in a modern society, we no longer live in reality but we …

2 truths and 1 lie

 The first thing that came to mind when reading this book was a reading I did for a SOCI class by Baudrillard  “Simulacra & Simulations: Disneyland”In which Baudrillard argues that in a modern society, we no longer live in reality but we …

A heated rivalry

 I think this is one of the most interesting novels i’ve read so far during this class. It kept the element of true crime/true events throughout the theme and most of the events (and I am a true crime junkie) and the sociologist in me was also abl…

A heated rivalry

 I think this is one of the most interesting novels i’ve read so far during this class. It kept the element of true crime/true events throughout the theme and most of the events (and I am a true crime junkie) and the sociologist in me was also abl…