Reading Log #10
The New Wilderness by Diane Cook Part I: The Ballad of Beatrice Beatrice has a miscarriage and names the baby Madeline; misses her own mother (p 4) “Agnes was in some kind of mimicry stage…or was it possible she believed
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Book Review #3: Real Life
Real Life by Brandon Taylor In his first, partially autobiographical novel, Real Life, Brandon Taylor has crafted a unique and personal piece of writing that contemplates a wide variety of complicated and relevant social topics while following Wallace as he
Reading Log #9
Real Life (pp 107-192) by Brandon Taylor Events so far… Wallace has his slides destroyed (by someone else? by him on accident?) in the lab Night at the lake; helping Miller with his eye Going home with Miller after the
Reading Log #8
Real Life (pp 1-103) by Brandon Taylor “New kind of campus novel” https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/real-life-is-a-new-kind-of-campus-novel Wallace (protagonist) at grad school, going towards a biochem degree originally from Alabama attends a midwestern (Wisconsin?) university father has died recently (a few weeks ago) mother
Book Review #2: Shuggie Bain
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart After finishing the book, it was no shock to me that Shuggie Bain, Douglas Stuart’s very first novel, was chosen as the 2020 Booker Prize winner. In this equally painful and beautiful novel, Stuart has
Reading Log #7
Shuggie Bain (CH 12 – 16, pp 137 – 197) by Douglas Stuart 1982 Pithead (pp 137 – 197) p 138 “The boy had grown so much over the past two years in Pithead…She could see he had slid deeper into
Reading Log #6
Shuggie Bain (CH 1 – 11, pp 3 – 136) by Douglas Stuart 1992 The South Side (pp 3 – 13) Shuggie is 15 and working at a depressing deli. He goes to school sometimes but not enough, and uses
Book Review #1: This Mournable Body
This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga In her third addition to the Nervous Conditions series, Tsitsi Dangarembga has masterfully crafted a deeply personal, yet historically informative novel that forces the reader to bear witness to Tambudzai’s “unmaking” and her desperate
Reading Log #5
Book – This Mournable Body (pp 229 – 363, Part III Arriving)Author – Tsitsi Dangarembga Ending of Part II: Leon and Nyasha and trying to take Mai Taka to the hospital. Tambu arranges to be picked up by Tracey to move into
Reading Log #4
Book – This Mournable Body (pp 125 – 225, Part II Suspended)Author – Tsitsi Dangarembga “You are an ill-made person. You are being unmade. The hyena laugh-howls at your destruction. It screams like a demented spirit and the floor dissolves beneath you”
