At the beginning of the summer, my sister started reading In Defense of Food and it was so bad and confusing that she stopped reading it and read her other books first. After I heard her experience, I was dreading reading it so I put it off until the end of the summer too. As school got closer, I realized I needed to start reading it so I wouldn't run out of time.
It took me a while to get into In Defense of Food because the beginning seemed really repetitive. I knew that I had to read it, so I figured I might as well try to take something out of it. As soon as I began really paying attention to what the author was saying and trying to relate it to my own life, the book was way more enjoyable! Now, I'm actually glad that we had to read In Defense of Food, because I can relate the lessons that I learned to my life, and I know that eating healthy can help me do better in school and swimming!
Dru, I'm glad your experience reading IDOF got better. The approach you take to reading really matters so much, and trying to connect your reading to your real life is a great strategy. I would like to know what, specifically, you found valuable about the book and how your reading approach changed throughout. Make sure to fully develop each paragraph of each blog post.
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