Connecting with Romero & Juliet

Sassy. That is something that the majority of people would say that I am good at. Not sassy in a mean way, just thinking quickly and sometimes being a little sarcastic. I would also agree that Juliet is one sassy lady. She knows what she wants and always has the right thing to say, whether it be while talking to her mother or her future lover. My attitude definitely doesn't discriminate against anyone, it is just the way I think. So throughout my reading, I connect most with Juliet when she is communicating with the people around her. But I have also connected with how Romero takes so much advice from his friends. If something big is happening in my life, no matter what it may be, my friends know. I feel like I need advice, because I hate making mistakes. So when I do something or say it, a good part of it it what I have talked through with my friends and thought over. Because I could be called a little bit of an over thinker. It doesn't matter what the decision is, if I have to make one, it will be talked over with one of my friends. It has got to the point where my friends just know when I am talking to them, they will probably be giving their opinion at some point, which is kind of the position Romero is with Benevolio.
Well I am sure that it is not a crazy secret that I am absolutely loving Romero & Juliet. I love everything about it. Literally. When I read at home, I find that I understand the material most when I read out loud. It helps me understand the conversations better and helps me have a little fun with my reading. But I definitely enjoy reading it in class on top of it. If I don't understand quite everything, I know that in class, everything will be cleared up. It is also easier to laugh with class then at home, alone, in my room. I think the goal is being met completely, because it helps me understand the reading even just a little more when there is my group to talk about it with, and different people reading different characters.

Thoughts on Reading

Well personally, I didn't like the book at all, until the last stage. I found myself trying to push through the first chapters because I simply couldn't relate to Pip. I thought that the whole book had a dark vibe that I didn't indentify with or enjoy much at all. I didn't really enjoy Dickens as an author which obvoiusly made the reading harder to get through, and I most likely would not read another one of his books in the future unless it was in a class. I actually figured out most of the mysteries on my own, but some did take help from Spark Notes or fellow class readers.
I did read the entire book, it took alot of effort, but I am proud to say I read the whole thing. My reading habits where constantly changing because I couldn't find one that worked just right for me, to be compeletely honest. At first, I tried to take my book with me to work out, which lastest about a week until I gave up. Reading on the treadmill it parctically impossible and I learned that when you bring a book into the gym, people like to ask questions...lots of them. My second try was reading while helping out at dinner, which lastest even shorter than the first. I quickly learned that when you decide to not check the almonds toasting in the pan until the whole chapter is done, you get burnt almonds and chapters you have to reread. Still not giving up on the novel, I decided to wake up an extra hour early before school to read thinking that if it worked for my teacher, it has to work for me. Apparently reading and early morning aren't a match made in heaven...I ended up falling alseep on my book after the first page and being so very late to my beloved English class. Not so smooth I might say. But there is a happy ending to this reading assignment, because after 3 fails at finding my habit, I learned that reading before going to bed was what worked for me. It was quiet, didn't invlove burning anything, and wasn't during the morning. So, for the last stage and a half I read under the glow of my Princess night light, with just my book and I.