Entry 4

Alaska young would always ask that question,
and once she died people started to put
everything together that she had said including
 this and realized that she kinda did want to die.

I chose Looking for Alaska because John Green wrote this book and he also wrote The Fault in Our Stars, which I absolutely loved and could hardly put it down. I was hoping I would feel the same way by reading Looking for Alaska, to my surprise I was. I kept wondering what was going to happen next, mainly to Alaska. John Green has this way of pulling you into the story and I have only felt that way with one other author, Nicholas Sparks. I defiantly want to read more books by John Green because he makes them about life and all the ups and downs in life instead of a fantasy. Don't get me wrong I love a perfect story but sometimes it's good to change it up a little bit. I didn't find any personal connection between myself and the novel but that is because I don't break the rules like the teens in the book do. They would party, drink, smoke and play pranks which I would never in a million years think to do. The only connection is that I am in high school just like they are. I think anyone who likes nonfiction books would like this book because it's something that could possibly happen in real life. I think girls would like this more than guys because there is some slight romance in it. This book also has some mystery if you like mysteries you will like this, even though I don't like so mysteries I still really liked this book.

Entry 3

When I read the following couple of paragraphs I almost couldn't believe what I had just read. This is why I chose it as one of the most hooking parts of the book. '"Please sir," I said. "Can we please wait for Alaska?" I felt all of them staring at as, trying to understand what I now knew, but didn't quite believe.

The Conell, Alaska and Pudge

The Eagle looked down and bit his lower lip. "Last night, Alaska Young was in a terrible accident." His tears came faster, them. "And she was killed. Alaska has passed away."'

While reading this part of Looking for Alaska it grabbed my attention because it's the first part in the 'after' section, so I was finally able to see what the 'before' section was leading up to. Although I did have my predictions as to what happened to Alaska throughout reading, I thought she had gone missing and ran away to her boyfriend because she felt bad that she cheated on him. I was somewhat correct in my prediction but I did not think he would have died. The whole book leads up to this part and once you read it it's a huge surprise because you finally find out what happened to Alaska, but you still keep wondering what is going to happen in the remainder of the book.