Conclusions
Hi everyone, we made it to the end of the semester! The number of books I chose to read for this class seemed daunting at first. But after getting over the learning curve of reading Combray, I started to get into the hang of reading and reflecting on the readings. The in-class discussions were very helpful and I appreciated the flipped classroom format so we could spend most of the class discussing our thoughts on the novel. One class I particularly enjoyed was the class for “Black Shack Alley” where we looked for different portrayals of ‘bodies’ in the book. Hearing what my classmates thought were significant moments of the book that I would not have thought of was a great opportunity to see the book from different viewpoints. My favorite book this semester was “The Book of Chameleons”. I liked the surprising twists about Angela’s past and the fantasy aspects. There were some lines in this book about life that stood out to me (that I have forgotten after deleting the notes I made...