I can’t believe we’re nearing the end of glorious RMST 202?!?! Time has genuinely flew by. There’s so many things to choose from when it comes to things I liked about this course [glazing but I’d say rightfully so]. One aspect that stood out to me was the discussions. God I loved the banter, the […]
Posted in Blogs, Conclusion | Tagged with Ducks are kewl, Hella kewl course, RMST 202, Sad to say goodbye, Uncategorized
This was my first book that I chose on a whim without reading the synopsis at the start of the semester so I was pretty blindsided by the topic that it delved into! However, It’s not written in a complicated way and the chapters move on pretty quickly. What stayed with me was how normalized […]
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with Amal, Opression, RMST 202, society, women
I really enjoyed this course! I got to read a lot of books that I had never heard of before and got to make it part of my weekly routine, one book a week, and write a small post about it. It felt good to know that the English reading muscle of mine hadn’t atrophied […]
I’ve never been so tense yet invested while reading a book. Elena and Lila’s friendship was stressful to the point I was holding my breath in for the most of it. The starting scene where Elena says, “she wanted to vanish; she wanted every one of her cells to disappear, nothing of her ever to be found” (pg 20) and the title, “my brilliant friend” didn’t brace me for what was about […]
Posted in Blogs, Ferrante | Tagged with friendship, jealousy, My brilliant friend, RMST 202, survival
“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 […]
Posted in Agualusa, Blogs | Tagged with Book of chameleons, funny, gecko, identity, memory, RMST 202
This book lowkey reminds me of heist movies being made now days. You have shifting perspectives, every detail surrounding the plot is introduced, lots of bickering, and there’s always a comedic effect within an action packed sequence. Right in the beginning, there was no long build up leading to the big heist, no sob story […]
Posted in Blogs, Piglia | Tagged with everybody wants f you money, RMST 202
Why is this book called the lover??? I mean I get ‘why’ but I definitely don’t like why. Every instance this man had with protagonist was just uncomfortable to the highest degree. Even if I tried to situate myself with context or go with the flow of the story, I wasn’t at ease reading any […]
Posted in Blogs, Duras | Tagged with class, money, relationships, reminiscing, RMST 202
I felt like a lot happened and did not happen in this book at the same time. Or maybe it felt that way because the imagined narrator kept interrupting his story to talk about philosophical musings, his fears about writing, and so many conflicting feelings. Funnily enough, I quite enjoyed his ramblings even when it […]
Posted in Blogs, Lispector | Tagged with RMST 202, sobbing rn, The hour of the star
Reading this book was a pain. Natalia’s stream of consciousness was worse than Proust- I think I enjoyed proust better. I swear there was like 20 pages of her just describing the bourgeois family’s house. I know the tiny details contribute to the setting and placing the reader, but the book was the slowest 200 […]
Posted in Blogs, Rodoreda | Tagged with gender, loss, lowk psychotic breakdown, RMST 202, The Time of The Doves, war
Black shack alley was definitely a longer read than my previous book Agostino, however, even in its sadness, I felt like the pages took me on a long immersive journey. There was no dramatic twists or anything shocking that would make my eyes pop out or do a double take while reading the text. The […]
Posted in Blogs, Zobel | Tagged with black shack alley, Colonialism, RMST 202
