{"id":78,"date":"2022-04-04T21:14:09","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T04:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmst\/?p=78"},"modified":"2022-04-04T21:14:09","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T04:14:09","slug":"blog12-concluding-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmst\/2022\/04\/04\/blog12-concluding-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"blog#12 \u2013 concluding thoughts \u2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

blog#12 \u2013 concluding thoughts \u2014<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Man. I read a lot of books this year, and it’s only april.<\/p>\n

I’m not sure if I’ll ever take a course like this again. Not because I didn’t like it but because I’m not sure what to call this kind of class, or where to find it. (Other than here obviously). This course was definitely a refresh and relief from the other kind of courses I’m more used to – albeit, the refresh is pretty heavy sometimes because of\u00a0all<\/span> the books.<\/p>\n

It was really interesting and sometimes a bit eye-opening to be able to read books from different parts of the world, as well as garner context in those time periods. Before this course, I would have been too lazy to do an intensive wiki search but this course has forced me to, and for the better. It took my understanding to a much more factual level than it had been before. Especially with reading books from such different times and places.<\/p>\n

Another thing this course has forced me to do, is to read a book in its entirety. If I’m reading a book that doesn’t necessarily snap my attention, I’m very inclined to just put it down and eventually forget about it. And so, when in the course when I was chose to read these books, and I happened to not like them, I had to continue on reading.<\/p>\n

Not to say that I didn’t enjoy reading most of the books, I really found some of them amazing. The Passion According to G.H.<\/em> and The Society of Reluctant Dreamers<\/em> are my two favourites out of all of them that I’ve read. Which I think is an interesting choice because Agualusa references Clarice Lispector in his book.<\/p>\n

I also really appreciated the routine of this course. There was a sense of responsibility in my deadlines, partially because I had chosen my deadlines, and otherwise because I actually did want to read most of the books. There was a kind of eb and flow in ritual that this course structure provided, and I quite liked it. It felt like… a really formal bookclub.<\/p>\n

so, what was the book you hated? and what was the one you loved?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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