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 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... read full post >>

Among the three girls, Ramla’s story was the most interesting one to me. The relationship between she and her father made me think of the relationship between Lila and Lila’s father in In My Brilliant Friend.  The blog will discuss the role of family in Impatient, exploring how does it appear as caring and as […] read full post >>

This story is honestly more along the lines of what I was expecting based on the title than some of the others. It was also rather relatable in some ways, regarding trying to balance work, life, family, and more. The young mother tries to balance her role as an author with her own parenting obligation, […] read full post >>

Faces In The Crowd feels like the epiphany of the term: “a little bit of this, a little bit of that”. It’s harder for me to get into stories that aren’t linear, maybe im just not sophisticated enough but I just enjoy the simplicity and relaxation of my direct story telling, it felt like the […] read full post >>

Honestly, at the beginning of Faces in the Crowd, I felt a bit confused. The narrative didn’t follow a clear, linear structure, and the shifts between time, space, and perspective made me hard to figure out what is “really happening.” However, as I kept reading, I realized that this confusion is not a meaningless, but […] read full post >>

A Review of Faces in the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli read full post >>

Hey blog!! I can’t believe this is the last book I’m reading for this class. Time is so crazy. Anywho, this week’s read was My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante. This book follows the very complex friendship between Lila and Lenù, and how their connection progresses as they grow up in a dangerous Naples neighbourhood. […] read full post >>

Reading this felt like a little bit of a roller coaster, with the extent to which this storyline is fragmented and kinda all over the place. read full post >>

 Faces in the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli is an interesting story! It follows a woman writing a book and she has two children, a boy and a baby girl. At first, I was confused when all these characters did not have names. It made me wonder if the mai... read full post >>

 Faces in the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli is an interesting story! It follows a woman writing a book and she has two children, a boy and a baby girl. At first, I was confused when all these characters did not have names. It made me wonder if the mai... read full post >>

Sorry if I posted it twice. Not sure if it posted so I’m doing it again. Hellooooo I know the end of the semester is coming up soon but on my little reader app I always rate all these books that we read in class so this one I’m rating a 7/10, a little confusing […] read full post >>

A horizontal novel, told vertically. A novel that has to be told from the outside in order to be read from within. I thought a lot about what this could have meant. Although I may not have fully deciphered it, I thought this sentence summarised the structure of this novel beautifully. The book made me question a lot of things;... read full post >>

Hello all, and welcome back to the cottage. I don't think I've felt this confused about a novel since Combray. Truly, opening the book to two full pages of a spiderweb of characters was daunting, to say the least. It reminded me of the time I atte... read full post >>

Hello all, and welcome back to the cottage. I don't think I've felt this confused about a novel since Combray. Truly, opening the book to two full pages of a spiderweb of characters was daunting, to say the least. It reminded me of the time I atte... read full post >>

  Do you believe that the way you have progressed in life was a slow, continual growth or more of a “phase/section” based growth? -LS read full post >>