40 Book Challenge

On your Blog discuss where you are in your 40 Book Challenge. Reflect on how your reading has progressed throughout your 7th grade year. If you have successfully completed the challenge or are about to, how did you make this happen? Based on your 6th grade year, how would you rate what you have read this year? Consider the amount of books you have read, as well as the caliber of the text. What are your thoughts about the 40 Book Challenge going in to 8th grade? Minimum requirement is 2 solid paragraphs!

     I did not accomplish the 40 book challenge this year. I think I am somewhere in the high teens or lower 20's if we are counting books over 350 pages, so I was around 20 books off.  However the 40 book challenge has made me a better reader and has allowed for me to read more book this year. The 40 book challenge along with the blog post every week has made me more obligated to read and has helped push me to read more books. I think compared to last year I made a great improvement. I also think the 40 book challenge has opened me to more types of genres that I could like. For example I was never interested in autobiographies or biographies. Then I found a Michael Jordan autobiography in my house that I had never seen before. I thought it may be kind of boring but I actually really liked it. I think that book will open me to several more biographies and autobiographies in the future.
      Last year we were not obligated to read as we are this year so I didn't really care to read or about reading as much. I don't know how many books I read last year but I'm sure it wasn't very close to how many I read this year. Also the level of reading and length of the book has improved this year. This year I read more complex and longer books, which was a large improvement from last year. I think as the years go on and I begin reading more and more I will eventually reach 40 books. For the 40 book challenge in 8th grade I think going in to 8th grade the 40 book challenge has helped me this year and will help me next year if we still have it. I do think that the types of books should change because I know I sort of stayed away from books or genres that were not appealing. When we do the 40 book challenge in 8th grade I am hoping to be able to read more books and that the skill level be higher.