Thoughts of One's Own

Welcome

Thoughts of One’s Own was created as a space for me to share book reviews in a more complete way as compared to what I was doing on my Instagram.

The ideia is to bring critical analysis using simple language. But there will also be a section on this blog where I’ll link my published articles, written in a more academic approach.

This blog will also be used to express my passion for writing: now and then I’ll share personal texts while I work in a bigger project.

Good discussions are always interesting, so feel free to comment your views on the books!

Rate system

★ hated/disliked the book

★★ it was okay, didn’t enjoy

★★★ it was good but not exceptional

★★★★ really good, I would read again

★★★★★ blew my mind

Book reviews

August 15, 2021

The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton first published: 1920 {USA} Synopsis Edith Wharton’s novel reworks the eternal triangle of two women and a man in a strikingly original manner. When about to marry the beautiful and conventional May Welland, Newland Archer falls in love with her very unconventional cousin, the Countess Olenska. The consequent drama, set in New York …

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June 20, 2021

Blood on Snow

Jo Nesbo first published: 2014 {Norway} Synopsis Olav lives the lonely life of a fixer.When you ‘fix’ people for a living – terminally – it’s hard to get close to anyone.Now he’s finally met the woman of his dreams.But there are two problems.She’s his boss’s wife.And Olav’s just been hired to kill her.

March 7, 2021

Medieval Women

A social history of women in England 450 – 1500 Henrietta Leyser first published: 1995 Synopsis Medieval Women looks at a thousand years of English history, as it affected – and was made by – women. Henrietta Leder considers the problems and attitudes fundamental to every women of the time: medieval views on sex, marriage …

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Personal writings

coming soon 🙂

Published articles

As I’ve done my Masters degree in Brazil, my articles are in Portuguese. I aim to translate and publish them in English though.

In order to make navigation easier, only the dissertation is available on the home page, choose “Published articles” on the Menu to have access to all articles.

Dissertação: Virginia Woolf e o espaço autobiográfico em Os Anos

A pesquisa apresentada neste artigo buscou identificar características presentes nas
personagens femininas do livro Os anos, da autora inglesa Virginia Woolf, em contraposição a estereótipos explorados na literatura masculina sob a luz da crítica feminista. A partir dessa identificação é possível fazer uma melhor análise de seu enredo, contexto e até mesmo a inserção de Woolf em tal crítica. Com a leitura de teóricas na área de autoria feminina e dos textos críticos de Virginia, como Um teto todo seu, Women and writing e Mulheres e ficção, foi feito um estudo sobre o papel da autora mulher na literatura e como a criação de personagens femininas por essas escritoras é capaz de mudar a visão dos estereótipos até então existentes. Após esta pesquisa crítica, seguiu-se a leitura do livro em questão, buscando as características esperadas nas personagens. O resultado foi mais satisfatório que o esperado, com uma profusão de personalidades, destinos e críticas embutidas a tais protagonistas.

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