Reflection On Independent Reading

Independent Reading Reflection My independent reading goal for this quarter was to read two or more books of a different genre variety. I read two books, one fiction and one non-fiction, meaning I met my goal. I had to make time to read with a busy schedule making me use my time management skills in bettering me for college level reading. One book I read, was Sickened by Julie Gregory. This is a biography so it’s a non-fiction book making this book out of my comfort zone. I am usually not interested in biographies, but I really enjoyed this book. I liked how she told the story just from her point of view and how she felt about the situation. She was a young girl whose mother had a mental condition called munchausen by proxy in which she
would take Julie to specialized doctor to find out what is wrong with her. She just wanted to shout out that she wasn’t sick every time she was sitting on the doctor table and her mom was explaining her symptoms. She was still there for her mom even when she was fifty years old, taking her suicide calls in the middle of the night but Julie always has that her mom did to her on the top of her mind. She knows what she did and hasn’t confronted her mom about it. Her mom wouldn’t be able to live without her. This book showed me that biographies can be interesting and be a more informational read that can help your reading skills. I also read The Fault in Our Stars. This is a fiction book about a teenage girl with cancer who falls in love with a guy that also has cancer. She really likes Augustus but is worried that she will hurt him when she dies. During the time of when she was thinking through weather to get closer to Augustus or let him go, her lungs filled with fluids and she has to go to the ICU. After traveling to Amsterdam to meet an author they both like, Augustus tells Hazel that his cancer had spread everywhere in his body. Hazel stayed by his side through the rest of his life and came to find that Augustus had the author write a eulogy about her. This book taught me a life lesson and helped me better my reading of fiction novels. I managed my time and kept track of the nights I read, improving my management and getting reading done that I needed.