Author Archives: parden

I kind of feel like I cheated a little this week, when I downloaded an .epub copy of The Savage Detectives onto my laptop to read virtually while I was out and about. The whole reading-a-big-book vibe was ruined because I had no real way of conceptualizing how much of the book I had read or […] 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 →

I have definitely read worse books than The Savage Detectives. In one sense, I’m glad that the book is mandatory because otherwise I probably would have either DNF’d it, or at least put it back on the shelf for “later” (a later that would never come because it would be included in my annual Facebook […] Continue reading →

Hello everyone, my name is Paige and welcome to my blog. I am a graduate student in the Hispanic Studies department and my main interests are avant-garde art and literature, especially the dialogue between/through/across media. Looking at the course syllabus, I am most excited about exploring the physicality and materiality of a book. Is the […] Continue reading →