Goodbye!

Well… I guess we’re done! I don’t quite know where to start, so I guess I’ll go back to how I felt at the beginning. I think I just dreaded picking up any literature. And then I started reading that Proust story and was… still dreading having to read the rest of it, as well as all of the upcoming works I knew I’d have to read. It felt nice to be reading again after I don’t even know how long. I remember texting a friend about the work we both had to do that day, and I said I was reading a book, and it felt odd having that come from me. Anyways I’m getting distracted! I remember reading Proust and then Breton and just being kindaaaa… whatever.

I think The Shrouded Woman was the one that changed my mind. To be quite honest, it took me way longer than it should’ve to read Proust and Breton. I found any reason and leaned into every distraction so I didn’t have to keep on reading. With Bombal, I remember starting to read at 1:30 a.m. to get a head start on my work because I was already awake, but then I was wrapping up my blog post at around 5:00 a.m… sooooo yeah! I would say I liked it. 

I actually started reading everything in one sitting after Bombal, soooo I did the same with Agostino. And I don’t remember how I felt about that one – I just remember being uncomfortable.

I think I’m a very emotional person. I like it. When I think of certain stories or characters from things I’ve read or watched in the past, I feel a twinge in my chest that makes my whole body ache and squirm. I feel that way when I think of The Time of the Doves. That was probably my favourite in the course. 

And then three more works followed which brought me to Debré’s Love Me Tender, which I read last night. 

I didn’t realize how much I missed reading and being able to feel so much from it. I remember crying while reading once – probably during The Time of the Doves. I still don’t know if I’ll start picking up books regularly, but I’m more inclined to now. I liked being extremely annoyed by a new male character every other week. I liked feeling surprised when the story would just… end. I liked having to tear my eyes away from the bottom of the page in an attempt to find out what happens. It’s been new, surprising, and fun!