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fool me once, shame on me, fool me 5 times, also shame on me

    Currently writing this blog on the skytrain back after spending 70 dollars on legos💔😿    I lowkey got clickbaited by the title, it sounded really beautiful. After finishing this reading I can say that this book by far …

Posted in Blogs, Calvino | Tagged with confusion, frustration, if-on-a-winter's-night-a-traveler

fool me once, shame on me, fool me 5 times, also shame on me

    Currently writing this blog on the skytrain back after spending 70 dollars on legos💔😿    I lowkey got clickbaited by the title, it sounded really beautiful. After finishing this reading I can say that this book by far …

Posted in Blogs, Calvino | Tagged with confusion, frustration, if-on-a-winter's-night-a-traveler

Italo Calvino “If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler”

“If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler” by Italo Calvino is definitely a unique novel that I have mixed feelings about. From the very first section of the novel, it was interesting that the story unfolded in a second-person point of view, addressing the reader as “you”. This initially made me more interested in continuing […]

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Interactive Exploration – If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler

I did not expect going into this novel, for it to be an interactive book, involving us as readers in the story. Also going into the book, I didn’t know what role we would play in the story as the writer of the book would continuously tell us what kind of reader we should be, […]

Posted in Blogs, Calvino | Tagged with books, fiction, if-on-a-winter's-night-a-traveler, Italo Calvino, reading

Bookception: A Novel About Novels in a Novel (read with me!)

Hello everyone and happy Tuesday! this week I have decided to do something different than usual and structure my weekly blog post as a read-along with me. Here are my thoughts as I read If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino: Check-in #1: I am on page 75 and going strong. So […]

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