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Faces In the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli is a unique novel that has stories intertwined in three time zones and seems to jump around in its thinking.  From the beginning of the story,  the story was from the perspective of a writer, who is the mother of two kids.  “I have a baby and a […] read full post >>

I am happy to say that I have read all the 11 books for this course. But the bad news is that after reading this week’s book, I AM SO CONFUSED.  I’ve managed to get through 100 pages of the novel over the course of 3 hours. Now, I’m starting a blog to delve into … Continue reading Faces in the Crowd: This Was the Hardest Book I’ve Read So Far but at Least I’ve Got an A+ (Mar 30) read full post >>

From the start of the book of “Faces in the Crowd,” I thought I was going to emphasize with the narrator who is a mom to two children and has a husband. It seemed to be that she was struggling raising her kid, her depression during and after pregnancy, while being in a marriage that […] read full post >>

This week’s book made me feel like dropping to my knees and praising the sun in the sky. I actually ENJOYED the novel; who could have thought!! However, let’s not get it twisted, I was sometimes still confused throughout the story. You’d think our main character would be a chameleon, right? Wrong, he is a […] read full post >>

This book is definitely my favourite read so far in the semester, as this type of read and genre is right up my alley. I loved how basically almost instantly we were raised with questions about the nature of human existence and our relationship as humans with morality. Basically, the “removal of death” in the […] read full post >>

“I kept reading right to the last page.” (63) As plainly articulated in this quote, I took in absolutely everything from this book. I adore this book. This is easily my favourite book for this class– perhaps my favourite book I’ve ever had to read for any class. Due to this… my blog post is […] read full post >>

The Book of Chameleons by José Eduardo Agualusa. I really enjoyed reading this week’s novel; I honestly feel like the books get more easier to read the more we go further into the course, and I’m not sure if it’s just me learning how to ‘read’ books or if the books get more digestible as […] read full post >>

Hey everyone! Im super excited to discuss this week’s reading, “The Book of Chameleons” by Jose Eduardo Agualusa!  Immediately my mind goes to the movie Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind. With Ariana Grande’s album coming out and everything, I have been thinking about that movie a lot and how interesting the concept is. A […] read full post >>

    The book of chameleons was definitely one of my favourite books that we have read this term. It was a fairly quick read, and was very quirky and really kept me interested which is often challenging for books that I have read in the p... read full post >>

    The book of chameleons was definitely one of my favourite books that we have read this term. It was a fairly quick read, and was very quirky and really kept me interested which is often challenging for books that I have read in the p... read full post >>