Reading Reflection

 Reading details:
The Hobbit 27 min     The Racketeer 45 min
 Beowulf 34 min     LOTF 35 min     Literary Analysis 10 min

(I may be forgetting some)
The Racketeer
The Enchantress
The Hobbit
Beowulf The Ring of Sky
The Last Guardian
Naruto


Something that I realized is a big part of my reading is the fact that I pretty much exclusively read fiction. Specifically science fiction and fantasy mostly. I guess I do this because, to me, fiction can become infinitely more interesting than non-fiction, simply because it is not limited by things such as truth or reality. Also, I like to reread things that I haven't read in a while. For instance, The Hobbit and Beowulf are both re-reads from 4th and 5th grade, respectively. I find that it's nice to revisit things that I might not remember, then be like "Oh yeah! I remember this now!" It feels good to do that.
One goal that I am going to set for myself is to read at least one non-fiction book next semester. I don't care what it's about, but it has to be non-fiction. I am going to try really hard to fulfill this goal, because traditionally, I've liked few non-fiction books that I start. But, I'll at least make a hard attempt.

Reading Focus Update

Well... things haven't been looking good for Piggy for a while. I mean, aside from the whole "dying" thing.

For one thing, his glasses got stolen. His distress is apparent on page 168: "I know. They didn't come for the conch. They came for something else. Ralph - what am I going to do?" His glasses were, really, the only thing that made him useful, in a practical sense. Also, he comes across as being kind of a jerk after Simon dies, on page 157: "...he hadn't no business crawling like that out of the dark. He was batty. He asked for it." I know he was trying to make Ralph feel better, but... jeez.

Then, there's the "falling-off-a-cliff" thing. It happens on page 181: "The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee... Piggy fell forty feet and landed on his back across the square red rock in the sea. His head opened and stuff came out and turned red." He was basically thrown off a small mountain, with his brain matter oozing everywhere as he lay in a crumpled heap on the edge of the ocean. It's a pretty gruesome death if you ask me.

Reading Times

The Hobbit 11/29/12  28 min
LOTF 11/27/12  30 min --- 11/30/12  30 min --- 12/1/12  30 min
The Racketeer 11/28/12  30 min
Naruto 11/28/12  7 min