Two Student Blog Entries

            Two of the blog entries that I enjoyed reading were Joyce's blog post on The Hunger Games and Eliza's blog entry on Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire. Both entries captured a good jist of what both books were about. Joyce and Eliza both allowed themselves to connect with their readers and the books as well. All in all, both entries were very well written and easy to comprehend.
            Two of the things that I liked about Joyce's post is how she provides her inner thoughts and how she feels about two of the main characters in the book. Joyce also did a great job on keeping things concise and understandable. Since I've read The Hunger Games myself, I found it fairly easy to connect to her thoughts on Peeta and Gale. I like how her descriptions on both Gale and Peeta are so simple, but the simplicity isn't boring. If anything, the simplicity of her thoughts allows her readers to understand her thoughts. All in all, she did a great job elaborating on her thoughts and keeping things concise.
            On the other hand, Eliza has done many things that I liked as well. She has made her blog post easy to connect with and the format of her response was well organized. Her post was easy to connect with because in her concluding paragraph she added in questions like "But what do you say, reader? Do you think it is possible to weigh misfortune?" This makes the readers think. Her introduction was written in a way where it made you think as well. The formatting of Eliza's response is well organized because she does a great job on having four strong body paragraphs. The thing that I liked most about her body paragraphs is how she did this whole compare and contrast thing between Ron and Harry Potter. It reminds me of a venn diagram, which is some what relevant.
            Joyce and Eliza have both inspired me to change up the way I write. Their responses have allowed me to see what I can improve on to become a better book blogger. One thing that I will try to improve on is having concise paragraphs. Sometimes I feel like I have the urge to write more even when it is unnecessary, so that is one of the many things that I can improve on. Another thing that I can improve on is having my responses be more connectable to my audience. Sometimes I don't express my thoughts and it feels like my response to lacking an interesting factor.

Their posts can be found here:
Eliza's reading response
Joyce's reading response