Italo Calvino, If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler
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I don’t really know what I was expecting with this book but it was absolutely not this. At first I was totally confused about what was going on and if the chapter one of the book was even part of the book but once I got through a few of them I kind of figured […]
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Wow, reading this was different from anything I had experienced before! I don’t think I’ve ever been so directly addressed in a book (except maybe in rambly chapters written by third graders on Wattpad a decade ago (ᵕ—ᴗ—)) and while it was slightly disorienting at first, it also felt thrilling. It made me get invested […]
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I think this is my favourite book we’ve read so far this semester. I felt very present, in the moment, and aware of myself in a way that made me want to find the joy in smaller moments this week. Calvino discussed reading and life in general in a way that emphasized romanticizing the experience […]
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Hello everyone, This week I’m breaking character because what is this book. I remember being so sad when I was reading blog guidelines at the start of term and seeing that Tumblr got a specific restriction (which of course is probably for good rea…
Posted in Blogs, Calvino | Tagged with reader, self-insert, writing
Hello everyone, This week I’m breaking character because what is this book. I remember being so sad when I was reading blog guidelines at the start of term and seeing that Tumblr got a specific restriction (which of course is probably for good rea…
Posted in Blogs, Calvino | Tagged with reader, self-insert, writing