First of all, I'd like to apologize for that last blog post. It was really pessimistic and it didn't seem like me at all. I also kind of lied about not getting anything done. Although I didn't read Villette, I did read another book called Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen. It's a memoir about this 18-year-old's experience in a mental hospitable. She was institutionalized for being severely depressed, attempting suicide, and having borderline personality. What's surprising the most interesting is her diagnostic appointment with the psychologist. In the records, it shows he examined her for three hours, yet Kaysen claims to have only been examined for 15 minutes. What, what? Crazy, I know right (haha no pun intended)? Anyway, Kaysen spent almost two years in this mental hospital (sorry I'm not more detailed, I returned the book back to Mrs. Finco already) and feels as though her time was stolen from her, hence the title. She views herself as the girl whose life was interrupted, and she'll never get that time back.
So I was a little productive, whoo hoo! I'll do my best to read more this week. Til then, happy reading! :)
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