Well we made it. In the beginning of this course I said that I wanted to expand my horizons and that has most definitely happened. I was planning on only doing 11 books but I was a little trigger happy with the X’s and ended up contracting for 12. So I read quite a bit this semester. I don’t know about you guys but there was definitely some late monday nights finishing books and writing blog posts. But for all that I really did enjoy a lot of these books. I was definitely confident going in that I would “get” the books and was faced with some serious culture shock in the form of Aragon and Moravia. But after the first few weeks it definitely got easier. I’d say overall my favourite part of the class was definitely the freedom in both the reading and writing. Being able to both choose the books I though most interesting and then having the freedom to just write was really enjoyable. As for a favourite moment, meeting Norman Manae was fascinating and just a really cool opportunity. His extra commentary and context when discussing the meaning of the trenchcoat really helped me understand the text more.

Overall I really enjoyed this course and I think I definitely read outside my comfort zone. There was a wide variety of novels, authors, and topics that I otherwise wouldn’t have  been exposed to. My only real comment/ suggestion is that maybe there could have been some variety in the weekly work, although I liked the blog posts some other form of work would have been a bonus. My question to your guys is then did you get tired of the blog format? If so are there other forms you think would work well interspersed with the blog posts?