Reading Reflection

 I have never kept a blog before and I must say this was quite an experience.  This blog helped me to reflect more deeply about what I read.  It also motivated me to keep reading.  I tend to go through reading-for-pleasure spurts (during my undergrad, I stopped reading completely due to how much I was required to read for each class).  I'll read consistently for about and then stop for about a month.  It is so easy to just get too busy and make excuses; however, I do love to read.  My reading choices are eclectic.  I like almost anything.  During this time, I read a mystery, a classic, a horror, and now I believe a science fiction.  I don't like to keep myself in a well-defined bubble.  I hope that this experience keeps me motivated to keep reading.  I find the best time to read is right before I fall asleep (unless it's a really good book then I stay up way later than I should).  I have not always been fond of reading as an assignment, but I have to say I found this assignment very pleasurable.  Things teachers usually pick for students to read are very dull, very long, and very hard to read.  I hate when I sub and they want me to read aloud with the students from the textbook.  By the end of the day, I have read the passage at least six times and I find it very hard to follow along.  I believe this class has taught me the value of reading as an assignment and it has taught me how to get the most out of this type of assignment.  I was very skeptical when I first took this class.  Now that I understand the true meaning of literacy, I can say that I am a believer.  I hope to continue grower as a teacher, as a learner, and as a reader.

Reading log:  Monday: 9 pm - 10 pm
Wednesday:  1 pm - 2 pm
Saturday 9:30 pm - 10:30 pm

False Memory Part II

I didn't have much time to read this past week due to the death of my grandma.  It's amazing how busy you get preparing for a funeral.  There have been some interesting developments in the story.  I made a prediction that the characters were hypnotized.  Well I was partially correct.  There are trigger words that make the characters do whatever they are told to do; however, it's deeper than hypnotism.  When a person is hypnotized, they will not do anything they do not want to do.  These people will do anything.  Turns out the therapist is behind it.  I had a vague suspicion of this being the case.  I am looking forward to where the book is leading.  Dean Koontz knows how to weave an interesting tale.

Wednesday:  1 pm - 1:30 pm
Tuesday:  9 pm - 10 pm