My first attempt to write a reading log... Hahaha

Reading log trial

House Opposite

I started reading this short story while in my Year 4 class. I took them to the library for their reading project and make full use of my somewhat "free time " to read. 

When I first read a few lines in the first paragraph, I began to wonder who was the woman living opposite of the hermit's house? My first thought as I went on reading is that, she must be a prostitute. Especially when the hermit often saw many different men coming in and out of her house daily.

However, the writer's use of language and words slows my reading progress. I feel that he used many bombastic words and I am not used to reading written work like this. I am a leisure reader where most of my reading materials were of simple language. 

While reading, I was tempted to stop and look up the words' meanings in the dictionary but I held back because I wanted to read the whole story first. But halfway through reading, my mind began to go astray. I guess I was kind of bored reading the story, with lengthy descriptions and unfamiliar words keep on emerging. 

I had to focus back to where I left off and continued reading, but then again my mind started to wonder off again. I find it really hard to concentrate. Maybe because this kind of reading is not my cup of tea. 

Nevertheless, the writer keeps me guessing how the story ends. Being me, I am the type of person who likes the ending of any stories or books or even movies to be settled. So, I couldn't really comprehend where the hermit was going? What happened to the woman in the opposite house? Did she keep on doing her job? Maybe I should re-read this story....... But then again......