Week Ten Blog Post 2

I have to say when I decided to take this course last spring I was a bit pessimistic as to how I was going to like this course.  However, after completing the first section of this course I knew immediately that I was going to enjoy this course very much.  Since I was young I have always enjoyed reading and even enjoyed pondering on the underlying meanings behind specific works that I read.  So this course really gave me good practice and helped me to fine tune some of the strategies that I use to decipher and digest the materials that I read.  Having been unable to read for pleasure while I am in school, I am greatly looking forward to putting these strategies to use on the next work that I read.  I have been meaning to read "War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy for a long time and now that I have new strategies for greater comprehension, I am really looking forward to delving into this work.