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After reading Money to Burn by Ricardo Piglia, I kept thinking about a phrase people often say to children: “Money doesn’t grow on trees.” Parents usually say this to their kids in order to remind them that money is hard to earn and shouldn’t be wasted. But after reading this novel, another thought came to […] read full post >>

I probably already mentioned this before but keeping track of all the characters is one of my absolute weaknesses while reading. To be honest, I started off pretty good for this specific text. I made notes of each new character and jotted a bit about who they are so I could refer back to it. […] read full post >>

At first, I wasn't sure how to approach this book. It feels like a crime thriller but also like a documentary. Yet, reading this was an interesting experience, and I love the themes of crime, rebellion, and the Shakespearean-esque tragic hero that I sa... read full post >>

At first, I wasn't sure how to approach this book. It feels like a crime thriller but also like a documentary. Yet, reading this was an interesting experience, and I love the themes of crime, rebellion, and the Shakespearean-esque tragic hero that I sa... read full post >>

“Then the Kid raised himself up ever so slightly, leaning on one elbow, and murmured something into his ear which no one could hear, a few words of love, no doubt, uttered under his breath or perhaps left unuttered, but sensed by the Gaucho who kissed the Kid as he departed. They remained motionless for […] read full post >>

Money to Burn is rich in scenes involving whirlwinds of chaos, relentless acts of crime, and portrayal of criminality as acts of disregard and recklessness in attaining what specific groups want or desire in society. The scene involving rape and &#8230... read full post >>

This novel tells a true story. This is so crazy that the story does not need to be made up because, in reality, the most unbelievable and the most cruel things can just happen. After reading this book, I really want to say every person could be bad or... read full post >>

This novel tells a true story. This is so crazy that the story does not need to be made up because, in reality, the most unbelievable and the most cruel things can just happen. After reading this book, I really want to say every person could be bad or... read full post >>

 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... read full post >>

 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... read full post >>

Reading Marguerite Duras’s The Lover is a genuinely disorienting experience. It’s essentially an autobiographical novel about a fifteen(ish?) year-old French girl who begins a passionate affair with a wealthy, older Chinese man. A detail I found interesting about the novel is how it actively deprives us of the lover’s identity. For example, we know he […] read full post >>

I am really working on hating men less these days. read full post >>

Once again, this was a book that did not play out as I expected (ᵕ • ᴗ •) It was a bit difficult at first to make sense of what was happening and where each scene fit into a larger timeline, but by the end, I quite liked that! The non-linear storytelling made it feel […] read full post >>

“Very early in my life it was too late” — Duras, 1984, p. read full post >>

The more I read this novel, the more I could feel it become less about any actual events and more about memory and reflection. read full post >>