When I read the beginning of My Brilliant Friend, I have already known I would like this book. It is not the disappearance, but Lila’s way of making herself disappear. She wanted to disappear without leaving a single trace. She wanted nothing of …
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When I read the beginning of My Brilliant Friend, I have already known I would like this book. It is not the disappearance, but Lila’s way of making herself disappear. She wanted to disappear without leaving a single trace. She wanted nothing of …
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I have listened to a podcast about people commenting on Elena Ferrante’s writing before I read this book. People said they were impressed by how honest Ferrante’s writing is. Therefore, when I was reading this book, I attempted to find clues and check if the book is really honest. The Childhood section was quite satisfying, […]
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The book that I chose to read this week was “My Brilliant Friend” by Elena Ferrante. I think I chose this book in the beginning of the semester because it sounded familiar and now I know why – there’s a TV Show adaptation on Crave! Never watched it but now I might have to as […]
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I cannot believe it, we are at the final book in this class. Congratulations everyone! I hope you enjoyed the blogs I’ve written, along with the books we read together <3
I am happy to say that I thoroughly enjoyed this book! The subject matte…
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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!
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I want to start by saying that I almost threw this book across the room after reading the ending because I was so dissatisfied with it, but after discovering that it is the first in a series I am much more content with it and want to read more. I enjo…
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I want to start by saying that I almost threw this book across the room after reading the ending because I was so dissatisfied with it, but after discovering that it is the first in a series I am much more content with it and want to read more. I enjo…
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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 […]
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There are only so many books I can read with horrible male characters. This book was frustrating to read. My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante was really not my cup of tea, but I did like it just a little bit. First, the “friendship” between Lila and Elena was so toxic. The first 30% of […]
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