Student Blogs

intro for rmst 202!!Hello! My name is Nana 🙂 I'm 20 and a second-year philosophy student. I'm an international student who has come a long way from home, not in terms of self-improvement, just in terms of distance, unfortunately! I'm from Mongoli... read full post >>

Hello everyone! My name is Xavier, and I’m a fourth year student preparing to graduate this May. I’ve lived in Vancouver my whole life. I’m majoring in Asian Language and Culture (Japan), and would like to pursue a career related to Japanese-English translation or something that involves working with Japanese. My hobbies are watching sports, […] read full post >>

 Hi, everyone! Welcome to my little world here, and I will try my best to explore our RMST, literature and cultures of the romance world.   :DI am Jiachen Cao. And all my friends and classmates call me Miyaki, which is easier to rem... read full post >>

 Hi, everyone! Welcome to my little world here, and I will try my best to explore our RMST, literature and cultures of the romance world.   :DI am Jiachen Cao. And all my friends and classmates call me Miyaki, which is easier to rem... read full post >>

Hello, My name is Miranda and I’m a 3rd-year psych major. I’ve lived in East Van my whole life and I have a dog, older sister, and younger brother. Post-grad, I’m aiming towards a career caring for children whether that’s through child psychology or teaching. Coming into this course, I’m very grateful for the flexibility offered that I often don’t experience with the rigidity of my recent classes. I don’t have much experience in literature so far but I’m hoping to change that. To start off strong, I don’t know...read more read full post >>

Hello everyone! My name is Emily, and I am a third year student majoring in Psychology and minoring in Sociology. I honestly took this course to fulfill my literature requirement, however I am hoping it might possibly guide me towards an interest in reading. When I was younger, reading was my favourite thing ever, but […] read full post >>

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Hi! My name is Doris and I am a third year student. I have a very fluffy cat, his name is Tutu.   I am very excited about this class because it has been a while for me to be guided to read and write. I would say I love reading but the genre I […] read full post >>

My name is Sarah and I’m a fourth year student at UBC. read full post >>

The Theatre of Revolt – Robert Brustein (1962) read full post >>

I’m Dave, born in Ontarible, moved to Vancouver a week ago after 6 years in Squamish. read full post >>

Hello everyone! I hope you’ve all had a great week because I sure have. As I write this post, I’m on day 12 of my Australian trip! Right now, I’m sitting on my hotel room bed in Surfer’s Paradise on the Gold Coast, but I want to recap my time spent in Brisbane. As someone […] read full post >>

Hello friends! In the spirit of being on vacation, I had planned to read many romance books on the beach. During my search, I came across an Abby Jimenez book on Kindle Unlimited. I had heard the acclaim for Just for the Summer and absolutely loved Yours Truly when I read it a few weeks […] read full post >>

Hello everyone! It has been a while, but I’m back better than ever, ready to review more books. As this started out as just a school project, I did not think I was going to miss writing down my thoughts on every book but I have. Normally, I don’t write reviews for the books I […] read full post >>

I can’t believe this is already the final week of the semester. I feel like my term went by so quickly. With that being said, looking back on my first Romance Studies class, I’m glad that I was able to encounter many books that I would have never put my hands on otherwise. Although I […] read full post >>