Entry four August 14th: Looking For Alaska

The book I read for my summer assignment was Looking for Alaska by John Green. I chose to read this book because John Green is one of my favorite authors. This is the second book I have read by him. The first book I read by him, which is also my favorite book, was The Fault in Our Stars so I thought maybe his other books are as good as this one and Looking for Alaska defiantly was. What drew my attention to this book was the author because I know John Green has written many amazing, prize winning novels. The cover of this book is also what drew my attention to it. The cover makes the book look very mysterious and interesting. A personal connection I made between me and the book is that at the beginning of the book, Miles decides to move schools. This connects to me because I recently switched schools from a private school to a public school. Miles seemed to have an easy way of making friends and that is another personal connection I made with the story because luckily, I made many friends on my first few days at Mason High School.

Specifically, I would recommend this book to my sister Melissa. I would recommend this book to her because she loves reading any type of book. I would imagine that if I, someone who doesn’t read much, enjoyed this book, she must enjoy it too. I would also recommend it to her because she also read The Fault in Our Stars and loved it so maybe she would like to read another book by John Green.

Entry Three August 14th: Looking For Alaska

“When I opened the bathroom door after my shower, a towel wrapped around my waist, I saw a short, muscular guy with a shock of brown hair. He was hauling a gigantic army-green duffel bag through the door of my room. He stood five feet and nothing, but was well-built, like a scale model of Adonis, and with him arrived the stink of stale cigarette smoke. Great, I thought. I’m meeting my roommate naked. He heaved the duffel into the room, closed the door, and walked over to me."

“I’m Chip Martin,” he announced in a deep voice, the voice of a radio deejay. Before I could respond, he added, “I’d shake your hand, but I think you should hold on d**n tight to that towel till you can get some clothes on.”

This section of the book, on page 9, is what could help hook potential readers. This part of the book got me hooked and caught my attention because it is funny. It is about a new boy at school meeting his new roommate almost naked and this makes me laugh and it tells me and other readers that these characters are going to be interesting. This section of the story is also an eye grabber because it is more towards the beginning of the book and personally, it helped me get more focused on the story because if the beginning of the story was boring, I probably would have thought about changing books. So luckily, within the first 9 pages of the story, I was able to pay attention to who the characters were and how the story will go.