One of the best assigned readings that I read throughout the semester was “Tacopedia.” I liked it so much because of the great depths it went to describe a taco. From the very first page, it gave a length definition of the word taco, in Spanish, which I thought was incredible. Then throughout the text, the wonderful use of visuals were not only enticing, but they were used effectively to captivate and engage the reader. It was also reminiscent in regards to my life, whenever I would make dough with my grandma back in Mexico, many years ago. Reading Tacopedia really took me back and it really hit close to home.

Another great reading from the semester that I read for my personal research was the “Unique Ships of the U.S. Navy.” I stumbled across this text during my annotated bibliography project. My topic at the time was ice cream and the reason this text was one of the best that I read because I grew a greater appreciation for the Navy. They used ships to transport tons of ice cream to soldiers out at sea. It was very interesting to learn about the military using ships in such creative fashions. You’d think they would be using them as battle ships but it turns out that they were delivering soldiers ice cream because alcohol was banned and they needed a different substance as a coping mechanism. Also, this reading was a fan favorite from my group whenever I presented my annotated bibliography, leaving me no choice but to choose this text as one of the better ones.