Where's the next book???

For this week's blog post, I read... wait... there are no more books!!!?? I was genuinely tweaking because I thought there was another book for this week. Then, I realized this was the last week. I think I got so used to reading a book per week that I was scared I forgot about this week's book hahah. But, for the last time, hello everyone! Welcome to my last RMST 202 blog.

First of all, I'd like to shoutout Professor Jon, and the TAs, Tesi and Daniel, for an amazing semester. They really helped me with understanding the books more when I had no idea what I was reading. Most importantly, the lecture and conversation videos clarified so many things for me after I had read a book and was still left confused. Speaking of lecture videos, to answer one of the questions in this week's lecture video, one of the topics many of the books we read had in common was childhood and growing up.  I remember in one of the discussions, someone mentioned that they noticed we've been reading a lot of "coming of age" stories, and now it actually got mentioned in the lecture video. Personally, I like this genre as I feel like it gives the story more depth, if that makes sense. Or maybe I just like reading about memories and nostalgia.

In this section, I want to talk about my favourite and least preferred books. I've actually been stuck between Black Shack Alley and Money to Burn. I really enjoyed reading both of these books. I liked reading Black Shack Alley because of the representation in it. After reading this book, I learned a lot about the past, and I somehow related to some of the characters as well. On the other hand, I liked reading Money to Burn because I personally enjoy researching about true crime, so I naturally liked this book. However, one thing that these two books share is the emotional aspect of the stories. As I was reading these books, I felt like I could imagine the scenes in my head, like watching a movie. This is probably why I enjoyed them a lot because I was actually immersed in the story that I could see the characters and feel their emotions. For my least preferred book, I would say Combray just because it was my first book and I got hit with complicated sentence structures right away that I didn't want to read that book anymore. I was going to say Faces in the Crowd because I was confused the whole time I was reading, but after the lecture video and discussion, I realized I actually liked that book LOL.

In my first blog post, I mentioned how I used to like reading but stopped for a while because I couldn't find the time or motivation to continue. However, I was hopeful that this class would revive my interest in reading again. And now, I'm happy to say that it definitely has! Overall, this was a very fun class. The discussions were informative and the overall material was interesting. Thanks again to the teaching staff, and I hope everyone continues to read. Good luck on your finals, and have a great summer everyone! :) BRB gonna make a "want to read" book list.

Discussion Question:

Which genre/topic from the books we read did you like the most? (e.g. coming of age, philosophical, romance, etc.)