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Looking for Alaska by John Green.

Summary first, review second.

Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words and tired of his safe life at home. He leaves for boarding school to seek what the dying poet Francois Rabelais called the “Great Perhaps.” Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young. Clever, funny, screwed-up, and dead sexy, Alaska will pull Miles into her labyrinth and catapult him into the Great Perhaps.

Looking for Alaska brilliantly chronicles the indelible impact one life can have on another. A stunning debut, it marks John Green’s arrival as an important new voice in contemporary fiction.

Summary from Goodreads

My thoughts on this book but in no particular order.

• I hated Alaska. I don’t care what anyone says, I just didn’t like her. So I didn’t care about what happened to her, or what her deal was. However, I liked how she affected the characters around her and that she had an interesting back-story.
• Miles, oh Miles. Boys are just so clueless, aren’t they? I liked Miles the best out of the list of characters, followed by Lara and Takumi and then the colonel.
  
• Also, the characters (at least Mile-Pudge) realize things about themselves that I’m not sure regular teenagers would. However, I really liked this. They admitted their flaws and tried to deal with them, which was really cool to read about.
  
• The first prank was better than the second, simply because you, as the reader, didn’t know what was going to happen. The second prank was all laid out and stuff, so I didn’t enjoy that one as much.
• I don’t care if this book’s been contested, or whatever. It’s good. The fact that the characters use alcohol and crap, and talk about sex (actually, the blowjob bit was hilarious…but also one of those things that you wouldn’t want someone to read over your shoulder) shouldn’t keep you from reading the book.
  
• Because Pugde (Miles) is pretty awesome and this book is full of many great things. AND it’s very quotable, which I likey. Likey a lot.
  

“Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia. (…) You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you’ll escape it one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present.”

I believe Alaska says this to Pudge.

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John Green, The Fault in Our Stars (via to-seekagreatperhaps)

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I loved this book. Review after the summary.

Diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer at 12, Hazel was prepared to die until, at 14, a medical miracle shrunk the tumours in her lungs… for now.

Two years post-miracle, sixteen-year-old Hazel is post-everything else, too; post-high school, post-friends and post-normalcy. And even though she could live for a long time (whatever that means), Hazel lives tethered to an oxygen tank, the tumours tenuously kept at bay with a constant chemical assault.

Enter Augustus Waters. A match made at cancer kid support group, Augustus is gorgeous, in remission, and shockingly to her, interested in Hazel. Being with Augustus is both an unexpected destination and a long-needed journey, pushing Hazel to re-examine how sickness and health, life and death, will define her and the legacy that everyone leaves behind.

Summary from Goodreads

Yep. Loved it…even though I texted someone who’d already read it, saying that I hated it. I was just upset, is all.

This book is sad, so don’t read if you don’t want to feel something (whether that be sadness or anger, or whatever). Don’t read if you’re not into thinking (because the author does give you heavy things to think about and, I think, as the reader it’s your job to *think*…just sayin’).

While I was reading, though, I did notice that this book is very John Green. I mean, I could hear his voice narrating in my head…I’m not sure if this is because he did read the first two chapters (check out the vlogbrothers on Youtube!) and put them online or if it’s because I’ve watched too many vlogbrothers videos. *Shrug* Either way, at first I didn’t feel like Hazel Grace was narrating. It was John Green. Once I got into it, though, that sort of fell away.

Another thing I liked? How smart these characters are. It’s refreshing. Plus, I feel like it’s also a very John Green thing to do, you know? Smart man, smart characters.

I find that John Green is very quotable, too. I enjoy that…I just enjoy his writing style. I did, however, have someone tell me that they just couldn’t get into the book. You know what? That’s okay. If a book is not for you, then it’s not for you. You don’t have to force yourself to read something you don’t like. I do think, though, that it’s always good to give things a try…like I did with The Book Thief. Four tries. No go. (Sorry!)

I can’t really say too much without spoiling the book, so I shall stop here. BUT if you’ve read it and want to talk about, please message me. :D

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green is being made into a movie.

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/50442-fox-options-john-green-s-fault-in-our-stars-.html

HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS? I feel like I should be wearing the cone of shame and…

BUT

BUT

BUTT

AMOVIE. Can you imagine my creys? I’m going to need a bucket. *misty eyes*

TFIOS MOVIE.

Moooooovie. It better be good, better be.

I am most content.

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John Green, The Fault in Our Stars (via sheistoofondofbooks)

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I’ve started a blog for people who’ve finished my new book The Fault in Our Stars. It’s a place where I can answer (some of) your questions and hopefully if I figure out comments you can participate in the discussion. I don’t even know if this will work, but I’m hopeful?

The blog is password…

This is why I love words. This is why I love to read.

I love authors like John Green.

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Book Review: Let it Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle

It’s the night before Christmas and Gracetown is hit by a snowstorm. Jubilee is sent to her Grandparent’s house in Florida when her parents are arrested at a sale for pieces of a Christmas village. When the snowstorm causes Jubilee’s train to break down, she takes refuge at a waffle house with other passengers, and ends up spending Christmas with the perfect stranger. Tobin and his friends intended to spend Christmas Eve watching James Bond movies, but instead rush to the waffle house for the chance to spend the snowstorm with some stranded cheerleaders. Meanwhile, Addie just wants to get back together with her ex-boyfriend Jeb but finds herself searching town for a friend’s teacup pig. When the world becomes a winter wonderland, new love and second chances seem to be in the air.

I read this book in March and it’s still fairly fresh in my mind, so that should tell you something. I love Maureen Johnson, John Green, Christmas and snow, so I had to check out this book. The stories were sweet and light, centring around romance and new beginnings. This book is composed of three short stories by Maureen Johnson, John Green and Lauren Myracle. Johnson’s story had all of her usual charm and sense of humour, and you have to love the quirky Jubilee. I loved the mini-adventure in John Green’s story and the romance that Tobin finds was my favourite in Let it Snow. The first two stories captured what I love about the holidays and put me in the Christmas spirit (in March.) Lauren Myracle’s story was the final part of the book, and I don’t think she did a good job of tying the three story lines together. At the time, I’d never even heard of Lauren Myracle and this story made me not want to read anything by her again. However, since then I have read Shine, which was excellent. I think Myracle is a good writer, although maybe short stories aren’t her thing. Her story is called “The Patron Saint of Pigs,” and I honestly couldn’t tolerate Addie, let alone like her. The plot wasn’t engaging at all and was easily forgettable. The book ends with all the different characters meeting in a Starbucks. It felt awkward and didn’t do credit to the rest of the book. Although it ended on a bad note, I still enjoyed Let it Snow as a whole.

If I had to describe this book in two words it would be “winter fluff.” It was a quick read full of cuteness and winter romance. If you are a fan of any of these three authors and are looking for a fun read this Christmas, then it’s worth checking out. There were some flaws, but I think it’s a nice book to read on a snowy night.

3.5/5

“Something about me has always liked the drama and inconvenience of bad weather. The worse the better, really.”

John Green reads Ch 2 of The Fault in Our Stars (out January 10, 2012).

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