Midterm Post, total points 96

Classes Attended: 7 

Attendance: 7 points 

Blogs in total: 79 points

In total: 89 points 

Books read: Frankenstein, Altered Carbon, A Wild Sheep Chase, The Hobbit, Interview With The Hobbit, In The Miso Soup, Annihilation, Akaka Witch, Gormenghast trilogy, The Night Circus, Anasia Boys, Autonomous, The Golden Compass, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms 



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