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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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

“Women, they have minds, and they have souls, as well as just hearts. And they’ve got ambition, and they’ve got talent, as well as just beauty. I’m so sick of people saying that love is all a woman is fit for.” (Alcott, Little Women) A wearying message arrives to Elena: Her friend has vanished. Yet, […] read full post >>

This one reminded me of my best friend Rachel. (warning: this is a trauma dump) In “My Brilliant Friend”‘, Ferrante illustrates class, gender and language through the friendship of two little girls as we progress to see them turn into adolescent women. Since Jon had already discussed the societal problems in this book, I would … read full post >>

Hello everyone, welcome to the last book week of my blog. The book in question is My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante. Interestingly, Elena Ferrante is merely a pseudonym as the author’s true identity is unknown. The real author is said to have grown up in Naples, and the intimate portrayal of the city in […] read full post >>

With this being the last week of reading for this course, I’ve read 11 books throughout this which greatly surprised me since I am not an avid reader in any way and still the books here some I found fairly interesting.  Back to this week’s reading, Valeria Luiselli’s novel “Faces in the Crowd” offers an […] read full post >>

Hello everyone. Welcome to the last book of this class. This week’s book was Faces in the Crowd, by Valeria Luiselli. This was, without a doubt, the most difficult book I read in this course. I honestly did not like it so much, but I got through it. In Mexico City, an unnamed narrator, stifled […] read full post >>