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After finishing One Hundred Years of Solitude, I was left amazed at how much Garcia Marquez was able to fit into the novel.  Not only where there seven generations packed into this book, but each generation had meaning and characterization, and there was plot points surrounding all the characters we meant. Of course, the importance […] read full post >>

Wow! Even after only reading the first part of this book, I must say it has for sure been my favourite of the term. I have enjoyed every page, which is wonderful considering as Jon said the book benefits from reading as much as you can in one go, and I found myself not wanting […] read full post >>

The reading this week, Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges was a collection made up of short stories and essays. I found there to be pros and cons to this type of reading. One on hand, I enjoyed that it could be read easily in pieces. Due to how short each writing was, you could easily […] read full post >>

This week I chose to read “The Underdogs” which is a story of the Mexican revolution. For the reading this week, I purchased a hard copy of the book from the bookstore, and this was actually my first time reading a handheld version of something for school in a long time, and it made such […] read full post >>

My last week of RMST 202 had a dampener put it on it by the common issue that everyone seems to have right now – COVID. I was actually quite excited for the final week, to look back at how far I had come and how many new books I had read. Instead, I ... read full post >>

My last week of RMST 202 had a dampener put it on it by the common issue that everyone seems to have right now – COVID. I was actually quite excited for the final week, to look back at how far I had come and how many new books I had read. Instead, I ... read full post >>

I did not know what to think while reading, ‘The Society of Reluctant Dreamers’, by José Eduardo Agualusa. It is certainly a book that I found exists more in the realm of the unknown than the known. The story relies on speculation much of the time... read full post >>

I did not know what to think while reading, ‘The Society of Reluctant Dreamers’, by José Eduardo Agualusa. It is certainly a book that I found exists more in the realm of the unknown than the known. The story relies on speculation much of the time... read full post >>

So… this has been romance studies. To be honest with you, it is not really what I expected, but I don’t know if I had any expectations coming into the class. I do know that I had NO idea about what romance studies would be and what type of literature it encompassed, which I now […] read full post >>

This week I got the chance to read My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante, and can I just tell you that I made a phenomenal choice in doing so! I am so glad that this novel was chosen for this class, cause I had read this book a while ago, and was able to approach […] read full post >>

I’m really glad I had the opportunity to take Romance studies and learn about the romance world. We read a lot of great novels and to be completely honest, I have never read that much in my life before. However, I am happy that I did because at the beginning of the semester I had … read full post >>

I’m not sure how to write this. I’m not sure what the correct wording to use here is because how do you write a concluding blog post? To begin with, I enjoyed this course (really mundane start but hey! gotta begin somewhere!) especially because we learnt a lot about literature in the romantic era. I […] read full post >>

I am a bit surprised that I actually enjoyed this course so much considering that I mostly just took It to fulfill my literature requirement. It was a great opportunity for me to read so many books because if I hadn’t taken this course I honestly probably wouldn’t have read any this term at all. […] read full post >>

When I first signed up for this course, like others in the class, I was taking it as a literature requirement that sounded somewhat interesting. It ended up being my favourite course I was in this semester. Firstly, I really enjoyed the format of this course. It made me feel like everything I was doing […] read full post >>

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante is a novel about the friendship between the narrator Elena and Lila. This novel follows many themes that we have noticed in previous readings such as childhood and memory. Although it seems like Elena is in competition with her best friend Lila, I believe Elena does care and looks … read full post >>