FINAL BLOG POST

This is my attitude towards reading.

To be totally honest, I love reading. I read all the time. I like it because it's relaxing, and I like to branch out and discover other authors writing styles, to see who I like and don't like. To make time for reading, I always get my homework done at school or right when I get home. The biggest obstacle I have when making time for it is that I would rather read than study for a test the next day. My best reading experience was reading Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. That book was so crazy and I still think about the ending sometimes. The worst experience I had was reading Reality Boy by AS King. I hated that book, I didn't see the point in it. Therefore, it took me forever to read it and I was in a reading slump for like 3 weeks. The last time I was "lost" in a book was this February when I was reading Room. We had to drive to Kentucky that day and I read it the entire way there and back, and finished it. That book was amazing. I like choosing my own books because only I know what I like to read. As for my future goals, I want to read more classics. I read two this year and I really enjoyed them.

This is an accurate representation of me blogging.

I think the best part of blogging is being able to track my reading progress throughout the year. The worst part about blogging is remembering to blog, and trying to figure out what to talk about. I think there is value to posting your thoughts online because my teachers and my classmates can see what I'm reading and if they want to read it, they can too. I think that if we did the circle thing where we all talked about what we were reading that could help others find books.

This picture describes my freshman year.

I think I've grown a lot as a student. In middle school, you didn't really have to try very hard for your grades. Now that I'm in high school, you really have to work hard. As a person, I think I've been a lot less shy than I was at the beginning of the year. Being at a new school and trying to make new friends was kind of hard, but I eventually got around to it. I think the most positive experience I have had this year is going to a new church, and entering a youth group. Some goals that I have for my sophomore years is to keep my 4.0, and meet more people. 

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender & Reality Boy

I'm reading three different books at the moment but I chose to write about The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender because it's very different from the others. It is kind of like a historical-fiction (during WW2) fantasy. Ava Lavender is writing this book about her family tree. She starts with her great great grandma, then she eventually gets down to herself and her experiences. Ava is different from other kids because she was born with wings. Nobody knows how or why, she just was. They can't be removed because they are basically vital organs to her. She was also born with a twin brother, Henry, who was born "normal."

So far I like this book, the writing is amazing. Beautiful even. This book is making up for a recent book that I read, Reality Boy by AS King. Reality Boy is about boy who was the star of a reality show when he younger, and now he has mental issues and anger issues because of it. The book had a good message, but some of the parts were unnecessary. One second Gerald would be in class and then he would be eating ice cream with Snow White. This book was just too complicated for me, but I will try more of AS Kings writing.