Tag: Discussion
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A little re-introduction
Hello, hello! It’s been a bit since I last posted, so I thought I would do a little re-introduction. My name is Holly, and I’m a book-loving law student. I studied English literature in undergrad and studied abroad at the University of Oxford for a year. I’m allergic to nuts, hence the name of this…
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Are our bookshelves a reflection of us? | Discussion
Listening to The High Low podcast by Dolly Alderton and Pandora Sykes has been one of the highlights of my week for ages. I always look forward to their insightful perspectives on current events, books, and pop culture in general. Each time I listen to an episode I come away from it with a new…
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Why I Don’t Rate Books
You may have noticed that none of my book reviews contain ratings for anything that I read. That’s because I don’t rate books anymore. I made the decision to stop rating books a few years ago, right around when the amount of reading I had to do for my English major picked up. As I…
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5 Books Every Incoming English Major Should Read
You read a lot of books as an English major in college. Some books are more enjoyable, interesting, and frankly more worthwhile to read than others. As someone who recently graduated with a degree in English lit, I’ve thought a lot about all those hours spent staring at pages at my desk or in the…
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Books I Wished I Had Been Assigned to Read as an English Major
In less than a week I graduate with a bachelor’s degree in English, and it’s a very bittersweet moment for me. Although I am very excited to move onto another chapter of my life, I’m also sad to leave my amazing friends and the lovely Wheaton community behind. However, the end of undergrad also marks…
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How I Came to Study English in College (and why I stayed that way)
A few months ago someone commented on one of my blog posts asking if I could write about how I came to study English literature in college. Since my second to last semester of college begins in just two days, I thought now would be a good time to finally answer this question. Growing up,…
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What does it mean to be a “relevant” reader? | Discussion
Today I’d like to talk about a topic that I’ve been thinking about a lot lately: What does it mean to be a “relevant” reader? Recently I watched a video by Ariel Bissett in which she talks about the pressure in the online book community to read certain books as soon as possible to be…
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On Reading Classics | Discussion
I love classics. A lot of people are surprised when I tell them that classics are my preferred genre. Some people can’t seem to fathom that I genuinely enjoy reading books like Faulkner’s Sartoris and Dickens’ Great Expectations and choose to read them in my free time. Perhaps this bewilderment is due to the bad reputation classics have gained…
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Is there more to Jane Austen than romance? (YES) | Discussion
Jane Austen’s works are often lauded as masterpieces of romantic fiction, and with good reason: her winding plots of courtships, engagements, and marriages have managed to captivate readers for centuries. Take the famous Mr. Darcy of Pride and Prejudice, for example, who seems to have been placed upon a pedestal as the ideal male love…
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