Two Blogs that I Enjoyed Reading

     One blog that I enjoyed reading was Genti's blog. I liked reading his blog because he posted a recommendation of a book that I've been meaning to read for a really long time. His recommendation was easy to understand and it was a really interesting blog post. I would've said I liked Tyler's blog post too, but they both wrote about the same book which left me dying to read the book! I can't wait to pick up The Son of Neptune   by Rick Riordan from B&N!

     The second blog that I enjoyed reading was Jake's blog. He really connected the text to the world and it was done in a flawless way. I liked the fact that he based his response off of a quote from the book. I also liked that he gave his readers some background information so that his readers wouldn't be completely confused with what he was talking about.

I look forward to read more blog posts from my classmates! (:

Teen Angst? Naaah... Reflection

     After finishing the memoir unit in 7th grade, I didn't think I would pick up another memoir type book. Ned Vizzini's book, Teen Angst? Naaah..., would relate to any average high schooler. He uses relate able comedy to keep you interested in his high school years. It is strange to say, but Ned's awkwardness throughout the book ties everything together perfectly. Although this was a great book, some of the details and stories that he adds in are unnecessary or vague.

     One example of unnecessary content that was added into the book was in the chapter called "Cable Access Says No." To be honest, this wasn't that great of a chapter. This chapter talked about how Ned and his friend, James, submitted a film to LIU (Long Island University). Even though the details were very detailed, the dialogue that was added wasn't needed. Or at least I felt that way. To be quite frank, if I wrote a memoir, I would definitely not add these few pages about submitting a film to LIU. It's not important, but then again I had realized that Ned published this book when he was only 19 years old. Although this chapter was unneeded, I do feel like there's a small moral that could have been learned from this chapter; rejection isn't always so bad.

     Another chapter that I felt was unneeded was "No Big Deal." All it simply talked about was getting people Christmas presents at a flea market. I didn't care for this chapter very much either. It bored me too while I was reading it. 

     Overall, this is a really great memoir to read. I finished the book for the second time and I just love the book. It's humorous and it's easy to read. Although I do know that this is his autobiography, I just felt like some parts were not needed.