End of semester

During the first semester , I read my current favorite book the Maze runner. I finished it about in two weeks, which is pretty good for me considering I am not a fan of reading. I also finished out the Hunger game series and read catching fire. I selected these book I think because I like a lot of action and suspense, which each of these books have. They are both very unpredictable and I think that is what caught my interest.  I enjoyed all of the Hunger games books and movies, and I knew I defiantly had to finish the series. I thought that they were both very good, and I absolutely love the conflict and plot in both of them. I am a plot fanatic, and to me the more conflict the more interesting, which encouraged me to read more, and quicker.

I feel like I did better on only putting the important things in my blog and not writing literally a whole page of one prompt. I definitely should have improved more on adding textual evidence, because I know I rarely did, and I know that would most likely enhance my post.  I feel like when I was writing about the books that I was independently reading, I had done a better job because I was enjoying writing about it, and giving my opinion rather then a book I'm being forced to read (and forced to make an opinion on). I did a more thorough job because I enjoyed the interaction in my book, and also there was less pressure knowing I wasn't going to be graded on my comprehension of it. I feel though that as the semester went on I saw blogging as more of a routine, than a weekly assignment, and make them more personal, improving my blog and making it sound less like a lecture. I definitely think my blog posts are more entertaining now then my first few, because I was writing a lecture, versus writing my opinion. I always stayed focused on my book though and posted on time, and I feel as though I really interacted with the plot and the characters, thorough my blog.

One goal that I have set for myself for next semester, would be to add textual evidence in every post, to enhance my understanding of the text. So when I next time want to make a reference to the book I can make it sound more believable or professional with this evidence. It would be pretty cool to influence someone to read a certain book, based on my reviews and I think a quote is a good intriguing way to do that. I would also like to work on sounding less like a robot in my writing, so that someone will maybe actually find interest in what I am saying. I think I have gotten better on this, but I honestly think it still sounds like a lecture and most of the time I end up boring myself. Even if I am reading a book I don't like, if I can interact with it in a positive way like that, I feel as if I could enjoy it more. Lastly I would like to working on actually finding books I like and that fit my reading level. I know that when we are not reading in class that we should be independently reading, but I can find a book sometimes, making it difficult to do so. My friend will be half way through her book and I would have just started.