When I was in first grade, I "read" the book Night of the Ninjas, by Mary Pope Osborne. I use quotation because I did not, in fact, read the book (Though by the next summer I had.) I made a show of scanning the pages of the book for about a month, making sure that someone was always around to watch me do it. I think this must have been the most childish action of my entire life.I wanted other people to think that I could read well so desperately that I was willing to waste an enormous amount of time faking it. In hindsight I recognize the irony of the situation. I could have spent all that time working on my ability to read, which at that point was below average but not unrecoverable. I had, on several occasions, claimed that I would never be able to read. I truly believed that I could and would go through my life without every being able to read fluently or fluidly.
I so enjoyed the attention and praise I received in recognition of my "ability" that I never actually came clean to my parents. Though I am sure that they have forgotten about the book altogether, It stands out in my memory because I deplore the little person who cared so much about others' opinions.
Joey, first off, this series changed my life. Your blog is great, you have strong vocabulary and the voice, irony and sarcasm throughout made me laugh. I would work on the conclusion and discuss the impact of this book series more. Other than that, I really liked it, you're a funny one J Smoov.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sam. I never actually read the series in order, as much as I jumped from one random installment to another. I will take your comments into account when writing my next blog.
DeleteGreat job Joey. I also loved this series and somewhere in my house there is a very large pile of them. You have a really witty voice in this.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jennie. I wonder if somewhere, deep beneath the surface of the literary world in its grimy depths, just maybe, there is a single long shelf with all of the books in the series in order.
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