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Hello everyone. Welcome back to this week’s book. This week we delved into José Saramago’s Death With Interruptions. The impression I had of this book before I read it completely changed after I finished reading the book. The outlook death had in this book was completely different from all the other books we have read […] read full post >>

“As in a game of chess, death advanced her queen. A few more moves should open the way to a checkmate, and the game will end.” (186) Is the wish for immortality a blessing or a curse? That answer seems simple. What begins as a celebration devolves into the unknown. Humanity’s fear of death is […] read full post >>

Wow, we are almost at the end of all of the readings as I am sitting here at my desk writing a blog post on my second to last novel of the semester.  For this week’s reading, I chose to read “Death With Interruptions’ by José Sarmago. I chose this book for no particular reason […] read full post >>

The Book of Chameleons by José Eduardo Agualusa was one filled with such complexities as the revealings of truth and discovery are wrapped up in tellings of the past, present, and imagination. This book had so much going on that I was completely shocked at every revealing, I felt like I literally gasped throughout this book. I almost don’t even know where to start. At first this story is about a man named Felix Ventura and an observational gecko. This gecko lives in the home of Felix Ventura who is...read more read full post >>

My first feeling about Death with Interruptions by Jose Saramago was disappointment. I felt a bit disappointed because I had high expectations for the book, but I did not enjoy it as much as I thought I would. Don’t get me wrong I enjoyed the book, but I did have some issues with it. My […] read full post >>

Saramago’s book Death with Interruptions gave a new perspective into the topic of death which is refreshing in comparison to the other books we’ve read surrounding these topics. The introduction we received in class last week to this book led me to believe I knew what I was going into but after reading it left […] read full post >>

Hello all, welcome back to the blog. This weeks book, Death with Interruptions by José Saramago, covers the topic of death, as you probably already guessed from the name. Death with Interruptions was an enjoyable albeit sometimes frustrating read. The author’s allergy to quotation marks, for example, made certain sections quite difficult to understand on […] read full post >>

This week’s book was Death with Interruptions by José Saramago and it really got me thinking about the topic of death, thinking about mortality in a whole new way. The story describes what would happen if people simply stopped dying, something that seems like it would be celebrated at first. But Saramago shows how the […] read full post >>

I really wish that this book was just the latter part…. but fine… I guess its okay. Death with Interruptions deals with the very philosophical point of what would happen if we all stopped dying. I liked the start a lot, the middle was okay but I WAS EATING UP THE END (Gen Z terms). … read full post >>

Art by DimitriSirenkoArt “We needed out own heroes like we needed bread to eat.” José Eduardo Agualusa, The Book of the Chameleons, Pg. 110 Hello my loves! How are we all dealing with mother nature’s mood swings! I’m hoping the sun will peaked itself from the clouds once more and stay with us for much […] read full post >>

Before I somewhat complain about this book, I HAVE to point out that Professor Beasley spoiled this book for me before I even started reading. Despite the MAJOR spoiler, I carried on and still read the book like a good student. I only wish the spoiler he had given me was an indication that the […] read full post >>

I was very excited to read “Death with Interruptions” since I thought the idea of imagining a world without death was so fascinating. This book is obviously fictionalized, but many aspects of it feel very realistic. Death is such a complex idea that is imagined very differently across various individuals, cultures, and religions. For myself […] read full post >>

I was asked to do another blog due to confusion on my last one, so here it is. “The Book of Chameleons” explores at identity and memory through a captivating blend of magical realism and fiction. With the help of a gecko that lived at Felix Ventura’s home, this was made possible. With sensations and […] read full post >>

Hello and welcome to this weeks blog post, this week I read “The book of Chameleons” by José Eduardo Agualusa, and I feel like I need to start this post by saying that I have so many thoughts and this might seem more like a ramble about the novel than a coherent post, there is … read full post >>

Jose Eduardo Agualusa’s novel, “The Book of Chameleons,” is an imaginative novel that explores the themes of identity and memory through the lens of a gecko living in the house of Felix Ventura. The gecko undergoes life with feelings and thoughts adjacent to those of humans, capable of processing human behaviours and interactions. This made […] read full post >>