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Week 12- Faces in the Crowd

Posted by: jasmeent

Hello everyone! As we are soon approaching the end of the semester it is truly crazy to see how fast it has all gone. This course taught me so much about myself as a reader and pushed me to move past my comfort zone with reading to experience texts that I would have maybe never picked for myself. As we move to our last book I can say I did not enjoy reading but I am starting to open up to it. This week’s book “Faces in the Crowd” by...read more read full post >>
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Faces in the Crowd – Valeria Luiselli

Posted by: Ella Petel

Throughout this course, I’ve only relied on the PDF versions to read. But, for the first time, I decided to buy the physical copy and it honestly helped make my reading experience better as I felt I was able to better connect with the story leaving me with more questions in the end. There was no […] read full post >>
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FINALLY

Posted by: tayedegb

After multiple months of reading every week, finally “Faces in the Crowd” by Valeria Luiselli was the last book read by me. This was a really complicated and rather difficult-to-follow book, probably one of the hardest if not the hardest book I read all year. I felt that I was not as engaged with the […] read full post >>
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This one sucked monkey balls.

Posted by: seandeacon

Damn. Just as I thought I was getting a hang of this reading and understanding thing. What a way to ring in the end of this course with one of the most mind bending and confusing narratives I have ever read. I thoroughly despised every moment of reading this. I in no way feels I grasped […] read full post >>
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How Many Lives Can We Live?

Posted by: simi2525

Hey everyone, we have finally made it to the final week of novels for RMST 202!!! I am so relieved this semester is coming to an end. For the final week of books, I chose “Faces in the Crowd” by Valeria Luselli. This book was poignant, challenging and misleading all at the same time. Firstly, […] read full post >>
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LAST BOOK OF THE COURSE!!!!

Posted by: andrew

With this being the 9th and final book I am reading for this course, it feels very melancholy. As I am not a big fan of reading books in general, having read a book almost every week for this term feels like a major accomplishment. In addition, some of... read full post >>
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LAST BOOK OF THE COURSE!!!!

Posted by: andrew

With this being the 9th and final book I am reading for this course, it feels very melancholy. As I am not a big fan of reading books in general, having read a book almost every week for this term feels like a major accomplishment. In addition, some of... read full post >>
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Luiselli – Faces in the Crowd: Ending the course confused af

Posted by: Katrina Escobal

For the last week of readings, I chose Faces in the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli. I'm not gonna lie, after reading blogs about the other novel we could choose for this week, I kind of wish I read the other one to write about instead because I truly don't ... read full post >>
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Luiselli – Faces in the Crowd: Ending the course confused af

Posted by: Katrina Escobal

For the last week of readings, I chose Faces in the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli. I'm not gonna lie, after reading blogs about the other novel we could choose for this week, I kind of wish I read the other one to write about instead because I truly don't ... read full post >>
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“My Brilliant Friend” – Class and Clashes

Posted by: mdueck01

LAST BOOK LETS GOOOO!!!! This has been a wild ride. I’d like to thank my classmates, teachers, and TAs for their hard work and for reading so many blogposts and also to us for reading the books and for writing all the blog posts. Good job all. We made it. Also this class significantly contributed […] read full post >>
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