Hey guys… we officially made it to the end and I’m feeling a little emotional about it. This class made me get back into reading. As a kid and even a teenager I would read to escape and find my own little universe… then it changed, I started only reading for school, which completely changed […]
To be completely honest, the title of this book absolutely made me go back and listen to the Elvis song by the same name. That was on loop during this book. But that’s a side tangent. In all honesty, at the start of this book I didn’t love the fact that it was in first […]
The main thing I learned from this book is that “being a dude” is more like a pattern of behavior rather than a biological sex. When I was reading the parts where she calls the women as “number 1” and “number 2,” I felt quite uncomfortable. At first, I thought it was because the content […]
This story is honestly more along the lines of what I was expecting based on the title than some of the others. It was also rather relatable in some ways, regarding trying to balance work, life, family, and more. The young mother tries to balance her role as an author with her own parenting obligation, […]
Sorry if I posted it twice. Not sure if it posted so I’m doing it again. Hellooooo I know the end of the semester is coming up soon but on my little reader app I always rate all these books that we read in class so this one I’m rating a 7/10, a little confusing […]
I really enjoyed reading My Brilliant Friend, it felt like such an easy book to understand, especially compared some of the books we’ve been reading. I was a little worried when I was reading the character index in the beginning. It just kept going and going. But once I started reading, it all made sense. I liked how Ferrante would…
To start, this is definitely one of the novels that I struggled with the most this term. It had a completely different and unique take on literature. Normally, I like to write my blog post before I watch the lecture or conversation video, as a way to showcase my own perspectives when it is still […]
Valeria Luiselli, Faces in the Crowd
“And you – Are you really called Félix Ventura?” I think this is my favourite book so far! I didn’t expect to come across a book about a guy who sells identities to people all the way from their names to intricate details of their lives. Félix Ventura- the name itself reminds me of a […]
Hello all, and welcome back to the cottage. I feel as though I’ve said this about every book I read so far, but I hope that it does not come off as disingenuous when I say that this was an intriguing read. Tragically, the Spanish Civil …
