Blog Reflection

Blog Reflection

Throughout this trimester, I have grown as both a reader and writer. My first blog post was titled The Fault in Our Stars by JohnGreen. This blog post was very short and straight to the point. One example from my first post is “When times get tough they stick together and their love for each other only gets stronger.” As you can tell, this sentence is very bland, does not have much description, and doesn’t sound like overall high school writing. In my most recent posts, I have really worked to improve that area of technique in my writing. An example is from my recent post-named Thirteen Reasons Why- Suspense Factor; “This first seen creates an immense amount of suspense. You, as the reader, want to know what these tapes are about and how this story links back to this first scene.” I believe that this quote supports that I have grown as a writer because the quote contains much more structure as well as an overall sophisticated sound.

This trimester I have finished about two books (almost done with the 2^nd). I read Thirteen Reasons Why and An Abundance of Katherine’s I do not believe that I meant the goal that I was striving to achieve. Although with the given time that I have had track and loads of homework, I am pleased to have been getting all my blog posts in as well as finishing two books. For the incoming future trimester, I plan on reading 3 books.,

The only struggle that I had while blogging/ reading were getting able to leave time to read and finish each blog. It was hard for me to complete blogs in class on the computer because I didn’t feel like I was giving my best work and I could concentrate a lot better at my house. Because of this reason, in class on blogging days I improved other blogs as well as the design of my blog. In able to achieve reading goal on a daily basis, I made a note in my planner reminding myself to leave time for reading around my busy schedule.

While trying to find a new book, I often turned to friends for suggestions on what to read next.  My best friend Haley Redwine said that she really enjoyed the book Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher and recommended that I read it. She lent me her copy and I ended up loving the book and recommending it to others. I also used Goodreads to see what other classmates read and rated high. This is how I ended up reading An Abundance of Katherine’s by John Green.