Hello, my name is Brandon Blewett. Honestly, I have never been a blogger and never really thought I would, however, here I am. Last year I had a psuedo-blog experience on moodle in Mr. Dunn's English class, but have never formally blogged before. If nothing else, this should be an educational experience, but hopefully I will end up enjoying it a little bit too. Now for reading, I wouldn't call myself an avid reader, but I did read all the books that were assigned for class last year, so there's that. I used to read a lot more out of class before high school, but things get too busy as high school progresses. The read for a lifetime program actually contains a few classic books I wouldn't mind reading, so hopefully it will not be too much of a chore and the reading and blogging could quite possibly be an enjoyable experience. Here's hoping for that.
This brings me to the book I chose for my first read for a lifetime book, which is Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne. I chose this book because it is a well known classic, and it seemed like it would be beneficial to read it. For this same reason, I will probably also read The Great Gatsby as one of my later read for a lifetime books. This blog's purpose will be for me to have a space to address my thoughts and observations about the book and future read for a lifetime books as well as responding to questions and topics that are posted as part of the English 3 curriculum.
Well, having not gotten far into the book, I can't really say what blog topics might be very interesting and appropriate. However, from what I have read and already know, the book seems to be driven primarily by character developement and description of places (seeing as how it is about a travel around the world and the first chapter is dedicated to characterizing the protagonist of the book). Based on this, I would say that a blog addressing different characters and their traits that make them interesting or relatable would be an interesting blog topic. Another possible topic would be something relating to the places the characters travel in the book. Other than that, I really have no other recommendations for posts thus far, although I'm sure there will be plenty to blog about.
