Post #6

IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN THE BOOK I WOULDN'T READ THIS!
Since my last post, I have finished Looking for Alaska by John Green and I realized that a lot of things make more sense after you finish a book. For example, the title is a big hint for what the story is about, especially later in the book. SPOILER AHEAD.. Miles ("Pudge") and the Colonel are always chasing after Alaska, partially since Pudge has basically fallen in love with her. Alaska has always been unpredictable and sometimes moody but in the grand scheme of things, she was well liked by a lot of people. One night, Pudge, Alaska and Colonel had all been drinking. After they had all fallen asleep, Alaska went outside and answered a phone call. She came back in slamming the door and crying hysterically. She was screaming how she was stupid and she had to get out of there. She told Pudge and the Colonel to distract the Eagle (the dorm advisor) so she could drive away. They did as they were told and Alaska drove away.
They never knew what Alaska was crying about. They never knew where she was going. They never knew why she had flowers in the backseat of her car. Alaska was driving down the highway where there was a jackknifed truck. There were lots of police cars around and Alaska hit one of them. Never slowing down, never swerving the slightest bit. Everyone at Culver Creek was devastated. Pudge and the Colonel blamed themselves for letting her go and not stopping her. They were determined to find out what she was doing when she died. They spent the rest of the book looking for clues to figure out Alaska's death, and eventually, they did.

Blog Post #5

            I am still reading Looking for Alaska by John Green and it has gotten a lot better since my last post! At the time of my last post, I was still unsure what all the '___ days before' chapter titles were about but I figured it out now. I'm not going to sit here and spoil it for you but I was not expecting what happened! I definately would not have guessed it! Currently the characters in the book are still in shock about what happened.
           It's hard to summarize what I've read when the current plot is revolving around what just happened. The characters are working to solve part of this mystery and it's hard both physically and emotionally. Miles has officially gone head-over-heels for Alaska, part of which makes this transition even harder. So far, I definately reccomend this book to anyone looking for a good suspenceful book!

Blog Post 4
         I have started reading Looking for Alaska by John Green. I started reading this book at the end of last school year and never finished it. I am about halfway through the book and I'm eager to read on. This is because John Green doesn't tell you what the main conflict is until you're quite a ways toward the end. The book starts off with a blank page except for one word. Before. This immediately makes the reader wonder what this word means. Before what? Instead of chapters, John Green divides the book up into different time periods, like 138 days before, or 126 days before.
        The book is about a plain boy named Miles meeting an extravagant, outgoing girl named Alaska. Miles hangs around Alaska, intrigued and utterly infatuated by this girl. They live in a boarding school named Culver Creek together and another boy who goes by Colonel is his roommate. They get along nicely and he just so happens to be friends with Alaska.
         They are currently all together, looking out for each other because they are currently prime targets for pranks. At Culver Creek, everyone is hiding something that is not allowed at the school, such as alcohol. Alaska once told the principal about one of her friends to protect herself and she was never trusted since. The students at Culver Creek are now wary of her entire group of friends, including Miles. They are pulling a senior prank and setting off fireworks in the woods as a form of a pre-prank, to make the administrators feel safe thinking that the worst is behind them and then they get pranked for real.
          I am excited to see what the actual prank is and what I'm reading towards with all of the labels on the amount of days before something happens.

Blog Post 3
I have officially finished If I Stay by Gayle Forman and I'm a little disappointed by the ending. It's not one of the cliffhangers that makes you want to go buy the next book immediately, unfortunately. it's one of the cliffhangers that makes you wonder if it was intentional, or the author had to meet a deadline. This was the main reason my rating was only a three out or five.
Overall, the book was pretty good, it just needed an extra something. There were a lot of flashbacks, which I enjoyed for the most part but too many of them can get annoying. One thing that I felt Gayle Forman did a really good job of is characterizing the characters. I had a really good picture in my head of what Mia, Adam and Kim would look like and do. This added to the book because you could get a better idea of what they were feeling and connect with them more.
Currently, I am not sure if Mia will stay or go, but based on the fact that there is another book, makes me think that she decides to stay and see Adam again. I will eventually get around to reading the sequel, Where She Went, but there isn't a rush on getting that book.