Anthony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
I’ve read the play and seen it preformed, you’d think I’d remember what Anthony and Cleopatra was about. Alas. I didn’t hate it, but I certainly wasn’t interested in it. For our class, we were divided into groups and assigned plays to base our midterm projects on. One group was assigned Anthony and Cleopatra, and…
Othello by William Shakespeare
Othello’s great! I mean, it’s no Hamlet, but I also have to stop comparing everything to Hamlet. Although, the thing I really love about the two plays are the characters. If Othello was in Hamlet, he would’ve killed Claudius with no hesitation. Othello’s irrationality and impulsivity was his fatal flaw in Othello, but he would’ve…
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
This is my favourite book that my degree has introduced me to. I don’t think I would’ve ever read it if I hadn’t taken that Children’s Lit course. Wind in the Willows is now one of my top 10 favourite books. I love it so much it doesn’t even sit with the rest of my…
As You Like It by William Shakespeare
You can’t go wrong with a Shakespeare comedy. They’re fun, raunchy, and overall ridiculous. As You Like It was the first play we studied in my Shakespeare course. My professor sent out an email about two weeks before the semester started, and said it would be wise if we started reading As You Like It…
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
I have such complicated feelings about this one. We read Harry Potter in my Children’s Lit class. It wasn’t my first time reading, it wasn’t even my second time reading it. I don’t know how many times I have read Harry Potter or watched the films. They were a major part of my childhood. Me…
Ana Historic by Daphne Marlatt
Ana Historic was the first book I ever read for University. Wide eyed, scared, and unsure of myself, but I was doing it. I was the first grandchild on my mom’s side attending University, and only the second person on my dad’s side. Needless to say, I felt a lot of pressure to not screw…
Weather by Jenny Offill
I enjoyed reading this book. It was an e-book provided by my American Lit professor, so I don’t actually have a photo to share. It was sort of bizarre, reading this in 2021. The book was published in February of 2020, and there were just some… Incredibly timely references being made. There was no way…
The Man in the High Castle by Phillip K. Dick
Ok, there are a few books I read this past year that I don’t physically own, so I can’t provide a picture. My professor for this course didn’t want to study something if he couldn’t provide access to all students. Money and accessibility have been hard this past year. I really loved that. He had…
The Place of Scraps by Jordan Abel
If you’ve read some of my other posts, I probably sound like a broken record at this point. I wish I liked poetry. There’s a handful of poetry I like, some of which has been shared in other posts. This book wasn’t my cup of tea. It’s about Marius Barbeau, an enthographer (who studied western…
Maus by Art Spiegelman
This was the most unique books I read for class. They’re graphic novels that depict cats as Nazis, and mice as Jewish folk. We read Maus in my first semester of University, and I love graphic novels and comic books, so this was exciting for me. After we finished studying the books, I lent them…
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