Friday, November 13, 2009

Don't Judge A Girl By Her Cover -Final Post


In this book, Ali Carter is trying to explain that you can't look at things with a blind eye. When you look at things, you have to examine them to find the truth, because if you look at things with a blind eye, you might see a lie. One of the big ideas in this book is trust. Once you lose trust from someone, it is hard to gain it back no matter how hard you try. Ali Carter is also trying to say, never accept a lie or the untruth, and that it is okay not to know everything.

As a whole, I found joy in this book. I liked seeing how the message played itself out, and how the characters never left their mistakes uncorrected. I would rate this book a seven because overall it is fun and easy to read.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

First Quarter Reflection on Book Blogging



While reading over all of my blogs, I noticed that in most of them I like to express the problems that the main character is facing or accomplishment made by a character. I also saw that a few of my blogs explained how a character learned from their mistakes and tried to correct them. Although I already knew I enjoy reading books, writing blogs made me remember why I picked out those books. By reading my blogs I noticed that I have interests in books that have an amazing ending, or books where a character does not let you down. When I write my blogs, I usually focus on the internal and external conflicts a character faces, and how that conflict affects a character. Book blogging provides a great opportunity to reflect on a book that I am reading. If I was not blogging, I probably would not get that chance to reflect on a book, or clarify everything that happens in a main part.
For the second quarter I want to finish at least five books. For each book, I plan spending no more than two weeks and I will try to read at least 20 pages every night. As a blogger, I want to try and expand the topics I write about. One thing I want to improve is my reading pace, and I plan to do this by setting aside more time to read. The blogs that are really clear and detailed, I think are the ones about the book I enjoyed the most. Some of my blogs interest me more than others. I am excited about doing more blogs in the second quarter, and I can't wait to pick out some new books.