Purple Hibiscus started out challenging for me to read. I am doing annotations to show what I am thinking while reading. I am not a fast reader, so with the annotations it has taken me a while to read each night. At first, I was annotating too much, then I was able to shorten my time with not as many annotations. I eventually got the hang of reading faster while doing the annotations.
The annotations have been very helpful while reading the book. It helps me to recognize what is happening during the story better and why certain things are important. The annotations also help me find important parts of the story easier. Doing the discussion posts have also helped me to think more about the big ideas in the novel.
I thought that Purple Hibiscus was a challenging book too but I think that it got easier as I read through. I am glad that you figured out strategies to help your reading go faster.
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