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Let me start off by saying that being the avid reader that I am, I enjoyed this class more than any other college course so far. Before taking this course, you could say I was stuck in a rut, reading books all from the same genre and needed something to shake me out of it. Here, I have been introduced to a wide variety of recent material, and I've enjoyed nearly everything along the way. The final project to promote a book that your group read was really fun, and I had the pleasure of becoming thoroughly engrossed in My Sister's Keeper, a book I probably never would have read otherwise. I loved this book because it dealt with real issues that could happen today and makes a good critique of the American family, current medical issues, and the judicial system. It is thought (and emotion) provoking, and generated great discussion topics for my group. Each time we met everyone was able to participate enthusiastically. And aside from how well it would fit into the course, it is a book I'll be recommending to my friends and family as a book they can read easily whether they only have a few spare minutes at a time or want to read it all in a day.
Watching the other groups present their books to the class and listening to how each person felt about it after reading was interesting. It wasn't hard to figure out who was really passionate about their book and who ended up feeling like they should have chosen something else. I think everyone did a great job though. The books that I found the most interesting (besides my own) were The Road, and My Most Excellent Year. They both sounded like books that would fit well into this class and get students thinking about what makes great literature. Also, the group that did My Most Excellent Year did a most excellent job presenting. I think they deserve kudos for organization and enthusiasm.
I know that I have a natural bias for the book my group read and presented, but it would be untrue of me to say that I felt any other book was better for this class, so my vote goes to My Sister's Keeper. The switching perspectives, surprising plot twists, and real life issues it presented drove me as a reader to read as much as a could at a time, not just to "get through it" but because I couldn't wait to see what happened. If my vote for best presentation was counted separately, I would vote for the group who introduced My Most Excellent Year. I plan on reading that and The Road soon, because they both had me craving to know more about them.