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In Valeria Luiselli’s “Faces in the Crowd,” the reader is taken into a world in which the lines between truth and fiction, past and present, are not just mixed, they are purposely hidden. This makes me think about what it means to tell a story and who we are. The investigation of the concept of […] read full post >>

Hey everyone, I’m back again for my final book post. This week’s book was Faces in the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli. I don’t really have that much to say about this book. I didn’t find it very interesting, and the switching between stories within the story made it kind of difficult to follow. It didn’t […] read full post >>

Wow we’ve finally made it to the last book of this semester. I decided to read “Faces in the Crowd” by Valeria Luiselli for this week because I saw it was a lot shorter compared to the other book this week, and I felt I’d be really busy with finals coming up. I’m glad I […] read full post >>

This week’s reading of Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend honestly left me quite confused and a little bit frustrated. Funnily enough, my brilliant friend actually lent me the physical copy of this book when I told her I was reading … Continue reading → read full post >>

Hello my (maybe brilliant) friends, I uploaded this video different from previous ones because it was so large, hope it doesn’t mess anything up. Kendra and I got a bit carried away this vlog, Hope you enjoy it! read full post >>

Hi Everyone! Last book of the semester, congrats to everyone for almost making it to the end! This week I read My Brilliant Friend written by Elena Ferrante. I think this book lands in my top 3, along with Arlt for sure. This book discusses themes of friendship, class, poverty, love, relationships. It is truly […] read full post >>

Ahh last book of the semester! This was definitely a fun one to end with. I watched the HBO show a few years ago and fell in love with the characters, so I had a preformed image of how they looked and acted. I watched the show with my dad, who is also Italian (but […] read full post >>

 This book was a bit of a shock to me. First I want to say I'm actually a fan of Luiselli. I've already read "Tell Me How it Ends" and "The Lost Children Archive" and loved them. However, this book was a big miss for me. I didn't get what was goin... read full post >>

 I don’t want to say I disliked this book as it would make it seem like I can’t recognize or understand innovative/experimental literature (For the record I cannot) but I have mixed feelings about this one. There were multiple things I did like ab... read full post >>

 This book was a bit of a shock to me. First I want to say I'm actually a fan of Luiselli. I've already read "Tell Me How it Ends" and "The Lost Children Archive" and loved them. However, this book was a big miss for me. I didn't get what was goin... read full post >>

 I don’t want to say I disliked this book as it would make it seem like I can’t recognize or understand innovative/experimental literature (For the record I cannot) but I have mixed feelings about this one. There were multiple things I did like ab... read full post >>

The story of My Brilliant Friend revolves around the friendship of Elena and Lila, while also touching on the themes of gender, poverty, and class. Elena, the narrator of this book, is a studious girl who excels in school. She is a typical “good” girl who follows expectations and does what she is told. On […] read full post >>

Hello everyone, welcome to my blog's final book blog!  This week I read "My Brilliant Friend" by Elena Ferrante. The novel which tales place in Naples, begins with Elena discovering her lifelong friend Lila has vanished, prompting her to recount t... read full post >>

Hello everyone, welcome to my blog's final book blog!  This week I read "My Brilliant Friend" by Elena Ferrante. The novel which tales place in Naples, begins with Elena discovering her lifelong friend Lila has vanished, prompting her to recount t... read full post >>

Hello, welcome to this weeks blogpost, and technically the last post about an actual book, this week I read “Faces in the Crowd” by Valeria Luiselli. I had some pretty high expectations for this book, partially for being one of the last ones of the semester, but mainly because it was written by a Mexican … read full post >>