Reading this was refreshing in a way ◝(ᵔᗜᵔ)◜ but still just as disorienting as some of the other books we’ve read (╥﹏╥) The short chapters made it really easy to keep reading and I ended up finishing it in one sitting, but with how much we jumped around/how dreamlike it felt, it definitely took a […]
Posted in Agualusa, Blogs | Tagged with identity, stories
Wow, this book was again not what I expected（´∇｀”）Despite being very much interested in true crime (I think I’ve watched all JCS videos on youtube twice over now), I don’t think I’ve actually read a book in the crime genre before, so this was a very new experience. The biggest thing that stood out was […]
Posted in Blogs, Piglia | Tagged with stories
Hi everyone!! I hope you had a great long weekend 🙂 This weekend was actually my brother’s birthday so I went with him and a few of my friends to Whistler to celebrate. Normally I have read most of our books as a PDF on my ipad, but in honour of this being our LAST […]
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with Faces in the Crowd, ghosts, stories, Valeria Luiselli, week 12
This book was an easy read, although it was slow. The story is told from the perspective of a child who is first protected by the shield of his childlike innocence. It depicts a time when slavery had been abolished, but they were still forced to work under the same conditions. The book was delightful […]
Posted in Blogs, Zobel | Tagged with education, impostor syndrome, poverty, race, stories
