I have come to enjoy the reading diary posts as the semester has proceeded. They are a simple and effective way of recounting the story and keeping track of your thoughts throughout. Initially, I thought that the required word count was 400, so all of my early posts are on the longer side. I did not realize until a couple of weeks ago that other students were only writing brief posts. Longer posts are definitely more effective, especially since Dr. Gibbs does not want us to only mention the plot. I hope to continue to post longer reading diaries because they are more helpful for me in understanding the plot line and the underlying events.
My main strategies while reading have been to take detailed notes in my book: starring important moments and briefly describing them, highlighting new places and people, and when I am confused about why a situation is playing out a certain way, I write notes to myself and list reasons for why something might be happening. Taking detailed notes makes writing the reading diaries and storytelling post much easier. My reading diaries are usually only a small part of the notes that I took. I would definitely recommend that strategie to any future student in this course.
I wanted to mention that the detailed notes in my books throughout the readings were why I chose to focus on the love between couples as my storybook theme. As I was trying to decide what would be a good topic to cover, I decided to scan through my notes to see what or who I took the most notes about. I discovered my interests lead to love and relationships because I had taken so many notes on Rama and Sita. I think any future student would really appreciate knowing this information before the readings begin because choosing a theme is difficult.
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