Crank Reflection

I sincerely enjoyed reading the book Crank as my semester reading book.  I really liked the way the author structured the book, and how it wasn't the plain and boring ways that publishers and author's structured their books.  I feel that because it was written that way it was able to add to the overall quality of the book because it showed how unorthodox Bree was with the unorthodox way the book was written.  I personally believe that reading for pleasure is completely different from reading assigned books.  When you are reading for pleasure, you get to read at your own pace.  You don't have to be afraid of falling behind or reading ahead and spoiling it for someone else.  Also, you get to choose your book and read something that interests you and not something that the school board chose for your curriculum.  With the personal reading, I think that there were a few things that I did well.  One of which was that I subconsciously started connecting the books to other books that I had read.  That really helped me understand the book better, because of the weird way that it was written.  Also, because of the work that we have been doing in class, I felt myself also subconsciously figuring out what the theme was as I read, and how it changed and affected the character throughout the book.  I believe that something that I have to work on is identifying literary devices.  That is one of the many problems that I have even when I am told to be looking for them, and not just on my own.  I don't think I have a problem with keeping up however, because I really like the book.  However, when it is assigned I feel that I have trouble keeping up, especially when I do not enjoy the book.