A book review... I guess?

For the last couple years, I haven't read much, due to figuring out how computer work (which didn't happen until about 7th or 8th grade). But lately, I've picked up the habit again.

My books from amazon came yesterday, and already I've read all of Looking for Alaska by John Green. Sadly enough, I never would have heard of this book had I watched less youtube. Finally, youtube gave me something other than a place to go to procrastinate from homework. It gave me a book to read to procrastinating from homework. Hence why I just started my commentary for "Pied Beauty" today instead of a week ago like I should have.


Back on topic. So, this book is about a teenage guy, Miles, who goes to boarding school because he feels his life is immensely boring, and he wants to go find "The Great Perhaps" . He has an obsession with famous people's last words, and if I say much more I'd be giving away the plot.

I've learned enough about myself at this point in time that it bothers me when people make things flowery, claiming it to be realistic, etc. If somebody is going to write realistic fiction, then make it realistic! This book definitely was pretty good in that aspect.

I liked this book because it had substance. It was one of the best books meant for teens that I've read in a long time. There were no vampires, or popularity. It was about stuff that could happen, it made me think about things that actually are relevant to most teenagers. It's a weird mixture of stuff that teenagers usually go through and poetry, last words, religion, etc, but it somehow worked together to make a really good story. I would definitely suggest it to teenagers who like reading, as in there are some aspects of it that are 'mature', like drinking, smoking, about two 'more sensitive' scenes in it. There are some high schools that read it as part of their curriculum, though, so it really isn't that bad. It's not a main theme of the novel.

Sorry about being so vague, I just don't want to give away the story to people who want to read it. But it's really good, has a really good message, and I read all 221 pages of it in a day and a bit.

On to other things. Since I seem to have been focusing on negative things lately, I want to make a list of good things that happened in the last week:

• I had a lot less trouble with a French test than I thought I would.
• Halloween tonight! I'm dressing up as a garden gnome. Pics coming later this week.
• I'm collecting food for the food bank instead of trick-or-treating, because last year I barely ate any of my candy. 
• Katie has a boyfriend of whom I thoroughly approve.  
• I've had time to read due to the long weekend.
• I finished my commentary last night, I wrote this post over yesterday afternoon and today. 
• I watched Dirty Dancing (the main character's name is Baby. Que Justin Beiber references) and The Lion King with Katie squared and Sam, who I hadn't hung out with for a while. 
• I have nice warm mittens for the oncoming winter. 

Love,
-J-