Willa Magland
Notes, links, photos (September 2024)
Posted Sep 23, 2024
Hello! Happy Banned Books Week :) ! Today I stopped by the table set up in our library, and what do you know, I won their banned-book raffle! I'm looking forward to picking up my copy of Morrison's The Bluest Eye tomorrow after classes. They did an absolutely wonderful job setting up the table—they had button making, bingo sheets, guess-the-banned-book, bookmarks, stickers... I'm looking forward to seeing what they have planned for the rest of the week!
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Books: well, I finished The Waves, finally. I'll admit, it defeated me! I found it unexpectedly difficult unlike the surmountable challenges of Mrs Dalloway and To the Lighthouse, which remains my favorite. I hope to return to it some day.
Other than Woolf, I've been working my way steadily through One Hundred Years of Solitude, and I think I'll be able to finish it by the end of the month. I've also picked up Moby Dick again. (I even borrowed a quote from it as a header for my essay!)
I made two bookish purchases: firstly, A Pale View of Hills by Ishiguro for Bookbug, and secondly, the James Baldwin and Zora Neale Hurston collection deal from Library of America. I'd heard good things about them, and the price was just too good! Looking forward to Giovanni's Room :D
(Also, side note, but my book stand came in and I love it! It's not th highest quality, but it does what I need. I also use it to hold my laptop while taking notes, very handy!)
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Super excited about and loving the singles Peach Pit is putting out for the next album! (One, Two)
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Today, at the dining hall by my dorm, I wanted pizza, but had never gotten it as it had a tendency of being under done. When ordering it through the kiosk, I inputted my name as "cook crispy please thank you," because they lack a comment function. What do you know, the kind chef cooked my pizza extra crispy! I was a very happy student. Thank you, Chef!
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I stumbled upon a Cat-O-Pedia!
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Cool wall (I touched it)
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Got really into this specific character for a few days. Unfortunately, I could not find a book at the library that told his story or detailed the source. A mystery.
Guess that's it :p peace!
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