#my copy’s like 656(?) pages(?) and for my class on capitalism and literature we had to read all of the last part | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

spr0utsies · 7 months ago

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i forgot how good finishing a long book that u actually like feels ❤️ i havent read a book over 500 pgs without skimming since probably early high school so doing my fucking. homework last night i felt the whimsy of childhood again

#the book was the shining lol #my copy’s like 656(?) pages(?) and for my class on capitalism and literature we had to read all of the last part #fucking. awesome book im gonna be annoying ab book jack torrance forever #the assignment was an openended 1-2 pg reading response (we do these for every lecture) and this week’s assignment was just #and the question was just. ‘what do you see in this novel?��#and my response wound up being. 5 pages at 12pt font so i had to size it down to 11.5 to keep it on 4 pages #mostly ab masculinity social perceptions and neoliberal consumerism #which is the topic of my final paper (also openended) where im gonna use the shining and american psycho to show how those topics #are key formative aspects of neoliberal horror #eeeee i love school and books and reading 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷#my middle school self would be proud she would think this shit rules #anyway. if u made it this far whats ur favorite book uve read so far this year #the shining #stephen king #sprout speaks #bookblr #<- do ppl still use that tag? i feel like a girl with thick rimmed glasses in 2014 typing it

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