Monthly Archives: January 2026

I chose to read Don quixote. This is a novel written in the 1600’s by Cervantes Saavedra. The story has a main protagonist as Alonso Quijano who is obsessed with medieval romances and with becoming a knight-errant. He names himself Don Quixote de la Mancha and goes on different adventures with his ” escudero” Sancho-Panza […] Continue reading →

Hi Guys! The book I have chosen is The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon My initial reaction to this book was that I actually think I like it and will enjoy it. I have been reading a lot of literature recently and a lot of it is boring and hard to understand. […] Continue reading →

Going into my reading, all I knew about Les Misérables was the blurb on the back – which promises a “spine-tingling chase” through the sewers of Paris! I chose to read the first chapter, called An Upright Man, (page 1-34) of the first section, called Fantine. The story begins in a small Alpine town where […] Continue reading →

On Saturday I went out with a friend I’ve known for 12 years, with whom I only recently reconnected, after losing touch for 2 years. We ate at the Richmond Center food court. Moon asked me if I drink these Continue reading Week 3: The Sincerity of a Confession Over Beers→ Continue reading →

My long book is Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. Firstly, I would like to shoutout Amanda, who has done such a good summary of this first section of the book that I’m going to refer you all to that blog post instead of repeating the same thing here. Otherwise, the TLDR of […] Continue reading →

In Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez, a grieving father and son set off on a long drive to the home of their wife and mother’s family. Except it’s a lot more complicated than that: the father, Juan, is a medium with a serious heart condition; the son, Gaspar, is beginning to be able … Continue reading →

I will begin with a short summary of what has happened so far in The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. The story begins in an interesting way, saying that the narrator’s father brought him to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books (in Barcelona, where they live) and already I am wondering what this is. […] Continue reading →

Introduction: Sandro Veronesi is a novelist, essayist and journalist from Florence, in the beautiful and endless rolling hills of Tuscan region of Italy, who has written many celebrated works, such as Quiet Chaos, The Hummingbird and Black September. Veronesi’s writing often explores both the softer and the deeper themes of fragility between what is love […] Continue reading →

This writing is also exploratory. I have no idea what am I going to be talking about in the next few hundred words expect for the fact that I’ll be talking about Mariana Enriquez’s “Nuestra parte de noche”. The plot, it it’s most bare down version, is simple. A father makes a road trip with […] Continue reading →

Felipe Pinglo Alva was mentioned in the book so here is a famous song of his performed by Jesús Vasquéz. I hope you enjoy listening to it as you read my blog! Before I share my reflections on my first reading of Conversation in the Cathedral, I thought to share the epigraph at the beginning … Continue reading Conversation in the Cathedral: Part I Continue reading →