Eduardo

10-8-10 I am now going to start Shadow Puppet, which is the third book in the series. I am so excited for the development of Peter Wiggin, who will be a main character in this book. He is a troubled teen who has always competed with his younger brother to be the best. The books all make me think of To Kill a Mockingbird. Mr. Finch says," You don't know somebody until you walked in their shoes." It makes me realize people all around us are going to act differntly, and sometimes we won't understand. Reading has become a passion of mine. And I am now able to set aside reading time. This is a great accomplishment for me. 10-1-10 I've finally finished Shadow of the Hegemon. It was great read and it's really sparking a fire inside of me. I'm going to become a person that will forever have a thirst for reading. I've yet to get to A Hope in the Unseen but I will finish it. I know it's a great book even if it makes me feel a bit sad. I have to push myself to exceed. On the bright side I finally found that love I was desperately in search of. And I realized I love the Shadow series because it goes into the mind of humans. It makes you think why people do certain things and act the way they do. It goes into Psychology, which is a field I am interested in for a future career. I also am going to read Crime and Punishment, and Metamorphosis. Dave Bartholome recommended it to me after I asked. I want to read more dig deep into the mind to find meaning type books. And this is my goal for next quarter. 9-27-10 This past weekend I finished my first book of this quarter. Ender's Shadow was a really great read. It sparked my love for reading. Today I got the second part to the series and am already a 1/3 of the way done. My goal for Ender's Shadow was to finish it by the end of September. I did it ahead of schedule. Now I'm planing on finishing the second book by the end of September as well. I'm very pleased with myself. I never thought I could actually start to love to read. I was sure I was going to trick myself into loving books. Then after a while I wold resort to my old habits. In Shadow of the Hegemon, it states,"You are so **convinced** that you believe only what you believe that you believe, that you remain utterly blind to what you really believe without believing you believe it." This is a very true statement to me. I took it to heart and will forever think not to always trust myself. Which isn't a bad thing. Sometimes we do counterproductive things to ourselves. 9-17-10 I've unfortunately I've gotten myself sidetracked with the Ender's Shadow series. I am loving the book and am about to finish the first in the series, by this weekend I should be done. However, Hope in the Unseen has become a struggle for me. It hits to close to home. It makes me think a lot about my own future, up to the point where I feel uncomfortable. It depresses me, and right now I need to be correlating myself more with love. I feel like I'm a little kid trying to find my way through a huge forest. If I start to think that I'm scared I might do something careless that puts me in danger. However if I try to be strong and overcome my fear I might make it out of the forest. With reading I'm barely learning how to love it. If I start to think books make me sad, I won't be reading any. And if I find something I love, which I have, I might be able to start thinking the same for any book I read. I'll make a better connection with reading and I'll become a great reader. 9-10-10 I'm reading two different books. The first, Ender's Shadow, I chose to try and find my love for reading. Ender's Shadow is a parallel novel. That means that it's the same story of Ender's Game in the perspective of another character. I'm really enjoying the story. I chose it because an old teacher, Cory Anglin, recommended it. I'm also reading A Hope in the UNSEEN. I'm reading it because it was recommended to me as well by another teacher, Susan Davis. I've read lots of different books. Most I've only read for class. The only books I've ever read for fun were the Chronicle's of Narnia. I also read Ender's Game. This is why I chose Ender's Shadow. I'm thinking strongly about how I'm going to keep my reading going during the weekend. I've kept my daily 15 minutes per book during the week. I'm not sure if I'll have the will to read 30 minutes per book during the weekend.
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