The books I read this semester included If I Stay by Gayle Forman, Looking for Alaska by John Green, and Left to Tell by Immaculee Ilibagiza. I selected my reading by the books that are popular at the time, to be completely honest. Both If I Stay and Looking for Alaska were bestsellers, and very popular with teenage girls, so I had to try them! I really liked both of these books and I actually bought the sequel of If I Stay, Where She Went, which I am looking forward to reading soon.
Overall, my blog was very put together and always on time. I put a lot of thought into each of the posts and tried my best to make all of the requirements. It improved throughout the semester because at the beginning of the semester, all I did was say what my book was about, and towards the end of the semester I got more comfortable with blogging and I started incorporating more articles and interesting things that I found into my posts. Also, agreeing with the rubric for an excellent blog, my blog "sometimes uses a variety of syntactical structures and effective diction". My blog was great, it just needs a few small improvements for next semester.
This semester I worked really hard on my blog posts and always turned them in on time. Next semester however, I want to take my time even more and add some variety to my posts. I want to include more articles instead of just stating what I've read that week, for example, including more reviews that other people have said, and any interesting articles I find relating to the book. I also want to update Goodreads more often. I was a bit of a slacker with that site. For my last goal, I would like to state that I want to read more books. I really only finished these three books and I want to read more often so that I can expand my reading list and blog about more interesting things.
