Intro to Reading: Final Post- Reflection

This semester's reading went alright for me;  could have gone better, but it wasn't too bad.  I enjoyed the freedom we recieved to select our own reading.  I ened up selecting something quite different from my usual reading material for the majority of my reading, which resulted in an interesting and entertaining experience, one that I feel I definitely grew from as a reader.  I enjoyed a book that really made me think; the story jumped a lot and was often scattered and it took until the end before I was able to start connecting the dots.  In order to stay more on top of things for next semester and to get more out of my reading, i'm going to make it my goal not to leave the reading and blog posting until the day it is due; this way I will be able to spend more time digging deeper into the reading and have be more effective in growing as a reader.  I think as a reader, I have improved.  Most of the time I made sure that I took the reading slow and worried about reading at my own pace rather than the number of pages I could get through in a certain amount of time, which helped to catch details I may have otherwise missed and gain a greater deal more of comprehension with my reading.  I also think by trying to explore different types of literature, I was able to grow as a reader because it was my decision to stray away from my norm and try something new, which also helped me to gain a greater perspective of my understanding of literature.